Surface Exploration: The Definitive Guide to 2015-16 Revolution Basketball Parallels

Panini America's 2015-16 Revolution Basketball releases in hobby shops across North America today and provides a different-by-design approach that places a premium on hard-signed autographs (falling roughly two per eight-box inner case), dazzling foil-based designs and seven distinct parallels. Over the course of the last several days here on The Knight's Lance we've brought you glimpses into 2015-16 Revolution Basketball…

Base Team, Photo Variations Fan the Flames of 2015-16 Gold Standard Basketball

One of the most interesting — but perhaps less-heralded — aspects of Panini America’s Gold Standard Basketball brand during its first five years in existence has been the inclusion of veteran base-set variations that have created feeding frenzies for the rarest versions among impacted player collectors. The phenomenon began with that inaugural 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball release and featured Pete Maravich,…

Panini America Provides a Packout Preview of 2014-15 Flawless Basketball (Part One)

As I prepare this very blog post, a healthy contingent of Panini America Product Development and Production personnel is hard at work in the company's production facility across town putting the highly anticipated 2014-15 Flawless Basketball through the final stages of packout in advance of next Wednesday's release date. Earlier today, I got a firsthand look at that impressive process…

Panini America Examines Chinese New Year Memorabilia in 2014-15 Noir Basketball

Panini America's highly anticipated 2014-15 Noir Basketball released this week with a predominantly international distribution plan, packing within its elegant black boxes two truly unique inserts with deep roots overseas. The China Jerseys and China Jerseys Patches inserts feature pieces of special jerseys worn by some of the NBA's biggest superstars during last season's Chinese New Year Celebration games in February and…

Panini America Provides Revealing Packout Peek at Upcoming 2014-15 Noir Basketball

The high-end heatwave generated by the final leg of Panini America's 2014-15 NBA product calendar is blazing full speed ahead, fueled by the recent releases of 2014-15 Gala Basketball, 2014-15 National Treasures Basketball and 2014-15 Luxe Basketball. Next week, the fans will be flamed once more with the launch of 2014-15 Noir Basketball, a new addition to the Panini America…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014-15 Gala Basketball (63 Must-See Pics)

Whether it's the expectedly epic "Straight Outta Compton" or the somewhat-by-surprise success of "Ant-Man," there's something about a good, old-fashioned summer blockbuster that keeps folks buzzing well into the fall and winter months and paves the way for appreciation abroad, too. And so it is that Panini America's movie-themed 2014-15 Gala Basketball, an international-only summer blockbuster in its own right,…

Cards to Dye For: Panini America Offers One More Look at 2014-15 Select Basketball

On the surface, basketball trading cards and tie-dye anything (with the possible exception of a Bill Walton tribute set) seem like completely incompatible assets. But then along comes Panini America's 2014-15 Select Basketball to swat that notion into the cheap seats. Ultimately, with the help of a little Prizm technology, tie-dye does work on hoops trading cards -- magnificently so as…

James Harden, Top Rookies Share Spotlight in Panini America’s 2013 NBA All-Star Vids

HOUSTON -- Whew! What a weekend that was. Over the course of an action-packed four days during the just-completed 2013 NBA All-Star Weekend, Panini America squeezed what seemed like a season's worth of highlights into a span of 96 hair-raising hours. The whirlwind began Thursday afternoon when Panini America brought Houston Rockets star James Harden to Houston Sports Connection for a…
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