The Panini Sticker World Cup Fever Strikes Again

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup well on its way, the Panini sticker fever has been raging through nearby playgrounds and homes alike. The 2026 edition might be a little bit special as it was recently revealed that Panini lost the exclusive rights. After fifty years of faithful partnership, FIFA moves the deal to Panini’s biggest competitor: the American Topps (owned by Fanatics). The 2030 World Cup sticker book will be Panini’s last FIFA-related book you can try to fill. And perhaps that is a good thing? Local newspaper Het Nieuwsblad estimated that in order to complete your sticker book, statistically speaking you’ll need to buy around 7.300 stickers—totalling to the hefty sum of 1.600 EUR. I never realised that filling your sticker book could be that expensive! That’s even more expensive than your average Magic: the Gathering modern deck—and that hobby can be expensive. Considering most feverish collectors are youngsters in primary school, it might even be called outrageous. For the…