The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018-19 Revolution Basketball (100+ Pics)
The super-short Galactic chase. The tough-to-pull-but-top-notch autographs. The multi-magnificence of the flashy parallels. With three short sentences, hoops collectors across the country know what product is being identified: Panini America’s Revolution Basketball. It’s a product that has warmed its way into the hearts of collectors in just three short seasons by offering a flashy mid-season departure of a product. Revolution’s tried-and-true recipe returns intact…
Panini Rewards Brings Color to Kaboom! for Rare Site-Exclusive Insert Set (Gallery)
Panini America's Panini Rewards platform is about to get a whole lot more rewarding. Beginning Friday afternoon, the Panini Rewards website will deliver its own colorful spin on the company's rare and popular Kaboom! insert with a new 50-card creation featuring a superstar checklist and, for the first time, color Kaboom! parallels. The results of this site-exclusive offering, as you'll see in…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2018-19 Crown Royale Basketball (Gallery)
Full disclosure: We’re way behind here at The Knight’s Lance in previewing the newest products that have been solicited by the Panini America sales team in the last week or so. But we’ve got a plan to catch up in short order. By our count, we’ve yet to post preliminary product information on the last eight product solicitations that have gone out. So in…
First Look: Panini America Peeks the Return of 2018-19 Dominion Basketball (Gallery)
Panini America's Dominion Basketball brand has traveled a somewhat circuitous route back into popular collecting lexicon. The brand started as one-and-done hockey release during the 2013-14 season and then disappeared for the next three seasons. And then, seemingly out of the blue, the high-end brand resurfaced last summer as an NBA release. Bolstered by the success of that reintroduction, company…
Panini America Provides Packout Peek at the Upcoming 2017-18 Flawless Basketball
It's Flawless Basketball release week and for those getting in on the action, Wednesday simply can't get here quickly enough. The official final product of the 2017-18 NBA collecting season is locked, loaded and ready to deliver some Halloween treats the likes of which basketball collectors have rarely enjoyed. The industry standard for the highest of high-end trading cards, each briefcase…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2018-19 Revolution Basketball (Gallery)
The super-short Galactic chase. The tough-to-pull-but-top-notch autographs. The multi-magnificence of the flashy parallels. With just three short sentences, hoops collectors across the country know what product is being discussed: Panini America's Revolution Basketball. It's a product that has warmed its way into the hearts of collectors in just three short seasons on the market by offering a flashy mid-season departure of…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017-18 Cornerstones Basketball (66 Pics)
Here's the true testament to the popularity of Panini America's unique Cornerstones autographed memorabilia insert that made a most memorable debut in 2016-17 Grand Reserve Basketball: The insert has spawned a stand-alone product. And that stand-alone product releases Wednesday. Each six-card hobby box of 2017-18 Cornerstones Basketball delivers, on average, two autographs (including one Cornerstones), one memorabilia card, two base or…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2017-18 Vanguard Basketball (Gallery)
There was a time in the sports collectibles industry (like 15 or so year ago), when Promo or Sample Cards were as much a part of a new product release as fancily worded press releases and mylar wrap. These so-called Sample Cards were a way for manufacturers to preview the look and feel of an upcoming set. And the more unique…
Warriors’ Third Title in Four Years Honored with 30-Card Panini Instant Team Set
The defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors made quick work of the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals with a four-game sweep that solidified the Warriors' third championship in the last four years. Along the way, Panini America-exclusive athlete Kevin Durant took home Finals MVP hardware for the second consecutive year. To commemorate all of that,…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2017-18 Donruss Optic Basketball
It's the fusion that continues to fascinate. Panini America's recent penchant for melding its wildly popular Prizm technology with the traditional and non-Prizm Donruss has led to the creation of the highly popular Donruss Optic franchise that wasted precious little time making its presence felt in baseball, football and basketball. That captivating concoction is about to do it again. In…