As Packout Continues for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey, So Do the Must-See Images . . .
As collectors all over North America enjoy the Labor Day holiday's three-day weekend, packout for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey continues in earnest at the Panini America printing facility. Indeed, readying a product like this unique high-end blockbuster for market is a process that knows no down time. (more…)
Cuts Above: A Breathtaking Peek at 2010-11 Dominion Hockey’s Kindest Cuts Insert
Count captivating cut autographs from hockey's most hallowed legends amid the myriad mind-blowing assets I witnessed firsthand earlier this week on my field trip to the Panini America printing facility for the start of packout for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey. The names on the one-of-a-kind treasures dotting the Kindest Cuts checklist read like the table of contents from a hockey history book -- and the cards themselves are…
The Legendary Brendan Shanahan’s Take on Dominion Hockey: ‘The Best I’ve Ever Seen’
As the tangible, goose-bump-inducing hype surrounding the September 14 release of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey continues to build, leave it to living NHL legend Brendan Shanahan to put the cards in their proper perspective: "The cards are the best I've ever seen," Shanahan wrote Friday morning in an email to Alex Carbajal, Panini America NHL Acquisitions Manager. (more…)
Panini America Behind the Scenes: Packout Begins for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
After three days in Toronto for the highly successful 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase, I feared I was on the verge of hockey overload when I woke up this morning. But then I made the voyage across town to the Panini America production facility -- wearing my snazzy new Rookie Showcase T-shirt -- and had my budding passion for the NHL intensely renewed. Turns out quality time with 2010-11…
Last Look: Your Final Pre-Packout Drool Gallery for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
Since I'm a positive guy by nature, I'll begin with the good news: The hand-packout process for the highly anticipated juggernaut that is 2010-11 Dominion Hockey begins a week from tomorrow. (As an aside, we'll be there with video camera in hand documenting the process.) The bad news? The gallery that follows showcasing some of the sweetest, most-recent autograph arrivals for the product…
Boston Bruin Milan Lucic Comes Through for Hockey Collectors One More Time
When you work on the manufacturer side of the NHL trading card business, you tend to pick up tons of behind-the-scenes skinny and invaluable insight into the daily dealings with the game's superstars and their agents. For example, Panini America NHL acquisitions specialist Alex Carbajal was one of the first people on the planet to know that Boston Bruins winger Milan Lucic earlier this year had expressed an interest…
New On-Card Arrivals for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey Include Evgeni Malkin, Taylor Hall
As we speed headfirst into the scorching final weeks of summer, about the only thing hotter than Texas' relentless string of 100-degree afternoons are the recent mail days burning up Panini America HQ. In short, the newest arrivals for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey have been nothing short of epic. This week alone we've been on the receiving end of honest-to-goodness collection-making cornerstones from the…
The Newest On-Card Arrivals for Elite Black Box Basketball, Dominion Hockey & More
From the pristine extravagance of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey and 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball to the old-school brilliance of the 2000 Certified Certified Gold Team inserts, the Panini America acquisitions team has been privy to some absolutely jaw-dropping on-card autograph arrivals in recent days. As much as I'd like to wax poetic prose all over the images below, the fact is that…
The Countdown Continues: Spectacular New Arrivals for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
While the collecting world sits perched on the edge of its seat and biting its nails in continued anticipation of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey, things inside Panini America headquarters are moving at a feverish, ice-melting pace. In the last two weeks alone, new Hockey Hall of Famers Joe Nieuwendyk and Eddie Belfour have dropped by the office to sign a gorgeous array of gems for Dominion. Meanwhile,…
The Drool Gallery: More On-Card Eye Candy Coming to National Treasures & Dominion
I just can't get enough. I need more emails from Rosalinda Rios. I crave them. I hold my breath for them. I . . . can't . . . go . . . on . . . without . . . them. Especially this time of year, when Rios' daily "Autos in House" notifications are filled with on-card breath-takers slated for inclusion in huge late-summer blockbusters 2010-11 National Treasures…