Panini Makes First Favre Vikings Card a Walmart Exclusive
By Tracy Hackler
8/24/2009 3:08:23 PM
Panini America officials had the rare opportunity to stop the presses over the weekend, doing so on the retail version of 2009 Donruss Threads in an effort to include what promises to be Brett Favre’s first Minnesota Vikings card.
The card, also the first to incorporate game photography from Favre’s Vikings debut last Friday in a preseason game against Kansas City, will be inserted exclusively into Walmart blister packs of Donruss Threads, shipping this week.
“Panini America dispatched a photographer to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome with the sole intention of creating this historical card,” said Panini America Marketing Manager Scott Prusha. “We wanted Favre’s first official Vikings trading card to be an in-game action shot of him wearing the purple No. 4.
“We were able to send a photographer to the game Friday night, print cards Saturday and have them ready for product insertion first thing Monday morning.”
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8/24/2009 5:55:44 PM |
Abcder45
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Can't wait to get one.
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8/24/2009 11:22:16 PM |
jjohnson1321
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Looks like i will be hitting a few boxes of Threads this year!!!
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8/25/2009 9:18:52 AM |
djohn
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So much better to get a real photo than an old pic with a photoshopped jersey. Huge props to Panini for doing it the right way.
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http://www.beckett.com/userpages/djohn.html
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ginterguy
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WOW that was fast...
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8/28/2009 3:05:21 PM |
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girlsrsmarter
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What a way to kill hoddy shop's GO Panini!
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