Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open One Early Box of 2013 Prizm Baseball
While the GEICO camel will no doubt be busy touting tomorrow as another glorious hump day, collectors across the country will remember tomorrow for far more than merely being the middle of another work week. Collectors, you see, know that tomorrow is a huge hobby day as it relates to Panini America products. With a tantalizing trio of products on tap for release…
Prizm Uncut: Panini America Goes Between the Sheets with 2013 Prizm Baseball
While it's true that you can't really appreciate all that Panini America's Prizm technology has to offer until you're holding the magnificent trading cards in your hands, there's something incredibly revealing -- and even a little exciting -- about spending some time between a few uncut Prizm sheets. So when the first test sheets for 2013 Prizm Baseball hit Panini…
Panini Unwrapped: 2013 Pinnacle Baseball
Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Tim Trout sat down late Thursday afternoon for an entertaining, educational and sometimes-absurd episode of Panini Unwrapped starring the new 2013 Pinnacle Baseball, Earlier this week, the product made its long-awaited return to the baseball collecting landscape for the first time since 1997 packing many of the original concepts and technologies that hooked collectors way…
Panini Peek: 2013 Prizm Baseball
By all accounts, the debut of Panini America's Prizm Baseball brand earlier this year was a smashing success. It sold out the day it was announced, made waves when it released in April and its seemingly countless key Prizm parallels and autographs continue to blaze high-return trails on the secondary market. Under such a highly auspicious launch, company officials are…
Panini America Peeks Rich Baseball Content in Upcoming 2013 Father’s Day Set (Gallery)
Over the course of the next few weeks here on The Knight's Lance, we're going to treat you to a full-scale reveal of Panini America's 2013 Father's Day promotional set, but we're going to do it a little differently than we've done it in the past. This time, we're going to bring the previews to you sport-by-sport, beginning with a…
A Legend Returns: Panini America Prepares 2013 Pinnacle Baseball (Preview Gallery)
It's been 15 long years since baseball fans have had the opportunity to collect a Pinnacle Baseball set. But in late July, the legend returns for the first time since 1998 with the release of Panini America's true-to-the-original 2013 Pinnacle Baseball. Boasting a bevy of old-school niceties (including Nufex printing technology, Museum Collection, Artist's Proofs, Team Pinnacle and so much…
Pitch Man: Panini America’s Exclusive Chat with Nationals Star Stephen Strasburg
Late last month, just one day after Panini America announced that it had inked Washington Nationals superstar Stephen Strasburg to an exclusive autographed trading card deal, Tone Stakes was in Florida conducting the company's first signing with the pitching sensation. Strasburg's first order of business that day was signing his premiere Panini America autographs for 2012 Prizm Baseball. His second…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks First Two Boxes of 2012 Prizm Baseball
It likely goes without saying at this point that tomorrow is a big day on the Panini America baseball diamond. It's the official release date for 2012 Prizm Baseball, the latest iteration of the company's popular Prizm technology that has graced the absolutely scorching releases of 2012-13 Prizm Basketball and 2012 Prizm Football. 2012 Prizm Baseball delivers the deeply etched…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Prizm Baseball (Base Cards & Inserts)
Perhaps partially obscured this week by the hobby-wide wave of 2012 National Treasures Football wonderment is the fact that another highly anticipated Panini America release -- 2012 Prizm Baseball -- is on the verge of its own celebrated release. In fact, the product began shipping to hobby outlets late last week and will be live next Wednesday. In anticipation of…
2013 Triple Play Baseball Stars in Enjoyable Episode of Panini Unwrapped (Checklist)
Earlier this week, Panini America's Chris Reed and Tim Trout sat down to break one highly entertaining box of 2013 Triple Play Baseball. From the first pack to the last, the fun-for-all-ages product provides a uniquely entertaining busting experience. Stick around after the video to access the complete product checklist, which is linked below. Oh, and stay tuned. Just like…