Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2017 Black Friday Promotion (Gallery)
It’s been called the most successful hobby shop promotion of all time by longtime industry experts. It’s made hobby shops across North America bona fide post-Thanksgiving retail destinations. It’s delivered some of the most unique and sought after trading cards in recent years. And next week it’s making its triumphant return. News flash: Panini America’s 2017 Black Friday promotion is coming. For…
Must-See Material: Panini America Previews 2017 Immaculate Soccer’s Mem Majesty
Exactly one week from today, on the first day of November, Panini America officials will unveil the inaugural edition of Immaculate Soccer, a pitch-perfect crossover gem that parlays the greatest attributes of the fabled Immaculate brand from other sports into an all-new soccer release with plenty of blockbuster potential. Through a preview right here on The Knight's Lance, you've seen…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Four Early Boxes of 2017 Nobility Soccer
If all you know about Panini America's live-tomorrow 2017 Nobility Soccer is that it features some of the most epic Pelé trading cards ever created, well, that's probably enough. But if you can stop gawking long enough at those rare pieces of collecting history to check out everything else the product has going for it, you'll likely find that the debut edition…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017 Nobility Soccer (90+ Must-See Pics)
It seems only appropriate that one of the greatest soccer legends of all time, Brazil’s iconic Pelé, plays a pivotal role in Panini America’s live-Friday 2017 Nobility Soccer, the company’s first soccer product dedicated almost entirely to the beautiful game’s retired greats. Perhaps none are greater, though, than Pelé, who is the subject of a special 10-card insert set featuring pieces of Pelé’s match-worn Santos jersey.…
Panini America Photo Editor Kevin Jairaj on His ‘Rookie Card,’ Leo Messi and More
I remember regularly going to M.E Moses stores as a youngster (more or less a Mom and Pop version of a modern-day Walgreens) and begging my mom for a few dollars so I could buy baseball cards. In fact, I remember vividly how much I fell in love with the look and feel of the 1984 Donruss Baseball cards I…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2017 Immaculate Soccer (Gallery)
Panini America's renowned Immaculate brand was always destined to cross over. Sure, it may have started as a basketball brand. But based on overwhelming acceptance from the collecting community, it was only a matter of time before it transitioned to football . . . and baseball . . . and collegiate sports. In early September, the Immaculate franchise will finally invade…
Retail Revolution: Panini America Examines Retail Exclusives in 2017 Revolution Soccer
The retail version of Panini America's 2017 Revolution Soccer should start hitting store shelves in the coming days and when it does, astute collectors will find a few retail-only perks randomly woven throughout the product, including the retail-only Vortex insert and the retail-exclusive Sunburst parallel. As you'll see in the gallery below, the hobby version of 2017 Revolution Soccer didn't…
Panini America Shares Details on Autograph SPs within New 2017 Revolution Soccer
Panini America's new 2017 Revolution Soccer product is a feast for the eyes and the adventuring spirit, what with all of its flashy surface nuances and chase-worthy parallels. But the product is also about rare-but-rewarding autographs that fall roughly once every three boxes or so. The difference between Revolution Soccer's parallels and autographs, of course, is as clear as the…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open Five Early Boxes of 2017 Revolution Soccer
Panini America's live-tomorrow 2017 Revolution Soccer product is unapologetically . . . different. It's a product with a dizzying aesthetics, subtle surface variances, rare parallels and tough-but-top-notch autographs. 2017 Revolution Soccer places a premium on special-effects parallels with names like Astro, Infinite, Fractal, Cosmic, Magna, Disco, Hyperplaid and Galactic. Autographs fall roughly once every three boxes or so and, on average,…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017 Revolution Soccer (90+ Sweet Pics)
It's been a pretty productive week for 18-year-old U.S. Soccer sensation Christian Pulisic. On Monday, the face of American soccer's bright future became the first soccer player to join Panini America and Panini Authentic as an exclusive athlete. Last night in a pivotal World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago, Pulisic accounted for both goals in a 2-0 USMNT victory.…