Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016 Certified Football (Gallery)
When Panini America's 2016 Certified Football arrives in hobby shops across North America in late July, the product will largely stay true to a developmental blueprint that has served Certified well since it first arrived in 1995. But this year, the calling-card Mirror parallels, and Fabric of the Game and Freshman Fabric drivers will be joined by a fitting tribute to one…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2016 Gala Football (Preview Gallery)
Panini America's July-releasing 2016 Gala Football is not so much a sequel as it is an adaptation inspired by last season's big-screen debut of 2014-15 Gala Basketball. That international-only premiere was a critical success that paved the way for the planned domestic distribution of 2015-16 Gala Basketball. It also was filled with several elements that were begging to crossover to the…
Must-See Monday: Panini America Resumes Preview of 2015 Flawless Football (Gallery)
High-end football collectors are most certainly getting their fix during these last few weeks of the 2015 NFL trading card season. While Panini America's 2015 National Treasures Football release continues delivering collection-making hits in hobby shops and in group breaks across the country, the company's season-finale 2015 Flawless Football is on its way. Set to arrive in hobby shops later…
Panini America Offers a Nasty Packout Peek at 2015 National Treasures Football
If you missed any of the drool-inducing Tweets flowing from the Panini America account Tuesday morning, well, you missed a lot. Panini America Brand Manager Chris Barr was in full tantalizing, Twitter-takeover mode as he brought folks behind the scenes for the first day of packout for 2015 National Treasures Football. Judging by both the pure nastiness of the content…
Incoming Immaculate: Late-Breaking Gems Add Pop to 2015 Immaculate Football
It didn't take long for Panini America's juggernaut 2015 Immaculate Football to sell out; in fact, it became official two days before the product even released. In the days since, the product has delivered some of the most spectacular autograph and memorabilia cards of the entire 2015 season. It's about to deliver a few more. In the last several days,…
Panini America Presents a Pre-Packout Peek at 2014 Black Gold Football (Gallery)
In the next few days, Panini America's highly anticipated 2014 Black Gold Football will begin packing out in the company's production facility across town. If you haven't picked up on it yet from the previews we've delivered to you so far, know this: Black Gold might just be the most unique product of the 2014 NFL product season. Certainly it's…
Panini America Previews the Pure Nastiness of 2014 Immaculate Football (Gallery)
Packout for Panini America's highly anticipated 2014 Immaculate Football, the highly anticipated first NFL release bearing the lofty Immaculate name -- begins in earnest on Friday. But until that process begins, the already-collated memorabilia cards are locked safely away in a high-security cage at the company production facility across town. Earlier today, I gained glorious access to that locked cage…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014 Immaculate Football (Preview Gallery)
It's coming. The highly anticipated football debut of Panini America's epic Immaculate brand will arrive in late January and will be equipped to impress even the most discerning collectors. Each six-card box of 2014 Immaculate Football will deliver five autograph or memorabilia cards (on average), and an autograph and memorabilia checklist steeped in current superstars, all-time legends and the hottest…
Immaculate Inception: Panini America Eyes First Returns for 2014 Immaculate Football
Following two impressive editions of Immaculate Basketball and the recent debut of Immaculate Baseball, Panini America officials are diligently preparing to usher in the Immaculate era in football. And when 2014 Immaculate Football arrives later this season, it will bring with it those intrinsic Immaculate qualities that have worked wonders for the brand in other arenas, including an impeccable design,…
‘Where Is It? Weekend’ Returns with Shot to Win 2014 Playbook and Limited Football
It’s been almost a month since our last episode of Panini America’s vaunted “Where Is It? Weekend,” and that can mean only one thing: It’s time to do it again and give Panini America collectors and avid readers of The Knight’s Lance another chance to win some sweet cards. This time we're celebrating Halloween with a little trick-or-treat hide-and-seek --…