The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015 Rookies & Stars Football (117 Pics)
If you were paying close enough attention to the Panini America Twitter feed last week, you no doubt were a firsthand witness to the packout process for the upcoming 2015 Rookies & Stars Football, the company's Target-exclusive NFL release that's on its way to stores as you read this. In addition to being a retail-only release this season, the venerable…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Early Boxes of 2015 Certified Football
Make no mistake about it: Tomorrow is a huge release day for Panini America products as both 2015 Certified Football and 2014-15 National Treasures Basketball arrive in hobby shops across North America. In an effort to prepare collectors for what to expect from both of these of exciting products, we've devoted quite a bit of quality cyberspace to them in…
Panini America Addresses Numbering Issue in Upcoming 2015 Certified Football
A sequential numbering issue discovered late in the Quality Control process for Panini America's 2015 Certified Football has led to two cards within the New Generation Dual Jerseys Mirror Blue insert being misnumbered. The two cards in question -- one featuring Florida State teammates Jamies Winston and Rashad Greene and one featuring Alabama teammates Amari Cooper and T.J. Yeldon --…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015 Certified Football (Must-See Pics)
Panini America's venerable Certified Football franchise has been an early season collecting staple for almost two decades now, a splendidly colorful parallel-lover's dream (Behold . . . The Mirrors!) that has utilized familiar, flashy foilboard as the card stock of choice throughout its history. For 2015, the foilboard returns intact, along with the other franchise niceties that have made Certified…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2015 Donruss Football (Preview Gallery)
In early September, Panini America will reintroduce an old friend to football collectors with the release of 2015 Donruss Football. The first standalone Donruss-branded NFL product since 2002 will deliver both hobby and retail versions steeped in long-adored brand staples such as Rated Rookies, Classics, Dominators, Gridiron Kings, Passing the Torch Autographs and more. Set to release on September 2,…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Open Two Early Boxes of 2015 Prestige Football
As luck would have it, Wednesday's North American release of 2015 Prestige Football coincides with the opening of the 2015 National Sports Collectors Convention, which means you can count on plenty of the product to be broken by this time tomorrow evening -- both at hobby shops across the country and inside Panini America's booth at the National. So to help…
Returning King: Panini America Planning to Bring Back Gridiron Kings Football in 2015
Bolstered by the regal return of Diamond Kings Baseball as a standalone brand earlier this year after more than a decade away, Panini America officials recently announced that the art-card renaissance is crossing over to the NFL, too. In early October, the fabled Gridiron Kings Football makes its resounding comeback as a standalone brand for the first time since 2003, and…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015 Prestige Football (156 Must-See Pics)
Although Panini America's 2015 Clear Vision Football continues to contribute to the summer heatwave in hobby shops across North America, company officials are on the verge of fanning the football-card flames yet again on Wednesday. That's when 2015 Prestige Football arrives, equipped with new versions of the popular brand staples that have made Prestige an early season fan favorite for…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Four Early Boxes of 2015 Clear Vision Football
The building buzz surrounding Panini America's 2015 Clear Vision Football that releases in hobby shops across North America on Friday received a big boost last weekend during a special sneak-peek event that took place in selected local hobby shops across the country. That warm initial reception bodes well for a product that is clearly a different kind of product -- in…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015 Clear Vision Football (147 Pics)
Panini America's upcoming 2015 Clear Vision Football received rave reviews during special sneak-peek events in several local hobby shops over the weekend. From its see-through acetate stock to its A-list autograph checklist to its strong memorabilia inclusions to its overall design, collectors and hobby shops owners alike seemed to appreciate everything the product has going for it. "Everyone loved the…