搶先看:2018 Panini Playbook Football

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2018 Panini Playbook Football is making a return after taking a year off. And this time, it comes with some changes. As the name implies, book cards remain a big focus. But there have been some changes, both in the cards themselves and how they’re being distributed.

The hobby edition of 2018 Panini Playbook Football brings a lot of the high-end sizzle. However, there’s also a retail component that compliments hobby to tell the entire Playbook story.

2018 Panini Playbook Football hobby boxes are only hits. They come with four cards, one of which is guaranteed to be a booklet. Retails adds the base portion along with parallels, inserts and some additional autographs and memorabilia.  


2018 Panini Playbook Football – Hobby


Rookie Playbook Jersey Autograph Booklets

The bulk of these book cards fall under the Rookie Playbook Jersey Autographs banner, which land three out of four boxes. Besides opening up to reveal a jumbo swatch, there’s also an on-card signature. This is the first time these booklets have come hard-signed since 2012. Ensuing years used things like trapped acetate but for 2018 the signatures are done directly on the card.






Base versions are limited to 125 copies or less. Parallels with multiple copies include Gold (/99 or less), Platinum (/49 or less), Green (/25 or less), Red (/10), and Gloves (/5). Separate one-of-ones are available in Laundry Tag and NFL Shield as well as four different Printing Plates (Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow).

Additional Booklets

Playbook Material Autographs book cards (/49 and under) highlight veterans and retired players with three swatches and a signature. Signers include Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Ray Lewis. As for parallels, there are Green (/25 or less), Red (/10 or less), Printing Plates (1/1), NFL Shield Black (1/1) and Nike Swoosh Black (1/1).






Vault Tri Fold Jersey Auto booklets (/25 or less) are new to 2018 Panini Playbook Football. These use acetate for a backdrop to showcase eight pieces of memorabilia and an autograph across what’s essentially three connected cards. Gold (/10 or less) and Premium (1/1) are the only parallels.






Nexus is another series of book cards that open up to three panels, all with jumbo pieces. Base versions have no more than 25 copies each while parallels land in Gold (/10 and under) and Premium (1/1).





Front 4 Signatures (/25 or less) have autographs and memorabilia from four teammates. Prime (/10 or less) and Tag (1/1) are the lone parallels for these.






Game of Inches returns. In Playbook’s relatively short history, this is one of its hallmarks. The cards use a die-cut action shot spread across both parts of the horizontal booklet to showcase a couple of big memorabilia pieces. This time, the cards are done with acetate as well. Regular Game of Inches cards have print runs of 25 or less. There are also Gold (/10 or less) and Premium (1/1) versions.






Armory and Red Zone booklets also return with acetate.

Rookie Jumbo Memorabilia (/49) cards may not have signatures but they do have two large pieces of gear. Parallels are done in Prime (/25) as well as several different one-of-ones: Complete Logo, Nike Swoosh, NFL Shield, Leather NFL Shield, and Gloves.






Additional Autographs and Memorabilia Cards


2018 Panini Playbook Football hobby boxes have more than booklets. Among them are Hail Mary Signatures (/199 or less), which are dedicated to quarterbacks and combine an autograph with memorabilia. Prime (/25 or less) and Premium (1/1) versions are also available.

The checklist headliners include Tom Brady, Derek Carr, Carson Wentz and Patrick Mahomes.






Rookie Signatures parallels are also available in hobby. These are an extension of the retail base Rookie Signatures cards. Hobby is where you find the Platinum (/49), Green (/25), Gold (/10), Black (/5), Red (1/1) and Printing Plate (1/1) versions.


2018 Panini Playbook Football – Retail


Retail packs and blaster boxes for 2018 Panini Playbook Football include elements found in traditional products. For starters, there’s a 200-card base set that’s divided equally between veterans and rookies.


  


These have several levels of parallels. Purple, Green (/25), Gold (/10) and Red (1/1) are all exclusive to blasters. Orange versions are only in fat packs. On top of these are Platinum (/49) and Printing Plate (1/1) parallels that are available in both pack types.


While the book cards and most of the super premium elements for Playbook are in hobby, retail does have autographs, memorabilia cards and additional inserts.


Rookie Signatures put an autograph spin on the first-year base cards. Regular versions are in retail while the parallels are only in hobby.


Four retail-exclusive insert sets are Blitz, Play Action, X’s and O’s, and Zoning Commission. In addition to the main insert forms, these all have memorabilia versions. Those relics have Prime parallels numbered to 10 or less.






