Panini America Peeks Team Colors, Legends in 2015 National Wrapper Redemption Set
Over the last several years, Panini America has made the ongoing Team Colors insert as much a part of the National Sports Collectors Convention as standing-room-only crowds and whirlwinds of shredded silver-foil overwrap inside the Panini America booth. Collectors, rejoice: All three of those things promise to return in Chicago later this month when the 2015 National Sports Collectors Convention…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Prizm Football (111 Must-See Images)
This time next week, Panini America's second annual installment of the colorful, dazzling and potent Prizm Football brand is sure to be causing a pack-busting frenzy from coast to coast. 2013 Prizm Football picks up where the debut 2012 left off, delivering some of the deftest use of the Optichrome technology that you'll ever see. For 2013, Panini America officials…
Panini America Swaps Aaron Hernandez for Tim Tebow in 2013 NFL Sticker Collection
As first reported by ESPN.com this morning and later by The Boston Herald, Panini America officials announced today that beginning with next month's release of 2013 Rookies & Stars Football, the company has replaced Aaron Hernandez in its future 2013 NFL products with new New England Patriots quarterback Tim Tebow. As it relates to the company's Official 2013 NFL Sticker Collection, that replacement…
The Patriot: Tim Tebow’s First New England Card Coming in 2013 Rookies & Stars
Thirteen years ago this month, Mel Gibson's star turn as American Revolution war hero Benjamin Martin helped "The Patriot" gross more than $22 million at the box office during its opening weekend. This summer, however, a new Patriot will be generating boffo ratings, commanding cameras and providing fireworks. Yes, Tim Tebow is a member of the New England Patriots. The…
Panini America Releases Dealer List, More Images for 2013 Father’s Day Promotion
JUNE 14 UPDATE: We have added the list of participating Canadian dealers below in both Excel and PDF format. There's a tangible sense of excitement in the air. Panini America's 2013 Father's Day Promotion Week is upon us. In its first year, Panini America's national wrapper-redemption program celebrated the bond that trading cards can build between father's and their children…
Tim Tebow Takes Control of Panini America #PaniniPylon Auction with Top Sale Price
Tim Tebow -- the most polarizing passer/punt protector on the planet -- may indeed be a man without an NFL team right now. But he's not a man without one of the most fervent, faithful and fanatic fan bases on the planet. Still. Whether or not we needed yet another example of that phenomenon, we certainly got it yesterday during the…
Panini America Details Auction Schedule for Second Week of #PaniniPylon Promotion
The scintillating first week of Panini America's month-long 2012 Prizm Football #PaniniPylon Parallel promotion winds down on Thursday. But with just 70 of the 300 total 1/1 cards having hit the auction block in Week 1, that means there are 230 more collection-makers coming in the next three weeks. Indeed, beginning Friday at noon CST, a new week begins with 70 new…
Mission Accomplished: Texas Army Veteran Completes 2010 Contenders Football Quest
With the latest installment of the legendary Contenders Football brand burning up the collecting marketplace right now, we found the timing of an email we received earlier this week from Charlie DiPietro, the longtime owner of Sports Cards Plus in San Antonio, to be absolutely impeccable. It came late Monday night, well past closing time, and detailed the mission-completed accomplishment of loyal…
Panini America, New York Daily News Team Up for 2012 NFL Sticker & Album Promo
To coincide with the start of the NFL season, Panini America's 2012 NFL Sticker & Album Collection is set to embark on a massive month-long promotion with the New York Daily News that will guarantee the fun product adheres to a prominent place in the minds of millions of New Yorkers. In fact, this past Sunday, more than 600,000 New York…
Video: Panini America Offers a Sneak Peek Inside 2012 National Redemption Packs
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfDlktusJe0&w=600&h=338] In this special and revealing episode of Panini Unwrapped, Tracy Hackler and Scott Prusha preview the greatness that awaits inside Panini America's 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention wrapper-redemption packs, including behind-the-scenes scoop on how the set came about. Also included in this video: Essential information on the mysterious Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow cards from 2012 Prestige Football and…