Massive Gallery & Must-See Video: Quality Controlling 2010-11 Classics Basketball

The power trio of Mike Payne, David Porter and Aik Tongtharadol — Panini America’s juggernaut NBA product development team — hit the road early Thursday morning for a sweet sojourn to the printing facility to quality control 2010-11 Classics Basketball.

In true voyeuristic fashion, I followed closely behind with cameras in hand to document part of the process.

As you’ll discover in the images and video footage that follows, this year’s Classics has real potential to become an instant hobby classic, what with its striking new designs, its seamless melding of stars from yesterday, today and tomorrow and its refreshingly abundant supply of on-card autographs.

After you’ve feasted on the revealing imagery, be sure to check out the short video clip that follows. When you’ve done all of that, please comment with your initial thoughts on the product, which releases April 13.

And now . . . the must-see video:

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