Panini America Offers the First Look Inside its 2011 Black Friday Base Set (Gallery)
Panini America's upcoming Black Friday in-store wrapper-redemption program has been building an enormous amount of buzz and perhaps even more collector anticipation since the day it was first previewed a few weeks back. The revolutionary promotion will take all of the excitement, energy and great hits collectors experience at the Panini America booth during every show appearance directly into hobby…
NHL Rookies Get Artsy for Panini America’s Unique 2011 Toronto Fall Expo Sketch Cards
You heard it here first: If this newest class of NHL rookies doesn't cut it in the league for some crazy reason, there's always the world of fine art. Indeed, as you'll soon see, many of the top young prospects in the game are as impressive with a Sharpie in their hands as they are with a stick. And beginning Friday at the 2011…
iCollectPanini.com Takes 2011 Toronto Fall Expo Wrapper Redemption Virtual
Can't make it to Canada for this week's 2011 Toronto Fall Expo that begins in earnest on Friday? Don't fret. Now, as always, Panini America has you covered -- on multiple fronts. It goes without saying that we'll be conducting a few giveaways this weekend for wrapper-redemption packs and a special card or two from the show right here on The Knight's…
Panini America Packs Instant-Win Prizes Galore Inside 2011 Toronto Expo Packs
Sweet, low-numbered autographs and a show-exclusive checklist of cards you simply can't get anywhere else aren't the only niceties that will grace the Panini America wrapper-redemption packs for next week's 2011 Toronto Fall Expo. There are also special instant-win cards good for tons of great autographed hockey memorabilia. The instant-win checklist includes pucks signed by Taylor Hall, jerseys signed by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins…
UPDATED: Panini America’s Grand Plans for Next Month’s 2011 Toronto Fall Expo
Panini America will be making its second straight appearance at the Fall Expo when this year’s 2011 Toronto Sportcard and Memorabilia Expo begins November 11 at the Toronto International Centre. To be sure, collectors won’t see a sophomore slump when Panini America dazzles hockey collectors with another of its trademark, show-stopping wrapper redemption programs. (more…)
The Panini America Drool Gallery: 2011-12 Score Hockey Hot Rookies Updated RCs
The 2011-12 NHL trading card season begins in earnest next week with the highly anticipated release of 2011-12 Score Hockey, complete with the landmark Hot Rookies Rookie Card subset sure to set Panini America's premiere release ablaze. Last week we shared just some of the details surrounding the slew of this season's first-time skaters whose first NHL Rookie Cards will be…
Flurry of First-Time Skaters Set to Heat Up Panini America’s Early NHL Products
One week into the 2011-12 NHL season and things are already looking up -- way up -- for Panini America's early products. The impressive debut performances of such headlining rookies as No. 1 overall pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Edmonton Oilers and No. 2 overall pick Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche and their rookie promising peers means really good things for the upcoming…
A Running Gallery: Panini America’s Day Two at the 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase
TORONTO, Ontario -- Things are moving at a brisk pace this morning inside Toronto's MasterCard Centre on Day Two of the 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase. The morning began with the 26 rookie prospects on hand meeting the strong throng of media amid a red-carpet ambiance -- and then gave way to the meat of the shoot for Panini America: A day filled…
The Sights & Sounds: Panini America’s First Day at the 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase
TORONTO, Ontario -- Reason No. 6,347 to love the annual hockey-card extravaganza known as the NHLPA Rookie Showcase? Stories like this right here: Ryan Strome, the fifth overall pick of the New York Islanders in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, is busy signing a healthy batch of the Pen Pals duals that he shares with new superstar teammate John Tavares. Strome pauses briefly…
Panini America on Location: Dropping the Puck at the 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase
TORONTO, Ontario -- The Panini America hockey team spent a good chunk of Sunday night and a wee bit of Monday morning preparing the company's signing quarters inside Toronto's Westin Harbour Castle for the 26 young NHL superstars who will make their way through the room later this morning. Three different groups of players (two groups of nine and one group of eight) will…