Loaded 2013-14 Contenders Hockey Stars in Must-See Episode of Panini Unwrapped
Late last week, just one day prior to the Fourth of July, Panini America's Chris Barr and Tracy Hackler sat down with two boxes of 2013-14 Contenders Hockey for a little pre-holiday fireworks display of their own that included an explosive 13 total autographs. You can check out all of the action in the video below. After you've watched the…
Knotty and Nice: Honoring Panini America’s 2012-13 Prime Hockey Prime Ties Insert
Yesterday's market-buzzing U.S. release of Panini America's already-sold-out 2012-13 Prime Hockey carried with it 87 of the most welcome redemption cards ever produced, the ones that can be instantly redeemed for some of the most unique game-worn trading cards ever produced. They hail from the Prime Ties insert, the spectacular encore to last season's stunning innovation that popular Yahoo Sports blog…
The Encore: Panini America Peeks Thrilling Return of 2012-13 Prime Hockey (Gallery)
The resounding repercussions of last season's spectacular debut edition of Prime Hockey still are being felt in hobby shops across North America every time a new box gets busted. Seemingly every break of the juggernaut product delivers at least one collection-making monster of a card. Indeed, the attention-commanding performance of Panini America's 2011-12 Prime Hockey left some massive skates to…
Icy Hot: Panini America Peeks Just Some of the Cracked Ice Autos in 2012 Black Friday
Today's 2012 Panini America Black Friday preview gallery may be a classic case of putting the cart before the horse, so to speak, considering that we've yet to detail the attractive 2012 Black Friday base-set cards. But as we've discovered over the last several months, collectors simply can't seem to get enough of Panini America's mesmerizing Cracked Ice parallel cards. So…
A Panini America Saturday Showcase: You Guessed It . . . More Dominion Previews
Your kids' athletic contests. Yard work. College football on the tube. Knocking out at least some of your honey-do list. Napping. Begrudgingly going into the office to finish what you couldn't yesterday. No matter what your Saturday plans called for, we hope you're flexible -- because all of us here at Panini America have something new to add to your…
Tuesday Tease: Panini America Previews 70 New Images from 2011-12 Dominion QC
Panini America NHL brand developers Karvin Cheung and Chris Barr have spent every waking hour of the last four or five days hand-inspecting thousands of collection-making cards -- one by one -- to make sure they're ready for insertion into the juggernaut known as 2011-12 Dominion Hockey, which begins packing out next week. Throughout the time-intensive labor of love that's taking place…
Panini America Begins the Quality Control Process for 2011-12 Dominion Hockey
Remember a few days ago, when we previewed some of the historic Gordie Howe inclusions coming to 2011-12 Dominion Hockey? In that post, we mentioned the cool cache of images hitting my email inbox at a breakneck pace compliments of Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr, who is currently scrutinizing every single card slated for the product in advance…
The Panini America Drool Gallery: 2011-12 Prime Hockey Prime Ties (103 Images)
I have a confession to make: When I first laid eyes on the overwhelmingly unique Prime Ties insert cards from the new 2011-12 Prime Hockey, I was speechless, my tongue tied and twisted in knots like the laces I was looking at. That was two weeks ago, during the quality-control process for the ballyhooed product. Here's what I wrote at the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011-12 Prime Hockey (Process Continues)
You just thought you saw everything there was to see from the 2011-12 Prime Hockey QC process yesterday. The fact of the matter is that Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr spent well into Monday evening at the company printing facility ensuring everything in the product was falling as it should. As a result, Barr unearthed the following gems…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011-12 Prime Hockey (Updated Images)
Hockey collectors, rejoice. The day you've been waiting for has arrived. At this very moment, Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr is at the company's printing facility not-so-patiently waiting to scrutinize the first 2011-12 Prime Hockey QC boxes straight off the production line. Luckily for all of us, he found something to occupy him while he waits: Several glorious…