On-Card, Incomparable: Newest Autos Keep Bolstering 2012 National Treasures Football
While many of the football-first freaks inside Panini America HQ (me included) wait on the edge of our collective seat for Friday's packout of 2012 Totally Certified Football to begin, I've found a fantastic way to pass the time: Gawking at the steady stream of incoming on-card autographs that will be featured in 2012 National Treasures Football just a few weeks…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Black Football (54 Must-See Images)
In my more than two years here at Panini America, I've rarely seen a busier time as it relates to new product releases than right now. In the last few weeks alone, we've launched 2012-13 Prizm Basketball, 2012-13 Limited Basketball, 2012-13 Classics Signatures Hockey and 2012 Absolute Football. This week promises another hectic hobby heatwave to warm up your winter…
Panini America’s Halloween Treat to You: A Sneak Peek at the New 2012 Prizm Football
For those of you who haven't yet seen our preview of the brilliant first uncut sheets from Panini America's upcoming 2012-13 Prizm Basketball, do yourself a favor and have a look now. Just be sure to come right back here when you're done for a humongous Halloween treat way sweeter than any candy you'll eat tonight. Prizm technology is coming…
Panini Peek: 2012 Limited Football
While most folks around the country will be hitting malls and big-box retailers the day after Christmas this year, astute football collectors will be heading to their local hobby shops -- the only place to get 2012 Limited Football when it releases December 26. The higher-end collecting staple returns in force this winter with a few design twists for its…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Prominence Football (Part 2)
Yesterday, we brought you part one of an exclusive first look at 2012 Prominence Football, a new addition to the Panini America NFL roster that goes live in hobby shops everywhere one week from today. Well, today we bring you the must-see conclusion that includes more sneak peeks at the product's stacked and diverse Rookie Card roster. Enjoy the gallery…
A Blast from the Past: 2012 Score Football’s Rookie Card Flashback Insert (Gallery)
Score Football exploded into the collecting conscious back in 1989 with a monumental maiden voyage still considered by experts to be one of the most influential trading card sets of all time. More than 20 years later, Score remains one of the most widely-broken, warmly-embraced football sets every year with a proud history of landmark designs, key Rookie Cards and fond memories…
Panini Peek Preview: 2012 Gridiron Football
For starters, know this: That headline up top is not a typo. We didn't inadvertently and inexplicably forget to use the word "Gear" next to the word "Gridiron" there. Clearly, Panini America's 2012 Gridiron Football is not the same Gridiron Gear you're used to. In an NFL collecting season that so far has included -- and will continue to include…
Panini America Must-See Video: 4 Minutes of 2011 National Treasures Nastiness
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3SzhDf1gE&w=600&h=335] The hits keep coming out of 2011 National Treasures Football, Panini America's high-end pigskin juggernaut that released a few weeks ago and is currently sending thrills and chills throughout the world wide web and in hobby shops and living rooms across the country. Video man extraordinaire Tom "The Ripper" Key scoured the web recently to find a few…
Material Bliss: A Sneak Peek at the Must-See Memorabilia in 2011 Certified Football
Yesterday we showed you some of the sweet multi-piece memorabilia and autographed Freshman Fabric cards set to dazzle the mid-November release of 2011 Certified Football. Today, we present a telling ensemble of the set's sartorially splendid memorabilia cards. No autographs this time, just some of the most drool-inducing prime memorabilia cards of the season honoring the hottest rookies, the biggest current…
Panini Peek First Look: The Legends Subset in 2011 Timeless Treasures Football
I've been away from the computer for a few days enjoying a family "staycation" -- my wife's word, not mine -- and quite frankly, I'm suffering from content withdrawal right about now. So in an effort the rectify the situation in short order, let's get things kickstarted on this Tuesday morning with this world premiere first look at the some of…