Panini Unwrapped: 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football (with special guest)
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJVoGUdCBxg&w=480&h=390] Panini America's Tracy Hackler is joined by Joe White, the company's man tasked with procuring NFL autographs, for this exciting, must-see edition of Panini Unwrapped. What will the first two boxes of this highly anticipated new product yield? Watch and find out.
Exclusive Video: Quality Controlling 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football
With the long-awaited launch date of 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football just six days away, final preparations are being made to the inaugural edition of a product that's still being printed, cut, collated, boxed, wrapped and readied to ship as of this post. The quality-control checks, it should be noted, were completed earlier this week over a span of two days. We showed you most…
On The Production Line: UV Coating, Serial Numbering, “Decoy” Cutting
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zqexIGSiQ&fs=1&hl=en_US] In recent weeks, we've done our best here at Panini America to bring collectors closer to the making of their favorite sports cards than anyone's ever been before. The video above -- detailing the UV coating, serial numbering and "decoy" cutting processes -- represents the latest in our continuing On the Production Line series. We hope you enjoy this video as much as you've…
The Drool Gallery: 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football (Part 2 of 2)
Yesterday we provided enough sweet eye candy from next week's release of 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football to keep the Tooth Fairy busy well into next season. Here's hoping you brushed and flossed last night, because, as promised, what follows is the cavity-causing conclusion to our two-part Plates & Patches gallery. (more…)
The Drool Gallery: 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football (Part 1 of 2)
Judging by the buzz reverberating about the collecting community these days, I'm not the only one harboring high hopes for 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football, the brand new high-end hit parade due out everywhere next week. To be sure, there are reasons aplenty to believe this product will be a monster. The poignant, head-turning new product will strive to deliver significant value in…
The Winner of Panini’s ‘Whose Autograph Is This?’ Contest for January Is . . .
Either this month's batch of random signatures was easier to identify, the members of the guessing community made it a point to help each other out or perhaps the monthly contest is beginning to pick up a little mainstream steam. Whatever the reason, we had a record number of correct entries for January's "Whose Autograph Is This?" contest. So we…
‘Whose Autograph Is This?’ January’s Great Guessing Contest from Panini America
In the almost three months since we launched The Knight’s Lance, we’ve produced several posts that have been popular with the blog’s loyal readers. From behind-the-scenes looks at the trading card process that you just won’t get anywhere else to the first video breaks of Panini America‘s best products, we seem to have struck a chord with today’s collectors. But the…
‘Whose Autograph Is This?’ January’s Great Guessing Contest from Panini America
In the almost three months since we launched The Knight’s Lance, we’ve produced several posts that have been popular with the blog’s loyal readers. From behind-the-scenes looks at the trading card process that you just won’t get anywhere else to the first video breaks of Panini America‘s best products, we seem to have struck a chord with today’s collectors. But the…
Panini Unwrapped: 2010 Panini Century Collection (with special guests)
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGK5ivVk_8&fs=1&hl=en_US] Panini America Product Development Director Ben Ecklar and Brand Manager Carl Braun join Tracy Hackler for the high-stakes, pop-culture sensation known as 2010 Panini Century Collection. From baseball Hall of Famers to NBA superstars to legendary jockeys to out-of-this-world astronauts and seemingly everything in between, this product has a little bit of everything.
Panini Unwrapped: 2010 Panini Century Collection (with special guests)
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGK5ivVk_8&fs=1&hl=en_US] Panini America Product Development Director Ben Ecklar and Brand Manager Carl Braun join Tracy Hackler for the high-stakes, pop-culture sensation known as 2010 Panini Century Collection. From baseball Hall of Famers to NBA superstars to legendary jockeys to out-of-this-world astronauts and seemingly everything in between, this product has a little bit of everything.