Panini Peek Preview Gallery: 2011 Donruss Rated Rookies Football Boxed Set
Panini America made a splash with budget-minded football collectors last season with the celebrated launch of the 2010 Donruss Rated Rookies Football Box Set. Last year's debut boasted a highly collectible recipe steeped in splendid, value-delivered simplicity. The good news: It's returning in 2011 boasting the same bang-in-a-box brilliance but with 100 new NFL rookies and one rookie autograph in every box. (more…)
And the Nominees Are . . . Voting Begins for the Week 4 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week
Want to know who gets more excited than Panini America and NFL collectors about NFL Rookie performances each week during the season? Pepsi with its NFL Rookie of the Week initiative. So it comes as no surprise after months of behind-the-scenes work that Panini America and Pepsi would come together to help promote Pepsi Rookie of the Week voting and…
Drool Gallery: A Pre-Autograph Peek at the 2011 Plates & Patches Football RCs (Part 1)
There are manifold benefits emanating from Panini America's effort to acquire more on-card autographs for its roster of 2011 NFL products. First and foremost, obviously, is that collectors want more on-card autographs. But one of the real hidden beauties of the process is that it requires the actual cards being signed be completed way earlier than normal -- which means we get our first look at the…
The NFL Rookies are Coming! Stunning New Arrivals Hit Panini America on Friday
As if Week 2 of the 2011 NFL season wasn't enough to get you excited about this weekend, we here at Panini America are about to give you 16 more reasons: Some devastatingly good-looking autographed Rookie Cards slated to ignite upcoming football products such as 2011 Absolute Memorabilia, 2011 Crown Royale and 2011 Certified. The following gallery -- featuring new on-card arrivals…
Previewing the Sickness to Come in 2011 Absolute Memorabilia, Certified Football
A funny thing happened on my way to documenting the packout process for 2011 Timeless Treasures Football at the Panini America printing facility earlier today: I got ambushed by the memorabilia-card brilliance of 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football and 2011 Certified Football. Not to worry. I plan on posting plenty of images tomorrow highlighting the quality time I spent with Timeless Treasures. But today, this…
Panini America on Location: Day One at the 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES -- A seemingly never-ending line of future NFL superstars filed through the Panini America player lounge on Wednesday, signing autographs, posing for pictures and contributing to an overhwlemingly fruitful first day at the 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere. Headlining the guest list on Wednesday were the likes of Marcell Dareus, A.J. Green, Julio Jones, Andy Dalton, Von Miller, Blaine Gabbert and Christian Ponder, creating a collection…
Panini America Gears Up for Busy Weekend at the 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere
The annual NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere is nothing less than one of the most pivotal events on the trading card calendar every year -- and the 2011 edition is upon us. A dedicated Panini America team departed for Los Angeles this morning for four full days dedicated to capturing the essential content -- photographs, autographs, memorabilia, interviews, videos and lasting memories -- that…