Panini America Packs Instant-Win Prizes Galore Inside 2011 Toronto Expo Packs
Sweet, low-numbered autographs and a show-exclusive checklist of cards you simply can't get anywhere else aren't the only niceties that will grace the Panini America wrapper-redemption packs for next week's 2011 Toronto Fall Expo. There are also special instant-win cards good for tons of great autographed hockey memorabilia. The instant-win checklist includes pucks signed by Taylor Hall, jerseys signed by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011-12 Score Hockey (26 Must-See Images)
While most of Panini America spent last week on an international business trip to Italy, hockey honcho Karvin Chueng was hard at work back home, carefully scrutinizing the packout process for 2011-12 Score Hockey, the fun-for-all-ages product due out everywhere next week. After Cheung completed the task and ensured that everything was falling as it should, he conducted the all-important quality control check…
The Drool Gallery: Peerless Patches Abound in Panini’s 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
Looking for a word to describe the unparalleled quality and quantity of prime memorabilia pieces used in the creation of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey? "Epic" works. So do "astonishing," "majestic," "unparalleled," "stunning" and "wow." Indeed, there is no shortage of appropriate adjectives in the English language befitting some of the sickest Technicolor dream patches ever created. Ultimately, though, the following gallery of highlights --…
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…)
Panini America Behind the Scenes: Packout Begins for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
After three days in Toronto for the highly successful 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase, I feared I was on the verge of hockey overload when I woke up this morning. But then I made the voyage across town to the Panini America production facility -- wearing my snazzy new Rookie Showcase T-shirt -- and had my budding passion for the NHL intensely renewed. Turns out quality time with 2010-11…
A Running Gallery: Panini America’s Day Two at the 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase
TORONTO, Ontario -- Things are moving at a brisk pace this morning inside Toronto's MasterCard Centre on Day Two of the 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase. The morning began with the 26 rookie prospects on hand meeting the strong throng of media amid a red-carpet ambiance -- and then gave way to the meat of the shoot for Panini America: A day filled…
Panini America on Location: Dropping the Puck at the 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase
TORONTO, Ontario -- The Panini America hockey team spent a good chunk of Sunday night and a wee bit of Monday morning preparing the company's signing quarters inside Toronto's Westin Harbour Castle for the 26 young NHL superstars who will make their way through the room later this morning. Three different groups of players (two groups of nine and one group of eight) will…
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…
Panini Peek: 2011-12 Certified Hockey
This time last year, Panini America officials were still making preparations for their ballyhooed foray into the NHL trading card market and readying 2010-11 Certified Hockey to lead that charge. There's no denying that the celebrated launch of Certified last fall kickstarted a banner rookie season for Panini America that will officially end with next month's release of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey. And judging by the company's early lineup…