The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Donruss Elite Football (100+ Pics)
For the better part of its proud, almost-two-decade existence, Panini America's venerable Donruss Elite Football franchise has thrived with a largely unchanged blueprint, relying heavily on popular brand tenets such as foilboard card stock, Aspirations and Status parallels, key inserts such as Passing the Torch autographs and Throwback Threads, and strong rookie content. But Panini America's NFL Product Development team gave…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2016 Unparalleled Football (Gallery)
Sometimes it's the look. Or the scarcity. Or the technology. Or the player. Or the team. Heck, sometimes it's all of those things. Indeed, when it comes to collecting parallels, there are seemingly as many motivations to chase them as there are different parallels to chase. To be sure, developing captivating parallels is something Panini America has consistently done for years.…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open a Massive Box of 2016 Score Football
You smell that? It's football season. As if tomorrow night's first round of the 2016 NFL Draft wasn't enough to get you excited about the 2016 season, today's release of 2016 Score Football should do the trick. Panini America has equipped the first NFL release of the new season with the brawn and strength of a top-line tackle while also…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016 Classics Football (Preview Gallery)
Following five long years on the bench, the fabled Classics Football franchise is getting back into Panini America's starting lineup. Indeed, for the first time since 2010, the venerable brand is making a triumphant comeback -- something longtime Classics collectors have been requesting for half a decade. Set to arrive in late May, 2016 Classics Football will deliver its familiar…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2016 Score Football Hobby Jumbo (Gallery)
Here we are just one week removed from last Sunday's epic Super Bowl 50 clash between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos and yet, many collectors have already turned their NFL collecting attention to the upcoming 2016 season. And even if there is a little Panini America work left to be done for 2015 (namely Black Gold Football, Luxe…
Panini Super Bowl Kid Reporter Riley Ottele Interviews the Carolina Panthers (Video)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nine-year-old Washingtonian Riley Ottele, with a huge assist from Super Bowl-winning quarterback Trent Dilfer, turned in a day for the history books during Monday's Super Bowl 50 Opening Night festivities. The grand prize winner in Panini America’s season-long Panini Super Bowl Kid Reporter contest, Ottele made the Opening Night rounds like a veteran newsman, asking the…
Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos Meet in Panini America’s Super Bowl 50 Card Set
Roughly 10 days from right now, the NFC Champion Carolina Panthers and the AFC Champion Denver Broncos will face off in Santa Clara, Calif., in what promises to be a monumental Super Bowl 50. Can Cam Newton's Superman powers keep the Panthers surging for one more game to overcome a Broncos defense that's one of the best in football? Can…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: National Treasures College (100+ Pics)
It's been almost two weeks since we delivered our first extended sneak peek at Panini America's upcoming National Treasures College multisport release. That day, we focused our preview attention on some of the set's early on-card autograph returns. And if you liked what you saw then, you're going to love what you're about to see. In the extensive Quality Control…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015 Prizm Football (100+ Must-See Pics)
Don't let next Friday's release date of 2015 Prizm Football fool you. A day -- Friday the 13th -- historically associated with unlucky breaks, malady and misfortune should take a definitive turn for the better thanks to an all-new Prizm Football product full of brightly colored Prizms, rich rookie content and autographs from some of the game's greatest players. Each…
Panini America Starts Sharing the Signature Mysteries of 2014 Contenders Football
Panini America's 2014 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops on Thursday to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the last two-plus days 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. We…