Mining & Pining: An Early Exploration of 2010-11 Panini Gold Standard Basketball
If I could be recast in card form as any basketball product in the entire collecting universe, I think I'd want to be the breath of fresh air that is 2010-11 Panini Gold Standard (and I'm not just saying that because I work here). The uniquely themed high-end offering, due out May 25, is unapologetically lustrous from beginning to end -- packed with enough…
Good as Gold: The Anatomy of a Package
It's a shame, really, that Panini America Production Manager Jeremy Johnson spends much of his time on tone-setting, first-impression aspects of our products that most collectors can't wait to destroy. Johnson, a Michigan native, is the Prince of Packaging around these parts; the guy people visit when talk turns to boxes. Certainly Johnson's Midas touch will be all over 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball when the brand new product releases…
On the Routing Table: Zenith Hockey, Gold Standard Basketball, Prestige Football
It's been way too long since last we visited the fabled Panini America Routing Table, what with its seemingly never-ending stack of early looks at products in various stages of early development. Admittedly, its location in the new building near Product Development and Design -- far, far away from the marketing department -- makes frequent sojourns to its four-legged loot more difficult, but…