搶先看:2014 Playbook Football

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The next chapter in the short-but-storied history of Panini America’s Playbook Football brand is steadfastly being written as we speak, and it will provide a dramatically different ending than the ones collectors have come to expect in recent years. For 2014, Panini America officials have radically revamped the packaging configuration to deliver one booklet card and one autograph or memorabilia card in every two-card pack.

In addition, 2014 Playbook Football will introduce a bevy of new booklet-card innovations (such as the popoular Armory
insert that debuted in 2013-14 Playbook Hockey and Game of Inches), and the return of 2013 staple Down & Dirty.

The product is slated to arrive in hobby shops in late October.

The highlights of 2014 Playbook Football are many and include . . .

• Playbook Booklet Signatures: Find booklets from current NFL stars, highlighted by 1-of-1 autographed Printing Plates, NFL Shields, Nike Swooshes and more.

• Signature Materials: In addition to one booklet card in every two-card pack, look for one autograph or memorabilia card.

• Rookie Booklet Signatures: Booklet Rookie Cards featuring the 40 rookie stars who appeared at the
  2014 NFLPA Rookie Premiere
  on unique cards featuring player die-cuts, two pieces of memorabilia and an autograph.

• Game of Inches: The innovative Game of Inches memorabilia booklets feature oversized pieces of memorabilia and highlight players stretching to reach the end zone.

• Armory: The insert met with rave reviews in 2013-14 Playbook Hockey transitions to the gridiron with six pieces of memorabilia and vertical photos that span the entire card.

• Down & Dirty: the popular Down & Dirty Booklets return featuring game-worn jerseys fresh off the field — complete with dirt and grass stains.

• Look for booklets from the 2014 Rookie Class, highlighted by 1-of-1 autographed Printing Plates, NFL Shields, Nike Swooshes and rookie-drawn
  Signature Plays.

Stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for continued coverage of 2014 Playbook Football. Until then, enjoy this extended first look:

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The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Playbook Football (141 Must-See Pics)



If you happened to be by the late Panini America Twitter feed last week, you were in for a special treat — a virtual front-row seat to packout process for 2014 Playbook Football. It was a process spearheaded by the Panini America Football Product Development Team and brought to you over social media by Brand Manager Chris Barr, who swapped his @PaniniPuck Twitter handle for the now-more-appropriate @PaniniPigskin Twitter handle to take over the Panini America account.

Truth be told, I don’t care what handle he uses as long as he continues providing the kind of captivating, from-the-production-line images that he did for 2014 Playbook Football. One of the industry’s most unique products (and, in the interest of full disclosure, one of my personal favorites) has undergone a major reconfiguration for 2014, with each two-card pack delivering one booklet card and one autograph card.


2014 Playbook Football is bolstered by some of the coolest single cards you’ll see all season, including the distinctive Rookie Booklets and Rookie Booklet Signatures, the return of the impeccableDown & Dirty Booklets, the addition of the simply sublime Game of Inches and ArmoryBooklets and so much more.


In the Quality Control Gallery that follows, we bring you up close and personal with many of the hits that surfaced last week during the packout process. But before we get to the gallery, we offer a quick recap of some of the buzz-generating Tweets that originated from the Panini America count throughout the day . .




2014 Playbook Football arrives in hobby shops across North America on Friday. We’ll have more coverage of the product right here on The Knight’s Lance later this week. Until then, though, enjoy the must-see Quality Control gallery . . .