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.

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 shops around the country later this month. To start getting you ready for this engaging initiative that promises to be unlike any other you’ve experienced, today we preview for the first time the exclusive Black Friday “base” set.

This multisport marvel includes the top superstars from the worlds of baseball, football and hockey on a rich black-foil design. The set also includes a subset devoted to the top rookies from those three sports and an old-school Elite Series tribute sure to be popular with veteran and ew collectors alike.

Take a look at the set below. Oh, and if you think the base set is nice, wait until you see some of the mind-blowing memorabilia and autograph cards we’ve created exclusively for Black Friday. More to come . . .

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35 Replies to “Panini America Offers the First Look Inside its 2011 Black Friday Base Set (Gallery)”

  1. While my wife braves the early morning cold and darkness to fight crowds of deal-seekers in major retailers with newspaper ads in hand, I will leisurely arise to the November sun and make my way to the local card store to partake in this groundbreaking effort. As always, Panini is at the forefront of this hobby’s evolution and this set once again proves that fact. When people look back and see the rebirth of this hobby as a viable industry for the 21st century they will acknowledge Panini as the driving force behind it! Thanks for bringing us this preview Tracy!

  2. These look amazing!! Love the Black. REally makes the players stand out. Wished I had a store nearby to attempt this but love the gallery anyways. Thanks for the pics!!

  3. Can”t wait as the cards look great and we are going over to do some shopping on Black Friday.
    So that will be a great bonus and looking forward to this weekend hope i can pull some autographs out of the packs in Toronto.

  4. Panini’s entrance into the industry was met with concern and skepticism by collectors, and I was certainly one of them.
    I am, however, blown-away by the quality of the products and the collector-commitment Panini repeatedly demonstrates. Panini has not only entered the industry in impressive fashion, but they are setting the bar with their product lines and exemplary memorabilia inserts. Really nice job

  5. Just another great promotion by Panini!!! I cant wait to bust some Black Friday packs!!!!! Keep on making the best cards in the buisness guys!!!! Panini Rocks!!!

  6. Love the levels that panini go to to support collectors worldwide with stuff like this. And the level on interaction that you provide to the average collector via twitter, facebook and wordpress is awesome. Keep up the good work guys!

  7. This set looks awesome…a great incinteve to get out in the cold but not have to worry about getting run over for a 10 dollar toaster or 20 dvd player, rather have cards anyway!!!!

  8. ahh I wanna see the autos and get some more info on this…like how we can redeem them and what type of odds we have of pulling certain cards….anything been announced since this?

    1. Not yet, but stay tuned later this week for a must-see preview of the Black Friday autograph and memorabilia cards, a list of participating dealers and details on how you can participate online.

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