Panini America Explores Retail Exclusives in 2016 Prestige Football (Must-See Gallery)
Panini America's revamped Prestige Football franchise arrives in hobby shops across North America on Wednesday with an impressive 2016 edition bolstered by new designs, a new logo and the usual accomplishment of calling-card staples. But Panini America officials also boldly retooled the retail versions of the product, too. The Knight's Lance readers who paid close attention to last week's Quality…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Threads Basketball (100+ Pics)
Any day now, Panini America's 2015-16 Threads Basketball will arrive on Target store shelves across North America, the second time in as many years that the popular NBA release will appear exclusively in Target stores. Picking up right where last year's stacked release left off, 2015-16 Threads Basketball returns with its trademark -- and SKU-specific -- Wood, Leather and Micro-Etched…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at Target-Only 2015-16 Threads Basketball
Panini America officials are readying the popular Threads Basketball franchise for another exclusive run in Target stores across North America with an all-new 2015-16 edition that features calling-card elements such as Leather and Wood Rookie Cards, Voices of the Game Signatures and three distinctive SKUs. Look for the debut of Triple Threat Materials, featuring three game-worn memorabilia swatches, and the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: Target-Only 2015-16 Prestige Basketball
The venerable Prestige Basketball franchise made a huge splash last season as the first of three 2014-15 NBA products that Panini America officials transformed into Target-exclusive releases. While the reconfiguration seemed to catch many collectors by surprise, it didn't take long for many of them to adjust to and embrace a small number of retail-exclusive releases. Given that backdrop and with…
Panini America Provides a Revealing Look at 2015-16 NBA Hoops Basketball Retail
For many retail-minded basketball collectors, the release earlier this week of 2015-16 NBA Hoops Basketball to the hobby channel can mean only one thing: The retail version can't be far behind. In fact, it should be in most retail locations in the next week to 10 days. To help prepare collectors for some of the retail-exclusive components they can expect…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2015 Rookies & Stars Football
Some time in the next few weeks, premium boxes of Panini America's reconfigured, Target-exclusive Rookies & Stars Football product will start to hit retail shelves, following on the heels of 2015 Rookies & Stars Football gravity-feed packs that already are live in many outlets. We provided your first thorough introduction to the product earlier this week with the official Quality…
Front . . . Back . . . In Between: Three Unique Looks at Panini America’s Kaboom! Insert
Collectors across the country finally started getting their first live look at Panini America's Target-only 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball earlier this week as the product began making its way to store shelves in certain parts of the country. But there's one dazzling aspect of Excalibur -- the super-rare, super-cool, super-hero inspired Kaboom! insert -- that likely has not yet been appreciated…
Teaser: Panini America Breaks Three Boxes of the New 2015 Cooperstown Baseball
A busy release week for Panini America officially gets underway tomorrow when the company's new 2015 Cooperstown Baseball arrives in hobby shops across North America to pay fitting tribute to the greatest legends enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. 2015 Clear Vision Football follows suit on Friday, but we'll have more on that one in the…
Teaser: Panini America Breaks Two Boxes of Target-only 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball
Following a strong week of steady previews and behind-the-scenes peeks that have raised anticipation to buzz-level proportions, Panini America's 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball is now safely on its way to Target stores across the country. In the coming days, the product will make its way to store shelves with its three distinct SKUs (Premium Box, Blaster Box and Gravity-Feed Packs) equipped…
Excalibur Uncut: Panini America Examines Kaboom!, Knights of the Round Inserts
Exploring a trading card product in its uncut-sheet form can often provide a different level of appreciation than simply pulling one card at a time can -- and that is especially true when it comes to the funky-futuristic feel of the rare Kaboom! and Knights of the Round inserts coming to Panini America's 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball. Both inserts in the…