Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2015-16 Flawless Basketball (Gallery)
The juggernaut is coming. Flawless Basketball, one of the most extravagant brands in the history of sports card collecting, is preparing to close out the 2015-16 NBA collecting season with a thunderous finale by delivering its trademark brand of high-end hoops hysteria. Set to arrive in mid September, Panini America's 2015-16 Flawless Basketball returns with the hobby's rarest base set…
Iconic National Treasures Basketball Arrives on NBA Dunk App . . . But Doesn’t Stay Long
If you're wondering whether one of the most revered brands in sports card history is as desirable in virtual form as it is in real life, well, it is. That much was proven in no-doubt-about-it fashion Sunday morning when 49 of John Stockton's National Treasures Basketball Material Treasures card hit Panini America's NBA Dunk digital trading card app and sold out…
Panini’s NBA Dunk Digital Trading Card App Hits Rewind to Past NBA Drafts (Gallery)
Tonight in New York, the 2016 NBA Draft will usher in a new generation of NBA stars and officially get the ball rolling on a new season. But to truly appreciate tonight's activities, it's important to have a keen understanding of NBA Draft history. And starting today, Panini America's NBA Dunk digital trading card app will help collectors embrace that…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2015-16 Immaculate Basketball (Gallery)
One of the sports card industry's most revered brands is gearing up for another bold season in the NBA and when Panini America's 2015-16 Immaculate Basketball releases in late August, longtime brand loyalists will find many of the captivating components that make the product an instant MVP (Most Valuable Product) candidate every year. For those checklisting at home, that means a…
A Must-See First Look at the Panini America 2016 Father’s Day Promotion (Gallery)
If the country’s finest sellers of bad ties, “World’s Greatest Dad” coffee mugs and designer boxers have experienced a significant slump in the last four years (especially in the country’s hottest collecting markets), well, we apologize. Indeed, since bursting onto the scene in the summer of 2012, Panini America’s annual Father’s Day hobby shop promotion has fundamentally altered the way kids…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Early Boxes of 2015-16 Spectra Basketball
The brilliance . . . the shine . . . the luster . . . the Optichrome opulence . . . the vibrant Greens and Golds and Blues and Oranges. Indeed, if you're looking for just one word that encapsulates all that Panini America's Spectra Basketball franchise has come to stand for in just three short seasons it would be,…
Panini America Goes Kaboom! Exploring the Rare Insert in 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball
There are no signatures. There are no technicolored, multi-break memorabilia pieces. But what Panini America's captivating Kaboom! insert might lack in the area of autographs and game-worn, it more than makes up for in all the ways that matter. Like, flashy technology . . . and needle-in-a-haystack rarity . . . and a cult-like following . . . and a…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Boxes of 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball
Panini America's popular Excalibur Basketball brand will enter its rookie season as a hobby-exclusive product tomorrow when premium versions of 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball arrive in stores across North America. (Blaster Boxes and Gravity Feed Packs remain exclusive to Target stores.)Boasting a high-powered roster of hits that includes the Optichrome-fueled Crusade chase and the rare Kaboom! insert, the product possesses serious…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball (100+ Pics)
One week from tomorrow, Panini America's popular Excalibur Basketball brand -- with its Kaboom! inserts and Crusade parallels and rich autograph and memorabilia content -- makes its long-awaited hobby debut with the arrival of 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball Premium. The product that debuted last season as a Target-exclusive is ready for its hobby closeup, equipped with the calling-card inclusions that served…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Clear Vision Basketball (100+ Pics)
Panini America first introduced the unique, all-acetate Clear Vision concept to football collectors last season as a different-by-design idea that placed a premium on maximizing the design impact of acetate card stock and delivering a tough-to-pull-but-top-notch autograph checklist. Clearly, the concept resonated with collectors -- which is why Clear Vision will officially crossover to the NBA hardwood one week from today. One…