Short Report: Panini America Starts Sharing SPs, SSPs in 2018 Contenders Football
Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America roughly one month ago to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the 30 days or so in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various variations and…
Panini America Unravels the SP Mysteries of Recent Contenders Football Releases (2015)
Yesterday's lickety-split sellout of 2018 Contenders Football's "1st Off The Line" edition offered a vivid reminder that the hobby edition of 2018 Contenders Football will arrive soon in hobby shops across North America. Obviously, when it comes to the landmark Contenders product, the primary drivers of the product every year are the Rookie Ticket Autographs RCs and the relative scarcity…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of the New 2018 Origins Football
Panini America's popular Origins Football franchise returns for the 2018 season tomorrow, promising to strike a colorful and hit-rich impact in hobby shops and on group break sites across North America. On average, each hobby box of 2018 Origins Football (seven cards per box, 16 boxes per case) will deliver one hard-signed rookie autograph, one Jumbo Rookie Patch Autograph and one Jumbo or Patch memorabilia card. To…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018 Elements Football (102 Must-See Pics)
Panini America's new Elements Football brand debuts tomorrow in hobby shops across North America and collectors are sure to find that Elements' elements are pretty unique, starting with the inclusion of hard-signed (pun intended) metal autographed cards. On average, each four-card hobby box of 2018 Elements Football will deliver one on-card metal autograph card, one trapped-acetate or trapped-metal autograph card,…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018 Elite Football (100+ Must-See Images)
Panini America's fabled Elite Football franchise is as much a part of the NFL summer as OTAs and pre-training camp storylines. It's a staple this time of year every year for any number of reasons, including delivering key Rookie Cards of the league's newest arrivals in their NFL uniforms . . . venerable inserts such as Passing the Torch Autographs…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Four Early Boxes of 2018 Majestic Football
Panini America's 2018 Majestic Football arrives in hobby shops across North America tomorrow clearly intent on making an impact on the early season football card market. As you've seen from our recent preview posts on the product, 2018 Majestic Football packs quite a bit of "pop" in its two-pack boxes. On average, each hobby box will deliver On average, each hobby…
Panini America Unveils List of Signature SPs within 2018 FIFA World Cup™ Prizm
Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 FIFA World Cup™ Prizm arrived in hobby shops last Friday to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the last week or so getting acquainted with the product's popular parallels and a star-studded checklist of autograph cards. Not surprisingly, some of those autographs are harder to come by than others -- and in the list that follows, we're…
Drafted: Panini America Peeks Checklist for 2017 Select Football XRCs, Mystery Autos
Now that the raucous, headline-generating 2018 NFL Draft is in the rearview, most football collectors are turning their attention to the many collectible properties in Panini America's rookie-laden products ahead. But a "select" few collectors are going back in time a few months to a product from last year -- 2017 Select Football -- to see how their 2017 Select…
Panini America Offers Autograph Details for Upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup™ Prizm
Panini America's highly anticipated 2018 FIFA World Cup™ Prizm product goes live tomorrow packing as much potential as any soccer release in recent memory. As we highlighted earlier this week, the product is back after four long years away with a proven recipe dominated by vibrant colors, international superstars and a checklist of autograph signers featuring legends, current superstars and future…
Panini America Examines the Autograph SPs in 2018 Contenders Draft Picks Football
Right about now, seemingly all eyes in the sports world are shifting, if only temporarily, from the NBA Playoffs to tomorrow night's first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. It's shaping up to be one of the most compelling first rounds in quite some time as a deep quarterback class and a few QB-needy teams have set the stage for…