It will be tough to miss Panini America’s presence at the
National in Chicago. The oversized cards of their exclusive athletes will be a
beacon for collectors anywhere on the floor. Panini always finds a way to bring it when it comes to the
National and this year will be no exception.
WRAPPER REDEMPTION PROGRAM
The lines were LONG last year for the exclusive cards created
for the The National, spearheaded by Scott Prusha, and this year should be no
different. Panini America. The special National card set will be available
through the via wrapper-redemption program at the show and through
iCollectPanini.com for collectors who can’t make it to Chicago.
To participate at the show, collectors must purchase
selected Panini America sports card products from the National show floor,
bring that unopened product to the Panini America booth and open it in front of
a Panini America representative. In exchange for their empty wrappers,
collectors will receive the appropriate number of wrapper-redemption packs.
For those Panini collectors who can’t make it to The
National, are plans to offer the redemption packs through the company’s online store at iCollectPanini.com.
Details will become available later and we will be sure to update this
post and make sure you are following Panini’s Twitter account, @PaniniAmerica and be on the lookout for the hashtag #PaniniNSCC.
Below you’ll find the complete list of eligible products and
the number of packs you’ll receive for each box opened at the Panini America
booth.
2012-13 Panini Basketball - 4 Redemption Packs Per Box
2013 Golden Age Baseball - 4 Redemption Packs Per Box
2013 Prestige Football - 4 Redemption Packs Per Box
2013 Score Football Jumbos - 4 Redemption Packs Per Box
2013-14 Score Hockey Jumbos - 4 Redemption Packs Per Box
2013 USA Champions Baseball - 5 Redemption Packs Per Box
2012-13 Limited Hockey - 5 Redemption Packs Per Box
2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey - 5 Redemption Packs Per Box
2013 Elite Football - 5 Redemption Packs Per Box
2012-13 Select Basketball - 5 Redemption Packs Per Box
2012-13 Brillance Basketball - 7 Redemption Packs Per Box
2012-13 Past & Present Basketball - 7 Redemption Packs
Per Box
2012-13 Marquee Basketball - 8 Redemption Packs Per Box
2012-13 Crusade Basketball - 8 Redemption Packs Per Box
2012-13 Signatures Basketball - 8 Redemption Packs Per Box
2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball - 10 Redemption Packs Per
Box
2012-13 Momentum Basketball - 13 Redemption Packs Per Box
REDEMPTION TRADE-UP PROGRAM
Once again this year, Panini America Customer Service Manager David Sharp will be on-site to conduct the company’s popular live Redemption Trade-Up Program. The unique initiative will be conducted live at the Panini America booth and will afford those collectors in attendance holding multiple outstanding redemption cards FOUR MONTHS OR OLDER AND ALREADY PENDING IN THE PANINI AMERICA REDEMPTION SYSTEM the opportunity to trade them in for a card or cards of higher value.
For example, a collector holding four outstanding redemption cards with a combined Beckett value of $100 will have the chance to swap those four cards for one $100 card via a carefully constructed grab-bag system. The Panini America Customer Service team has assigned values to replacement stock and will offer grab bags containing one autograph or prime memorabilia card at $50, $100, $150 and $200 levels.
Each grab bag will offer minimum values at the depicted levels but many will deliver more than the listed value. Some $50 grab bags will contain cards valued at as much as $80; $100 grab bags will contain cards valued at as much as $140, $150 grab bags will contain cards valued as much as $180, and $200 grab bags will contain cards valued at as much as $250. Each grab bag may also include live onsite redemption cards good for boxes of product.
The Panini America Redemption Trade-Up program will be separated by sport, and collectors will get to choose what sport they select as a replacement.
In order to help expedite the process, collectors participating in the Panini America Redemption Trade-Up program are encouraged to bring with them print outs from the Panini America Website of the outstanding redemptions they want to have replaced at the National. A Customer Service team member onsite will verify the outstanding redemptions as well as their values before completing the replacement process.
