Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2018 Flawless Collegiate Basketball
High-end higher-education hoops hobbyists have never had an opportunity quite like the one that arrives in mid November with the release of Panini America's 2018 Flawless Collegiate Basketball. Well, they had an opportunity a little like this last year when the Flawless brand delivered its first standalone Collegiate Basketball edition. But that initial offering didn't include the incomparable Charles Barkley…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
Although Panini America still has a few headline-worthy 2017-18 NBA products left to release in the coming weeks, make no mistake about it: The 2018-19 basketball collecting season officially tips off on Friday. That's when Panini America's ink-laden 2018 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball arrives in hobby shops across North America featuring the hottest rookies from the 2018 NBA Draft as…
First-Look Gallery: Panini America Previews 2018 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
In late August, a bold, new basketball collecting season begins -- as it so often does -- with the release of Panini America's Contenders Draft Picks Basketball. Traditionally the first product of the year to feature the NBA's newest members in all of their college glory, Contenders Draft Picks Basketball returns for the 2018 season to deliver the first hard-signed…
The Real Story Behind those Random Black Briefcases in 2017 Flawless Collegiate
Astute busters of Panini America's new 2017 Flawless Collegiate Basketball and 2017 Flawless Collegiate Football releases have no doubt noticed by now the existence of seemingly random Black Briefcases included amid the product's familiar Silver Briefcases. Well, there's a reason for that. Panini America Product Development Director Ben Ecklar has confirmed that special Black Briefcases were randomly inserted at a rate…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks a Box of 2017 Flawless Collegiate Basketball
As far as sample sizes go, one box of any trading card product isn't a lot. Of course, Panini America's 2017 Flawless Collegiate Basketball isn't just any trading card product. It's the first-ever Flawless product devoted to college hoops and it promises to introduce fans and collectors to a new-level collecting experience. So you can imagine our excitement at receiving…
Panini America Peeks Packout for Upcoming 2017 Flawless Collegiate Basketball (Gallery)
At this very moment, Product Development and Production officials from Panini America are steadfastly putting the finishing touches on packout for two pioneering collegiate trading card releases: 2017 Flawless Collegiate Basketball and 2017 Flawless Collegiate Football. Both new products, packaged inside Flawless' trademark silver briefcases, will introduce a new super-premium threshold for collegiate trading cards with a stunning array of…
Flawless First: Panini America Teases Debut of 2017 Flawless Collegiate Basketball
If you read The Knight's Lance yesterday, you know by now that Panini America's fabled Flawless brand is crossing over to the world of college sports next month with the arrival of 2017 Flawless Collegiate Football. Spoiler alert: Flawless is coming to college basketball, too -- and it's just as spectacular as you think it is. Set to arrive in hobby…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Boxes of 2017 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
Just when you think this summer is coming to an end, be ready: Another hobby heat wave is coming -- and it's going to be a scorcher. It's scheduled to arrive tomorrow in hobby shops across North America and likely will last well into next year. Such is the heat-generating force that is the 2017 NBA rookie crop. The first…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
One week from tomorrow, one of the most anticipated NBA Draft classes in many years will officially usher in the 2017-18 basketball collecting season -- and it will bring with it a hefty heat wave that's not likely to cool down any time soon. Indeed, next Wednesday's arrival of 2017 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball will be the first mainstream release to…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2017 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
Few will argue that the 2017 NBA Draft Class is one of the most exciting young crops to enter the league in years. And that notion was entrenched before many of the group's top picks sent shockwaves throughout the NBA Summer League with one high-flying performance after another. The presence of Lonzo Ball, Jayson Tatum, Markelle Fultz, Dennis Smith Jr.…