The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Americana Heroes & Legends (Part 1)

Perched quietly and patiently in the back there, perhaps disguised by the considerable buzz of recent Panini America sports releases such as 2012 Prime Hockey, 2012 Rookies & Stars Football and 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball, sits the upcoming 2012 Americana Heroes & Legends, an eclectic, history-soaked tribute to Olympians, astronauts, presidents, Medal of Honor recipients and so much more. Late Friday…

Panini America Secures Exclusive Rights to One Direction; Photocards Coming in Fall

Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has secured the exclusive global collectibles rights to British/Irish boy-band sensation One Direction. The relationship includes exclusivity in the U.S. The company’s first product devoted to the group, a set of 90 collectible photocards, will release in the fall. Drawing comparisons to the Beatles, One Direction…

Panini America Begins Stunning Preview of Next Week’s Father’s Day Promotion Set

If you're either not following the Panini America Twitter account (shame on you!) or simply weren't paying attention to it yesterday (shame on you!), you missed a white-knuckled, edge-of-your-seat, all-day-long preview of just some of the stunning hits slated for next week's Panini America Father's Day promotion. Luckily for all of us, our own Scott Prusha took the trip across town Thursday…

The Weekly Panini Price Index (PPI): Justin Bieber 2.0 Auto Card Fetches Huge Bucks

There's been a firestorm debate between the mainstream media and passionate card collectors lately about the current health of the trading card category. Given the magnitude of the brouhaha, we thought it would be fun to start a weekly segment on The Knight's Lance that features the sell of a big-ticket trading card of a newsworthy entertainer or athlete. Hopefully along the way…

Panini America Adds More Autographs to 2012 Industry Summit Black Boxes

Remember that revealing, drool-inducing gallery we posted last week detailing Panini America's above-and-beyond efforts for its 2012 Industry Summit Black Boxes? Well, in the interest of full disclosure, know this: It wasn't as revealing as it could have been. As it turns out, Panini America Marketing Manager -- and resident Black Box guru -- Scott Prusha wasn't quite finished tinkering…

Panini America Presents . . . the Rick Reilly Interview You Can’t Afford to Miss

In the interest of full disclosure, know this: I am an unabashed, unapologetic, geek-level Rick Reilly fan. His is one of the four faces proudly carved into my Man Crush Mount Rushmore, right alongside John Elway's, Tim Tebow's and Eminem's. When it comes to the pantheon of great American sportswriters, they get no greater than Reilly, a gifted scribe who…

From Justin To You: Panini America Peeks Bieber Autograph, Memorabilia Cards

Justin Bieber's biggest Beliebers will finally get their chance to start gobbling up packs of Panini America's official 2011 Justin Bieber 2.0 trading cards this week when the new product starts hitting stores. The no-doubt-about-it highlights of the product are five instant-win cards good for full pieces of clothing that Bieber wore during recent photo shoots. But for those fans not lucky enough to pull one…

Panini Unwrapped World Premiere Video: 2011 Justin Bieber 2.0 (Surprise Ending)

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0068rbj4g&w=585&h=327] In this special world premiere episode of Panini Unwrapped, watch as Panini America's Carl Braun and Tracy Hackler bust the first box of the new and official 2011 Justin Bieber 2.0 trading card set. In addition to revealing some sweet cards from the set, the duo provides a firsthand look at pieces of Bieber-worn clothing that five lucky collectors will have…

Panini America’s Justin Bieber 2.0 Card Set Offers Bieber-Worn Clothing, Autographs

Bravado, the only global, 360° full service merchandise company, and Panini America, the leading global publisher of sports and entertainment collectibles, have brought international superstar Justin Bieber back for a repeat performance with the release of the official Justin Bieber 2.0 trading card set. Panini America's second Bieber card set follows last fall’s wildly successful debut and will deliver 150 new cards, 30…
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