The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Crown Royale Football (Retail Only)
In most cases here on The Knight's Lance, we prefer to run our Quality Control Gallery preview posts before a new product releases. But in the case of the just-arrived and retail-exclusive 2016 Crown Royale Football, well, we're bringing you the post just a little bit late -- and we apologize. The product began arriving on retail shelves earlier this…
Panini Instant Celebrates Playoffs-Clinching Dallas Cowboys with 25-Card Team Set
Bolstered by the otherworldly performances of two standout rookies (Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott), arguably the best offensive line in football, a methodical offense steeped in physicality and a defense that sometimes bends but never breaks, the 2016 Dallas Cowboys have rattled off 11 straight victories en route to clinching the NFL's first playoff berth. Beginning Friday, the Panini Instant…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016 Encased Football (Preview Gallery)
If ever there was an NFL rookie crop that deserved to have its best Rookie Cards delivered to collectors already safely encased in a protective holder, it would be the one from this season. Headlined by the spectacular exploits of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott but backed solidly by productive debuts from Carson Wentz, Sterling Shepard, Will Fuller V, Jordan Howard and…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 National Treasures Collegiate Football
Green-box goodness awaits. This time tomorrow, Panini America's 2016 National Treasures Collegiate Football, the company's first-ever standalone National Treasures product devoted exclusively to college football, arrives in hobby shops across North America dressed to thrill with a straight-A's lineup of autograph and memorabilia content. The product features the NFL's hottest rookies and veterans from their college playing days as well…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Boxes of 2016 Donruss Signature Series Football
In a product filled with signature moments (literally every card produced for the new 2016 Donruss Signature Series Football includes an autograph), the process of busting packs becomes tangibly more invigorating that it ordinarily would be -- and that's saying something because there's nothing quite like a feverish breaking session. And so it was that we set out this morning…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: Target-Only 2016 Rookies & Stars Football
Here's one way you know that Panini America's venerable Rookies & Stars Football franchise has an intensely loyal following: Just minutes after the product checklist got posted to the company website earlier this week, collectors started asking for more information on a 2016 edition that has yet to be previewed. So in the must-see Quality Control Gallery that follows, we're…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Donruss Signature Series Football
With nothing more than just a passing glance at top-line specifics, there's a lot to like about Panini America's upcoming 2016 Donruss Signature Series Football, like four-card boxes that deliver nothing but autographs. But take a deeper dive into the nuts and bolts of the product and you start to gain a much deeper appreciation for everything the product will…
Panini Instant Black Friday Specials Include NBA Autographs, NFL's Hottest Rookies
Panini America's Panini Instant on-demand trading card platform is getting in on the Black Friday phenomenon with two special offers that will launch at 2 p.m. CST on Black Friday and will run for just 48 hours or while supplies last. On the NBA side, Panini Instant is offering one blind-wrapped NBA autograph card for $100. The checklist includes key…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016 Plates & Patches Football (Gallery)
So much has changed since we last saw Panini America's Plates & Patches Football franchise as a standalone brand. The year was 2010 and a heralded rookie crop included headliners the likes of Rob Gronkowski, Demaryius Thomas, Antonio Brown and Tim Tebow. But here's what hasn't changed: Plates & Patches remains relevant as a concept with an apt product name that…
Signs of Black Friday: Panini America Peeks the Autograph Excellence of 2016 Set
Here we are, one week from the biggest shopping day of the year and signs of Black Friday are all around us — on television commercials, website banner ads, radio spots, print ads and seemingly everywhere else that might attract a set of eyeballs, a set of ears or a flurry of mouse-button clicks. But nowhere are the signs of…