The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011 Timeless Treasures Football

Our dynamic football duo of Carlos Torrez and Aik Tongtharadol set up shop yesterday morning at the Panini America printing facility to oversee the packout process for 2011 Timeless Treasures Football.   The higher-end product with a proud heritage in both baseball and basketball will make its NFL debut later this month in trademark tin boxes packing such unique inclusions as Changing Stripes, game- or season-specific memorabilia inserts…

Previewing the Sickness to Come in 2011 Absolute Memorabilia, Certified Football

A funny thing happened on my way to documenting the packout process for 2011 Timeless Treasures Football at the Panini America printing facility earlier today: I got ambushed by the memorabilia-card brilliance of 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football and 2011 Certified Football. Not to worry. I plan on posting plenty of images tomorrow highlighting the quality time I spent with Timeless Treasures. But today, this…

The Drool Gallery: Peerless Patches Abound in Panini’s 2010-11 Dominion Hockey

Looking for a word to describe the unparalleled quality and quantity of prime memorabilia pieces used in the creation of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey? "Epic" works. So do "astonishing," "majestic," "unparalleled," "stunning" and "wow."  Indeed, there is no shortage of appropriate adjectives in the English language befitting some of the sickest Technicolor dream patches ever created. Ultimately, though, the following gallery of highlights --…

Silver Lining: Exploring the Engravatures Insert in 2010-11 Dominion Hockey

Amid the bewildering barrage of otherworldly hits I've seen packed into 2010-11 Dominion Hockey over the course of the last week, there is one insert in particular that has repeatedly commanded my attention more than the others. The cards don't have on-card autographs or a rainbow array of peerless patches like many of the gems that will share pack space with them. What they…

Video & Gallery: A Further Exploration of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey’s Utter Brilliance

For those counting at home, this makes the fourth gallery we've posted previewing the undeniable collecting greatness that awaits collectors next week with the highly anticipated arrival of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey. Truth is, we could post four more galleries this week and four more the week after and collectors still wouldn't tire of seeing the unparalleled beauty packed so elegantly…

Cuts Above: A Breathtaking Peek at 2010-11 Dominion Hockey’s Kindest Cuts Insert

Count captivating cut autographs from hockey's most hallowed legends amid the myriad mind-blowing assets I witnessed firsthand earlier this week on my field trip to the Panini America printing facility for the start of packout for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey. The names on the one-of-a-kind treasures dotting the Kindest Cuts checklist read like the table of contents from a hockey history book -- and the cards themselves are…

Panini America Behind the Scenes: Packout Begins for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey

After three days in Toronto for the highly successful 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase, I feared I was on the verge of hockey overload when I woke up this morning. But then I made the voyage across town to the Panini America production facility -- wearing my snazzy new Rookie Showcase T-shirt -- and had my budding passion for the NHL intensely renewed. Turns out quality time with 2010-11…

Dare Never to Tear: The One Panini America Hockey Card I’ll Covet Forever . . .

Early last month as part of our World Premiere Panini Unwrapped episode for 2010-11 Zenith Hockey, we asked collectors to identify for us the one Panini America card in their hockey collections that they'd never dare to tear. We offered up the hits from our box as an incentive to participate and five passionate collectors shared their pictures --  and, in some cases, the stories…
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