On-Card . . . Incredible: Panini America Eyes Newest Ink for Upcoming Soccer Releases
In the coming days and weeks, you will learn seemingly everything you need to know about Panini America's upcoming soccer releases, most notably 2017 Nobility Soccer and 2017 Immaculate Soccer. But while you're waiting for that need-to-know product information, we figure it's never too early to appreciate some of the simply spectacular on-card autographs that have been returned to Panini…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2017 Immaculate Soccer (Gallery)
Panini America's renowned Immaculate brand was always destined to cross over. Sure, it may have started as a basketball brand. But based on overwhelming acceptance from the collecting community, it was only a matter of time before it transitioned to football . . . and baseball . . . and collegiate sports. In early September, the Immaculate franchise will finally invade…
Retail Revolution: Panini America Examines Retail Exclusives in 2017 Revolution Soccer
The retail version of Panini America's 2017 Revolution Soccer should start hitting store shelves in the coming days and when it does, astute collectors will find a few retail-only perks randomly woven throughout the product, including the retail-only Vortex insert and the retail-exclusive Sunburst parallel. As you'll see in the gallery below, the hobby version of 2017 Revolution Soccer didn't…
Panini America Shares Details on Autograph SPs within New 2017 Revolution Soccer
Panini America's new 2017 Revolution Soccer product is a feast for the eyes and the adventuring spirit, what with all of its flashy surface nuances and chase-worthy parallels. But the product is also about rare-but-rewarding autographs that fall roughly once every three boxes or so. The difference between Revolution Soccer's parallels and autographs, of course, is as clear as the…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open Five Early Boxes of 2017 Revolution Soccer
Panini America's live-tomorrow 2017 Revolution Soccer product is unapologetically . . . different. It's a product with a dizzying aesthetics, subtle surface variances, rare parallels and tough-but-top-notch autographs. 2017 Revolution Soccer places a premium on special-effects parallels with names like Astro, Infinite, Fractal, Cosmic, Magna, Disco, Hyperplaid and Galactic. Autographs fall roughly once every three boxes or so and, on average,…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017 Revolution Soccer (90+ Sweet Pics)
It's been a pretty productive week for 18-year-old U.S. Soccer sensation Christian Pulisic. On Monday, the face of American soccer's bright future became the first soccer player to join Panini America and Panini Authentic as an exclusive athlete. Last night in a pivotal World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago, Pulisic accounted for both goals in a 2-0 USMNT victory.…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Early Boxes of 2016-17 Aficionado Soccer
Soccer collectors promise to get plenty of face time with the greatest players on the planet starting Wednesday when 2016-17 Aficionado Soccer, the newest addition to the Panini America soccer portfolio, arrives featuring a face-first, horizontally oriented base set and delivering a compelling array of rainbow-board parallels and inserts, and stacked autograph and memorabilia rosters. We brought you a detailed…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016-17 Aficionado Soccer (87 Sweet Pics)
One week from today, some of the greatest soccer players on the planet will get the Aficionado treatment as Panini America unveils the debut edition of Aficionado Soccer, a new release that borrows the best attributes from the Aficionado Baseball release that introduced the brand way back in 1996 and the Aficionado Basketball release that reintroduced it just last month.…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Revolution Soccer (Gallery)
The vibrance. The shine. The glimmer. The sublime, surface-shifting parallels. The rare-but-standout autograph checklist. Those are the primary hallmarks of Panini America's different-by-design Revolution brand -- and collectors have seen them on display in basketball and in football. But they've never seen a Revolution Soccer product . . . until now. But in mid June, the Revolution revolution hits the…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Aficionado Soccer (Preview Gallery)
Panini America's 2016-17 line of soccer trading cards promises to look quite a bit different than last year's roster, beginning with the promising debut of the Aficionado brand on the pitch. We'll have additional details on other product line changes in the coming weeks, but today we're focusing our attention of 2016-17 Aficionado Soccer, set to arrive in hobby shops…