Panini America Presents a Must-See Gallery Honoring NBA ROY Damian Lillard
The NBA made official earlier today what most of the league and its millions of fans around the world have known for months: Portland Trailblazers guard Damian Lillard is the Kia NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2012-2013 season. The sixth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, Lillard led all rookies in scoring (19 ppg) while playing in…
Panini America Unwraps Playbook Football, Select Basketball in Watch & Win Videos
It's rare for us here at Panini America to cram two videos into one post on The Knight's Lance. But since this is no ordinary release week, this is no ordinary post. As the collecting world anxiously awaits tomorrow's releases of 2012 Playbook Football and 2012-13 Select Basketball we present for your enjoyment below the world premiere episodes of Panini…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens First Box of 2012-13 Select Basketball
Teasing Tuesday continues here on The Knight's Lance as we follow our 2012 Playbook Football Teaser Gallery from earlier this morning with another first-box peek, this time showcasing one randomly early box of the highly anticipated 2012-13 Select Basketball product. If 2012-13 Prizm Basketball ignited the fire for Panini America's wildly popular Prizm technology, the preliminary buzz on Select has continued…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Select Basketball (Part Two)
One week from today, the next big thing in NBA trading cards will take the court with the release of Panini America's hugely anticipated 2012-13 Select Basketball. We've been gradually revealing Select's greatness for months right here on The Knight's Lance, culminating with part one of a tantalizing Quality Control Gallery. Today, we deliver the fascinating finale. Monday's gallery was all…
Product Developments: Sweet Scenes from the Panini America Printing Facility
Most of the time, my ADD is nothing more than a focus-siphoning scourge that prevents me from spending more than, say, five minutes on any one particular task before something shiny distracts me. But on some days, I find ADD to be a most exquisite dance partner. Today was one of those days. I ventured to the fabled Panini America…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Select Basketball (Part One)
The future of Panini America's popular Prizm technology is now. Actually, it was first previewed last week inside the company's trademark Black Boxes distributed at the 2013 Industry Summit. The event-exclusive Green Prizm parallels teasing next Wednesday's release of 2012-13 Select Basketball have generated mad-money sales in the days since. A Damian Lillard numbered 1/10 sold for a staggering $1,200.…
Seeing Green: Panini America Drops Special Insert in 2013 Industry Summit Black Boxes
The palpable buzz surrounding the upcoming release of 2012-13 Select Basketball is sure to intensify considerably beginning next Tuesday during the 2013 Industry Summit, when Panini America officials distribute their trademark Black Boxes to conclude a Summit-wide corporate address. Indeed, in addition to randomly inserted 1/1 autograph or memorabilia masterpiece inserted into each box, company officials have also included a little something…
Preferred Selections: Panini America Basks in the Brilliance of New Basketball Arrivals
For many higher-end hoops collectors, the arrival earlier this week of the quite affordable, quite entertaining 2012-13 Panini Basketball product began the unofficial countdown to two of Panini America's most-anticipated 2012-13 NBA products: Select and Preferred. We've shown you a few glimpses of the impending greatness that awaits collectors in those two products right here on The Knight's Lance in…
Between the Sheets: Panini America Offers Uncut Looks at 2012-13 Select, Marquee
By now, it likely goes without saying, but I'm going to say it anyway: Working at Panini America provides a seemingly never-ending stream of fascinating sights, sounds and developments. One day it's Ty Cobb bat knobs and game-worn Robert Griffin III jerseys. The next, it's Gordie Howe autographs and Kobe Bryant game-worn shoes. But on many days, including today, some…
Panini America Tips Off NBA All-Star Break with More Peeks at Preferred, Select Autos
HOUSTON -- Yes, we know that 2012-13 Elite Basketball is less than a week from hitting hobby shops. And we know that the product's arrival after a few seasons away has hoops collectors all over the globe excited. Heck, we're just as excited -- especially after checking out the Quality Control Gallery. But when you have the chance to preview…