The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Spectra Football (90 Must-See Pics)
Last week here on The Knight's Lance we brought you a pre-packout peek at Panini America's 2014 Spectra Football, the hit-filled, Optichrome-enhanced thrill ride that arrives in hobby shops across North America on Wednesday. Today, we're going to bring you a more extended preview of the product by showcasing more of the gems that surfaced during the Quality Control process.…
Panini America Delivers a Pre-Packout Peek at 2014 Spectra Football (67 Must-See Pics)
While many of us from Panini America have spent the last few days at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis securing autographs for our first products of the 2015 NFL Season (2015 Contenders Draft Picks Football, anyone?), many others stayed back at HQ to put the finishing touches on the final products of the 2014 NFL season, including 2014 Spectra…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014-15 Spectra Basketball (Gallery)
Ask most hardcore hoops collectors about last season's most surprising products and there's a great chance that many of them -- if not all of them -- will mention Panini America's 2013-14 Spectra Basketball. Last season's maiden voyage under the Spectra banner succeeded thanks in large part to loaded content, limited production and stunning Optichrome technology. All of that, course,…
A Small Dust-Up: Panini America Addresses Powder Mystery in Prizm and Crusade
With 2014 Prizm Baseball and 2013-14 Crusade Basketball releasing this week, many collectors opening those products are discovering what it must feel like when NBA superstar LeBron James tosses talcum powder into the air at the scorer's table just before tip-off. Indeed, there's a distinct powdery residue adhering to many of the Prizm-technology cards in both of those products that has…