2011-12 Pinnacle Preview

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From Knights Lance...

All the talk in the hockey hobby right about now is centered — rightfully so — on the impending release of high-end blockbuster 2010-11 Dominion Hockey that will effectively close Panini America’s debut season in the NHL with a considerable bang.

But there’s also quite a bit of excitement awaiting hockey collectors in the company’s 2011-12 lineup, too. We’ve already shared some of the goodness in store with previews of 2011-12 Score Hockey and 2011-12 Certified Hockey. Today, we provide the first look at venerable hobby favorite 2011-12 Pinnacle Hockey.

The longstanding staple will pack several new enhancements when it release to the hobby in late November, including a re-tooled Ice Breakers Rookie Card design (incorporating striking Nufex technology on every card), Starting 6 Threads six-piece memorabilia cards and a one-per-case Pinnacle Black chase element sure to become hockey’s next great seek-and-find sensation.

Ice Breakers RCs will fall four per box, with autographed versions of the top rookie stars falling one per case. In addition to the four RCs, each box will yield one Home Game Materials memorabilia card, one Pinnacle Threads memorabilia card, two Tough Times inserts, three Breakthroughs inserts and one Rink Collection parallel.

Pinnacle will also deliver nine autographs per case from an impressive roster that includes four Ice Breakers, one Home Game Signatures, one Tough Times hard-signed card, one Fans of the Game autograph (including new superstar fans such as Alyssa Milano, Jamie Pressley and the Hanson Brothers) and two Private Signings hard-signed cards.

Other case hits include six Team Pinnacle cards, six Canvas Creations, three prime memorabilia cards, two Pinnacle Revolution inserts (street art comes to hockey) and three Pinnacle Captains cards.

You can get your first look at the product in the gallery below. Stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for continued coverage of 2011-12 Pinnacle Hockey.

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It looks like they replaced Donruss in the product order with Pinnacle.

I like the idea of Nufex rookie cards, because the RCs in Pinnacle last year really needed something extra to make them interesting.

However, I still have some reservations based on the previews.
* This looks like it will be the first Panini set of 10-11 with the full slate of new rookies -- and because of that, I'm not sure that the 4-per-box with case-hit-SPs configuration is the best way to go. If Score and Certified both have SSP rookies, that will mean that the first three Panini products make it very difficult to acquire cards of the really good rookies.
* The mock-up of the base set does not suggest anything but a plain card front (i.e. no foil). If Panini wants this set to compete with Upper Deck's flagship product, it would be nice if the cards didn't look entry-level.
* "Black" better have some nice printing technology behind it.
 
Looks like we'll be seeing this stuff pushed for $50 a box a month after release like we did this year...
 
doesn't look too bad to me, the starting 6 looks really sweet and would love to pick up a Rangers one if they pick the right players for it
 
Since its Pinnacle, why don't they bring back the dufex? The Nufex just isn't the same. Looks like another low value product again.
 
Since its Pinnacle, why don't they bring back the dufex? The Nufex just isn't the same. Looks like another low value product again.

Dufex is incredibly expensive from what I remember - and that was 10 years ago. If the price for making those cards was expensive then, it's likely a lot more now - like Chrome cards for Topps. I was told that the cost for making those shot up significantly since there's only two printers that make them - based on my info.
 
Dufex is incredibly expensive from what I remember - and that was 10 years ago. If the price for making those cards was expensive then, it's likely a lot more now - like Chrome cards for Topps. I was told that the cost for making those shot up significantly since there's only two printers that make them - based on my info.

Oh thats true thats too bad. The dufex made the product in my opinion, this new stuff doesn't compare. I can't even call this years release Pinnacle as its not the same thing.
 
Dufex is incredibly expensive from what I remember - and that was 10 years ago. If the price for making those cards was expensive then, it's likely a lot more now - like Chrome cards for Topps. I was told that the cost for making those shot up significantly since there's only two printers that make them - based on my info.

ITG is still using Dufex in some of their products...
 
I like the look of these other than two things:
That D in "DLACK" needs to be changed so it actually looks like a "B" but other than that I think the card itself will look good in hand.
Second, I prefer when RC cards stand out a bit more from the base set, though its not that big of a deal.

Other than that, depending on the checklist, I might pick up some of this.
 
ITG is still using Dufex in some of their products...

The last one I saw was the base cards in Ultimate a couple of years ago - has there been any since? Because it's not on any of the Masked Men/The Mask sets in BTP for quite awhile now
 
I think Panini really need to go "Boutique" on their mid-end sets and drastically drop the print run. Look what cutting wax production did for UD Series 2, and that's the product Panini is competing with on mid-end sets. Pinnacle, Donruss, and now Zenith are available way cheaper than original release prices.

Going small doesn't seem to be the Texas way, as almost every mid-end card set ever made down there, regardless of sport, has been over printed.
 

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