Details are Sketchy: Panini America Reveals NFL Sketch Cards Coming to 2016 National
You can learn a lot about an NFL rookie by giving him nothing more than a few colored Sharpies, 2 1/2 by 3 1/2-inch cardboard canvas, about five minutes and one simple two-word request: Draw something. What you’re likely to discover — as we have at Panini America over the last several years during the annual NFLPA Rookie Premiere — is that the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Certified Football (141 Must-See Pics)
The Mirror parallels. The Freshman Fabrics. The Immortals. The Certified Signatures. The rainbow array of shimmering-foil chases. Fabric of the Game. Calling-card brand staples one and all -- and all well represented in 2016 Certified Football, Panini America's newest NFL release set to arrive next Wednesday in hobby shops across North America. One of football's most endearing early season products, Certified…
Panini America Adds Rare Ink from Football Rookies, Hall of Famers to 2016 National Set
Frequent readers of The Knight's Lance already know that we started previewing the many facets of Panini America's 2016 National Sports Collectors Convention wrapper-redemption set in the last week or so. Our first post detailed the multisport base set but anyone who's ever participated in a Panini America wrapper-redemption program at the National knows the base set is only the…
Panini America, NFLPA Unveil Trading Card Index Rankings for Second Quarter of 2016
Panini America, the exclusive trading card manufacturer of the NFL and NFL Players Association (NFLPA), in conjunction with NFL Players Inc., the licensing and marketing arm of the NFLPA, today unveiled the second edition of the NFLPA Trading Card Index, a quarterly report ranking the top-performing football players in the licensed trading card industry. Once a quarter, the NFLPA Panini…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Box of the New 2016 Panini Football
For the record, Panini America's all-new 2016 Panini Football product won't officially start hitting retail-store shelves until about this time next week. But when an early box shows up on your desk unannounced, well, you preview it. So that's exactly what we're going to do today. Consider it a Friday bonus to get your weekend off on the right foot.…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Panini Football (100+ Must-See Pics)
I could attempt to craft some clever, creative prose on Panini America's upcoming, retail-only 2016 Panini Football for the next few paragraphs before unleashing the massive -- and revealing -- Quality Control Gallery, but hardcore insight for this all-new release might be better delivered by Panini America Assistant Football Brand Manager Lucas Kinser, who likely knows this product better than anyone…
Gallery: Panini America Continues Gawking at the New 2016 Donruss Elite Football
Yes, we've shared with you the Quality Control Gallery . . . and the Teaser Gallery . . . and the Panini Unwrapped video and checklist. And yet, even after all of that, we still can't get enough of the completely overhauled 2016 Donruss Elite Football. The product released earlier this week, returning to the market after a long one-year…
Panini America Releases SP Information for 2016 Prestige Football Draft Day Signatures
In the few weeks since Panini America released its popular 2016 Prestige Football, collectors have spent much of their quality time with the product tracking down the product's 10 short-printed Rookie Cards and speculating about the quantities of the ink-color variations in the hard-signed Draft Day Signatures insert. Today, that speculation ends. After the jump, we reveal the specific quantities for…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2016 Origins Football (Preview Gallery)
The early buzz surrounding Panini America's upcoming 2016 Origins Football first started building just more than three weeks ago, when images of the first hard-signed cards began hitting Panini America's social media channels during the 2016 NFLPA Rookie Premiere Presented By Panini. Late last week, the product's solicitation material went out. Expect the buzz to continue. An aesthetically striking new addition to the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Prestige Football (100+ Sweet Pics)
When it comes to Panini America's venerable Prestige Football franchise, there are certain attributes that fans and collectors have come to appreciate and expect over the years. Like the first Rookie Cards featuring NFL team designations. Like microetched and acetate inserts. Like some of the first hard-signed autographs from the season's top rookies. Rest assured, those brand tenants will be…