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Picked up a box Saturday.
Hobby exclusive
Includes two mini-boxes.
6 packs per mini-box with 5 cards per pack except for pack with medallions.
Guaranteed an auto, medallion or sketch per mini-box.

Pack 1
1 Lightsaber medallion black 77/99 Darth Vader 1:256 Metal
1 base refractor 1:3
1 base

Pack 2
1 extended base gold 23/50 1:90
1 base refractor 1:3
3 base

Pack 3
1 Rogue One RO8 1:6
1 Solo SO7
3 base

Pack 4
1 Droid DV-11
1 blue parallel 55/150 1:6
3 base

Pack 5
1 refractor
1 Dee Baker green auto 34/99 1:101
3 base

Pack 6
1 Solo SO-18
1 gold refractor 26/50 1:18
3 base

Pack 7
1 green refractor 64/99 1:10
1 refractor
3 base

Pack 8
1 Rogue One RO-2
1 Solo SO-10
3 base

Pack 9
1 extended base 1:8
1 Droid DV-17
3 base

Pack 10
1 extended base
1 Droid DV-20
3 base

Pack 11
1 Droid DV-1
1 base blue refractor 36/150
3 base

Pack 12
1 Solo SO-2
4 base

On box yielded...35/100 base, 4 base refractors, 4 Droids, 4 Solo, 2 Rogue One1, 2 extended base, 1 ex base refractor gold, 2 blue, 1 green, 1 gold, 1 parallel medallion and 1 parallel auto.

Overall Grade: B-/B
Pros: Really nice Lightsaber medallions, and Rogue One & Solo inserts.
Cons: Definitely not 1996 Finest. Some backgrounds interfere with the image. Kind of look like defects. While refractors are on thicker stock it would have been better to print "REFRACTOR" or "R"# on the back. Price!!!

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Box done. Anybody else open a box?

Wave POST IT!!!

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All I hear are crickets...way too quiet!!!

Confused Sheep

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I hadn't planned on purchasing a box of this, but one was there in my local shop one day. I couldn't resist.

1st mini box:
17 base cards
3 base refractor parallels
1 blue refractor, #91 numbered 089/150
1 green refractor, #37 numbered 36/99
2 Solo inserts, SO-4 and SO-12
2 Droids and Vehicles inserts, DV-8 and DV-15
1 Rogue One insert, RO-5
1 Ahsoka Tano Lightsaber Hilt Medallion card LM-AS2, orange parallel numbered 05/25

2nd mini box:
19 base cards
3 base refractor parallels
1 blue refractor, #50 numbered 037/150
1 orange refractor, #83 numbered 22/25
2 Solo inserts, SO-7 and SO-16
2 Droids and Vehicles inserts, DV-3 and DV-10
1 Rogue One insert, RO-16
1 autograph redemption card for an orange refractor of Riz Ahmed

I found that the easiest way to identify the base refractors was to look at the side of the cards. The white side on the thicker card made it easier to pick them out.

This is the second time that I have pulled a redemption card for a Topps Star Wars autograph card. The first time was last April for a 2017 release, and I still don't have it. I hope this one is delivered sooner rather than later.
 
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