Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2017 Donruss Certified Cuts Football
As you read this, Panini America is readying a product for arrival later this fall that promises to be, quite literally, a cut (or two or several) above. It's called 2017 Donruss Certified Cuts Football and it's bolstered by the kind of true history-making autograph content that's seldom seen in the modern trading card marketplace -- including an inspiring array of…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2017 National Treasures Collegiate Football
If the overwhelming hobby response to Panini America's recent release of 2017 Immaculate Collegiate Football is any indication of how fans and collectors feel about this year's rookie class as collegians in the higher-end form, well, the outlook is bright for the company's soon-to-be-released 2017 National Treasures Collegiate Football. Set to arrive in mid September, the third annual installment of…
Redemption Cards for Oversized Autographs Add Big Boost to 2016 Encased Football
Over the course of the last few months, much has been made about Panini America's 2016 Encased Football product, a new creation that delivers one BGS-graded, hard-signed rookie autograph card (along with an additional autograph and two memorabilia cards) in every five-card box. One aspect of the program that hasn't necessarily been discussed? The inclusion of rare redemption cards good for…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Peeks Inside Six Briefcases of 2014 Flawless Football
The time for teasers is over. Seemingly everything that can be previewed has been. In less than 24 hours, Panini America's 2014 Flawless Football, one of the most super-premium -- and super-anticipated -- products in football card history will arrive in hobby shops across North America in silver-metal briefcases packing 10 cards, tangible excitement and some simply hair-raising, goose-bump-inducing pulls.…
Go Inside 2013 National Treasures Football: The Countdown Continues (Gallery Four)
Between the many sneak-peek breaks that took place earlier this week as part of the 2014 Industry Summit and the myriad magnificent images we've shown you over the last week right here on The Knight's Lance, you probably think you've seen everything there is to see about 2013 National Treasures Football. But the truth of the matter is that we…
Panini America Honors NFL’s Thanksgiving Tradition in 2013 Totally Certified Football
For the better part of 100 years, the NFL has made the great game of football as much a part of this country's Thanksgiving tradition as turkey, stuffing and mid-afternoon catnaps between snaps. And when Panini America's 2013 Totally Certified Football releases next week, it will pay proud tribute to that tradition with an expansive 50-card insert set that honors…
At Long Last: Revisiting the Panini America Routing Table and its Golden Age Glimpses
Here's one sure sign that it's been way too long since we last visited the fabled Panini America Routing Table: It's not even a table anymore. It's been upgraded to a full-blown Routing Section, wedged neatly into a lightly trafficked hallway between the Product Development and Prepress departments. In any event, I ventured back there earlier this week to see what…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Golden Age Baseball (106 Sweet Pics)
What, exactly, is 2012 Golden Age Baseball? That's clearly a rhetorical question, but a good one. 2012 Golden Age Baseball is . . . Marcia Brady and Man o' War and Meadowlark Lemon and minis and massive, movie-poster box-toppers including some embedded with memorabilia. It's Pop-Ups and pop culture and pennants, America's pastime and its presidents. It's what happens when the…
Uncommons: How Red Grange Inspired the 2011 Timeless Treasures Base-Card Design
Back in 2002, Donruss Elite Football made collecting history by incorporating a 1920s-era game-worn leather helmet from pigskin pioneer Red Grange into a simply legendary Throwback Threads memorabilia card. Almost 10 years later, that helmet is still paying dividends for Panini America. In fact, the Galloping Ghost's historic headwear provided Creative Director Brandon Lesley with the brilliant inspiration behind the base-card design of 2011 Timeless Treasures Football, making…