The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017 Rookies & Stars Football (99 Images)

Panini America's venerable Rookies & Stars Football franchise is taking a different tact for the 2017 season. The product still includes all those brand staples that have come to define it to a loyal legion of followers, it's the distribution model that's changing just a bit. 2017 Rookies & Stars Football includes an extremely limited hobby run that was tied exclusively to the company's Cyber Monday program. But the vast majority of this year's product -- Longevity, Blaster Boxes, Hanger Boxes and Gravity Feeds -- is a Target-exclusive retail release arriving in stores now.

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Panini America’s venerable Rookies & Stars Football franchise is taking a different tact for the 2017 season. The product still includes all those brand staples that have come to define it to a loyal legion of followers, it’s the distribution model that’s changing just a bit. 2017 Rookies & Stars Football includes an extremely limited hobby run that was tied exclusively to the company’s Cyber Monday program. But the vast majority of this year’s product — Longevity, Blaster Boxes, Hanger Boxes and Gravity Feeds — is a Target-exclusive retail release arriving in stores now.

In the revealing Quality Control Gallery that follows, we showcase a little bit of everything available in this year’s release. But before we get to the images, we deliver a quick overview of what each SKU delivers. Enjoy the information, enjoy the images and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for additional coverage.

Cyber Monday Hobby Exclusives: Crusade Gold (numbered to 10), Great American Heroes Gold (numbered to 10), Stellar Rookies Gold (numbered to 10), Dress for Success (numbered to 99 or less), Prime Cuts (numbered to 49 or less), Red & Blue parallels (numbered to 25), Black & Blue parallels (numbered to 10).

Longevity (Target-Only) Exclusives: Crusade Orange (numbered to 25), Great American Heroes Orange (numbered to 25), Stellar Rookies Orange (numbered to 25), Longevity parallels (numbered to 70), Cross Training (numbered to 99 or less), Freshman Orientation (numbered to 99 or less). 

Blaster (Target-Only) Exclusives: Star Search, Red parallels.

Fat Pack (Target-Only) Exclusives – Green parallels. 

Hanger (Target-Only) Exclusives – Purple parallels.

Now, to the imagery . . .

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