Panini America Previews Plans for the 2014 Toronto Spring Expo (Must-See Gallery)
Show-goers making their lists and checking them twice in advance of this weekend's 2014 Toronto Spring Expo are no doubt also keeping one eye fixed on the weather forecast for later this week, which calls for highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s. Not to worry, Panini America is packing plenty of its trademark Texas heat for the…
Panini America On Location: Day One at the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo (Must-See Gallery)
TORONTO, Ontario -- The puck dropped on the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo on Friday afternoon with a brisk November breeze outside the Toronto International Center and a scorching hot Panini America booth inside. From open to close, the Panini America booth reverberated throughout the facility with steady wrapper-redemption lines, Box Wars, eager Panini VIP Party qualifiers and enough 2013-14 Select…
Panini America Delivering its Show-Stealing VIP Party to the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo
There's a juicy rumor making industry rounds these days about Panini America's exclusive, hottest-ticket-in-town VIP Party from the last two National Sports Collectors Conventions. According to reports we've received from north of the border, our Canadian neighbors are convinced that Panini America is bringing that party to next month's 2013 Toronto Fall Expo for the first time. Today, we'll let you…
Power to the Purples: 2013-14 Prizm Hockey Purple Cracked Ice Cards Arrive (Gallery)
On her daily stop at the company printing facility this morning, Panini America Vice President of Production Stephanie Carlson made a splendid discovery that should be warmly embraced by NHL fans across North America. Here's betting the sparkling sight of the ballyhooed 2013-14 Prizm Hockey Purple Cracked Ice cards on the production line was hard to miss. But Carlson did more than…
Retail-Exclusive Prizms Add Chase, Value to 2013-14 Prizm Hockey (Must-See Gallery)
It's been six days since 2013-14 Prizm Hockey hit hobby shops -- and the tireless pursuit of that product's hobby-only Holofoil, Orange Die-Cut, Gold and Finite Black Prizm parallels has kept the social media universe, hobby shops, online auction sites and message boards buzzing with big finds. In just the last few days, that phenomenon began playing out in retail…
Panini Unwrapped: 2013-14 Prizm Hockey
On Wednesday inside Panini America HQ, Chris Barr, Karvin Cheung and Matt Davis -- a living, breathing hat trick of hockey hobby heavyweights -- got together to break a few boxes of 2013-14 Prizm Hockey for this special episode of Panini Unwrapped. In addition to dropping serious knowledge on how the product came together, the trio also delivers the first…
The 2013-14 Prizm Hockey Hunt: Locate the Hidden Boxes and You Could Win One!
In honor of tomorrow's North American release of Panini America's 2013-14 Prizm Hockey, The Knight's Lance is back with another of its popular head-scratching, eye-testing Scavenger Hunts to add some excitement and adventure to your Tuesday. In the process, five lucky winners will win a brand-spankin'-new box of 2013-14 Prizm Hockey. You see that image at the top of this post?…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Two Early Boxes of 2013-14 Prizm Hockey
The anticipation is palpable. In three short days, the first standalone Prizm Hockey brand in collecting history hits hobby shops across North America with the release of Panini America's 2013-14 Prizm Hockey. By now (thanks to extended previews in 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey and at 2013 Fan Expo Canada), the product needs no introduction. All it needs at this point is…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Prizm Hockey (81 Must-See Pics)
If you're a hockey fan and you weren't monitoring the Panini America Twitter feed yesterday, well, shame on you. You missed a day full of revealing Tweets sent directly from the Panini America production facility where packout was taking place for the highly anticipated 2013-14 Prizm Hockey. The good news, of course, is that you can go back and search…
Panini America Plans Purple Cracked Ice for 2013-14 Prizm Hockey Wrapper Redemption
The ground-shaking buzz reverberating from 2013-14 Prizm Hockey just keeps growing more intense. Earlier this week, Panini America NHL Brand Managers confirmed that the first standalone Prizm Hockey release -- which begins packing out Monday -- would be 100 percent redemption-free. Yesterday, Panini America Sales Director Tim Franz announced that the product had already sold out. Today? Well, it keeps…