Panini Unwrapped: 2011 Threads Football

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucgJ9fzFCNE&w=585&h=359] In another must-see edition of the award-worthy Panini Unwrapped series, watch as Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Carlos Torrez shred a particularly hot box of 2011 Panini Threads Football. Not only can you win their hits from this box, but you can also win a sweet new Panini America T-shirt available nowhere else but here. Stay tuned to the…

The Quality Control Gallery: 40 Must-See Images from 2011 Panini Americana

You can add the 2011 Panini Americana quality-control process to the list of things I missed the most while attending the 32nd Annual National Sports Collectors Convention last week. (Not that I'm complaining, mind you.) I'm happy to report that the show went on here at Panini America HQ while that other show was going on in Rosemont, Ill. I only know this, of…

At the Movies with 2011 Panini Americana

Some of the most memorable motion pictures of all time -- and memorabilia worn by the stars who made them -- highlight the 50-card Movie Posters insert set in the upcoming 2011 Panini Americana trading card set, live everywhere August 17. The original movie poster artwork gracing every card front will send cinema buffs on a vivid stroll down memory lane. The swatch of memorabilia adorning every…

The Routing Table Revisited: Continuing our Examination of 2011 Panini Americana

In the interest of complete transparency, know that it was our intention to show more Routing Table images of the upcoming 2011 Panini Americana set than the eight we posted on Sunday morning. But here's the deal: The Internet signal at my father-in-law's lake house is virtually nonexistent. So I ducked out undetected early Sunday morning and ventured 10 miles or so into the tiny North…

On the Routing Table: An Independence Day Peek at More from 2011 Panini Americana

Yesterday we ignited a few early fireworks on this Fourth of July weekend by showcasing some of the bombshell beauties in store for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey and 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball. Today, we offer more visual explosives with these early looks at 2011 Panini Americana from the vaunted Panini America Routing Table. After all, you can't spell "Americana" without "America"…

Panini Peek World Premiere: 2011 Panini Americana Prime Time Stars (Gallery)

Sporting a checklist that reads like a star-studded 1980s TV Guide table of contents, the Prime Time Stars subset in the forthcoming 2011 Panini Americana trading card set is sure to be a smashing success with any fan of small-screen sitcoms from the last three decades. The subset stars some of the most beloved television personalities of the modern era -- from Bo…

Panini Peek: 2011 Americana (with Gallery)

The next red-carpet-ready installment of Panini America's popular Americana trading card line is currently in production, with plans to release to rave reviews in early June. 2011 Panini Americana, a bona fide star-studded summer blockbuster, will deliver one autograph or memorabilia card in every $25 pack while each four-pack box will yield one Screen Gems insert, one Matinee Legends insert, one Prime Time…