Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016 Impeccable Football (Preview)
There are built-in expectations when launching any new trading card product, but bestowing upon it a name like "Impeccable" . . . well . . . expectations immediately get heightened sight unseen. Such is the case with 2016 Impeccable Football, the newest addition to the Panini America NFL portfolio slated to launch in late September. But judging by the initial…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Boxes of New 2016 Unparalleled Football
Say this about opening a pack of Panini America's live-today 2016 Unparalleled Football: There's never a dull moment. Thanks to an arresting array of attention-grabbing print technologies, a checklist filled with current superstars, key rookies and all-time legends, and a captivating collection of inserts, there's something to command your interest in every pack. Earlier today, we found that out for…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016 Spectra Football (Preview Gallery)
Panini America's Optichrome-enhanced Spectra brand has enjoyed a relatively brief but absolutely robust collecting history during its first three years in existence. A product known for its vivid colors, thick card stock and rich autograph and memorabilia roster has made a habit of delivering some of the most attractive single cards released in any given year. That's a trend that…
Watch: 2016 Donruss Football Delivers in a Must-See Episode of Panini Unwrapped
The big day has arrived. Panini America's highly anticipated 2016 Donruss Football releases today a collective hobby audience on the edge of its proverbial seat. You've seen the Quality Control Gallery. You've seen the Teaser Gallery. And you've seen a preliminary sneak peek at the product's Peyton Manning tributes and the fabled Fans of the Game insert. About the only…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Donruss Football (100+ Sweet Pics)
Quick, take mental inventory of anything and everything that a flagship trading card product must include. What attributes populate your list? A proud history? Great action photography? A deep checklist encompassing the game's biggest current stars, most promising rookies and greatest all-time legends? Affordability? Widespread hobby and retail distribution? A tried-and-true roster of inserts and parallels? Desirable autograph and memorabilia…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Boxes of the New 2016 Certified Football
In sports collecting circles across North America, the days these days seem to pass a little . . . more . . . slowly. The excitement and anticipation of next week's 2016 National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City seems to be conspiring to make the days between now and then crawl by. But Panini America has another release-filled week…
Details are Sketchy: Panini America Reveals NFL Sketch Cards Coming to 2016 National
You can learn a lot about an NFL rookie by giving him nothing more than a few colored Sharpies, 2 1/2 by 3 1/2-inch cardboard canvas, about five minutes and one simple two-word request: Draw something. What you’re likely to discover — as we have at Panini America over the last several years during the annual NFLPA Rookie Premiere — is that the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Certified Football (141 Must-See Pics)
The Mirror parallels. The Freshman Fabrics. The Immortals. The Certified Signatures. The rainbow array of shimmering-foil chases. Fabric of the Game. Calling-card brand staples one and all -- and all well represented in 2016 Certified Football, Panini America's newest NFL release set to arrive next Wednesday in hobby shops across North America. One of football's most endearing early season products, Certified…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Black Gold Collegiate Football
So much has changed since Panini America first solicited the all-new 2016 Black Gold Collegiate in early May. Like, everything. Based on resounding feedback from distributors, hobby shops and collectors, the collegiate debut of Panini America's popular Black Gold brand is no longer a multisport product. Indeed, when the product arrives in hobby shops across North America next Friday, it…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Four Boxes of 2016 Clear Vision Football
As debut products go, Panini America's inaugural edition of Clear Vision Football last year was largely well received because it was dramatically different in terms of look, feel, affordability and configuration. The all-acetate product presented autographs that were needle-in-a-haystack scarce but featured only top-notch talent in terms of veterans, legends and rookies. In developing the follow-up 2016 Clear Vision Football,…