A Contest Edition of Panini Unwrapped with 2013-14 Timeless Treaures Basketball
You know things are moving at a hectic pace inside Panini America HQ when it takes the crew until Friday afternoon to sit down and film an episode of Panini Unwrapped for a product that released two days earlier. But that was the case this week when Tracy Hackler and Keith Hower finally had the chance yesterday afternoon to bust…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks One Early Box of 2013-14 Prestige Basketball
This is shaping up to be a most prestigious week in the life of Panini America. For starters, it's Toronto Fall Expo week, and we have tons of excitement planned for that event when it begins on Friday. And while we're making every effort to steal that show all weekend long, we'll have three new products live in 2013-14 Prestige…
Having a Ball: Panini America Returns Cool Memorabilia to 2013 Toronto Fall Expo
One of the most appealing aspects of Panini America's Toronto Fall Expo wrapper-redemption program every year is the inclusion of fun player-used memorabilia cards that are both uniquely entertaining and collectibly scarce. For next week's 2013 Toronto Fall Expo, that lineup includes massively proportioned swatches of a game-used Los Angeles Lakers basketball, player-worn head gear, jerseys and sweat-soaked towels from some…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Early Box of 2013-14 NBA Hoops Basketball
Cue the trumpets, confetti cannons and arena-rocking tunes: The 2013-14 NBA collecting season triumphantly begins tomorrow with the long-awaited release of Panini America's 2013-14 NBA Basketball. With its 50-card Hobby Jumbo packs and vibrant variety of inserts, aesthetics and photography, this year's edition of the venerable NBA Hoops brand is dressed to thrill. This morning, we had the distinct opportunity…
Panini America Offers First-Look Details on 2013-14 Prestige Basketball (Gallery)
In early November, Panini America officials will reintroduce the venerable Prestige Basketball brand to hungry hoops collectors with a re-energized 2013-14 Prestige Basketball product that will deliver two autographs, two memorabilia cards and 20 additional inserts in every 24-pack hobby box. Featuring new-look aesthetics that remain true to those of past Prestige releases, 2013-14 Prestige Basketball also delivers a heaping…
Panini America Peeks Rookie Card Content Coming in 2013-14 NBA Hoops Basketball
Even as the Panini America NBA Product Development team applies a full-court press of sorts to finish the 2012-13 NBA collecting season on a memorable note (with Intrigue, Flawless and Immaculate set to round out the year in the next six weeks), it's also keeping one eye firmly fixed on 2013-14 NBA Hoops Basketball, the first product of the new…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2013-14 NBA Hoops Hobby Jumbo
Panini America's iconic NBA Hoops Basketball brand is getting bigger. Much, much bigger. Taking a page from similar successful transformations in both football (2013 Score) and hockey (2013-14 Score), the company's traditional NBA season-starter is going the jumbo route for its 2013-14 hobby version. And like a player who dedicates himself to a rigorous off-season weightlifting program, the bulky benefits…
Panini America Delivers Player-Only Rookie Cards for 2013 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot
Although Panini America's first product of the 2013-14 NBA season -- Hoops Basketball -- doesn't drop until late October, some of the first Rookie Cards of the new season are already on the market. And the only way to get one -- at least for now -- is directly from one of the 36 rookie stars who attended the 2013…
Panini America On Location: The 2013 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot (Video & Gallery)
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Anthony Bennett, Victor Oladipo and 34 other top picks from the 2013 NBA Draft descended upon the New York Knicks' practice facility Tuesday to participate in the high-energy, high-yield, highly entertaining 2013 Panini America NBA Rookie Photo Shoot, slipping into their NBA uniforms to take pictures for the trading cards that will be collected for the rest of…
Panini America’s Next Day Autos Impress Monday at 2013 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Sequestered for two days in a sleepy but supple hotel in northern New Jersey, 37 of the most promising rookies in the NBA spent the better part of Sunday and Monday helping Panini America officials make basketball card magic. They were in New Jersey to take part in the two-day Rookie Transition Program prior to today's…