Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey
If 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey truly is the final Panini America NHL trading card product you'll ever see, I have but one thing to say: What a way to go. Following a steady, anticipation-building week of live Tweets from the Panini America production facility, we finally got a look at some of the first finished boxes of the product earlier…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Busts Three Boxes of 2013-14 Rookie Anthology Hockey
Before we get into the meat of this post, we'd like to offer our sincere apologies for not getting this Panini America Teaser Gallery to you sooner. The 2014 NFLPA Rookie Premiere took most of us out of the office for most of last week, so our pack-by-pack preview of 2013-14 Rookie Anthology Hockey got bumped back just a bit.…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2013-14 Prime Hockey (Must-See Gallery)
For hockey's most passionate patch purveyors, late June can't come fast enough. That's when Panini America's 2013-14 Prime Hockey hits the ice -- quite possibly for the last time. As a result, the third annual installment of one of the most memorabilia-rich trading card brands in hockey history is shaping up to be the most prime edition yet. You've already seen…
Video: Panini America Rips Two Spectacular Boxes of 2013-14 Playbook Hockey
As collectors across North America celebrate today's release of 2013-14 Playbook Hockey, here's hoping the inaugural edition of the product is making as big an impact on you as it made on us during a sick seven-minute stretch yesterday afternoon inside the Panini Unwrapped studio. That's where Tracy Hackler and a gimpy but game Chris Barr ripped two boxes of…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Playbook Hockey (117 Sweet Pics)
Thanks to the nimble Tweeting fingers of Panini America Hockey Brand Manager Chris Barr, last week's packout for 2013-14 Playbook Hockey was largely -- pardon the pun -- an open book. Throughout the afternoon last Thursday, Barr took control of the Panini America Twitter account to provide real-time coverage of what he was seeing live from the floor of the…
Panini America Plans Special Case Incentive for 2013-14 Totally Certified Hockey
As we first showed you in the Quality Control Gallery earlier this week, the debut edition of Totally Certified Hockey delivers a distinct Totally Certified feel while also introducing several new tweaks to the brand that promise to be well-received by hardcore puckheads. Foremost among them, though, are the simply stunning Platinum Mirror parallels that combine familiar microetching with rainbow holographic…
Panini Unwrapped ‘How To’ Video Explores 2014 NHL Player of the Day Hobby Kits
To help participating hobby shops and interested collectors best take advantage of Panini America's 2014 NHL Player of the Day program, our very own Scott Prusha sat down yesterday with one of the all-inclusive program kits that are being delivered to participating hobby shops this week. In addition to going over everything included in the kits (store signage, store bags,…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Totally Certified Hockey (114 Pics)
Not to belabor the point here, but if you're not following the Panini America Twitter account, you missed out on another golden sneak-peek opportunity yesterday, this time during the packout process for 2013-14 Totally Certified Hockey. Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr took command of the company Twitter handle for most of Wednesday morning, and then took followers right…
Panini Peek: 2013-14 Playbook Hockey
Ask most hockey collectors in North America about the envelope-pushing exploits of Panini America's booklet card offerings over the last few years and they'll likely tell you that the bar continues to be raised in terms of content, design and jaw-dropping awe. In late March, that trend is sure to continue when Panini America's NHL team takes a page from…
Panini America, NHLPA Drop Puck on 2014 NHL Player of the Day Promotion (Gallery)
Beginning in February, every time a collector purchases a pack of Panini America NHL trading cards at more than 450 hobby shops across the U.S. and Canada they may be one step closer to spending the day with an NHL player. Panini America and the NHLPA are once again sponsoring the Panini NHL Player of the Day hobby shop promotion…