Teaser Gallery: Panini America Unboxes the Now-Live 2016 Impeccable Football
The buildup has been feverish. The anticipation has been mounting. Following several weeks of tantalizing teases, collector speculation and seemingly a season's worth of outstanding rookie performances through the NFL season's first six weeks, Panini America's 2016 Impeccable Football finally has arrived. One of the most anticipated early season NFL releases in recent memory, 2016 Impeccable Football delivers five autographs,…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015 Playbook Football (102 Must-See Pics)
It's the first day of release week for Panini America's highly anticipated 2015 Playbook Football and judging by the anticipation for this year's edition, Friday for most collectors simply can't get here fast enough. We brought you a bevy of savory sneak peeks last week with a live packout preview. Today, we're bringing you another deep dive by showcasing the…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Some Early Boxes of 2013 Absolute Football
This time tomorrow, Panini America's 2013 Absolute Football product will be live and rocking in hobby shops across North America. As has become customary, the venerable brand with the passionate pigskin following will deliver one memorabilia or autograph card in every pack, a lineup bolstered by the fan-favorite Rookie Premiere Materials insert and Spectrum Autographs parallels. New this year are…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Two Early Boxes of 2013 Prominence Football
Just like the 2013 NFL season, Panini America's 2013 Prominence Football is back in a big way. And when it hits hobby-shop shelves on Wednesday it will be packing many of the same exciting aspects that resonated with collectors during last year's maiden release. The crisp, clean design and multi-technology RC approach return as 2013 Prominence Football's autograph-per-pack recipe delivers a…
Day Five Auctions Live for Panini America’s #PaniniPylon Promotion (Gallery)
At 12 p.m. CST yesterday, Day Five of Panini America’s month-long #PaniniPylon Prizm promotion kicked off on the Panini Authentic auction platform as the next 10 cards — special florescent-orange 2012 Prizm Football 1/1s — hit the auction block. The hit list for today — and for one day only — is headlined by the likes of Super Bowl champions Drew Brees and Terrell Suggs, as well…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks First Boxes of 2012 Totally Certified Football
Tomorrow promises to be a big day for football collectors as Panini America turns TGIF into TGITCFF when the sold-out 2012 Totally Certified Football hits hobby-shop shelves across the country packing a prolific combination of micro-etching, collectible, colorful parallels, autographs, memorabilia and wow-factor wonderment. Clearly, all of us inside Panini America HQ are pretty giddy on the eve of releasing the second…
The Panini America Insert Set Inspection: 2012 Gridiron Football Air Command
As you prepare to settle in for an action-packed Week 5 around the NFL, we wanted to do our part on this glorious Sunday morning to get you in the football mood. Our special form of motivation today? A sneak peek at the 25-card Air Command insert from Panini America's upcoming 2012 Gridiron Football release. Air Command pays tribute to…
52-Card Pickup: A Massive Gallery Detailing Andy Dalton’s 2012 Prestige Football Break
Earlier today, we posted a special world premiere episode of Panini Unwrapped co-starring Cincinnati Bengals Pro Bowl quarterback Andy Dalton and 2012 Prestige Football. To be sure, that video has proven to be quite popular in the few hours since it went live. But since we took advantage of our time with Dalton yesterday to focus more on him and less on…
Panini America 2012 Father’s Day Preview: Rookie-Themed Memorabilia Inserts
As the countdown continues toward this weekend's highly anticipated 2012 Panini America Father's Day promotion, our preview gallery today focuses on a handful of the set's rookie-themed memorabilia cards highlighting stars of the 2010 NBA Draft and 2011 NFL Draft. Featuring rookie-year, player-worn memorabilia from the likes of Blake Griffin, Evan Turner, Paul George, Mark Ingram, A.J. Green and more,…
Video: Dallas-Area Collector Claims World's Longest Trading Card at Panini America HQ
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaMEw1cprs&w=600&h=335] When Dallas-area collector Craig Nelson first pulled the redemption card from his box of 2011 National Treasures Football Tuesday at SMP Sports Cards in Grapevine, Texas, he breathed a frustrating sigh and tossed it on the counter toward store manager Chad Brooks. Brooks picked it up, read it and immediately went nuts. This was no ordinary redemption card.…