Flawless Friday: Panini America Provides a Revealing Glance at 2014 Flawless Football
You want to know how I know this was a productive work week for me? I got to go over to the Panini America production facility twice in a span of four days. I ventured over Monday afternoon to catch members of the Panini America Product Development team packing out the highly anticipated 2014 Flawless Football. I had the opportunity…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Early Boxes of 2014 Immaculate Baseball
Less than 24 hours from now, the highly anticipated debut edition of Panini America's Immaculate Baseball will arrive in hobby shops across North America featuring some of the sickest memorabilia cards in recent memory, a bevy of on-card autographs featuring the greatest current stars and all-time legends, and an impeccable design that brings everything together. Thanks in part to all of…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2014 Prizm Baseball (63 Pics)
There's really not a bad way to start the work week here at Panini America. But some Monday mornings are better than others. Today's was one of those. Awaiting our entrance into the office earlier today were a few fresh boxes of 2014 Prizm Baseball, quite possibly the best Prizm Baseball yet featuring 12 packs, two autographs and six Prizm…
The Best Prizm Yet? Panini America Offers a Sneak Peek at 2014 Prizm Baseball Autos
As you read this, Panini America's baseball brand team is steadfastly working on what just might be the most impressive Prizm-branded release to date. And when you consider just how strong the Prizm brand has become in a few short years, well, that's saying something. When 2014 Prizm Baseball arrives next month, it will benefit immeasurably from all the things…
An Open Book: Panini America Shares First Pics of 2013 America’s Pastime Autographs
Thanks to a dedicated effort from just about everyone inside Panini America HQ (Product Development, Acquisitions, Production) and the cooperative spirit of baseball legends and newcomers alike outside these walls, the book on Panini America's 2013 America's Pastime Baseball is in the final stages of being written. And from what we've seen so far, it has the makings of a bona fide…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Early Box of 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball
The abundance of old-school collecting qualities inherent in Panini America's 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball has been well-documented over the last few weeks here on The Knight's Lance. Finally, after the autograph sneak peeks and the revealing Quality Control Gallery, we finally got the chance this afternoon to break open one thoroughly entertaining 12-pack box. This particular box unexpectedly over-delivered on…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Pinnacle Baseball (97 Must-See Pics)
Next Wednesday, Panini America will triumphantly break the moratorium on a proud brand from baseball's past with the release of 2013 Pinnacle Baseball, a refreshing revisiting of the popular product that's been absent from the collecting scene for 16 years. Although so much has changed since Pinnacle Baseball last released in 1997, Panini America officials have stayed true to those…
Oakland Raiders Great Tim Brown Stars in a Special Edition of Panini Unwrapped
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX4srzZwj2s&w=600&h=338] How appropriate that on the day Panini America's 2012 Prime Signatures Football goes live, one of the most prime pass-catchers in NFL history stops by company headquarters to sign some autographs. When he was done, Oakland Raiders legend and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown spent a few quality minutes discovering some of the finer points of Prime Signatures.…
Panini America’s Prime Signatures Football Receiving an Upgrade for 2012 Season
Panini America's bold reintroduction of the Prime Signatures Football brand will enter its second season when the 2012 edition releases in early October, this time packing some exciting new bells and whistles that should help the product continue to climb higher into the collective collecting heart of football fans. 2012 Prime Signatures Football will again deliver one autograph in every four card…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011 Prime Signatures Football (54 Images)
Until today, the considerable buzz surrounding next week's release of 2011 National Treasures Football has served to push 2011 Prime Signatures Football, also releasing next week, just under the radar. But that changes in a big way right now. I walked into the marketing office this morning to a waiting wealth of football card treasures, one Quality Control case each of…