Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Two Boxes of 2013 Select Baseball (Contest)
In anticipation of Panini America's 2013 Select Baseball releasing tomorrow, we opened two early boxes of the Prizm-packed product to produce the following Teaser Gallery that should give collectors a general idea of what to expect. 2013 Select Baseball represents the first Select-branded release in 15 years, and includes a healthy variety of Prizm parallels and updated nods to Select…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Select Baseball (135 Must-See Pics)
One week from today, the proud Select name will adorn a standalone baseball product for the first time since 1998 when Panini America's 2013 Select Baseball releases to the hobby powered equally by hits of the past (such as En Fuego, Select Team, Select Future and Select Skills) and the technology of the future (Prizm). Panini America baseball brand developers spent…
Patch Time: A First Look at the Memorabilia RCs in 2013 America’s Pastime Baseball
If you haven't yet heard this rumor, let's go ahead and see if we can get one started and take it viral: Upon seeing the first game-worn memorabilia Rookie Cards coming in 2013 America's Pastime Baseball, Panini America officials contemplated changing the name of the product to America's Patchtime. Again, that's not necessarily true, but after feasting your eyes on…
“Panini Collection” Insert Returns to Inject 2013 Black Friday Packs with Raw Emotion
When collectors finally get the chance next week to begin ripping open Panini America's 2013 Black Friday packs, they'll delight at the updated twists on several longstanding promotional drivers such as Tools of the Trade memorabilia cards, player-worn Santa hats, game-used NFL Breast Cancer Awareness football cards and much more. But it's the striking imagery and dynamic design of the…
Panini America Offers a Detailed First Look at 2013 America’s Pastime Baseball
For the first time since releasing 2012 National Treasures Baseball -- the product heard 'round the hobby world -- early this year, Panini America is about to dip its toe back into the exciting world of high-end baseball releases. That usually spells good things for collectors. But this time around, Panini America officials have come up with an entirely new…
Panini America Sheds Light on Fall Heroes Checklist, Autographed Yasiel Puig Bat
With Game 2 of the World Series set to begin later this evening between St. Louis and Boston, Panini America officials released additional details on the company's special Fall Heroes promotion that began yesterday exclusively at iCollectPanini.com. Yesterday we shared just a few preview images to whet the appetite of baseball fans everywhere. Today, we're going to share a lot…
iCollectPanini.com, Panini America Launch Online-Only “Fall Heroes” Promotion
It's baaaaack. The World Series? Sure. But it's the iCollectPanini.com promotion that just launched this afternoon in conjunction with the 2013 Fall Classic that has all of us here inside Panini America HQ really pumped. In the true championship tradition of iCollectPanini.com's other successful promotions surrounding the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals, the company hits the…
Panini Peek: 2013 Select Baseball
The Select resurgence continues. Panini America first revived the landmark brand from the late Nineties with 2012-13 Select Basketball, reinvigorating the venerable franchise with the company's stunning Prizm technology. The trend will follow suit early next month with 2013-14 Select Hockey and then in December with 2013 Select Football. Today, company officials made it unanimous with the announcement of 2013 Select…
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…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Prizm Baseball (99 Must-See Pics)
The Prizm Baseball brand has come quite a long way in five short months. Since debuting with the buzz-generating release of that maiden 2012 edition in April, the product has deftly etched its own enviable niche in the baseball hobby just like its Panini America counterparts in the NBA, NFL and NHL. Armed with a mesmerizing array of Prizm parallels,…