Hoop Dreams: Panini America Peeks Latest Autos for 2012-13 Immaculate Basketball
At this very moment, seemingly every member of the Panini America Product Development team is across town at the company production facility giving 2012-13 Flawless Basketball the white-glove treatment — literally. From painstakingly scrutinizing every card slated for inclusion in the product to hand-collating every last pack, the Flawless process is one that will last all weekend and into next week.
I get the opportunity Monday morning to document the Flawless packout firsthand, so you can expect tons of behind-the-scenes content on that early next week. Meanwhile, back here at Panini America HQ, the hard-signed gems for 2012-13 Immaculate Basketball continue arriving at a brisk pace. In fact, in the few days since we brought you the first Immaculate preview, the likes of Larry Bird, John Stockton, David Robinson, Tim Hardaway and more have returned their Immaculate cards.
The following gallery details the latest arrivals, and should provide for an exhilarating finish to your Friday. Enjoy the gallery and stay tuned for additional updates; between Flawless and Immaculate, the stirring finish to the 2012-13 NBA collecting season promises to be must-see stuff.
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Cool stuff, did any Jeremy Lin prime auto cards make it into Immaculate?
Good question. I’ll check with Karvin Cheung to find out.
Kevin, I have both bad news and good news. Lin is not part of any auto cards. However we have him in many prime cards including Immaculate Logos, Numbers, Patch (1/1) and Insignia (1/1) all from his third jersey. He is part of a 6 star logoman booklet card and has his entire nameplate. In all. he has 12 cards including a few parallels. Happy Hunting!
thats some nasty Cards! This Product is going to be Huge!
Is there a Checklist ready,i would love to know if Sheed is in there.
I haven’t seen the checklist yet.
Any updates on Flawless
Stay tuned Monday.
So these are going to be $400 a box and you get 6 cards? Its like betting red or black; will you get a kyrie 1/1 or a different nasty card or will you get a filler? Does anyone know who to go to for cases without ridiculous mark up? How many boxes per case? I wish you could just get cases from panini..
$400 will be a good price, guaranteed boxes will go for $450+ and that’s not including postage… Flawless look a little pricey!
Love the looks of these cards!!! Would love to get a Bird to add to my Indiana pro athletes collection
You could have ordered Immaculate directly from us provided you have a direct account. The order deadline has passed and of course we have completely sold old. The case configuration for Immaculate is 6 boxes per case.
Beautiful cards!
Those David Robinson auto patch cards with a Bible references (great Bible verses by the way) are just super awesome, i don’t think you could show me any other card what i would be happier with than those two.
Love that Robinson patch auto! Also, glad to see the gold ink signature on black backgrounds again as with other recent products. Anything to make the signatures stand out and be a bit different!!
Great job on this set! I love the black and gold đŸ™‚ But what’s more impressive is the auto’s in the windows on the black and golds, they are pretty well centered, Great job there! I don’t understand why Jerry West crosses his W like a T but I guess that’s what he does đŸ™‚ I would love to land a BIRD Auto! That would be great! I give this a solid 100% all the way around! GREAT JOB Panini! Keep it up!
Another great preview of super high end cards.
Thanks Tracy it will jist makes us want more mojos for our collections.
Keep up the great overall job on team Panini!
Sizzling Preview I must say.
With Flawless around the corner, why haven’t you released more information and pictures? You continue to pump Immaculate which releases in late October, but Flawless with a projected drop date of October 9 has NOTHING… Considering the price and the alleged surprises why haven’t we heard more about Flawless.
Going to the production facility on Monday to capture tons of previews. Stay tuned.
Is Derrick Rose in any of the signature sets in Immaculate or is there a Rose logoman? Let me know. Thanks.
Brian, Sorry that there isn’t any autos of Rose but he has quite a few immpressive memorabilia cards. He has a Immaculate Number Patch variation number to jersey #, AKA 1/1. He also has an Immaculate Insignia cards which features the Bulls logo on the back of the jersey
hopefully panini spokesperson are not redemption on immaculate and flawless (kobe/kd/kyrie)
as what my friend pinoymamba will say “faint worthy mojos”
Really impressive!!! May I ask is there any Marshon Brooks cards in the list?? Has his cards come back yet?? any chance we could have a glimpse? thanks.
MarShon Brooks has 17 cards in Immaculate with a few autographs (RC, Auto Patches, Oversized Premium Patches, Logomans etc.) … I’m sure Tracy will post them once they are in house
17 cards??????? wow~that’s a lot!!! Sounds pretty good!!!
May I know is he has 2 versions of logoman? One with Signature on it but the other is not?? thanks.
Very sharp!
The images are getting better and better with every Immaculate post! Great Stuff Tracy. Would Karvin be able to tell me if there are any Rudy Gay stuff in the set! Thanks alot!
I’ll be a nice guy and tell you there is quite a bit, as a Raptor. Being from Tdot, I had to include a few cards of the best Raptor (no autos though). He has Immaculate Logos, Numbers and Nameplates. Happy Hunting!
Looks like 04 Exquisite Basketball design.Can’t wait to get my hands on some
VERY point guard heavy. Loving the look of these.
Very impressive release, I’m interested to see what actual box breaks yield value-wise. Thanks Tracy!
Beautiful cards! Show us the Kobes please! Thank you!
show us the kobes and are there kobe logomans
Any chance of any Tracy McGrady autos in this product or in the near future?
Hey man I know he does not sign but any lebron cards logomen non autos patch. I know he’s in a 6 logoman but anything else? Thanks.
Not sure about Immaculate, but I would assume so. I just saw some sick LeBron patches for Flawless. Wow!
Where is the promised Flawless update today?
The update is coming. I spent most of the day over at the production facility and Flawless is FANTASTIC. The updates will start coming fast and furious in the next few days. Stay patient. It will be worth the wait.
Tracy, any more updates on Flawless? I have been waiting all week for any update/news/surprise you can provide for the product. I pre-ordered a case and given its price point, I am really expecting to see more than what we have seen so far.
The previews are coming. I promise. I spent most of today at the production facility and the product looks phenomenal. Stay tuned this week. The eye candy is coming. And it will be worth the wait.
So are we not getting an update today?
It’s Tuesday. Any updates?
Tracy, first you said Monday, then yesterday you told us it will be Tuesday and still no update as of today…
Doing everything I can, man. We will begin previewing Flawless in a HUGE way beginning this week. We’ve got a few tricks up our sleeves and we’re asking for just a little bit of patience. Trust me, the wait will absolutely be worth it.
Def excited to see whats in store for flawless!!!!!
Thanks for the response Tracy. I’m really looking forward to the “few tricks up on your sleeves” đŸ™‚ Regards, Steven
Hi, very impressive cards! Are there some Josh Smith patch or auto patch? Thank you!
Hey Tracy,
I have been looking at these beautiful previews everyday!!! Can’t wait!!! Could you try to move the release date a bit earlier??? I REALLY WANNA HAVE THEM!!!! Gooooood~~