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…
As Packout Continues for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey, So Do the Must-See Images . . .
As collectors all over North America enjoy the Labor Day holiday's three-day weekend, packout for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey continues in earnest at the Panini America printing facility. Indeed, readying a product like this unique high-end blockbuster for market is a process that knows no down time. (more…)
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 Peek Gallery: 2011 Limited Football
When 2011 Limited Football releases to the collecting public in late November, it will do so sporting a bevy of new bells and whistles designed to strengthen one of the hobby's most important higher-end releases. Foremost among the product's improvements are a Material Phenoms Rookie Card subset that truly lives up to its name, Panini America's most extensive and star-studded lineup of Draft Day-worn hats and jerseys…
Last Look: Your Final Pre-Packout Drool Gallery for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
Since I'm a positive guy by nature, I'll begin with the good news: The hand-packout process for the highly anticipated juggernaut that is 2010-11 Dominion Hockey begins a week from tomorrow. (As an aside, we'll be there with video camera in hand documenting the process.) The bad news? The gallery that follows showcasing some of the sweetest, most-recent autograph arrivals for the product…
Panini Unwrapped: 2011 Threads Football
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucgJ9fzFCNE&w=585&h=359] In another must-see edition of the award-worthy Panini Unwrapped series, watch as Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Carlos Torrez shred a particularly hot box of 2011 Panini Threads Football. Not only can you win their hits from this box, but you can also win a sweet new Panini America T-shirt available nowhere else but here. Stay tuned to the…
New On-Card Arrivals for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey Include Evgeni Malkin, Taylor Hall
As we speed headfirst into the scorching final weeks of summer, about the only thing hotter than Texas' relentless string of 100-degree afternoons are the recent mail days burning up Panini America HQ. In short, the newest arrivals for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey have been nothing short of epic. This week alone we've been on the receiving end of honest-to-goodness collection-making cornerstones from the…
The Quality Control Gallery: 40 Must-See Images from 2011 Panini Americana
You can add the 2011 Panini Americana quality-control process to the list of things I missed the most while attending the 32nd Annual National Sports Collectors Convention last week. (Not that I'm complaining, mind you.) I'm happy to report that the show went on here at Panini America HQ while that other show was going on in Rosemont, Ill. I only know this, of…
Breaking News: Panini America to Preview Pro Football HOF Autos at 2011 National
Just when collectors thought Panini America's plans for this week's National Sports Collectors Convention couldn't get any better, the exclusive trading card manufacturer of the Pro Football Hall of Fame saved perhaps its most exciting surprise for last. On Tuesday afternoon the company announced that it has included special 2011 Timeless Treasures Football Class of 2011 Hall of Fame Preview autograph cards into its wrapper-redemption…
Panini Peek First Look: The Legends Subset in 2011 Timeless Treasures Football
I've been away from the computer for a few days enjoying a family "staycation" -- my wife's word, not mine -- and quite frankly, I'm suffering from content withdrawal right about now. So in an effort the rectify the situation in short order, let's get things kickstarted on this Tuesday morning with this world premiere first look at the some of…