Panini set to debut edition NBA trading cards with 20 minutes worth of video highlights, on actual c

richtree

Limited-edition video trading cards -- packed with 20 minutes of career highlight footage -- will begin hitting store shelves in June. The first ones will feature four basketball players: Lakers star Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers, John Wall of the Washington Wizards and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The cards were created by San Dimas display company Recom Group Inc. for Panini America Inc., maker of trading cards for the National Basketball Assn., the National Hockey League and the National Football League.

Recom owner Rob Norden said the concept behind the video trading card was an upgrade on the traditional card while "staying true to the form" of a beloved sports memorabilia.


per latimes.com

byronscott4ever

This was news a few weeks ago, not sure why it took so long for the papers to pick it up. UD kept hyping this "Evolution" thing and how it was going to be revolutionary and before they did, Panini essentially unveiled their version of it as a conference for store owners. This lead to both parties arguing about who had it first since Panini talked about it first and UD got theirs out first. It will be interesting to see how people take to them in the collecting world overall.

richtree

http://hoopography.blogspot.com/2011/03/panini-announces-hd-video-trading-cards.html

Tabe

So what makes the video actually display? Do they wear out? What exactly is "Panini exclusive footage"? It's not like Panini owns ANY NBA footage exclusively. How thick are these things? They look awfully large to me.

These might be cool but I'm saying...no.

Tabe

scashaggy

Is it anything like these:

CD card




cd card

Toro

<< <i>"Panini exclusive footage" >>



Setting: In an office building sitting at a conference table

"Hello, I'm Blake Griffin and here are some of my NBA highlights."

Cut to highlight reel

vladguerrero

lol UD CD cards,

these Panini cards should be interesting

nendee

Pass

daveverdo

From an LA Times Article

scashaggy

<< <i>Pass >>



+1

miconelegacy

I picked up 5 boxes of Panini Gold Standard. Is that the product you are talking about?