Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Boxes of the New 2018 Obsidian Football
2018 Obsidian Football, Panini America's newest NFL trading card product to feature the company's enchanting Optichrome technology arrived in hobby shops across North America earlier today to an anxious collecting audience ready to rip into the black-meets-neon aesthetics and the rich roster of autograph and memorabilia content featuring the game's hottest rookies, current stars and all-time greats. On average, each…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018 Obsidian Football (80+ Sweet Pics)
For the last few weeks, we've been unveiling tantalizing teases of Panini America's upcoming 2018 Obsidian Football here on The Knight's Lance and on our various social media channels. But with the product finally set to release this week, it's time for us to up our previewing game. Today, on the heels of last week's exploration of 2018 Obsidian Football's…
Cut to the Chase: Unique Memorabilia Cards Add Pop to 2018 Obsidian Football (Gallery)
Up until now, most of our previewing efforts surrounding Panini America's new 2018 Obsidian Football have revolved around the debut product's darker take on Optichrome and at least one of the early autograph inclusions. But with the product set to make its world premiere next Wednesday, we're going to expand our focus just a bit and appreciate some of the…
Jumping in the Sheets with Panini America’s Upcoming 2018 Obsidian Football (Gallery)
We first pulled the curtain back on a new creation dubbed "Obsidian Football" back in September, initially quoting the product's sales solicitation material that characterized the innovative new release as “an eruption of sharp, edgy and contemporary designs” utilizing something Panini America Product Developers and Production folks called "Electric Etch." But it's hard to ascertain how all of that translates…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2018 Obsidian Football (Preview Gallery)
When it comes to Panini America's wildly popular Optichrome printing technology, there is no shortage of successful products utilizing the alluring finish for their own unique benefit: Prizm does its thing. Optic does its thing. Select does its thing. Spectra does its thing. But there's an Optichrome evolution coming . . . and it's called "Obsidian." The newest innovation delivers…