Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Boxes of 2018 Contenders Optic Football
Tomorrow in hobby shops and on group-break sites across North America, the industry's Optic revolution continues in earnest with the release of Panini America's 2018 Contenders Optic Football. The colorful, Optichrome-enhanced younger brother of the landmark Contenders Football franchise delivers the brand's iconic Rookie Ticket Autographs but with a distinct Prizm polish. On average, each six-card hobby box (10 boxes per…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of the New 2018 One Football
The buzz is palpable. The hype is real. One is one day away. Panini America's new 2018 One Football arrives in hobby shops across North America tomorrow boasting a one-card-per-box recipe and a checklist filled with hard-signed autograph and autograph patch cards from the NFL's top rookies, biggest current stars and greatest legends. The previews showcased both here on The Knight's…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Boxes of the New 2018 Limited Football
While many of us at Panini America hit the road last week for a jam-packed schedule of Super Bowl LIII responsibilities that kicked off one week ago tonight with the Panini Super Bowl Kid Reporter dominating Super Bowl Opening Night, there were a few new releases that arrived in hobby shops last week to generate a healthy amount of buzz…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018 Limited Football (80+ Sweet Pics)
Panini America's Limited Football franchise is a perennial late-season powerhouse packed with the kind of top-notch autograph and memorabilia content that sets the table for the traditional high-end finish to the NFL collecting season. 2018 Limited Football arrives in hobby shops across North America on Wednesday with hobby boxes that deliver, on average, two autographs (including one Rookie Patch Autograph)…
Thanksgiving Teaser: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2018 Immaculate 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. But football cards are a big player around any collector's Thanksgiving festivities, too. And tomorrow, as Black Friday grips the hobby, Panini America is delivering one more must-have item…
Instant Impact: Appreciating the Impressive Exploits of the 2018 NFL Rookie Class
Through the first half of the 2018 NFL season, the rookie class has been flying high, something not seen in generations. Just like the 1983 group, arguably the greatest draft class ever, this year’s bunch has taken the league by storm, proving that skill can overcome inexperience. “I would say the hype coming in with this class was high, and…
Panini America Explores Retail Exclusives in 2018 Prizm Football (Detailed Gallery)
Panini America's popular 2018 Prizm Football release arrived in hobby shops across North America six days ago, which means the equally compelling retail version should be making its way to mass-retail shelves in the next week to 10 days. To properly prepare you for the many retail-exclusive components of this year's release, we've got a complete breakdown of the exclusive…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Boxes of the New 2018 Prizm Football
Another action-packed new-release week in hobby shops and on group break sites across North America saw Panini America release both 2018-19 NBA Hoops Basketball and 2018 Prizm Football today. The week will culminate with the release of 2018 Flawless Baseball on Friday. We've dedicated quality time over the last few weeks properly previewing each of this week's new releases. Yesterday,…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Boxes of the New 2018 Illusions Football
Panini America is keeping the hobby buzzing once again this week with a jam-packed arsenal of new releases arriving today (2018 Flawless Collegiate Football, 2017-18 Impeccable Basketball and 2018 Illusions Football) and Friday (2018 Contenders Draft Picks Baseball). We provided complete Quality Control Gallery previews of today's releases over the last week or so here on The Knight’s Lance. Yesterday we began transitioning into Teaser Gallery posts for Flawless…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018 Illusions Football (100+ Images)
Sometimes, the phrase "new and improved" is little more than trumped-up marketing speak intended to imply that a product is, well, new and improved even if it might not be. But other times, like with Panini America's 2018 Illusions Football, just about everything is new. As a result, the overall product is much improved over the 2017 edition -- something…