Panini album launched in Colombia: this is how much it costs to fill it and the rarest stickers
With 41 days left until the World Cup begins, this event starts long before the ball rolls. And in Colombia, that first "whistle blow" occurred this April 29...
TL;DR
- The official Panini album for the 2026 World Cup was launched in Bogotá, Colombia, attended by Radamel Falcao García.
- The album will be available for sale starting May 1st, with prices for softcover ($14,900), hardcover ($49,900), sticker packs ($5,000), and boxes (104 packs for $520,000).
- This edition is the largest ever, with 102 pages and 980 stickers, making it difficult and potentially expensive to complete, with costs exceeding 1 million pesos.
- Specific rare stickers, such as the '00' sticker, special metallic shields, and stickers of star players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé, have high resale values.
- A new digital version of the album is also being introduced, allowing users to collect stickers online.
- The album launch signifies the start of World Cup excitement in Colombia, involving traditional sticker trading and collecting.