FOTL stands for First Off The Line and refers to the small percentage of Panini cards that are delivered early to collectors when they purchase products directly from the Panini website. What makes FOTL special is that in addition to arriving a few days early into the hands of collectors, these boxes also contain exclusive parallels, usually lower numbered parallels.
FOTL exclusive parallels can sometimes be identified by the strange numbering used, for example /7 or /17 or by the type of refractor design, such as Shimmer refractors.
In 2023 Panini Chronicles Spectra Baseball, the Pink FOTL Refractor is numbered out of /17.
In 2023-24 Panini Prizm Basketball, the Shimmer Refractors are FOTL exclusives. Pictured is the Green Shimmer FOTL Refractor /5.
