The Quality Control Gallery: 24 Must-See Images from 2011 Donruss Elite Football

I stumbled into Panini America NFL Brand Manager Carlos Torrez in the hall yesterday as he attempted to sneak to his desk lugging an unopened case of 2011 Donruss Elite Football under his right arm.

I stumbled into Panini America NFL Brand Manager Carlos Torrez in the hall yesterday as he attempted to sneak to his desk lugging an unopened case of 2011 Donruss Elite Football under his right arm.

Nothing gets past me. 

Turns out Torrez and Joe White from Acquisitions were just minutes away from ripping that case open in the name of quality control, checking to ensure that all the hits were dropping as planned before Elite — on the press as we speak — ships next week.

This particular QC check involved two different cases; the first one was inspected at the printing facility on Monday. What follows are some of the sweetest hits from those two cases, including a Throwback Threads gem that constitutes the first booklet card in Panini America history and autographs from top rookies such as Cam Newton and Mark Ingram.

Enjoy.

 

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28 Replies to “The Quality Control Gallery: 24 Must-See Images from 2011 Donruss Elite Football”

  1. Love the booklets are you guys gonna have any basketball booklets in the future?? That would be so sweet!!!!!

  2. I like the base design. Kind of disappointed in the serial #’s over the the text though…very difficult to read.

  3. Will there be SP versions of the Status subset? Those have been favorites of mine, year after year.

  4. I think i am going nuts or i missed something because as a life long bengals fan (laugh if you must) i didnt hear anything this off season about ochocinco changing his name back to chad. Are his cards going to say chad johnson again like the photo above?

  5. looking good, however the ‘new breed’ cards look like a fan of star trek the next generation designed them lol

  6. love the tom brady legends of the fall. please tell me there will be patches of this in the minute man uniforms.

  7. Looks great i love that legends of the fall insert of brady. are you guys going to do an unboxing video for youtube?? i hope so .

  8. I know you said for new subscribers only,but i will leave my input 4 a shot if you will.I would love to see one of those with some spectrum glaring back at me.Like my Absolute Memorabilia.Other than that i think those booklets are cool “as is”.

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