Inside NT: Panini America Adds Springfield Swatches, X Factor to Memorabilia Lineup
The Knight's Lance tipped off Panini America's official countdown to the August 20 release of 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball yesterday with a revealing look at the highly anticipated product's new Treasured Tags insert. Today, our countdown continues with a captivating examination of the all-new Springfield Swatches and X Factor game-worn memorabilia inserts and the new-look Timelines memorabilia insert. On this particular weekend…
Panini America Examines the First Frenzied Days of 2012-13 Flawless Basketball
The sheer excitement and stunning pulls-of-a-lifetime that marked #FlawlessFriday yesterday have given way today to some of the craziest secondary-market sales the sports card industry has seen in many years. No matter how you look at it, Panini America's 2012-13 Flawless Basketball -- one of the most scrutinized high-end products in hobby history -- is delivering huge numbers. Earlier today,…
Inside Flawless: Jumbo Patches Pack ‘Wow!’ Factor for 2012-13 Flawless Basketball
The trailer has been criticized, panned, applauded, scrutinized, laughed at and picked up by the mainstream media. The diamonds and emeralds have been previewed. Indeed, yesterday was a busy day for screening various aspects of Panini America's 2012-13 Flawless Basketball. And now that yesterday is over, we can get down to peeking the myriad other pieces of flawlessness hand-placed into…
2012-13 Threads Basketball Century Greats: The Panini America Insert Set Inspection
During the last five days, we've attempted to prepare you for the upcoming release of 2012-13 Threads Basketball by providing glimpses into many of the product's most-colorful, modern-era insert sets, including Inside Presence, Talented Twosomes and High Flyers. Today, we depart from that pattern to showcase the history-soaked Century Greats insert. This 25-card tribute to the NBA's greatest all-time performers…
A Memo to Readers of “The Knight’s Lance:” Your 2011-12 NBA Hoops Insert Set is Ready
It started way back in April, almost 10 months ago, with a simple post: "Collectors' Choice: You Make the Call for a Special Insert in 2011-12 Hoops Basketball." It was a post spurred by Panini America NBA Brand Manager David Porter, who asked whether or not readers of "The Knight's Lance" might be interested in selecting an insert set for the…