The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2021 XR Football

Panini America's mysteriously named, masterfully designed 2021 XR Football drops in hobby shops across North America tomorrow boasting its usual impressive array of colorful, content-rich enticements. But this year's version also includes a few new twists -- none more impressive than the Gamers insert featuring game-worn memorabilia from specific NFL games. On average, each hobby box (seven cards per pack,…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open Five Early Boxes of 2017 Encased Football

Tomorrow in hobby shops and on group break sites across North America, Panini America's 2017 Encased Football will begin becoming . . . shall we say "unEncased" . . . as collectors get their first chance at opening the product on release day. As you saw yesterday, the program celebrates its second year with a bevy of hard-signed autographs (including…

Teaser: Panini America Unwraps Five Boxes of the New 2017 Preferred Football

Hardcore football collectors really need no introduction to Panini America's fabled Preferred Football franchise. The product's unique calling cards -- primarily way-cool memorabilia booklet cards and Silhouettes hard-signed memorabilia cards -- provide the foundation for a riveting all-thriller/no-filler experience that returns today with the release of 2017 Preferred Football. We've done our best over the last several days to properly…

Panini America’s 2017 XR Football Shines in Must-See Quality Control Gallery (93 Pics)

Ever since collectors first caught wind of Panini America's upcoming 2017 XR Football product, one of the most-asked questions surrounding the new release has had nothing to do with product composition, checklists, autograph and memorabilia rosters or design principles. Instead, most folks have wanted to know just one thing: What does "XR" stand for? That's a good question -- and…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Boxes of 2017 Immaculate Collegiate Football

Tomorrow afternoon, the 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention will officially open its doors for the first of five straight days that celebrate the undeniable passion that lives within all fans and collectors. As luck would have it, tomorrow also marks another loaded new-release Wednesday for Panini America as 2017 Immaculate Collegiate Football, 2017 Certified Football and 2017 Select NASCAR Racing all…