Panini Peek: 2013 Totally Certified Football
Football collectors, rejoice. In late November, the micro-etched magnificence of Panini America's Totally Certified returns to the gridiron with a new-look Freshman Fabric Rookie Card design, the addition of Team Panini Signature Materials and Thanksgiving Day inserts and the return of the multiplayer, multi-era Stitches in Time memorabilia cards. Due out November 27, 2013 Totally Certified Football keeps its hit-per-pack configuration intact…
Panini America to Unveil Hobby Jumbos for 2013 Prizm Football (Must-See Gallery)
"Bigger and better." It's a phrase that gets thrown around quite a bit in this hyper-competitive sports-card industry of ours. Every product strives to be bigger and better than the one that came before it. To be sure, the folks inside Panini America headquarters tasked with developing 2013 Prizm Football are convinced that the 2013 edition will be better than…
Find It! Friday: 2013 Playbook Football is Up for Grabs in Panini America’s New Hunt
Anyone who's visited The Knight's Lance this week knows we've spent a big portion of it laser-focused on the considerable merits of 2013 Playbook Football. We've shown you behind-the-scenes videos, we've brought you galleries from the Quality Control process and from an early four-box break. Now that the big release day is here, the excitement really begins. Given that backdrop,…
Playbook Plus: Panini America Offers a Peek at Flywire Booklets, Product Checklist
Truth be told, we hadn't intended to publish another update on 2013 Playbook Football today. But sometimes, news and new images find you. That's certainly what happened this afternoon, when Panini America NFL Product Development Director Ben Ecklar walked over with his iPhone in hand to ask if I'd seen the pictures he took last week during the Playbook packout…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Four Early Boxes of 2013 Playbook Football
As we prepare to put the final touches on tomorrow's highly anticipated release of 2013 Playbook Football, the time has come for one of our favorite pre-release posts: The revealing Knight's Lance Teaser Gallery. For those who may not know, this is where we grab an early box or four of a new product, break it (or them) them and provide…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Playbook Football (with Bonus Video)
As one of the most unique NFL trading-card products on the market, Panini America's Playbook Football has provided a virtually unrivaled box-busting experience during its first two years. But for year three, that experience promises to grow even richer thanks to several new additions, a few modifications, some unique new content and an earlier release date. 2013 Playbook Football hits hobby…
Panini Peek: 2013 Select Football
The last time football collectors had the opportunity to chase a bona fide, honest-to-goodness, standalone Select product (one that wasn't an upscale version of the Score brand), Marvin Harrison, Keyshawn Johnson and Eddie George were rookies. That was 1996, long before Panini America unveiled the popular Prizm technology and long before Select made a triumphant return to the hobby in…
Panini Peek: 2013 Prizm Football
To honor the celebrated return of a new NFL season with tonight's annual Hall of Fame Game between the Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys (and as a content bridge to get you to tomorrow morning's must-see recap of the exclusive Panini VIP Party last night in Chicago), we thought we'd offer a special Sunday afternoon sneak peek of 2013 Prizm Football.…
Panini America Reveals Cover Athletes for 2013 NFL Sticker & Album Collection
Panini America, the leading global publisher of sports and entertainment collectibles and the official trading card and sticker manufacturer of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, today revealed the six cover athletes who will appear on the Official 2013 Panini NFL Sticker & Album Collection. The Official 2013 Panini NFL Sticker & Album collection features six of the NFL’s top…
Panini Peek: 2013 Rookies & Stars Football
So much about collecting has changed since the venerable Rookies & Stars Football brand first hit the scene back in 1998. Thriving for 15 years in any industry is a remarkable accomplishment by itself, but doing so in the hyper-competitive, hyper-creative sports card hobby is worthy of a lifetime achievement award. But when Panini America releases 2013 Rookies & Stars Football…