Panini America Delivers First Autos of Eight Key Picks from Thursday’s 2013 MLB Draft
In just more than a year, Panini America's exclusive relationship with USA Baseball already has produced some of the most compelling trading cards in that organization's history, highlighted by the content-rich 2013 USA Baseball Champions product available now at both hobby and retail outlets. But based on the results of last night's 2013 MLB Draft, many of those cards instantly became…
2013 USA Baseball Champions Gets Cracked in Contest Edition of Panini Unwrapped
Later yesterday afternoon, Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Mike Payne sat down with one shining, 24-pack hobby box of 2013 USA Baseball Champions for another must-see episode of Panini Unwrapped. After the video, in which Payne shares some interesting behind-the-scenes scoop on just how this product came about, be sure to stick around for the complete product checklist. Oh, and…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open a Box of 2013 USA Baseball Champions
Our sincere apologies if this edition of The Knight's Lance Teaser Gallery is a little bit behind schedule. But in the interest of full disclosure, please know that the marketing allotment of 2013 USA Baseball Champions just arrived this afternoon. You can expect what promises to be a riveting episode of Panini Unwrapped in the next day or so; but…
Championship-Caliber Memorabilia, Autos Punctuate 2013 USA Baseball Champions
If you thought yesterday's part one of our Quality Control Gallery detailing the manifold greatness housed within Panini America's 2013 USA Baseball Champions set was something, well, just wait until you see what we have in store for you today. While we focused yesterday's preview on the product's base cards, inserts and parallels, today we deliver a must-see finale detailing…
Panini America Peeks Rich Baseball Content in Upcoming 2013 Father’s Day Set (Gallery)
Over the course of the next few weeks here on The Knight's Lance, we're going to treat you to a full-scale reveal of Panini America's 2013 Father's Day promotional set, but we're going to do it a little differently than we've done it in the past. This time, we're going to bring the previews to you sport-by-sport, beginning with a…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 USA Baseball Champions (Part 1)
How spectacular do we think the upcoming 2013 USA Baseball Champions set is? So much so that we're breaking the Panini America Quality Control Gallery for the product into two parts: Today's Part 1 places the spotlight squarely on the set's captivating base, parallel and insert cards. Tomorrow, we'll bring you a glorious exploration of the set's rich autograph and…
Panini Peek: 2013 Cooperstown Baseball
You just knew that Panini America's 2012 Cooperstown Baseball, one of last season's most history-steeped baseball releases, would raise the bar with its highly anticipated encore. 2013 Cooperstown Baseball is slated to go live in mid August and once again this season will pay homage to the greatest baseball players of all time with another legendary assortment of on-card autographs,…
A Legend Returns: Panini America Prepares 2013 Pinnacle Baseball (Preview Gallery)
It's been 15 long years since baseball fans have had the opportunity to collect a Pinnacle Baseball set. But in late July, the legend returns for the first time since 1998 with the release of Panini America's true-to-the-original 2013 Pinnacle Baseball. Boasting a bevy of old-school niceties (including Nufex printing technology, Museum Collection, Artist's Proofs, Team Pinnacle and so much…
Special Prizms Deliver Psychedelic Twist to Panini America’s 2013 Father’s Day Set
With Panini America's 2013 Father's Day promotion now just more than a month away, you can expect The Knight's Lance to begin pulling the curtain back in a big way regarding everything we have in store for this year's nationwide wrapper-redemption program. Last week we brought you a glimpse of the base and insert sets planned for the promotion. Today, things take…
Panini America Begins Pulling Curtain Back on 2013 Father’s Day Hobby Shop Event
For anyone who participated last year or who's read a Beckett magazine in the last month, the following announcement likely comes as no surprise: Panini America's wildly popular Father's Day hobby shop promotion is making a triumphant return in 2013. And this year, company officials are enlisting the help of some bona fide blasts from the past in an effort to…