Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey
If 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey truly is the final Panini America NHL trading card product you'll ever see, I have but one thing to say: What a way to go. Following a steady, anticipation-building week of live Tweets from the Panini America production facility, we finally got a look at some of the first finished boxes of the product earlier…
Panini America Provides Info on Autograph, Mem SPs in 2013-14 Titanium Hockey
Truth be told, Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr has been on me to post the list of autograph and memorabilia SPs from 2013-14 Titanium Hockey for weeks. But for any number of valid reasons, I've been remiss in doing so. So I vowed to start this week off right by publishing the list of SPs Barr was nice…
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…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Busts Three Boxes of 2012-13 Prime Hockey (Checklist)
With the eagerly anticipated 2012-13 Prime Hockey now set to release in Canada tomorrow, we had to call an audible with this particular Panini America Teaser Gallery. Since the product won't go live in the states until next Wednesday, our boxes aren't slated to arrive at Panini America HQ until Monday morning -- and for this product, that simply wouldn't…
Panini America Shares Complete List of SPs for 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey
The demand, buzz and big hits are still following Panini America's 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey after its first three weeks on the market. Once again this seson, collectors seem taken by Rookie Anthology's catchall configuration that puts some of the company's most coveted inserts and subsets front and center. By now, many astute collectors have determined for themselves which of…
Sultry Silhouettes: Panini America’s Pre-Ink Peek at 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey
Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr was nice enough to drop by on Monday and let me know that the unsigned-but-still-spectacular Silhouettes and Rookie Silhouettes slated to headline 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey had just arrived from the production facility. Barr also cautioned me that the cards wouldn't be here for long. Once they were counted, cataloged and QC'd, they were…
Panini America Leaks the Prime Namesakes Autograph SPs from 2011-12 Prime Hockey
Now that Panini America's passionate hockey collectors have had ample opportunity to assemble their targeted vowels and consonants from 2011-12 Prime Hockey's Prime Namesakes autograph letters insert, Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr is ready to make a little more sense of the alphabet soup. Earlier this week, Barr shared the list of short prints from the popular insert set.…
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…
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…
Panini Peek: 2010-11 Limited Hockey
One of the great benefits of having a blog to call our very own is the ability for us to bring loyal Panini collectors exclusive first looks at upcoming products. Case in point, this never-before-seen stroll through the incomparable 2010-11 Limited Hockey release. Although the Limited brand boasts a proud super-premium history, it hasn't graced the hockey arena since 1997-98.…