Panini Blog Panini America On Location: Scenes from a Wild Saturday at the 2011 National

[OzCardTrader]

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Saturday at any National Sports Collectors Convention traditionally ranks as the busiest day of the show. Form certainly held true for the 2011 edition –*especially inside the Panini America booth.
Easily the 32nd National’s most popular daily manufacturer attraction,*the Panini America booth attracted its biggest crowds of the show on Saturday, as collectors*lined up early to participate in the company’s wildly successful wrapper-redemption program, leaving a line of silver-foil confetti*and precious little elbow room.
Those passionate collectors who weren’t on line for the redemptions were there to either participate in the company’s hourly Box Wars contests,*to simply soak up the electrified ambiance or both.
The following images tell*today’s tale, a feel-good story filled with highlights, including*. . .

• One of the best 2010 National Treasures Football case breaks we’ve seen to date
• Panini America Brand Managers David Porter and Carlos Torrez*accepting the*Freedom Cardboard 2010 Product of the Year awards for National Treasures Basketball and Football, respectively.
• Crazy lines
• A bust-first-ask-questions-later mentality

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[Quicksilver]

I'm curious to know how much stock they took to the nationals would be a HUGE amount!

 

[lilreddevil]

Wow look at that little kid go!