Gallery: Panini America Previews More New Images from 2011-12 Dominion Hockey
The week-long marathon that was the 2011-12 Dominion Hockey pre-packout process is a gift that keeps on giving. After all, while Panini America's NHL first-liners Chris Barr, Karvin Cheung and Tim Trout were busy hand-inspecting every last card produced for inclusion in this year's Dominion product, they were also taking tons of pictures. And we've shared many of those with you right…
Power of the Pen: Crosby, Trout and RG III Punctuate Panini America’s New Arrivals
I have seen the future of sports card collecting . . . and it is stunning. OK, what I've really seen -- just this week -- are the newest on-card autographs that have hit Panini America HQ in the last few days and that soon will be starring in the company's upcoming MLBPA, NBA, NFL and NHL trading card products. And those…
Tuesday Tease: Panini America Previews 70 New Images from 2011-12 Dominion QC
Panini America NHL brand developers Karvin Cheung and Chris Barr have spent every waking hour of the last four or five days hand-inspecting thousands of collection-making cards -- one by one -- to make sure they're ready for insertion into the juggernaut known as 2011-12 Dominion Hockey, which begins packing out next week. Throughout the time-intensive labor of love that's taking place…
Panini America Begins the Quality Control Process for 2011-12 Dominion Hockey
Remember a few days ago, when we previewed some of the historic Gordie Howe inclusions coming to 2011-12 Dominion Hockey? In that post, we mentioned the cool cache of images hitting my email inbox at a breakneck pace compliments of Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr, who is currently scrutinizing every single card slated for the product in advance…
And Howe! Panini America Begins Prepping 2011-12 Dominion Hockey for Packout
It was 11:37 last night when the email came in -- a 12-megabyte behemoth from Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr that was filled with the first glorious glimpses of 2011-12 Dominion Hockey's pre-packout process. Indeed, while most of the hockey collecting world is still abuzz with Panini America's penultimate product of the 2011-12 NHL season (Prime Hockey), Barr and…
We’ve Got Mail: Check Out Panini America’s August 15 Autograph Arrivals (28 Images)
Another day at Panini America HQ, another ink-graced batch of brilliance. Indeed, checking out the daily influx of autographs for any number of Panini America's in-progress products is something of an every-day "event" for me. The anticipation of just who will appear on those ritualistic notification emails -- typically broken down by sport -- is most often the highlight of…
Panini America Drool Gallery: The Splendid First Look at 2011-12 Dominion Hockey
The furious late-summer days around Panini America HQ are earmarked by many things. Our new-season NFL products already are hitting mid-season stride. Our next season of NBA products will tip off next week with the release of 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball. Our MLBPA roster is cranking with the launch of 2012 Triple Play Baseball and the upcoming launch of 2012…
Panini America’s History-Making Mail Day Features Vin Scully’s First Autographs
We're on the receiving end of monumental mail calls almost every day here at Panini America. Such is the case when you're dealing with autographs and memorabilia from the greatest athletes -- upcoming, current, legendary -- in the worlds of baseball, basketball, football and hockey. But the fact of the matter is that some mail days are way more historic…
Panini America Offers Pre-Ink Peek at the Peerless Patches in 2011-12 Dominion
Let's be honest: There's never a bad time to preview a product like 2011-12 Dominion Hockey. So even though it's still a ways out on the release calendar with 2011-12 Prime Hockey to come before, I couldn't resist sharing some of the serendipitous scenes I saw back in the Acquisitions department earlier this week. Among the rush of incoming collection-makers…
A Gallery Documenting Multisport Madness at the Panini America Printing Facility
2011-12 Prime Hockey. 2011-12 Dominion Hockey. 2012 Score Football Team Sets. 2012 Triple Play Baseball. Panini America's 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention wrapper-redemption set. 2012-13 Prestige Basketball. The Official 2012 NFL Sticker & Album Collection.The common thread woven throughout that vast and varied list of upcoming products? They're all being worked on right now at the Panini America printing facility.…