Panini America Explores Retail Exclusives in 2016-17 Excalibur Basketball (Gallery)

Now that the hobby edition of Panini America's 2016-17 Excalibur Basketball has been in shops for the better part of a week, the retail version can't be far behind. In honor of that fact, we wanted to help retail-minded collectors properly prepare for the product's arrival by previewing the many retail-exclusive elements in the release, from SKU-specific Camo Crusades to…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016-17 Excalibur Basketball (100+ Images)

The absolute rocket-like ascendency of the Kaboom! insert in Panini America's Excalibur Basketball over the last several seasons has served to steal most of the product's headlines, sometimes overshadowing the fact that Excalibur has so much more to offer. Like the popular, Prizm-powered Crusade chase . . . and strong autograph and memorabilia lineups . . . and a new parallel…

Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Excalibur Basketball (Gallery)

Most trading card products strive to deliver, at the least, that one go-to move; a calling-card staple that, with just a few tweaks from year to year, keeps collectors intrigued season after season after season. Panini America's Excalibur Basketball franchise, however, has two such defining staples: The colorful, Prizm-powered Crusade chase and the explosive, one-per-case Kaboom! insert. In late June, both…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball (100+ Pics)

One week from tomorrow, Panini America's popular Excalibur Basketball brand -- with its Kaboom! inserts and Crusade parallels and rich autograph and memorabilia content -- makes its long-awaited hobby debut with the arrival of 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball Premium. The product that debuted last season as a Target-exclusive is ready for its hobby closeup, equipped with the calling-card inclusions that served…

Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at Target-Only 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball

If you've spent any time at all in the trading card section of your neighborhood Target store in recent weeks, you've probably noticed a star-studded poster promoting the impending arrival of 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball, Panini America's third and final Target-only NBA product of the 2014-15 collecting season that begins shipping to stores on Monday. To help retail-minded collectors properly prepare…

Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014 Rookies & Stars Football (Gallery)

Next week in cities across America, NFL teams will open their bid for the Super Bowl XLIX title when training camps open league wide, officially launching the countdown to the start 2014 NFL season. But in the football collecting arena, the season already is in full swing. Panini America has released  three products so far this season -- 2014 Score Football,…

Panini America Explores Undeniable Beauty of 2013 Rookies & Stars Football’s Crusade

Next Wednesday, Panini America's 2013 Rookies & Stars Football will release in hobby shops across North America boasting a bevy of the bells and whistles that have made the brand a collecting industry staple for more than 15 years. But it's one insert in particular -- the colorful, legendary, technologically unparalleled Crusade -- that's likely to command most of the…