The Gold Standard: Kobe Bryant Makes His Monumental Mark for Panini America
The incomparable Kobe Bryant made headlines earlier this week -- as he has so many times before during his decorated career -- by simply saying what he felt: That his Dream Team could defeat the 1992 Dream Team in a head-to-head matchup that would inevitably be "a tough one." Two days later, Bryant was in the Las Vegas hotel room of Panini…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball (80 Pics)
Gilded. Gifted. Lustrous. Splendid. Resplendent. Aurulent. Dazzling. Sparkling. Stunning. Go ahead, pick any superlative you can think of to describe the precious-metal mojo that is Panini America's 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball. They all fit. The fact of the matter, though, is that fancy words alone really can't do justice to the dense, decadent, high-gloss finish at work on most of…
Panini America to Roll Out Live Redemption Trade-Up Program at the 2012 National
Panini America officials on Tuesday announced that the company will introduce a groundbreaking Live Redemption Trade-Up program during next month's 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore. The unique initiative will be conducted live at the Panini America booth and will afford those collectors in attendance holding multiple outstanding redemption cards four months or older the opportunity to trade them…
Panini America Pays All-Star Tribute to the Superstar Signers of 2012 Cooperstown
As the baseball world fixes a romantic gaze on tonight's annual midsummer classic in Kansas City, the folks inside Panini America HQ have been privy to a galaxy's worth of of All-Stars in preparation for the upcoming 2012 Cooperstown Baseball. Lately, it seems like not a single mail day goes by around these parts without at least a few history-filled…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Score Football (50 Must-See Images)
The release of Score Football is an annual rite of pigskin passage, a fun-for-all-ages football release that signifies for countless collectors every year the start of a new collecting season with a little something for everyone at a $1 pack price that's impossible to beat. But 2012 Score Football, packing out now in advance of next Wednesday's national release date,…
Panini America Unveils 2012 National VIP Plans, Keeps Two Cards a Mystery
Panini America officials on Monday afternoon unveiled the details surrounding a special six-card set that will be distributed to registered VIPs later this month in Baltimore at the 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention. The set, styled after the legendary Diamond Kings art cards, will include Robert Griffin III, Andrew Luck, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Kyrie Irving. And in an exciting twist, two additional…
How’d Panini America Do That? Production Line Video Details Laser-Cutting Process.
On Friday we brought you 28 revealing images from our fabulous field trip last week to the Panini America printing facility. Today, we do you one better with captivating video footage of various products in various stages of production. One of the things we didn't show you in that gallery late last week? The hypnotically hip process of laser cutting…
Panini America Offers a Glimpse at 2011-12 Prime Hockey’s Genuine Marks Insert
The pure, unadulterated beauty of the 2011-12 Prime Hockey previews we've brought you so far has been, by most accounts, simply breathtaking. Let' see, there was the two-part peek at some of the hand-selected swatches chosen for the Prime Colors insert . . . there was the pre-autograph Rookie Card gallery . . . there was the follow-up gallery after…
Panini America Previews More Fun from the Upcoming 2012 Triple Play Baseball
Just when you think no one makes really fun, truly affordable, kid-at-heart friendly baseball card sets anymore, well, Panini America does. And when we say that 2012 Triple Play Baseball is unlike just about any other trading card set you've ever seen, that's not just marketing speak. It's fact. The lengthy roster of Triple Play's uniquely endearing qualities -- stickers,…
Must-See Gallery: 28 Random Scenes from the Panini America Printing Facility
For the first time in a long time I ventured across town to the Panini America printing facility this morning -- essentially celebrating my second holiday in the span of three days. After all, a field trip to the Panini America printing facility is too much fun, too revealing, too rewarding and too fascinating to be considered work. In theory,…