Exclusive Kabooms, Rookie Cards Highlight 2019 Absolute Football Retail Editions
Panini America's 2019 Absolute Football released in hobby shops and on group-break sites across North America yesterday boasting a bevy of upgrades that were well documented in our Quality Control Gallery post earlier this week. In the 24 hours or so since it went live, the product has generated quite a lot of buzz in hobby circles -- which is…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open Two Briefcases of 2017 Flawless Football
It's not often that we get the chance to peek inside a briefcase (or two) of Flawless Football once the product has completed packing out and started shipping to hobby shops and group breakers across North America. So when that rare opportunity presents itself, well, we jump all over it if for no other reason than to showcase the experience…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2017 Contenders Optic Football
Tomorrow, Panini America's burgeoning Optichrome revolution continues in a major way when the popular Optic technology meets the fabled Contenders Football brand for the all-new 2017 Contenders Optic Football. Boasting a bevy of hard-signed gems from the 2017 rookie class and a rainbow array of Prizm parallels, the product provides a powerful addition to the company's late-season football roster. Yesterday…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017 Contenders Optic Football (66 Images)
No matter how long you've been collecting Panini America's fabled Contenders Football franchise, you've never seen a Contenders quite like this. That's because there's never been a Contenders quite like this. From the moment Pittsburgh Steelers rookie receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster teased the existence of 2017 Contenders Optic Football in an early January Instagram Story, the buzz has been building. In…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017 Encased Football (87 Must-See Pics)
If you're an avid reader of The Knight's Lance, you already know that the second edition of Panini America's Encased Football is shaping up to be a monster. You recognized as much the second you perused our post from the middle of January detailing the product in progress. Today, we're offering even more proof with a must-see Quality Control Gallery…
Kamara, Trubisky, Mahomes Headline Early Signature Returns in 2017 Encased Football
For the record, Panini America's upcoming 2017 Encased Football doesn't officially hit the streets until Valentine's Day. But there's a great deal of work being put in behind the scenes before release day ever arrives -- much of it from 2017's top NFL rookies themselves. Headlining the early list of autograph returns so far are key first-year superstars such as Alvin…
Short Report: Panini America Starts Sharing SPs, SSPs in 2017 Contenders Football
Panini America’s ballyhooed 2017 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops one week ago today to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the last week 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 prints. Today, we’re going…
Panini America’s “1st Off The Line” Program Continues with 2017 Contenders Football
The 2017 edition of Panini America's fabled Contenders Football franchise -- annually one of the most anticipated trading card releases of the NFL season -- will enjoy its national release just two days after Christmas. But some collectors will have the chance to gain access to the product just a little bit earlier. Beginning at 10 a.m. CST today, Panini…