The Panini America Insert Inspection: 2011 Playoff Contenders Baseball Award Winners
Some of the most impressive, important, headline-grabbing performers in all of major and minor league baseball over the last decade will take center stage in the upcoming Award Winners insert inside 2011 Playoff Contenders Baseball. The checklist boasts former World Series and league MVPs (Josh Hamilton, Josh Beckett, Dustin Pedroia, Albert Pujols), Cy Young winners (Felix Hernandez, Chris Carpenter), Rookies…
A Mile High: Tim Tebow’s Best Rookie Cards Keep Going Up . . . and Up . . . and Up
Tim Tebow's remarkable ascent this season amid the thin Rocky Mountain air to the top of the NFL universe has been unbelievably breathtaking. In leading the Denver Broncos to seven wins in his first eight starts, the omnipresent Tebow has added a new word to the English language and helped change the fortunes of an entire franchise. And with every…
National Intrigue: Panini America Peeks RC Design for 2011 National Treasures Football
Simply, there are precious few moments during the course of any trading card season that pack as much impact as the one you're about to experience. That's not hyperbole. The official unveiling of the Rookie Card designs for National Treasures Football is a stop-you-in-your-tracks event every year, for it foreshadows the face of some of that season's most coveted, consequential and valuable cards across the…
Coming Soon: Panini America Peeks Albert Pujols’ First Los Angeles Baseball Cards
One of the biggest free-agent baseball signings in recent history -- and perhaps of all time -- took place earlier this morning when former St. Louis superstar Albert Pujols signed a massive 10-year, $254 million contract with Los Angeles. The signing sent shock waves throughout the sports world and will be just as huge in the sports card world as well. As a result, Panini America responded quickly to the move, nearly…
Panini America Routing Table Offers More Previews of Coming Baseball Products
The thought occurred to me earlier today while walking through the Product Development department that it's been way too long since I've spent quality time with that resplendent four-legged repository known as the Panini America Routing Table. So I decided to take a gander that direction this morning only to discover a bountiful harvest of baseball routings that soon will become coveted trading…
Super Sunday: Panini America Previews 2011 Playoff Contenders’ Super Bowl Tickets Set
Ask most longtime Playoff Contenders Football collectors and they'll tell you that one of the surprise hits of the 2010 edition was the history-laden Super Bowl Tickets insert that created a secondary-market frenzy and a new must-have set-building target. The good news for many of those same collectors is that Panini America is bringing the popular insert back for a repeat run…
Stacked Lineup: Top Autos Still Arriving for New Panini America Baseball Releases
Nary a game has been played, yet it's been a banner week for new baseball products here at Panini America HQ as the steady stream of on-card-autograph arrivals slated for 2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition and 2011 Playoff Contenders has intensified considerably. Among the heavy-hitters that have returned their cards so far this week are top picks from the 2011 MLB Draft such as Gerrit Cole…
Panini Peek Preview Gallery: 2011-12 Panini Contenders Hockey (11 Must-See Images)
Panini America Product Development Director Karvin Cheung just left the marketing office. But before he did, I asked him for a quick assessment of 2011-12 Panini Contenders Hockey, the collecting flagship that will return for its second NHL season on February 15. Cheung's first take, without missing a beat or a sip of his coffee: "It's all about the content. This…
Panini Peek: 2011 Prime Signatures Football
If you're significant other really loves you, he or she won't give you a gift on Valentine's Day. They'll simply wait one day and get you what you want: A box (or 10) of 2011 Prime Signatures Football, the just-announced new NFL trading card release from Panini America slated to arrive, conveniently, on Feb. 15, 2012. The sleek, clean signature-driven product -- a reimagined…
Panini America Reveals . . . the Official 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football Checklist
It's shaping up to be another wildly eventful day here at Panini America, what with 2011 Crown Royale Football, 2011 Adrenalyn NFL and 2011 Justin Bieber 2.0 all releasing and feedback still flowing in on last week's release of 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football. We'll post the world premiere Panini Unwrapped episode starring Crown Royale later today and we'll have updates…