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…
iCollectPanini.com Begins Online Portion of Panini America’s 2013 Black Friday Promo
Just as we do every year, we’ve had many collectors ask how they can get involved in the Panini America Black Friday phenomenon if there are no participating brick-and-mortar hobby shops in their area. Well, just like we do every year, we’ve got you covered. Starting now and until supplies last, collectors who purchase selected products on iCollectPanini.com will receive the equivalent number…
A Panini HRX Video Exclusive: Unwrapping 2013-14 Select Hockey (with a Contest)
Let me just get this out of the way from the top: We're way late with this special edition of Panini Unwrapped starring the still-blazing 2013-14 Select Hockey -- and for that, I apologize. In addition to including the first autographed and autographed memorabilia RCs of the this year's newest rookie phenoms, 2013-14 Select Hockey also was the focus of…
Panini America On Location: Day Two at the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo (Must-See Gallery)
TORONTO, Ontario -- Quite possibly the filthiest, nastiest, sickest game-worn Chicago Blackhawks card ever made. The Gordie Howe Black 1/1 Prizm from 2013-14 Select Hockey. Two of the most patch-tastic cases of 2012-13 Prime Hockey we've seen. Sal Corrado, the father of Vancouver Canucks defenseman Frank Corrado, stopping by to share his son super collection. An endless run of wrapper-redemption…
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…
iCollectPanini.com Taking the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo Wrapper Redemption Virtual
Can’t make it to Canada for this weekend’s 2013 Toronto Fall Expo that begins in earnest this afternoon? Don’t fret. Now, as always, Panini America and iCollectPanini.com have you covered. Starting today, collectors who purchase select products on iCollectPanini.com will receive the same wrapper-redemption packs that will be distributed this weekend at the Toronto Fall Expo. It’s simple, really. For those of you who can’t make it to Toronto this weekend, we’re bringing…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Two Early Boxes of 2013-14 Select Hockey
It's no secret that one of the hottest products on the show floor at the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo this weekend will be Panini America's 2013-14 Select Hockey, which releases to the passionate, puck-loving masses on Friday. But its hotness won't be confined just to the Expo -- action surrounding the first Select Hockey product in more than 20 years…
Seeing Green: Panini America Plans Special Expo Promo for 2013-14 Select Hockey
As one of the most anticipated launches of the new season, this week's release of 2013-14 Select Hockey promises to be huge all across North America, but especially on the floor of the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo. That's where the product promises to have lots of passionate hockey collectors seeing green all weekend long. To help celebrate the arrival of…
Panini America’s 2013 Toronto Fall Expo Set Features Numbered RCs, Cracked Ice, More
This time next week, Panini America officials will be smack dab in the middle of Canadian collecting bliss, buzzing through the second day of the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo and no doubt filling one industrial-sized trash can after another with the shredded remnants of the company's always-popular wrapper-redemption program. Once again this year, Panini America's Scott Prusha has developed a…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Select Hockey (100 Must-See Pics)
Over the course of two QC-filled days earlier this week, Panini America NHL brand developers Karvin Cheung and Chris Barr took turns hijacking the company Twitter account to bring collectors behind the scenes at packout for 2013-14 Select Hockey, easily one of the most anticipated new hockey releases of the year. What they shared during that process -- including the…