Short Report: Panini America Reveals More SPs, SSPs in 2018 Contenders Football

Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America roughly six weeks ago to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the weeks since in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various…

Short Report: Panini America Reveals More SPs, SSPs in 2018 Contenders Football

Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America five or so weeks ago to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the weeks since in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various variations and short…

Short Report: Panini America Reveals More SPs, SSPs in 2018 Contenders Football

Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America just more than one month ago to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the weeks since in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various variations and…

Short Report: Panini America Starts Sharing SPs, SSPs in 2018 Contenders Football

Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America roughly one month ago to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the 30 days or so in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various variations and…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Early Boxes of 2018 Contenders Football

Panini America's fabled Contenders Football franchise is ready to make its powerful presence felt for another season when the highly anticipated 2018 version arrives in hobby shops across North America on Friday. Boasting legendary Rookie Ticket Autographs (including hard-signed versions for some of the game's top rookies), a bold array of parallels and additional ink from some of the game's…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018 Contenders Football (100+ Images)

No matter the year, Release Day for any Contenders Football product is more than just the arrival of a new release. It's more like a national collecting holiday -- which makes next Friday cause for celebration. That's when 2018 Contenders Football arrives in hobby shops across North America with a stacked edition honoring this season's hottest rookies with this season's hottest…

Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2018 Contenders Football (Preview)

In late December, Panini America's iconic Contenders Football product arrives for the 2018 season equipped with all of the bells and whistles diehard collectors have come to expect from one of the most popular releases in modern collecting history. But even a product as tenured as Contenders can still benefit from a few tweaks now and then -- especially when…