Gold Rush: The Breathtaking First Glimpses of 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball

Some might say I missed a golden opportunity yesterday morning by not taking in the packout and quality-control processes for 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball. I would normally tend to agree with that assessment, but there's something to be said for the mandatory 80-minute marketing meeting I attended instead. Besides, when you've got fellow card-loving comrades (and Panini America product development professionals) Mike Payne,…

The UPDATED Debut of the 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey Golden Ticket Tracker

First things first: We offer our sincere apologies for just now bringing you this first installment of the eagerly awaited 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey Golden Ticket Tracker. It's been a wild few months around these parts but we've finally devoted our full attention to chronicling the 20 pieces of precious 14-karat gold metal randomly buried inside packs of 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey. To…

Score Keepers: A Comprehensive Gallery of Every RC Variation in 2011 Score Football

Panini America NFL Brand Manager Carlos Torrez hand-delivered two heaping handfuls of 2011 Score Football cards to me this morning. What at first glance appeared to be dupes of several of the top rookies from the 2011 Draft Class turned out to be something much, much more. In all, there were 86 different cards -- 36 base Rookie Cards from those players who attended…

Panini America Adds to the Curious Legend of Taro Tsujimoto with Historic Rookie Card

Eleven years before baseball had fictitious fireballer Sidd Finch, hockey gave birth to the legend of Taro Tsujimoto. What hockey has never had until now – 36 years after the mysterious prospect was curiously drafted by the Buffalo Sabres – is a Tsujimoto trading card. That changed in a big, collectible way this week when Panini America released its 2010-11 Score…

Your First Look at the Complete Checklist for 2011 Donruss Elite Football

2011 Donruss Elite Football releases to the masses next week. In advance of that glorious occasion, we thought collectors might appreciate a sneak peek at the complete checklist. So we've included it after the jump. If you missed our Elite quality control gallery from earlier this week, do yourself a favor and give it a look. You won't be disappointed.…

Panini America Announces Last Three SPs from 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey

After more than two weeks of gradually revealing the identity of the short-printed Rookie Ticket Autographs RCs that have kept collectors guessing -- and buzzing -- since 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey released on May 18, we've reached the final reveal. Since we felt that releasing all of those Rookie Card SPs at once would kind of remove all the mystery, we leaked them gradually over…
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