Prestigious: Panini America Examines Retail Parallels in 2016-17 Prestige Basketball
It's been more than a month now since the hobby release of Panini America's 2016-17 Prestige Basketball, which means the many retail configurations just started arriving on store shelves in the last two weeks. And astute collectors have discovered a captivating array of retail-exclusive parallels -- with cool surface names such as Horizon, Rain and Crystal -- providing worthwhile chase…
The New 2016-17 Prestige Basketball Shines in Must-See Episode of Panini Unwrapped
Brett Whiteley has been working on the Panini America Basketball Product Development team for more than a year now. Yesterday, he finally sat down to record his history-making first episode of Panini Unwrapped. The product to be unwrapped? 2016-17 Prestige Basketball, which made its triumphant return to the hobby yesterday following a few years as a retail-only release. Whiteley sat…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open Two Boxes of 2016-17 Prestige Basketball
There's a wrapper-ripping, hit-revealing flurry coming to hobby shops across North America tomorrow. It's another new-release Wednesday for Panini America and this one is a doozy with the arrivals of 2016 Encased Football, 2016-17 Prestige Basketball and 2017 Donruss Baseball. We've spent the last week here on The Knight's Lance frantically previewing each of tomorrow's new releases with dedicated Quality…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016-17 Prestige Basketball (100+ Images)
When it comes to mainstream, fit-for-all-collectors basketball products, it's hard to beat Panini America's venerable Prestige brand for value, variety and fun. And for the first time since 2013-14 season, it's returning to the hobby. In addition to a broad base set, colorful action photography and lots of parallel chases, 2016-17 Prestige Basketball also delivers a robust roster of autograph…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Prestige Basketball (Preview)
For the first time since the 2013-14 collecting season, Panini America's popular Prestige Basketball brand is returning to its hobby roots. After two straight years as a Target-exclusive release, 2016-17 Prestige Basketball will reemerge in the hobby with a bold reintroduction that includes a new configuration, new designs, a high-end feel and an affordable price tag. Set to arrive in…
Panini America Releases SP Information for 2016 Prestige Football Draft Day Signatures
In the few weeks since Panini America released its popular 2016 Prestige Football, collectors have spent much of their quality time with the product tracking down the product's 10 short-printed Rookie Cards and speculating about the quantities of the ink-color variations in the hard-signed Draft Day Signatures insert. Today, that speculation ends. After the jump, we reveal the specific quantities for…
Panini America Reveals Final List of RC SPs within 2016 Prestige Football (Gallery)
Panini America’s reimagined Prestige Football product arrived in hobby shops across North America last week, offering collectors the opportunity to chase the first Rookie Cards of the 2016 season featuring NFL team designations for this year’s most promising newcomers. True to its roots, 2016 Prestige Football also delivered a handful of key RCs that are dramatically more limited than the others in the…
Panini America Continues Unveiling Rookie SPs within 2016 Prestige Football (Gallery)
Panini America’s reimagined Prestige Football product arrived in hobby shops across North America on Wednesday, offering collectors the opportunity to chase the first Rookie Cards of the 2016 season featuring NFL team designations for this year’s most promising newcomers. True to its roots, 2016 Prestige Football also delivered a handful of key RCs that are dramatically more limited than the others in…
Panini America Begins Unveiling Rookie SPs within 2016 Prestige Football (Gallery)
Panini America's reimagined Prestige Football product arrives in hobby shops across North America today, offering collectors the opportunity to chase the first Rookie Cards of the 2016 season featuring NFL team designations for this year's most promising newcomers. True to its roots, 2016 Prestige Football will deliver a handful of key RCs that are dramatically more limited than the others in…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Boxes of 2016 Prestige Football (with Checklist)
This time tomorrow, football collectors across North America will be diving in to a new-look Prestige Football product that's dramatically different than any Prestige in recent memory. Bolstered by bold new designs, a new packaging configuration (four packs per box, 40 cards per pack) and one autograph in every pack, Panini America's 2016 Prestige Football is primed to make a…