Ferrian1
Upstanding Member,
This product was exactly what I look for in a non-sport release in terms of base set - 120 cards that cover all aspects of the Star Wars phenomenon. There's cards for every movie, as well as recognizing the Ewoks movie, the Droids and Ewoks cartoon and the animated Clone Wars episodes. There's also some behind the scenes cards, character cards etc. Collation was dead on with one box completing the entire base set, and about 30 extras.
Topps is one of the few non-sport to use parallels in their products, in this case blue and red foil cards, 2 per box and 1 per box respectively
Blue Foil:
Red Foil:
The basic insert is actually a very interesting concept - puzzle card Triptychs, three cards complete the puzzle, and from my box I got 8 puzzle cards (1:3), scans of the cards below, including one of the puzzles that I actually got all pieces of.
Another interesting insert is the box topper, one foil stamped buyback of the original Star Wars set by Topps (it'll take some work to complete that set, but I'm sure someone is trying):
Finally the big hook on this product would be the sketch and auto cards. In general you'll get one or the other in your box. Personally I'm a sucker for sketch cards so that's what I was hoping for, and I did get it. Of course as always with sketches you have some incredibly rare artists (Kayanan who was also big in the LOTR products) has had sketches selling over $1000, and there will be others drawing value from the rarity of the artist combined with the quality of the sketch. Some sketches are pure pencil some are incredibly detailed and colored. The auto's run the usual gamet of basic characters all the way to Harrison Ford (recently selling for a whopping
Sketch from my box:
As I said I'm a sucker for these, so while I restrict myself to Fett sketches online (although I couldn't afford the last few), I couldn't help myself when it came to buying one in person at Gamebreakers from their break.
All in all I have to give this product an A: Excellent collation, a thorough and interesting base set, creative inserts, parallels for the chase if you're so interested, and a quality shot at some very nice hits in the sketches and autos. Any questions let me know, and stay tuned for future non-sport breaks and reviews.
Topps is one of the few non-sport to use parallels in their products, in this case blue and red foil cards, 2 per box and 1 per box respectively
Blue Foil:
Red Foil:
The basic insert is actually a very interesting concept - puzzle card Triptychs, three cards complete the puzzle, and from my box I got 8 puzzle cards (1:3), scans of the cards below, including one of the puzzles that I actually got all pieces of.
Another interesting insert is the box topper, one foil stamped buyback of the original Star Wars set by Topps (it'll take some work to complete that set, but I'm sure someone is trying):
Finally the big hook on this product would be the sketch and auto cards. In general you'll get one or the other in your box. Personally I'm a sucker for sketch cards so that's what I was hoping for, and I did get it. Of course as always with sketches you have some incredibly rare artists (Kayanan who was also big in the LOTR products) has had sketches selling over $1000, and there will be others drawing value from the rarity of the artist combined with the quality of the sketch. Some sketches are pure pencil some are incredibly detailed and colored. The auto's run the usual gamet of basic characters all the way to Harrison Ford (recently selling for a whopping
Sketch from my box:
As I said I'm a sucker for these, so while I restrict myself to Fett sketches online (although I couldn't afford the last few), I couldn't help myself when it came to buying one in person at Gamebreakers from their break.
All in all I have to give this product an A: Excellent collation, a thorough and interesting base set, creative inserts, parallels for the chase if you're so interested, and a quality shot at some very nice hits in the sketches and autos. Any questions let me know, and stay tuned for future non-sport breaks and reviews.
I am taking quite a bit of joy in completing base sets again - Bond, the old 1983 OPC Return of the Jedi, SP Authentic, Between the Pipes, etc... so the thought that I can snag a full base set from one box or so would be really nice... so yea, I'll probably snag a box or two just for the joy of building the set!
