iCollectPanini.com Launches Extraordinary Promotion Honoring 2013 NBA Finals
As we speak, an international audience of fans, collectors and media await tonight's tip off of Game 1 of the 2013 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs -- and iCollectPanini.com is ready. Panini America officials have created a championship-worthy trading card promotion in the spirit of the tremendously successful Super Bowl XLVII initiative. For a limited time only and while supplies…
2012-13 Threads Basketball Century Greats: The Panini America Insert Set Inspection
During the last five days, we've attempted to prepare you for the upcoming release of 2012-13 Threads Basketball by providing glimpses into many of the product's most-colorful, modern-era insert sets, including Inside Presence, Talented Twosomes and High Flyers. Today, we depart from that pattern to showcase the history-soaked Century Greats insert. This 25-card tribute to the NBA's greatest all-time performers…
Panini America Provides Final Packout Peek at 2011 Preferred Basketball’s Penmanship
Last Friday we leaked the first glorious glimpses of the sublime booklet cards that will drop one per box inside 2011 Preferred Basketball. Frankly, it was one of the most buzz-generating galleries we've done on The Knight's Lance in quite some time. But the one that follows promises to be just as juicy. As you're about to find out, we took…
Thursday’s New Batch of On-Card Arrivals for 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball
Building a brand new trading card product from the ground up is a daunting task. Doing so in a condensed timeframe only compounds the complexities. But judging by the frenetic pace at which the on-card autographs for 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball are being returned, this new launch is in good hands with the Panini America Product Development and Acquisitions teams. Yesterday we…
Must-See NT: More Exclusive Images from 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball
If you've missed any of the weekend relocation from our old Panini America Facebook page to our new one, you've missed a lot. We've been updating our new Facebook photo album with exclusive images from some true hobby heavy-hitters headed your way in the coming weeks, most notably 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball and 2011 Panini Americana. So, if you want to see…
Quick . . . Someone Call a Doctor! These National Treasures Autographs are Sick!
As the top vote-getter -- by a mile -- in our Knight’s Lance Readers Choice Weekend poll, this story is being brought to you by . . . well . . . you. Stay tuned for your final content selection, a gallery of some of our redemption prizes for the 2011 National Sports Collectors Convention. It's official: The hobby's appetite for the upcoming 2010-11…
Behind the Scenes: Pre-Packout Begins for 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball
Even now, still more than a week away from packout, 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball is receiving the white-glove treatment, literally, at the Panini America printing facility. Indeed, the multi-faceted process of getting the high-end juggernaut ready for prime time began in earnest this morning with a seven-person contingent engaging in the arduous task of hand-inspecting every single card for the product that…
The Panini America Insert Set Inspection: 2010-11 Gold Standard Golden Anniversary
The late-June release of 2010-11 Panini Gold Standard Basketball packs the potential to be one of the most unique themed products to hit the sports card landscape in quite some time. From actual 14-karat gold trading cards to cards embedded with pieces of 14-karat gold to some of the most in-demand autograph and memorabilia cards on the market, Gold Standard presents a true…
To a Tee: Panini America, Lakers Nation Team Up for Unique Promotion
Lakers Nation, the preeminent Los Angeles Lakers fan site on the Internet with more than 100,000 Facebook likes and seemingly that many new visitors arriving every day, is about to get into the basketball card business. Well, sort of. (more…)