Panini America’s 2019 Gold Standard football makes its return just prior to the start of NFL training camps, once again with plenty of gold to go around. The product, which hits hobby shops and online dealers the week of July 11, consists of one pack per box. The emphasis, as usual, is on big hits, as Panini is promising that five of those cards will either be autographs … [Read more...]
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Rookie List at 2019 NFL Rookie Premiere Still Offense Oriented
Forty rookies from the 2019 NFL Draft class will sign thousands of autographs and get their football card photos taken later this week at the annual NFLPA Rookie Premiere. Set for May 16-19 and sponsored by Panini America, the annual event is also aimed at jumpstarting the players’ endorsement careers and helping teach them the business of football. Hosted by the NFLPA and … [Read more...]
2019 Panini Legacy Football Preview
Set for its maiden launch on May 22, Panini’s new Legacy Football stands among the earliest 2019 NFL releases. Legacy will mix a healthy dose of newly drafted rookies with some current and former players with a shiny parallel set along for the ride. Each box will hold two autographs, 32 rookies (two per pack), ten inserts and ten parallels, on average. Hot Boxes will … [Read more...]
2019 Panini Luminance Preview
After making its debut last year, Panini Luminance football is set to return in 2019, putting some of the season’s earliest rookie cards in the market. 2019 Panini Luminance Basics A full-bleed design that mixes black and white with color makes Luminance easy to spot. This year’s design uses a large cursive-style font for player names which are etched across the … [Read more...]
Football Cards of a Failed League: Topps 2019 Alliance of American Football
Unlike previously defunct leagues like the WFL, USFL, and XFL, the Alliance of American Football (AAF) did not complete its first season, suspending operations on April 2, after eight weeks of fairly entertaining, generally well coached pro football. The AAF’s demise was announced by league Chairman Tom Dundon, who has taken a fair amount of heat for how things played … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: It’s a Football Card World
I woke up Tuesday morning and took some packages to my favorite place to mail things: Sprouts Farmer's Market. The post office inside this grocery store chain is kind of like Fight Club with the shortest lines ever AND when I was done, I could pick up healthy snacks and things to enjoy for lunch back at the shop. When I was standing there, waiting to mail my … [Read more...]
Kyler Murray Signs Autograph, Endorsement Deal with Panini
The top name in this year’s NFL Draft has a new autograph deal. Panini has reached agreement with former Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Kyler Murray to appear in its products beginning later this month. Murray’s first officially licensed trading cards and autographs will arrive later this month in 2019 Prizm Draft Picks Football. His first officially … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: 2/13/19 – 3/1/19
It'll be a busy time for sports card manufacturers with every company releasing at least one product as February winds down and a new month begins. The Break Exchange will be breaking boxes of some of these products. Check out their breaks here. 2018 Panini Plates and Patches Football (2/13) Plates and Patches offers one autograph, one memorabilia card, one printing … [Read more...]
2019 Score Football Will Pay Tribute to Inaugural ’89 Set
In a year when the football card market began to explode with new manufacturers, Score is the brand that emerged with the most long-term respect. The brand is still alive, courtesy of Panini America, and the release of 2019 Score will offer some 30th anniversary touches when it arrives as the first major NFL-licensed product of next season. A full checklist is … [Read more...]
Topps Will Produce Cards for Alliance of American Football
Just as it did with the USFL in the 1980s and the XFL back in 2001, Topps is jumping on board with the Alliance of American Football, promising both on-demand and packaged cards for the newest pro football league. The AAF is set to debut in March, with eight teams spread across the country. A few former NFL and standout college players are signed up but at this point, … [Read more...]
