Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Early Boxes of 2015-16 Select Basketball

Panini America is set to deliver another rip-roaring, fast-breaking week in hobby shops and in group breaks across North America with Wednesday's releases of 2015-16 Select Basketball and 2015 Luxe Football. As always, we'll do our best here on The Knight's Lance to get you ready for the impending hobby heatwave, starting today with a three-box Teaser Gallery starring 2015-16…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Select Basketball (100+ Images)

Panini America's Select Basketball franchise enjoyed a vibrant resurgence during the 2014-15 NBA season thanks in large part to some magnificently tie-dyed Prizms and a value-delivered box-break proposition that had most experts calling it a front-runner for Product of the Year honors. Next Wednesday, the highly anticipated follow-up -- 2015-16 Select Basketball -- arrives in hobby shops across North America,…

Black Box Confidential: Panini America Eyes Initial Wave of 2016 Industry Summit Gems

The 2016 Industry Summit is in full swing this week in Hawaii and later today, Panini America executives will deliver the company's annual corporate address to attendees -- culminating with the distribution of the company's now-legendary Black Boxes that have come to virtually define one of the sports collectibles industry’s most important events. The show-stopping Black Boxes provide an explosive conclusion to Panini America’s Tuesday…

Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2015-16 Select Basketball (Gallery)

Even the most fervent loyalists of Panini America's Optichrome technology or the Select brand in general would have been hard-pressed to predict the rocket-ship ascension enjoyed by last season's 2014-15 Select Basketball. For any number of reasons, last year's release took collectors by surprise and the industry by storm as one of the most successful launches of the season. Bolstered by…