The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Crown Royale Football (Retail Only)
In most cases here on The Knight's Lance, we prefer to run our Quality Control Gallery preview posts before a new product releases. But in the case of the just-arrived and retail-exclusive 2016 Crown Royale Football, well, we're bringing you the post just a little bit late -- and we apologize. The product began arriving on retail shelves earlier this…
Short Report: Panini America Offers SP Info on 2016 Prizm Football Retail Rookie Autos
Panini America officials on Wednesday lifted some of the mystery surrounding the scarcity of several retail-only rookie autograph inserts in the recently released 2016 Prizm Football. Astute collectors have discovered by now the relatively short-printed nature of the Pink Prizm (exclusive to Target Premium boxes), Green Prizm (exclusive to retail packs), Flash Prizm (exclusive to Blaster Boxes) and Red, White…
Panini America Provides a Revealing Look at 2015-16 NBA Hoops Basketball Retail
For many retail-minded basketball collectors, the release earlier this week of 2015-16 NBA Hoops Basketball to the hobby channel can mean only one thing: The retail version can't be far behind. In fact, it should be in most retail locations in the next week to 10 days. To help prepare collectors for some of the retail-exclusive components they can expect…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at Target-Only 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball
If you've spent any time at all in the trading card section of your neighborhood Target store in recent weeks, you've probably noticed a star-studded poster promoting the impending arrival of 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball, Panini America's third and final Target-only NBA product of the 2014-15 collecting season that begins shipping to stores on Monday. To help retail-minded collectors properly prepare…
Gallery: Panini America Rips Retail Versions of 2015 Stars & Stripes USA Baseball, Prizm
For any number of legitimate reasons, we spend a lot of time here on The Knight's Lance showcasing the hobby side of our products. That's not to say we look past their retail counterparts; we absolutely don't. Our products are quite like our children: We love them all equally and we love them a lot. And today, we aim to…
Panini America Sheds Light on Key Changes to Company’s Hobby Sales Force
Panini America officials announced on Thursday the promotion of sports collectibles industry veteran Kevin Haake as the company’s Director of Hobby Sales. Haake will be responsible for the primary management of the Panini America hobby business and will report to D.J. Kazmierczak, Panini America’s Vice President of Sales, in a role that is effective immediately. Haake, a Kansas native with…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Boxes of 2014 Crown Royale Football Retail
On Wednesday, just one day before Thanksgiving leads to the inevitable madness of Black Friday, Panini America's 2014 Crown Royale Football hits hobby shops across North America. But we'll let you in on a little secret: The retail version of the venerable, kingly release is already on its way to store shelves and, in fact, may already be live in…
2013-14 Titanium Basketball Retail Delivers Five Times the Rookies in Unique Subset
Hot on the heels of Panini America's 2013-14 Titanium Basketball arriving in hobby shops last week, the unique retail version of the product should start hitting retail shelves this week -- and when it does, collectors will notice a unique packaging configuration and five different versions of 20 top rookies' Titanium Rookie Memorabilia RCs. Each $20 retail pack of 2013-14 Titanium…
Retail-Exclusive Prizms Add Chase, Value to 2013-14 Prizm Hockey (Must-See Gallery)
It's been six days since 2013-14 Prizm Hockey hit hobby shops -- and the tireless pursuit of that product's hobby-only Holofoil, Orange Die-Cut, Gold and Finite Black Prizm parallels has kept the social media universe, hobby shops, online auction sites and message boards buzzing with big finds. In just the last few days, that phenomenon began playing out in retail…
Retail-Only Memorabilia Cards Bring Pop to 2012-13 Past & Present Basketball
Without a doubt, one of the most-asked questions regarding Panini America's 2012-13 Past & Present Basketball in the 24 or so hours since the product released has been: Where are the memorabilia cards? The answer, quite simply, is: They're in retail. Exclusively.In an effort to add an additional element of chase and excitement to Past & Present's retail counterpart, company…