2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball: The Highly Anticipated Debut of Panini HRX

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Panini America’s*newest basketball product — 2010-11 Totally Certified — was*guaranteed*to command collector attention based on its captivating core content and*unparalleled parallel structure.

But the*recent announcement that the company will also be adding*its*pioneering Panini HRX video trading cards to the late-June release*simply ensures*that the product will*make headlines all over the world, too.



Late Wednesday afternoon,*Panini America revealed preliminary details on 2010-11 Totally Certified, which will include 204 Panini HRX video trading cards — 51*each featuring*the company’s four exclusive NBA spokesmen: Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and John Wall.

Each superstar*will appear on 40*base Panini HRX*video trading cards, 10 Autographed versions and one Gold Autographed version (made with authentic 14-karat gold). For more, check out the following 15-second video and one of the most monumental introductions in trading card history.

To be sure, the history-making debut of Panini HRX*injects Totally Certified with an unprecedented level of signficance and*broadens its appeal to countless new sports*fans. But make no mistake: The product will*still deliver the collectible nuts and bolts that hardcore collectors have*come to expect from Panini America.

Each five-card pack carries a*$20*SRP and each six-pack box will deliver 30 cards, among them six autograph or memorabilia cards (including at least two autographs numbered to 599 or less), two Mirror Red parallels numbered to 499*and four additional inserts*numbered to 499 or less.

Other*Totally Certified highlights include:

• A 185-card base set with 35 Rookie Cards numbered to 599
• Five serial numbered parallel sets, featuring short-printed Totally Gold (numbered to 25), Totally Green (numbered to 5) and Totally Black (numbered to 1)
• On-card signatures for every Rookie Card
• More than 525 one-of-one cards
• Totally Red Autographs (numbered to 99), Totally Gold Autographs (numbered to 25), Totally Green Autographs (numbered to 5) and Totally Black Autographs (numbered to 1)
• A case-hit roster that includes either a) an autograph from Bryant, Griffin, Durant or Wall, b) a 1/1 card or c) an autograph numbered to 5 or less

You can*find additional details on the history-making Panini HRX here, here*and here. Stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance*for all the latest updates on 2010-11 Totally Certified and Panini HRX.








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