The Short Report: Panini America Reveals SPs and SSPs in 2018 Contenders Optic Football (Part 1)
Now that Panini America's popular 2018 Contenders Optic Football has enjoyed the luxury of a few weeks on the secondary market, company Product Development officials are ready to start sharing details surrounding the set's autograph Short Prints and Super Short Prints. Beginning with today's part one, we begin unveiling the autograph SPs (limited to 250 or less) and SSPs (limited…
Short Report: Panini America Reveals More SPs, SSPs in 2018 Contenders Football
Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America roughly six weeks ago to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the weeks since in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various…
Short Report: Panini America Reveals More SPs, SSPs in 2018 Contenders Football
Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America just more than one month ago to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the weeks since in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various variations and…
Short Report: Panini America Starts Sharing SPs, SSPs in 2018 Contenders Football
Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America roughly one month ago to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the 30 days or so in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various variations and…
Panini America Unravels the SP Mysteries of Recent Contenders Football Releases (2017)
One. Short. Week. Seven days. That's all that stands in the way now between 2018 Contenders Football and a ravenous collector base ready to rock when the product arrives in hobby shops across North America next Friday. Obviously, when it comes to the landmark Contenders product, the primary drivers of the product every year are the Rookie Ticket Autographs RCs and the…
Panini America Unravels the SP Mysteries of Recent Contenders Football Releases (2016)
Last week's lickety-split sellout of 2018 Contenders Football’s “1st Off The Line” edition offered a vivid reminder that the hobby edition of 2018 Contenders Football will arrive soon in hobby shops across North America. Obviously, when it comes to the landmark Contenders product, the primary drivers of the product every year are the Rookie Ticket Autographs RCs and the relative scarcity of Short Prints, Super Short…
Panini America Unravels the SP Mysteries of Recent Contenders Football Releases (2015)
Yesterday's lickety-split sellout of 2018 Contenders Football's "1st Off The Line" edition offered a vivid reminder that the hobby edition of 2018 Contenders Football will arrive soon in hobby shops across North America. Obviously, when it comes to the landmark Contenders product, the primary drivers of the product every year are the Rookie Ticket Autographs RCs and the relative scarcity…
The Print-Run Mysteries of Panini America’s Pen Pals Autographs in 2018 Elite Football
Panini America's 2018 Elite Football released just more than one week ago and has spent the nine or so days since absolutely blazing on the secondary market. One of the primary drivers of the heatwave? The chase-inducing Pen Pals Autographs insert featuring a rainbow array of ink-color variations, each with their own level scarcity. To help bring some clarity to…
Panini America Explores Rookie Card SPs in Retail-Only 2018 Prestige Football
Panini America made a major move this NFL offseason by transforming the venerable Prestige Football brand into a retail-exclusive release, giving big-box hobbyists a product to call their very own. Just this week, 2018 Prestige Football started hitting retail-store shelves packing a unique content roster that -- Oh, by the way! -- includes some of the rarest NFL Rookie Cards…
Panini America Unveils List of Signature SPs within 2018 FIFA World Cup™ Prizm
Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 FIFA World Cup™ Prizm arrived in hobby shops last Friday to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the last week or so getting acquainted with the product's popular parallels and a star-studded checklist of autograph cards. Not surprisingly, some of those autographs are harder to come by than others -- and in the list that follows, we're…