NSFW Gallery Warning: Panini America’s Stunningly Gorgeous New Hockey Beauties
I thought that headline might grab your attention, even on April Fool's Day. The fact of the matter is that the following image gallery and video are perfectly suitable for viewing at work, at home or any place else where those watching can appreciate the flawless execution and sheer beauty of an adored-for-decades printing technology on the verge of making…
Quality Controlling 2010 National Treasures Football (with Massive Gallery & Video)
The anticipation is palpable. 2010 National Treasures Football is coming -- and as you can plainly see by the mouth-agape gallery below, it's equipped with some of the most breathtaking big-ticket memorabilia cards in NFL history. Not to worry, it's packing only the biggest autograph guns too, many of which are showcased in the exclusive video that follows the…
Quality Controlling . . . 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Basketball (video)
The Panini America basketball team -- Mike Payne, David Porter and Aik Tongtharadol -- spent most of Monday morning taking the good, hard, first looks at 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Basketball, a re-imagined take on a company classic that adds a contemporary twist to the brand's trademark Rookie Ticket autographs. That thread-bearing twist comes in the form of striking manufactured…
Preparing for Packout: 2010 National Treasures Football (Gallery & Video)
It's fitting that we took a trip to the Panini America printing facility across town on Valentine's Day of all days. After all, there's little in our work life that we love more. Today's glorious sojourn would've been worth it even if we would've had to make the 80-mile round trip on our knees, for it revealed resplendent first looks at several…
Panini America’s Week in Review
Yeah, I guess you could say we had a pretty busy seven days at The Knight's Lance. We had wall-to-wall Super Bowl coverage, an award-worthy Green Bay Packers collector, jaw-dropping galleries of upcoming Panini America products, celebrity box busts, a contest to reward one lucky collector with a 2010 Playoff Contenders Tim Tebow Rookie Ticket and an update on the…
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…