搶先看: 2016-17 Limited Basketball

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When Panini America’s 2016-17 Limited Basketball arrives in hobby shops across North America in late January, the product promises to strike a familiar chord with longtime fans of the brand while also delivering a few new tweaks that should appeal to Limited newcomers, too. The key brand tenets that have guided Limited from the beginning, however, remain intact.

Every autograph and memorabilia card in the product will be numbered to 99 or less and every autograph card in the product will be paired with a piece of memorabilia. On average, each hobby box of 2016-17 Limited Basketball (eight cards per pack, one pack per box, 12 boxes per case) will deliver two autograph or memorabilia cards (including at least one autograph memorabilia card).

  
The highlights of the product are many and include . . .

• Memorabilia cards highlighting the legends of yesterday and today in Decade Dominance Materials.

• The rare No Limit chase that falls less than once per case on average.

• From tossing chalk to draining buckets from the tunnel, the photogenic Preparation memorabilia insert features players preparing for game day.

• Supersized swatches from the future stars of the NBA in the Unlimited Potential insert.

• From Limited Jersey Signatures to Phenoms Jersey Autographs to Rookie Phenom Jersey Autographs, find an exciting selection of base, Prime and Super Prime autograph memorabilia inserts numbered to as low as one.

• Look for stellar Rookie Jersey Autographs numbered to 99 or less and featuring the stars of the 2016 NBA Draft Class.

We’ll have plenty more on 2016-17 Limited Basketball in the coming weeks right here on The Knight’s Lance. But for now, enjoy this extended sneak peek:

All information is accurate at the time of posting – content is subject to change and approval. Card images are solely for the purpose of design display. Actual images used on cards to be determined.

      

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Everything you need to know about Panini America’s upcoming 2016-17 Limited Basketball can be ascertained with one quick glance at the product packaging. It’s right there on the front of the box, just below a larger-than-life image of New Orleans Pelicans superstar Anthony Davis: “New & Improved: Every Autograph Now Comes Paired With Memorabilia!”

Actually, that’s probably not everything you need to know about the next edition of one of basketball collecting’s most popular products, but it’s a good start. Set to arrive in hobby shops across North America one week from tomorrow, 2016-17 Limited Basketball delivers, on average, one autograph memorabilia card and one autograph memorabilia card or memorabilia card per box. Every autograph memorabilia card in the product is numbered to 99 or less and the new No Limit chase features 15 cards with print runs of less than 100 per card.


Keith Hower, Brett Whitely and the Panini America Basketball Product Development Team spent some quality time late last week overseeing packout for this year’s release and the following Quality Control Gallery details some of that they saw. Enjoy the sneak peek and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for continued coverage of 2016-17 Limited Basketball.

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Gallery: Panini America Eyes the Memorable Memorabilia in 2016-17 Limited Basketball




Earlier this week we brought you a revealing Quality Control Gallery showcasing the many merits of Panini America’s upcoming 2016-17 Limited Basketball. While just about everything that product has to offer was previewed in that blog post. But as we get closer to next Wednesday’s release date, we wanted to take some time to more carefully examine some of the product’s unique game-worn and player-worn memorabilia inserts, including the refreshingly different Preparation insert.

In addition to being a tough pull at once every other case or so, the Preparation insert features seldom-used pregame photography and player-worn shooting shirts and warmups. It’s a different-by-design kind of concept that benefits greatly from true-to-theme imagery and aesthetics. Also featured below are some of the prime-memorabilia versions of the Team Trademarks and Unlimited Potential Materials inserts.


Enjoy the preview and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for continued coverage of 2016-17 Limited Basketball.