The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2021 UFC Select Arrives Tomorrow . . . And It Is Spectacular
Panini America is set to make UFC trading card history for the second time this year tomorrow when the highly anticipated 2021 UFC Select arrives in hobby shops across North America. The juggernaut Select brand has enjoyed an astronomical ascension in recent years across all sports, but it's never been done quite . . . like . . . this.…
Must-See First Look: Panini America Provides a Sneak Peek Inside 2021 Select UFC
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 electric debut of Select UFC. In the extensive product preview below, we’ll showcase a bevy of preliminary images from…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2019-20 Select Basketball (70+ Must-See Images)
Let's face it: Some new-release weeks in the trading cards industry are just more action-packed than others. This, for the record, is one of those weeks as Panini America readies to launch 2019-20 Select Basketball, 2019 Encased Football and 2020 Donruss Baseball in hobby shops across North America on Wednesday. It's a diverse array of products, each with its own…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Two Early Boxes of 2019 Select Football
Panini America's 2019 Select Football arrives in hobby shops and at online retailers across North America tomorrow boasting a robust lineup of Prizms, rookie, veteran and legendary autograph content, calling-card RPAs, the return of the XRC Redemptions and XRC Mystery Autograph Redemptions and the spectacular, one-per-case Zebra Prizms. On average, each hobby box of 2019 Select Football (five cards per…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2018-19 Select Basketball (Preview Gallery)
Panini America's venerable Select Basketball franchise long ago established itself as a mid-season staple on the NBA collecting calendar by delivering its own unique spin on the company's popular Optichrome printing technology (the quirky-cool Zebra Prizms got their start in Select) and by staying true to the brand's three-tier base structure. Those two brand tenets, as well as the standout Rookie…
As 2017 Select Football XRCs Start Shipping, Panini America Delivers Must-See Reveal
On the surface, the fact that top 2018 NFL Draft picks such as Baker Mayfield and Saquon Barkley have licensed trading cards in a 2017 product that released months before the draft can be something of a head-scratching notion. Of course, these aren't just any Rookie Cards. In fact, they're not Rookie Cards at all. They're Extended Rookie Cards, or XRCs, inserted…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Early Boxes of 2017 Select Football
Tomorrow in hobby shops across North America and in online group breaks across the web, football collectors will begin making their "Selections." For any number of reasons, Friday's release of Panini America's 2017 Select Football carries with it a weighty helping of healthy excitement. It's the multicolor captivation of the Prizm parallels . . . it's the tiered base set…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2017-18 Select Basketball (Preview Gallery)
For the upcoming 2017-18 Select Basketball release, Panini America Product Development officials are returning the best assets of past Select Basketball releases (such as the always-popular Tie-Dye Prizms, three-tiered base set and key autograph memorabilia Rookie Cards) while also delivering a wildly striped twist that first debuted in 2017 Select Soccer (Zebra Prizms). The result, however, is a colorful creation that…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2017 Select Football (Preview Gallery)
From its tiered base set to its Tie-Dyed Prizms, Panini America's Select Football franchise has enjoyed several years in the late-season NFL collecting spotlight. Last year, Panini America Product Developers added another new twist to the Select recipe: Redemption cards for XRCs of the top rookies from the upcoming 2018 NFL Draft. All of that returns for another year in…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Select Football (100+ Images)
Awash with captivating colors and powered by Prizm parallels, Panini America's 2016 Select Football product is set to arrive in hobby shops across North America on Friday looking to keep Select's status as as an every-year favorite safely intact. By the looks of the following Quality Control Gallery, that shouldn't be much of a problem. 2016 Select Football is steeped…