Panini Blockchain Week 5 Highlights include Zion Williamson/RJ Barrett, Griffey Jr. and More
Ten new jaw-dropping 1/1 cards — this time featuring the likes of Ken Griffey Jr., Aaron Rodgers, Ezekiel Elliott, Zion Williamson/RJ Barrett, Kaapo Kakko and more -- headline the just-launched fifth wave of Panini America’s historic Blockchain venture. The latest cards opened for bidding earlier this morning and every virtual Blockchain card issued in the initial 100-card wave will be accompanied…
Panini America Offers a Detailed First Look at 2019 Majestic Football
In the interest of time (and playing catch-up), we’re dedicating today here at The Knight’s Lance to previewing, in rapid-fire fashion, the newest products that have been solicited by the Panini America sales team in recent weeks — a fresh batch of product previews that includes 2019 Certified Football, 2019 Majestic Football, 2019 Donruss Football, 2019 Chronicles Baseball, 2019 National Treasures Collegiate Football and 2019 Origins Football. In the series of…
Panini Peek: 2019 Certified Football (Preview Gallery)
In the interest of time (and playing catch-up), we’re dedicating today here at The Knight’s Lance to previewing, in rapid-fire fashion, the newest products that have been solicited by the Panini America sales team in recent weeks -- a fresh batch of product previews that includes 2019 Certified Football, 2019 Majestic Football, 2019 Donruss Football, 2019 Chronicles Baseball, 2019 National Treasures Collegiate Football and…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Rips Two Boxes of 2019 Elite Football
In what has been an absolutely loaded new-product release week for Panini America, the company went live with 2019 Immaculate Soccer and 2019 Elite Football on Wednesday and 2018-19 Chronicles Basketball today. As a result, we’ve spent most of this week previewing those new releases. Today, we’re entering the Teaser Gallery box-break phase, this time focusing on 2019 Elite Football. If you saw our Elite Quality Control Gallery from earlier…
Panini America’s Iconic Score Football Set to Celebrate 30th Anniversary (Preview)
Panini America's fabled Score Football franchise was at the forefront of the modern football-card boom in the late 1980s with a green-bordered beast of a 1989 debut that included now-iconic Rookie Cards featuring the likes of Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders, Troy Aikman and more. Fast forward three decades -- or, seemingly an eternity in hobby years -- and the brand…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2018 Select Football (Preview Gallery)
One of the many admirable qualities about a product as tried, as tested and as trusted as Panini America's Select Football is that it doesn't require much in the way of revamps or overhauls from year to year to remain in demand. Indeed, a slight twist here or a subtle tweak there can make a big difference and, in Select's…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Eight Boxes of the New 2018 Playbook Football
I've said it before. I'll say it again. Of all the tremendous trading card products my colleagues here at Panini America produce across all sports over the course of any given year, there's one that stands out as my favorite -- Playbook Football. I'm a stone-cold sucker for it every year and for myriad reasons, not the least of which…
Cut to the Chase: Unique Memorabilia Cards Add Pop to 2018 Obsidian Football (Gallery)
Up until now, most of our previewing efforts surrounding Panini America's new 2018 Obsidian Football have revolved around the debut product's darker take on Optichrome and at least one of the early autograph inclusions. But with the product set to make its world premiere next Wednesday, we're going to expand our focus just a bit and appreciate some of the…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Boxes of the New 2018 Prizm Football
Another action-packed new-release week in hobby shops and on group break sites across North America saw Panini America release both 2018-19 NBA Hoops Basketball and 2018 Prizm Football today. The week will culminate with the release of 2018 Flawless Baseball on Friday. We've dedicated quality time over the last few weeks properly previewing each of this week's new releases. Yesterday,…
Panini America’s “Panini Day” Promo Packs Hit Next Week with 2018 Illusions Football
When Panini America's 2018 Illusions Football arrives in hobby shops across North America next Wednesday, it will be accompanied by special Panini Day Kickoff promotional packs that were developed as an incentive for distributors and dealers who pre-ordered Illusions as well as select other 2018 NFL products. Distributed in two-card packs, the 2018 Panini Day Kickoff set features a 100-card…