Panini’s 2022-23 NBA Hoops product hits the shelves just as the NBA season hits its full stride. With a release scheduled for the week of Jan. 11, this year’s Hoops product remains the introduction to this season’s rookie class along with a large base set. Those first-year players will be shown wearing their NBA uniforms, which is always a plus. A hobby box will … [Read more...] about NBA Hoops Returns With Emphasis On Rookies, Base Set
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2021-22 Hoops Basketball Preview
The arrival will be a little later than usual in an unusual time for product releases, but 2021-22 Panini Hoops Basketball now has a spot on the upcoming calendar. The long-running brand will offer the first cards of rookies in their NBA uniforms. Hoops is scheduled to arrive on New Year's Eve. Hoops Hobby boxes carry randomly inserted autograph cards but it's … [Read more...] about 2021-22 Hoops Basketball Preview
Shop Talk: Retail Rules and Baseball Box Busts
Last week reminded us that despite the start of spring training, winter is still here. We had the perfect Pennsylvania mix- freezing temperatures, winds, snow, sleet and all that fun stuff early in the week. Hey, it's central Pennsylvania in February. You have to expect that kind of thing. None of the nastiness outside slowed our in store sales and it had no bearing, of … [Read more...] about Shop Talk: Retail Rules and Baseball Box Busts
2019-20 Neon Green Hoops Parallels Exclusive to Australia
Here’s something basketball collectors may not know in what’s been a hot market: There’s a parallel version of 2019-20 Hoops cards that’s exclusive to Australia. Five-card gravity feed packs sold at certain retail outlets there have a Neon Green parallel at the bottom of the stack. The cost per pack is Au$3 which is around $1.80 US. It’s an exclusive … [Read more...] about 2019-20 Neon Green Hoops Parallels Exclusive to Australia
What’s Hot: The Cup Runneth Over
Hello fellow card peeps, I'm somewhere near 36,000 feet paying $8 for Southwest Airlines wifi to allow me to cook up this hot list as I return from sunny Miami where it was warm, but not hot. I went there for my cousin's wedding and the hitching fortunately went off without a hitch. We're entering an interesting time of the year in hobby shops, with baseball just … [Read more...] about What’s Hot: The Cup Runneth Over