The Panini America Drool Gallery: Sneaking a Peek Inside 2012 Playbook Football
In order to remain successful on the field, any good football team knows it's imperative to continue refining, improving and expanding its playbook -- and that's precisely why Panini America officials have raised the bar considerably on 2012 Playbook Football, the highly anticipated sequel to last season's debut product that seeks to redefine the NFL booklet card genre. To that…
Panini America Releases More SP, Variation Quantities for 2012 Contenders Football
On the heels of last weekend's preliminary unveiling of some of the Rookie Ticket SP and Rookie Ticket Variation quantities within 2012 Contenders Football, Panini America Product Development officials on Tuesday released a follow-up list detailing the print-run specifics of additional cards not included on that original post. We've included this new batch of cards in the list below. In…
Seeing Green: Panini America Rips One Box of 2012 Prizm Football Retail (Gallery)
At some point in the next few weeks, Panini America's retail version of 2012 Prizm Football will hit your local mass merchant (if it hasn't arrived already), boasting those retail-exclusive vibrant Green Prizms that have kept 2012-13 Prizm Basketball ablaze in Target, Walmart and other large retail stores long after release. Spoiler alert: Football's Greens are every bit as captivating -- and…
Panini America Airs Dirty Laundry: Gamers from RG III, Alfred Morris Arrive at HQ
Later tonight, during the "NFL Honors" primetime special on CBS (8 p.m. CST), one of five outstanding first-year players -- Robert Griffin III, Panini Authentic exclusive Andrew Luck, Doug Martin, Alfred Morris or Russell Wilson -- will take home the prestigious 2012 Pepsi Max NFL Rookie of the Year Award. All five candidates delivered sensational rookie campaigns this season, but for…
Breaking News: Panini America Cracks First Box of 2012 Prizm Football (Gallery)
Finally, the week football fans and collectors have been anxiously awaiting for months has arrived -- and we're not necessarily talking about Super Bowl week, either. We're talking about something perhaps even bigger (at least in collecting circles): Prizm release week. In three short days, Panini America's 2012 Prizm Football, one of the most anticipated sports card products of this…
Panini America Examines Rich Rookie Card Content in 2012 Prizm Football (Gallery)
Over the last month or so, we've shared beaming bits and eye-popping pieces of just about everything that 2012 Prizm Football will offer when it releases to the hobby next Wednesday. But one aspect of Panini America's newest NFL product that hasn't been touched upon in great detail -- at least until today -- are the Rookie Cards. Indeed, Prizm's…
2012 Crown Royale Football Stars in Belated Edition of Panini Unwrapped (Checklist)
Full disclosure: The holiday break got the best of us here at Panini America, so this edition of Panini Unwrapped starring 2012 Crown Royale Football is coming to you later than it should have. Although we certainly apologize for that, we're confident that the undeniable charisma and charm of your co-hosts in the video (or, failing that, the cool cards…
Gallery of Appreciation: The Many Faces of Panini America’s #PaniniWildCard Promo
Engage the most passionate fans, collectors and customers on the planet for two straight days during the opening weekend of the 2012 NFL Playoffs? Check. Reward those collectors with more than 30 boxes -- 30! -- of free Panini America NFL trading cards as prizes? Check. Create so much buzz that the hash tag #PaniniWildCard starts trending on Sunday afternoon?…
And the Nominees Are . . . Voting Begins for the 2012 Pepsi Max NFL Rookie of the Year
Want to know who gets more excited than Panini America and NFL collectors about NFL Rookie performances each week during the season? Pepsi with its NFL Rookie of the Week initiative. And for the last 17 weeks, Panini America and Pepsi have worked together to promote Pepsi Rookie of the Week voting and Panini America NFL Rookie trading cards. The payoff for collectors and NFL fans everywhere has been some…
Panini America Enters Red Zone with a New Parallel in 2012 Prizm Football (Gallery)
The Red Prizms are coming! The Red Prizms are coming! With all due respect to Paul Revere, there's a new parallel arriving in 2012 Prizm Football next month that deserves to be trumpeted by any means possible -- whether your mounted on horseback, using a megaphone, Tweeting, blogging, Facebooking, Skyping or simply having meaningful discussions in your hobby shop. It's…