Each redemption card being swapped out must be a minimum of four months old and already pending in the Panini America online redemption system; collectors may swap out up to $400 in value at the show while supplies last. Collectors also will be required to sign a waiver that states they agree to the random pulled replacement.
The Panini America Redemption Trade-Up program will begin Wednesday, July 31.
VIP PARTY
For the second straight year, Panini America has put together a one of the most sought after events of the National, their epic VIP party. The only way to get one is to spend $7,500 at the show on the wrapper-redemption products mentioned above AND ONLY with authorized show dealers Dave & Adam’s Card World, Blowout Cards, Steel City Collectibles, Atlanta Sports Cards and Marty’s Sports Card Exchange.
At last year’s party, guests were greeted at the door by Hockey Legend Gordie Howe, Once inside, VIP guests were treated to beats by Biz Markie and got to hang out with greats Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, “Pudge” Rodriguez and John Riggins. They also walked away with a ton of Panini swag and the ultra exclusive Black Boxes.
This year should be just as spectacular with rookie sensation Yasiel Puig in attendance to mingle with party-goers, but Panini is not stopping their as they have promised other unannounced guests, both young superstars and Hall of Famers alike from the four major sports, with the music to be provided by DJ Kool. All special guests will sign a party-exclusive item provided by Panini America.
Once again, we will have updates on more special guests as they are announced so stay tuned.
BOX WARS
Beginning Thursday, Panini America will conduct five Box
Wars contests each day of the show, with the winner of each one receiving one
Panini America Black Box. They are also bringing the very popular Twitter
promotion #PaniniWildCard to The National! The last two Box Wars each day will
fall under the #PaniniWildCard category and will be determined that day.
Thursday, August 1
11:01 a.m. — 2013 Elite Football
12:01 p.m. — 2012-13 Momentum Basketball
1:01 p.m. — 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey
2:01 p.m. — #PaniniWildCard
3:01 p.m. — #PaniniWildCard
Friday, August 2
11:o1 a.m. — 2012-13 Marquee Basketball
12:01 p.m. — 2013 Golden Age Baseball
1:01 p.m. — 2012-13 Crusade Basketball
2:01 p.m. — #PaniniWildCard
3:01 p.m. — #PaniniWildCard
Saturday, August 3
11:o1 a.m. — 2013 USA Baseball Champions
12:01 p.m. — 2012-13 Momentum Basketball
1:01 p.m. — 2013 Prestige Football
2:01 p.m. — #PaniniWildCard
3:01 p.m. — #PaniniWildCard
Sunday, August 4
11:o1 a.m. — 2012-13 Brilliance Basketball
12:01 p.m. — 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey
1:01 p.m. — 2013 Golden Age Baseball
2:01 p.m. — #PaniniWildCard
3:01 p.m. — #PaniniWildCard
LIVE CASE BREAKS
Panini America has partnered with the top case-breakers in
the industry for a series of live breaks that will take place from the Panini
America booth throughout National week.
The tentative schedule:
Wednesday, July 31
1 p.m. — Blowout TV
Thursday, August 1
1 p.m. — STL Sports Cards
3 p.m. — Firehand Sports Cards
5 p.m. — Mojo Break
Friday, August 2
1 p.m. — Layton Sports Cards
3 p.m. — Ultimate Box Breaks
5 p.m. — Kenfudd Sports Cards
Saturday, August 3
11 a.m. — Cardsmiths Breaks
1 p.m. — Midwest Breaks
3 p.m. — Firehand Sports Cards
JARED SULLINGER FREE AUTOGRAPH SIGNING
On Friday at the Panini America booth, special guest Jared
Sullinger of the Boston Celtics will sign free autographs for collectors on
special Panini America photos. Stay tuned for more details on time.
Make sure you check back as we will be updating this post as soon as more information becomes available.
No comments:
Post a Comment