2018 Panini Playbook Football at a glance:

Cards per pack: Hobby – 4
Packs per box: Hobby – 1
Boxes per case: Hobby – 16 (two 8-box inner cases)
Set size: Retail – 200 cards
Release date: December 5, 2018

What to expect in a hobby box:

• Book Cards – 1
• Additional Autographs or Memorabilia Cards – 3

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As a guy who gets paid to love all of Panini America’s products equally, I probably shouldn’t admit that there’s one product I love above all others. But I’m going to admit it anyway. Playbook Football. There. I said it. Playbook Football is my favorite Panini America product. So you can imagine my dismay when the product took last season off following a roller-coaster six-year run that started in 2011. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who missed it. Good news: Playbook Football is back!


Set to arrive in hobby shops across North America in early December, 2018 Playbook Football once again will deliver some of the industry’s most spectacularly conceived and aesthetically gifted booklet cards, including the return of the popular Game of Inches and Armory. On average, each hobby box (four cards per box, eight boxes per inner case, two inner cases per master case) will deliver four autograph or memorabilia cards including one booklet card per box.

For the first time since 2012, Playbook will include hard-signed memorabilia booklets and, on average, three in every four boxes will deliver an on-card Rookie Playbook Jersey Autograph numbered to 125 or less. 2018 Playbook Football also will be included in Panini America’s ongoing 2018 NFL Kickoff Pack promotion. Distributors will receiver two 2018 NFL Kickoff packs for each 2018 Playbook Football box pre-ordered (32 packs per case).

The highlights of the triumphantly returning 2018 Playbook Football are many and include . . .

• Brand new tri-fold booklets in the Nexus and Vault inserts. Both inserts will include Tri-Fold Jersey Autos numbered to 25 or less as well as Gold (numbered to 10 or less) and Premium 1/1 versions.

• Veteran stars, retired greats and historic coaches are all featured in impressive fashion in the form of Playbook Material Autos, Front 4 Jersey Signatures, Split 6 Signatures, Hail Mary Signatures, Coaches Quotes and much more.

• The stunning Rookie Playbook Jersey Autograph chase delivers a wealth of collectible possibilities including Jersey Autos (numbered to 125 or less), Gold (numbered to 99 or less), Platinum (numbered to 49 or less), Green (numbered to 25 or less), Red (numbered to 10), Glove Autos (numbered to five), NFL Shield Auto, Laundry Tag Auto and Printing Plate Auto 1/1s.

• Playbook Materials Autographs booklets feature the likes of Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Rob Gronkowski, Peyton Manning and more with base versions numbered to 49 or less and including a host of parallels highlighted by NFL Shield Black and Nike Swoosh Black 1/1s.

• The Rookie Jumbo Memorabilia Booklet Complete Logo 1/1s are among some of the most epic memorabilia cards you’ll see all season — or in any other season.

• The incredibly cool Game of Inches booklets return in stunning acetate fashion. The most dynamic photography-driven booklets in the hobby are included in base versions numbered to 25 or less, Gold versions numbered to 10 or less and Premium 1/1 versions.

We’ll have more on 2018 Playbook Football as the release date approaches. In the meantime, feast your eyes on this tantalizing preview . . .



  

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Panini America is authoring another riveting edition of the company’s uniquely gifted Playbook Football and this one — like those Playbook pioneers that have come before — promises to deliver a bevy of booklet cards that demand to be appreciated from cover to cover. 2018 Playbook Football arrives in hobby shops across North America tomorrow and will deliver, on average, four autograph or memorabilia cards (including one booklet) in each hobby box (four cards per box, eight boxes per inner case, two inner cases per master case).


Once again this season, Playbook Football features some of the most spectacularly conceived and aesthetically gifted booklet cards on the planet, including the return of the popular Game of Inches, Red Zone and Armory that will be difficult for collectors to put down. For the first time since 2012, Playbook will include hard-signed memorabilia booklets and, on average, three in every four boxes will deliver an on-card Rookie Playbook Jersey Autograph numbered to 125 or less.


2018 Playbook Football also will be included in Panini America’s ongoing 2018 NFL Kickoff Pack promotion. Distributors will receiver two 2018 NFL Kickoff packs for each 2018 Playbook Football box pre-ordered (32 packs per case).

New for 2018 are Jersey and Autograph Jersey Tri-Fold booklets in the Nexus and Vault inserts. Thirteen boxes in each master case will deliver either a Rookie or Veteran Autograph Booklet. 2018 Playbook Football also will feature the first autographs of Colts linebacker and NFL tackles leader Darius Leonard.

Enjoy the revealing Quality Control Gallery that follows and stay tuned for additional coverage.