Panini America’s 2017-18 Threads Basketball Delivers Game’s Biggest Memorabilia Cards
Panini America's retail-only 2017-18 Threads Basketball is starting to arrive on store shelves right about now (primarily Target locations nationwide) equipped with a unique packaging configuration and, inside each box, a best-kept-secret kind of blockbuster that must be seen to truly be appreciated. Indeed, don't let the product's four-cards-per-box breakdown fool you: One card in every box is a 5-by-7 memorabilia…
Panini America Delivers a Must-See Preview of 2018 NBA Player of the Day Set (Gallery)
Tonight in North Carolina, Charlotte Hornets rookie Malik Monk will join Panini America at AAA Collectibles in Matthews, N.C., for a special appearance to tip off the return of the company's popular NBA Player of the Day program. If you can't make it to tonight's special event, you can still participate in the fourth annual Panini NBA Player of the Day promotion…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2017-18 NBA Hoops Basketball
Tomorrow, at long last, one of the most anticipated NBA Draft classes in recent memory will finally have honest-to-goodness NBA Rookie Cards for the first time as one of Panini America's basketball flagships -- 2017-18 NBA Hoops Basketball -- arrives in hobby shops across North America to officially tip off the 2017-18 NBA collecting season. To be frank, 2017-18 NBA…
Larger than Life: Shaquille O’Neal Comes Up Big During 2017 NBA Player of the Day Event
On the court or in your living room, NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal is all about making an impression. He always has been, really -- at least since he first stepped those mammoth size-22 feet into the NBA. Simply, from his size to his personality to his smile, Shaq is larger than life. He was that way on the court in…
California’s MVP Sports Cards Preparing for Shaq, NBA Player of the Day Grand Finale
Tomorrow night in Laguna Hills, Calif., NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal will make his presence felt in the hobby in a huge way when he helps Panini America deliver the 2017 NBA Player of the Day grand prize to 15-year-old collector Bryce McMahon and MVP Sports Cards. You may recall that McMahon, the grand-prize winner in this year's promotion, was on…
Watch: Panini America Surprises Winner of 2017 NBA Player of the Day Promotion
In many ways, 15-year-old card collectors Bryce McMahon and his father, Andy, are just like millions of fathers and children who bond through collecting sports memorabilia and making trips to their local hobby shop. But unlike the thousands of collectors who live in the Los Angeles area, when it comes to their NBA fandom, the McMahons root for the Lakers’…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open Two Boxes of 2016-17 Aficionado Basketball
It's something of a national collecting holiday every year when Panini America's National Treasures Football releases -- and that's certainly the case today. But there's another new product likely getting its fair share of acclaim across the hobby today: Panini America's 2016-17 Aficionado Basketball. The all-new release provides a unique busting experience brimming with unique, horizontally oriented base cards and…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016-17 Aficionado Basketball (100+ Pics)
Panini America's never-been-done before Aficionado Basketball brand takes its lead, at least aesthetically, from 1996 Aficionado Baseball, a product from a proud collecting era that made a name for itself with just one solitary release. Fast forward more than 20 years and Panini America's Basketball Product Development Team is preparing to introduce NBA collectors to the Aficionado experience with Friday's…
Now Available: Kobe's Game-Worn Shooting Shirt, Shaq in the HOF, NFL Week 1 Stars
Panini America this afternoon launched a fresh batch of trading card content on its Panini Eternal and Panini Instant on-demand trading card platforms, including a Kobe Bryant Panini Eternal tribute featuring pieces of the superstar's game-worn shooting shirt, and new Panini Instant cards honoring Shaquille O'Neal's Hall of Fame induction and the biggest stars of Week 1 in the NFL.…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Four Boxes of 2015-16 Absolute Basketball
In a normal product release window, the traditional Teaser Gallery box-break reveal of a new Panini America release would appear here on The Knight's Lance a day or two before that particular product goes live. In the case of the new 2015-16 Absolute Basketball, that should've happened last Wednesday or Thursday. But with a healthy Panini America contingent out of…