Lofty Sales of Panini America Hockey Cards Highlight this Special Edition of the PPI
To say that we (and by "we," I mean yours truly) might have over promised and under delivered on the "weekly" aspect of the Panini Price Index might be an understatement. However, a lot has happened since the last installment of the PPI, including the epic release of three superb Panini America NHL products. The trifecta of hockey bliss -- 2011-12…
Panini America Leaks the Prime Namesakes Autograph SPs from 2011-12 Prime Hockey
Now that Panini America's passionate hockey collectors have had ample opportunity to assemble their targeted vowels and consonants from 2011-12 Prime Hockey's Prime Namesakes autograph letters insert, Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr is ready to make a little more sense of the alphabet soup. Earlier this week, Barr shared the list of short prints from the popular insert set.…
Things of Devilish Beauty: Martin Brodeur’s New Panini America Trading Cards
They say the devil's in the details. But sometimes, the extraordinary details are in the Devil. In this case, that Devil is legendary New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur, who's newest autographed trading cards from Panini America are, like the man himself, quite spectacular. It's fitting that Brodeur's newest installment of devilishly sweet trading cards arrived back at Panini America HQ…
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…
The Panini America Drool Gallery: 2011-12 Prime Hockey Prime Ties (103 Images)
I have a confession to make: When I first laid eyes on the overwhelmingly unique Prime Ties insert cards from the new 2011-12 Prime Hockey, I was speechless, my tongue tied and twisted in knots like the laces I was looking at. That was two weeks ago, during the quality-control process for the ballyhooed product. Here's what I wrote at the…
Prime-Time Video: Panini America Unwraps 2011-12 Prime Hockey (And You Can Win)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7QMd31FfNY&w=600&h=338] The time has come: Panini America's 2011-12 Prime Hockey is live. And to celebrate one of the most anticipated hockey products to hit the market in quite some time, Panini America Director of Product Development Karvin Cheung sat down with Tracy Hackler for this special prime-time edition of Panini Unwrapped. Were two boxes of the product enough to…
A Teaser Gallery: Panini America Busts the First Box of 2011-12 Prime Hockey
Man, the Panini America NHL team picked a bad week to go out of the office -- not that it had much choice considering the 2012 NHLPA Rookie Showcase is going on in Toronto right now. Still, the fact of the matter is that the guys missed out on this afternoon's delivery of the first 2011-12 Prime Hockey boxes to…
The Panini America Drool Gallery: 22 More Images from the 2011-12 Prime Hockey QC
Just in case you didn't get your fill of 2011-12 Prime Hockey previews from the Quality Control Gallery we posted on Monday, we published a follow-up on Tuesday. Clearly, though, there's no such thing as too much Prime. So we're back with another fresh batch of images from the QC process that finally finished on Tuesday. For while I was…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011-12 Prime Hockey (Process Continues)
You just thought you saw everything there was to see from the 2011-12 Prime Hockey QC process yesterday. The fact of the matter is that Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr spent well into Monday evening at the company printing facility ensuring everything in the product was falling as it should. As a result, Barr unearthed the following gems…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011-12 Prime Hockey (Updated Images)
Hockey collectors, rejoice. The day you've been waiting for has arrived. At this very moment, Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr is at the company's printing facility not-so-patiently waiting to scrutinize the first 2011-12 Prime Hockey QC boxes straight off the production line. Luckily for all of us, he found something to occupy him while he waits: Several glorious…