Totally Sweet: Appreciating Daniel Rovin's Rocking Panini America Hoops Collection
Say this about New York collector Daniel Rovin: The guy sure knows how to command your attention. Among the most arresting collecting revelations Rovin (on the right in the above image) detailed in his first email to me on May 2? He'd just completed the Kevin Durant Panini's Choice Awards insert from 2011-12 Preferred Basketball, the crowning complement to his…
Golden Glimpse: Your First Look at 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball’s Gold HRX 1/1s
It occurred to us here at The Knight's Lance recently that in our haste to bring you all of the exciting developments surrounding the upcoming Panini America NBA releases, we may have forgotten to share with you the gilded greatness of the pioneering HRX Gold 1/1 autographed video trading cards from the 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball. Well, this morning we aim…
Panini America Teams with Blake Griffin for Public Signing, “New Guy” Web Miniseries
You can scratch "acting lessons" off the list of things the incomparable Blake Griffin should be doing to pass the time while waiting for the NBA lockout to end. As you'll soon see, the guy needs no stinking acting lessons. He's a natural. As for the list of things Griffin will be doing in the coming days, add "rare public autograph…
The Knight’s Lance Reveals . . . John Wall’s Panini HRX Video Trading Card Footage
In a year full of industry-leading innovation for Panini America, perhaps nothing has created more buzz among collectors and the mainstream media than the pioneering Panini HRX Video Trading Cards that were randomly inserted into packs of 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball in July. Each of the revolutionary cards -- 40 base versions, 10 autographed versions and one Gold autograph version each for Panini…
Panini America’s Revolutionary HRX Cards Get Star Treatment on FOX News Channel
While much of the sports collecting world descended upon Rosemont, Ill., last week for the 32nd Annual National Sports Collectors Convention, others around the country enjoyed a National experience from the comfort of their own living rooms compliments of FOX News Channel. The news-gathering giant last weekend began rotating a lengthy segment on Panini America's HRX Video Trading Cards, showcasing footage of the innovative cards themselves…
The Big Reveal: Panini HRX Autographs
Last Saturday we gave the world its first look at live versions of Panini America's groundbreaking Panini HRX Video Trading Cards randomly tucked inside packs of 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball. Today, we offer the world-premiere first look at autographed versions of those technological titans -- 10 each devoted to Panini America exclusives Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and John Wall -- that have sent…
Panini Unwrapped World Premiere Video: 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHox4qpZr80&w=585&h=363] Watch the innocuous Panini America triple team of Tracy Hackler, David Porter and new recruit Keith Hower rip open two certifably hypnotic boxes of 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball. Although the trio couldn't get its grubby hands on one of the history-making Panini HRX Video Trading Cards, it did unearth some simply splendid specimens, several of which you can win just by…
QC Check: Exploring the Enchanting Effects of 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball
For most hoops collectors, next week's arrival of 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball is being most eagerly anticipated for its inclusion of the pioneering Panini HRX video trading cards. But for those of us who were on location Friday afternoon at the Panini America printing facility quality controlling the first boxes off the production line, it was stunningly obvious that HRX will be but…
On the Production Floor: 2011 Donruss Elite Football, 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball
Judging by yesterday's incredibly ascending view count on The Knight's Lance, we're assuming that most collectors by now have seen the gawk-getting gallery we posted showcasing the splendid production-floor peeks of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey. That goldmine of images was captured during our Tuesday visit to the Panini America production facility, at which time we also grabbed some literally dazzling early looks at 2011 Donruss Elite…
Must See: Routing Table Delivers First Look at 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball
So I was back in Product Development early this morning helping NFL Brand Manager Carlos Torrez and NFL acquisitions guru Joe White QC a few early retail boxes of 2011 Prestige Football (great-looking product this year, by the way). On my way back to marketing, I passed the vaunted Panini America Routing Table and had to do a double take. Then a…