Special Appearance: Cincinnati Pitcher & Avid Collector Bill Bray Stops By Panini HQ

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBjoZ8Pbyy4&w=585&h=327] Part of the excitement of being on the Panini America marketing team is you really never know what you're walking into on any given day.  Friday morning started off with a bang, as our email inbox chimed with a note from Product Development Director Ben Ecklar asking if someone from the marketing team would be available to conduct a…

Panini America On Location: Farewell from the 2011 Pop Warner Super Bowl

[wpvideo zfTjL46D]The final day of Pop Warner Super Bowl championship games took place yesterday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort.  To say the championship games were exciting would be an understatement.  From an overtime thriller to an impressive aerial display in the final day's game - it was a day these young athletes…

Panini America On Location: Day One at the 2011 Pop Warner Super Bowl

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Set-up is complete and it's time for some football. Officials at Panini America were on hand Saturday as Pop Warner officially kicked off the 55th Annual Pop Warner Super Bowl and National Cheer & Dance Championships at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex. As the “Exclusive Trading Card Partner of Pop Warner Little Scholars,” Panini America will be handing out trading…

2011 Panini America Black Friday Checklist: Draft Day Materials & Patch Autographs

Since Panini America's Black Friday has ended, we have been updating the checklists here on The Knight's Lance to show collectors exactly what they got. So far we have posted the checklists for the Pro Bowl Materials and Pro Bowl Materials Autographs (you can access that checklist here: Final Checklist_Pro Bowl Mem), and for the Super Bowl Materials and Super Bowl Materials Autographs (you…

Panini Peek Preview Gallery: 2011-12 Panini Contenders Hockey (11 Must-See Images)

Panini America Product Development Director Karvin Cheung just left the marketing office. But before he did, I asked him for a quick assessment of 2011-12 Panini Contenders Hockey, the collecting flagship that will return for its second NHL season on February 15. Cheung's first take, without missing a beat or a sip of his coffee: "It's all about the content. This…

The Panini Unwrapped Double Feature: 2011 Certified Football & 2011-12 Certified Hockey

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITuAnv-opQI&w=585&h=327] As if you needed another reason why 2011 Certified Football and 2011-12 Certified Hockey releasing on the same day this week is a good thing, we present this little nugget: The first-ever Panini Unwrapped episode featuring two products. That's right, in this history-making piece of videography (which benefited immeasurably from the deft touch of Tom "The Ripper" Key), watch as…

Panini America Offers the First Look Inside its 2011 Black Friday Base Set (Gallery)

Panini America's upcoming Black Friday in-store wrapper-redemption program has been building an enormous amount of buzz and perhaps even more collector anticipation since the day it was first previewed a few weeks back. The revolutionary promotion will take all of the excitement, energy and great hits collectors experience at the Panini America booth during every show appearance directly into hobby…

Special Guest: Panini Authentic Superstar John Wall Stops by Panini America HQ

Thanks to countless hours and seemingly endless nights, a new line of business was launched at Panini America earlier this year.  In early 2011, the curtain dropped for Panini Authentic, a memorabilia line dedicated to high-end, authenticated sports collectibles from the top athletes in the world. Along with other top-tier athletes, Panini Authentic was able to secure the services of the…
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