Panini America Provides Info on Autograph, Mem SPs in 2013-14 Titanium Hockey
Truth be told, Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr has been on me to post the list of autograph and memorabilia SPs from 2013-14 Titanium Hockey for weeks. But for any number of valid reasons, I've been remiss in doing so. So I vowed to start this week off right by publishing the list of SPs Barr was nice…
A Panini America 2013 Father’s Day Update: NHL Set Content Revealed (Gallery)
With Father's Day 2013 exactly one week away and an Original Six Stanley Cup matchup set to begin Wednesday night, Panini America officials finally are ready to pull the curtain back on the various NHL components -- base cards, Rookie Cards, Team Pinnacle inserts and more -- highlighting the multisport 2013 Father's Day set. NHL stars featured in Panini America's…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey (81 Pics)
Following a few days of live Quality Control updates chronicling the packout highlights from one case 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey, today we have a more controlled QC gallery documenting the hits from the second case. Before we rushed the pulls from both cases back into the production run, we grabbed some sweet images of them to showcase what anxious hockey…
The Encore: Panini America Peeks Thrilling Return of 2012-13 Prime Hockey (Gallery)
The resounding repercussions of last season's spectacular debut edition of Prime Hockey still are being felt in hobby shops across North America every time a new box gets busted. Seemingly every break of the juggernaut product delivers at least one collection-making monster of a card. Indeed, the attention-commanding performance of Panini America's 2011-12 Prime Hockey left some massive skates to…
Panini Peek Preview: 2013-14 Score Hockey
For many passionate hockey collectors, the 2013-14 NHL trading card season simply can't get here fast enough. In fact, everyone at Panini America is so excited that we're releasing our first product of the season -- 2013-14 Score Hockey -- in early July, more than one month earlier than 2012-13 Score Hockey. Score's every-collector appeal will return at full strength…
2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey Stars in a Must-See Panini Peek Preview (12 Images)
In case you haven't heard by now, there's big news surrounding Panini America's penultimate product of the 2012-13 NHL collecting season: The popular Rookie Anthology is making a comeback after its impressive debut performance last season -- and it's bringing hockey's first Prizm cards with it. That development alone, first announced during last week's 2013 Industry Summit, is enough to keep…
Panini America Peeks New On-Card Arrivals for 2012-13 Limited Hockey (Gallery)
As if the announcement that the 2012-13 NHL season will happen wasn't reason enough for hockey collectors across North America to celebrate this week, we're about to give you a whole bunch more. Earlier this afternoon, I ventured back to the acquisitions area just as a sizable stash of on-card autographs for 2012-13 Limited Hockey were being prepared to send…
Celebrate Boxing Day, Hockey Cards with a Special Offer from iCollectPanini.com
Today only, collectors north of the border celebrating Boxing Day -- as well as those south of the border who want in on the festivities -- can take advantage of a special offer at iCollectPanini.com that will award special Panini America Fall Hockey Promotional Packs and a unique Chris Kreider event-used towel card through a qualifying purchase. Collectors who purchase…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Toronto Fall Expo Inserts (91 Images)
When the month of November hits, you can always count on a few things: Turning the clocks back, turkey, and Panini America creating massive buzz with the Toronto Fall Expo and Black Friday. But since the clocks already have fallen back and the Thanksgiving turkey and Black Friday madness are still a few weeks away, today we'll focus on the 2012 Toronto…
Art of the Matter: Panini America Releasing New Sketch Cards at 2012 Toronto Fall Expo
You know, you can learn a lot about a professional athlete by giving him nothing more than a few colored Sharpies, a blank trading-card canvas, about five minutes and one simple two-word request: Draw something. What you're likely to discover -- as we have at Panini America during the last few years -- is that the resulting artwork is sometimes primitive,…