LeBron James commanded a global sports audience late last week when he announced that he was taking his talents back to Cleveland and his hometown Cavaliers to play basketball next season. As luck would have it, Panini America is returning to Cleveland too -- later this month for the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention. And company officials are bringing a special set of game-worn jersey cards with them to commemorate James' return as well as five other NBA superstars.
LeBron James commanded a global sports audience late last week when he announced that he was taking his talents back to Cleveland and his hometown Cavaliers to play basketball next season. As luck would have it, Panini America is returning to Cleveland too — later this month for the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention. And company officials are bringing a special set of game-worn jersey cards with them to commemorate James’ return as well as five other NBA superstars.
The special 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention Tools of the Trade Update set features three limited-edition versions of game-worn memorabilia cards from James (incorporating a game-worn James Cavaliers jersey), Tim Duncan, Damian Lillard, Derrick Rose, Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo. The Tools of the Trade Update set is available exclusively at the National Sports Collectors Convention and includes the first NBA trading card featuring James in a Cavaliers uniform since announcing his return to Cleveland.
Collectors will receive one randomly selected, blind-wrapped memorabilia card (base versions are limited to 175 copies, Prime versions are numbered to 25 and Super Prime versions are numbered to only one) for each box of selected 2013-14 Panini America NBA product they open at the Panini America booth.
It’s worth noting that each Super Prime 1/1 features a Laundry Tag swatch.
The promotion will be limited to the first 200 customers during each day of the National and will be available through the purchase and redemption of the following products:
2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball
2013-14 Elite Basketball
2013-14 Prestige Basketball
2013-14 Prizm Basketball
2013-14 Pinnacle Basketball
2013-14 Totally Certified Basketball
We’ll have more National details in the coming days here on The Knight’s Lance. Below, we’ve provided a quick preview gallery of the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention Tools of the Trade Update set.
Great looking cards! Do you have to redeem an entire box of cards or certain # of packs?
Looks like Panini is going to steal the show again.
It’s one box for one blind-wrapped card.
But you also can’t get regular show packs, correct? One or the other?
Wowsers!
Good job on the quick LeBron turnaround!
He’s back…and Panini is right on the ball with getting new Lebron cards in the hands of collectors. Very well done. Thanks Tracy!
Do the boxes for the wrapper redemption have to be bought at the show in order to be eligible? I’m thinking about buying them online ahead of time to save some time at the show. Do they just have to be sealed like any normal box? Thanks!
Also, what time will the wrapper redemption start?
We encourage folks to buy the boxes from dealers at the show.
Great stuff as always!