Panini Peek: A Comprehensive First Look at 2021 National Treasures Baseball
Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you. Today, we’re sharing that same information with you here on The Knight’s Lance, this time featuring the high-end juggernaut that is National Treasures Baseball. In the extensive product preview below, we’ll showcase a bevy of preliminary…
Panini America Provides an Extended Sneak Peek at the Artistry of 2021 Diamond Kings Baseball
Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you. Today, we’re sharing that same information with you here on The Knight’s Lance, this time featuring the undeniable artistry of the venerable Diamond Kings Baseball. In the extensive product preview that follows, we’ll showcase a bevy…
Video: 2016 Prime Cuts Baseball Goes Yard in Newest Episode of Panini Unwrapped
We kicked off the first leg of our Panini Unwrapped triple feature yesterday with a new episode devoted to 2016 Phoenix Football. Today, our tour continues with a must-see video break of Panini America's triumphantly returning Prime Cuts Baseball. As mentioned in our Quality Control Gallery and Teaser Gallery posts on the product, 2016 Prime Cuts Baseball is equipped to…
Panini America Releases Preliminary Details on 2016 Flawless Baseball (Preview Gallery)
When it comes to the world of high-end trading card releases, they get no higher than Panini America's already-fabled Flawless franchise. From its trademark briefcase packaging to its crowning jewels (cards embedded with real precious gems) to its staggering selection of autograph and memorabilia cards, the Flawless brand has needed just a few short years to forever raise the high-end…
Autographs from Ripken, Soler, More Arrive for 2015 National Treasures Baseball
By most accounts, the early returns on Panini America's new 2015 National Treasures Baseball have been strong. But they're about to get stronger thanks to the recent arrival of several key autographs from the likes of Cal Ripken Jr., Jorge Soler, Carlos Rodon and Archie Bradley that originally were inserted as redemptions into the product that released last week. Collectors…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Classics Baseball (108 Must-See Pics)
Don't call it a comeback. Call it a resoundingly triumphant return; an epic reemergence that will remind longtime collectors just why Classics Baseball was so great in the first place -- and make newcomers who missed it during its first extended run joyful that it's back. 2014 Classics Baseball returns to the industry Wednesday after almost 10 years on the shelf, and…
iCollectPanini.com, Panini America Launch Online-Only “Fall Heroes” Promotion
It's baaaaack. The World Series? Sure. But it's the iCollectPanini.com promotion that just launched this afternoon in conjunction with the 2013 Fall Classic that has all of us here inside Panini America HQ really pumped. In the true championship tradition of iCollectPanini.com's other successful promotions surrounding the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals, the company hits the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball
Over the last month or so we've shown you extended glimpses of the old-school charm at the very heart of the throwback-tinged 2013 Hometown Heroes Baseball set. And while the nostalgia may be most noticeable on the design and checklist of the hard-signed Hometown Signatures insert, the product is a bona fide blast from the past from the first card to…
Nice Catch: Mike Trout’s National Treasures Autographs Land at Panini America HQ
Simply put (and with bad puns intended), Los Angeles Angels rookie wunderkind Mike Trout was nothing short of heavenly for the Halos last season. The 21-year-old from Millville, N.J., became the first player in league history to blast 30 home runs, swipe 45 bases and drive in 125 runs in the same season en route to winning -- unanimously -- 2012…
Different By Design: Panini America Peeks 2012 Prime Cuts Baseball (Gallery)
High-end baseball collectors, know this: The 2012 Prime Cuts Baseball product that is slated to arrive in late October should not be confused with the 2011 Prime Cuts Baseball product that released in April. This new installment has been revamped, redesigned and re-engineered. The result, as the product solicitation sheet boldly proclaims, is a "prospect-free set comprised entirely of Hall…