Panini America Previews Historic Inserts in 2013 NFL Player of the Day Set (Gallery)
Bolstered by a record-breaking number of participating hobby shops, industry-first autograph cards of several key veterans and the promotion's first-ever player-worn memorabilia cards, Panini America's hugely popular NFL Player of the Day promotion is ready to kick off a spectacular 14th season as kits begin in arriving in hobby shops this week. Once again this season, Panini America has teamed…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks First Box of 2013 Score Football Hobby Jumbos
I just plowed through a sizable chunk of late-afternoon clock mining one massive box of Panini America's hot-off-the-presses 2013 Score Football Hobby Jumbos -- and I'm a better man and hobby marketing manager for the experience. When my 10th and final pack was opened and its contents revealed, I came up with four simple words to summarize my own thoughts on…
First-Day Frenzy: Auction Action Begins for Panini America’s #PaniniPylon Promotion
The madness has begun. At 12 p.m. CST today, Panini America's #PaniniPylon Prizm promotion kicked off on the Panini Authentic auction platform as the first 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 Washington Redskins running back…
Panini America Details Auction Schedule for First Week of #PaniniPylon Promotion
The countdown is on. In less than two days, Panini America will officially kick off the 2012 Prizm Football Panini Pylon Parallel promotion by launching the first of 300 one-day auctions being hosted on the Panini Authentic auction platform. We provided preliminary details on the brightly colored, one-of-a-kind cards that form the foundation of this program -- special florescent-orange editions of…
A One-Box Tease: Panini America Busts Into the First Box of 2012 Contenders Football
Tomorrow promises to be a banner day in hobby shops across North America, what with the highly anticipated releases of 2012-13 Limited Hockey and the landmark 20th edition of 2012 Contenders Football. If there's any football product on the planet that can give Prizm-transfixed football collectors a run for their money right now, it's Contenders, the home of the autographed…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Contenders Football (86 Images)
The home of the autographed Rookie Card is on the verge of adding a spectacular new wing. Indeed, when Panini America's 2012 Contenders Football releases to the hobby just two short days from now, the brand's landmark 20th edition will include many of the familiar niceties that have made it -- for the last two decades straight -- one of the…
Panini America Airs Dirty Laundry: Gamers from RG III, Alfred Morris Arrive at HQ
Later tonight, during the "NFL Honors" primetime special on CBS (8 p.m. CST), one of five outstanding first-year players -- Robert Griffin III, Panini Authentic exclusive Andrew Luck, Doug Martin, Alfred Morris or Russell Wilson -- will take home the prestigious 2012 Pepsi Max NFL Rookie of the Year Award. All five candidates delivered sensational rookie campaigns this season, but for…
Breaking News: Panini America Cracks First Box of 2012 Prizm Football (Gallery)
Finally, the week football fans and collectors have been anxiously awaiting for months has arrived -- and we're not necessarily talking about Super Bowl week, either. We're talking about something perhaps even bigger (at least in collecting circles): Prizm release week. In three short days, Panini America's 2012 Prizm Football, one of the most anticipated sports card products of this…
Panini America Examines Rich Rookie Card Content in 2012 Prizm Football (Gallery)
Over the last month or so, we've shared beaming bits and eye-popping pieces of just about everything that 2012 Prizm Football will offer when it releases to the hobby next Wednesday. But one aspect of Panini America's newest NFL product that hasn't been touched upon in great detail -- at least until today -- are the Rookie Cards. Indeed, Prizm's…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Busts Three Early Boxes of 2012 Limited Football
When we posted the Quality Control Gallery for 2012 Limited Football earlier this week on The Knight's Lance, I said at the time that this year's version was one of the most spectacular editions of the venerable brand ever. And after busting three random boxes of the product yesterday for the express purpose of the following teaser gallery, I feel…