Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks One Early Box of 2013-14 Elite Basketball
With both 2013 Black Football and 2013-14 Elite Basketball set to release this Wednesday, the week ahead promises to be filled with plenty of Panini America product breaks -- in shops, online and quite possibly during tomorrow's Super Bowl XLVIII Media Day, when Panini Super Bowl Kid Reporter Curtis Case will take the field with his own camera crew and a list…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Two Tins of 2012-13 Immaculate Basketball
Simply, I can't think of a better way to return to the office following an eventful and productive four days at the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo than to be greeted by the first live boxes of 2012-13 Immaculate Basketball. After months of appetite-whetting wonderment, release week finally has arrived -- a pivotal moment that became abundantly clear as soon as…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Preferred Basketball (114 Images)
The NBA will conclude its 2012-13 regular season today with a full slate of 15 games, which means we're precariously close to the splendor of the postseason -- when play on the court heats up considerably. Fittingly, the basketball action in the hobby is on the verge of heating up, too. One week from today, 2012-13 Preferred Basketball goes live,…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Absolute Basketball (85 Sweet Pics)
The hobby hits keep coming on the Panini America basketball court. Indeed, when 2012-13 Absolute Basketball releases tomorrow, it will mark the continuation of one of most most torrid scoring streaks in hoops hobby history, a month-long span that has seen the launch of 2012-13 Totally Certified, 2012-13 Prizm and 2012-13 Limited. Now along comes Absolute -- after a year…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Limited Basketball (76 Images)
For those passionate NBA collectors who've spent the last few weeks totally chasing Totally Certified or being completely preoccupied with Prizm, know this: 2012-13 Limited Basketball goes live this week offering an altogether different -- yet every bit as exciting -- experience. Boasting some of the most uniquely shaped autographed Rookie Cards the hoops hobby has ever seen and a…
The Panini America 2011-12 NBA Draft Pick Redemption Checklists are Revealed!
Tonight was the night. Starting at 9 p.m. CST on Panini America's BlogTV channel, five months of intense anticipation began paying off for anxious collectors who've been waiting since the releases of 2011-12 Past & Present Basketball, 2011-12 Limited Basketball and 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball to find out the identity of their 2011 NBA Draft Pick Autograph Redemptions. The names…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball (59 images)
Just for grins, let's take quick inventory of everything that next week's release of 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball, the first NBA product of the new season, has in store for collectors. A historic massive Double Rookie Class? Check. The first official Rookie Cards of Kyrie Irving, Kenneth Faried, Anthony Davis and so many other young superstars from the 2011 and 2012 NBA Draft…
Rookie Here, Rookie Here: Panini America Teases 2012-13 NBA Hoops Rookie Impact
In a groundbreaking -- history-making, even -- development that most collectors will agree is long overdue, the top rookies from the 2011-12 NBA season will finally appear in uniform on officially licensed NBA trading cards when Panini America releases 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball next month. For the record, the top rookies from the 2012-13 class also will make their trading…