Stars Align with 2022-23 Panini Spectra Basketball
Basketball is a game dominated by space and air. Floaters seem to touch the moon before falling through the basket. The game’s high fliers launch off the hardwood and defy gravity to either rock the rim or send an opponent’s shot into orbit. The top long-distance shooters’ shot charts look like a collection of shooting stars. Some players put on…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2021 Spectra Football
Panini America's fabulous, flashy, fire-breathing Spectra Football arrives for the 2021 NFL season tomorrow and once again is brimming with the kind of Instagram-ready hits that have come to make the product famous in hobby circles over the years. On average, each hobby box of 2021 Spectra Football (four cards per pack, four packs per box, eight boxes per case)…
Panini America Provides an Extended Sneak Peek at 2021 Spectra Football
Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you. Today, we’re sharing that same information with you here on The Knight’s Lance, this time featuring the simply "Spectracular" Spectra Football. In the extensive product preview below, we’ll showcase a bevy of preliminary images from the…
The Panini Digital Weekly Update: Spectra Basketball FOTL Drops in NBA Dunk, Free Josh Allen Emoji Card in NFL Blitz and More
It's starting to become clear who the leaders of the NFL will be this season, and Week 4 is where we double down. While all eyes are focused on the showdown in Foxborough between Tom Brady's Buccaneers and his former team, your focus on finding those elusive sleepers in the weekly NFL Blitz Digital Trading Card App contests will be…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2021 Spectra Baseball
Say this about Panini America's new 2021 Spectra Baseball: It's an aesthetic juggernaut, plain and simple. It's one of the most attractive sports card products you'll ever see and delivers a bevy of short-printed hits that can, quite frankly, be stunning. The product is available now at hobby shops nationwide and at the official online store of Panini America. On…
Panini America Provides a Comprehensive First Look at 2021 Spectra Baseball
Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you. Today, we’re sharing that same information with you here on The Knight’s Lance, this time featuring the scintillating and "spectracular" Spectra Baseball. In the extensive product preview below, we’ll showcase a bevy of preliminary images from…
A Better-Late-Than-Never Quality Control Gallery Featuring 2020-21 Spectra Basketball
Yes, we're aware that 2020-21 Spectra Basketball released in hobby shops across North America earlier today. And, yes, we're aware that our Quality Control Gallery preview posts traditionally arrive a day or two before a product releases. But it's been one of those weeks here at Panini America so you'll have to forgive the slight tardiness of this must-see look…
World-Premiere Breaks of Spectra Basketball, Elements Football and More Headline Episode No. 9 of “Going Direct: The Panini Podcast”
“Going Direct: The Panini Podcast” is must-consume content once again this week as episode No. 9 features . . . World Premiere box breaks featuring 2021 Elements Football, 2020-21 Spectra Basketball and 2021 Immaculate BaseballA hard-hitting roundtable discussion with Panini America Brand Managers Thomas Barchi, Chris Barr and Micah LaytonTop NBA rookies describing seeing their Panini America Rookie Card for…
Panini America Provides a Detailed First Look at the Upcoming 2020-21 Spectra Basketball
Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you. Today, we’re sharing that same information with you here on The Knight’s Lance, this time featuring the simply "Spectracular" Spectra Basketball. In the extensive product preview below, we’ll showcase a bevy of preliminary images from the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2020 Spectra Football (90+ Sweet Pics)
There are quite a few products from Panini America featuring wildly popular Optichrome technology -- and they all stand out in their own distinct ways. But few people can deny that the colorful, dynamic, captivating Prizm-powered phenom that is Spectra just hits a little different. Different from the Prizm brand. Different from Select. Different from Optic. Different from Mosaic. Just…