1 box hobby exclusive
1 pack, 8 cards each

Five base cards:
#4 Darth Vader
#34 Wampa
#78 Tion Medon
#98 Zeb Orrelios
#99 Chopper

#90 Watto 5/50 1:3 gold
#87 Aurra Sing 16/25 1:6 clouds
#97 Venessa Marshall on card autograph 75/75

more to come...

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box two...
4 base cards
1 variation base
#20 Wicket 33/99
#20 Wicket 1/1 proof 1:37
#11 Boba Fett - Jeremy Bulloch auto 24/25

2 Case Breakdown

Will continue posting results as I sort these...

The goodies: 1/1's

Po Nudo Black Galactic Diffractor
Mace Windu Cyan Proof
Dave Prowse Cyan Proof Autograph (Darth Vader)



Autographs (non-#'d):

Hassani Shapi (Eeth Koth)
Jerome Blake (Rune Haako)
Michaela Cottrell (Even Piell)



Bai Ling (Bana Breemu)
Dermot Crowley (General Madine)
Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett)



Julian Glover (General Veers)
Oliver Ford Davies (Sio Bibble)
Warwick Davis (Wicket)



Autograph: Clouds Diffractor (#'d 25)

Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano)
Taylor Gray (Ezra Bridger)
Dickey Beer (Stormtrooper)



Autograph: Gold Rainbow (#'d 50)

John Boyega (Finn)
Tiya Sircar (Sabine Wren)
Daniel Logan (Boba Fett)



Autograph: Tidal Diffractor (#'d 75)

Phil Eason (Yaddle)
Zac Jensen (Kit Fisto)
John Ratzenberger (Bren Derlin)



Paul Brooke (Malakili)
Ray Park (Darth Maul)

Autograph: Gold Rainbow Redemption (#'d 50)

George Takei (Lok Durd)



Sketch:

Biker Scout (Unknown)
Luke Skywalker (Tom Zahler)



Inserts:

1 x Armor Tek (#'d 50)
1 x Moments Of Power (#'d 50)
1 x TEK Heads (#'d 50)



Red Orbit Defractor: (#'d 5) x 5





Clouds Defractor: (#'d 25) x 4



Gold Rainbow: (#'d 50) x 8



Tidal Diffractor: (#'d 99) x 16

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Congrats on all those autographs, but especially the Boyega. I was not sure if this set even had the new characters, but I know that the High Tek line of cards are very nice to look at.

I can't say that the sketches you pulled are worth it to me, but you may just have been unlucky there. The rest of the hits seem to be of a very good quality and diversity.

Yeah, that Finn is a wowzer, all right (and apparently the other just released set has a "Mystery Redemption" that's good for a Daisy Ridley Rey autograph.)
Congrats!

The Biker Scout Sketch card is by the artist Francois Chartier... Hope that helps!

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Originally posted by floater:
The Biker Scout Sketch card is by the artist Francois Chartier... Hope that helps!

It does, thanks! Has there been anything posted on how to distinguish between the base and pattern variants? I couldn't figure it out.

Base short-prints are numbered with a letter. I had an Obi-wan #'d 37A.

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Originally posted by Raven:
Congrats on all those autographs, but especially the Boyega. I was not sure if this set even had the new characters, but I know that the High Tek line of cards are very nice to look at.

I can't say that the sketches you pulled are worth it to me, but you may just have been unlucky there. The rest of the hits seem to be of a very good quality and diversity.

I don't think Topps knows that sketch cards are not needed in every set. I would've been ok with autographs only and I see there are plenty more and variations to chase down. A very expensive set to attempt to complete but cards are beautiful.

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Originally posted by venom5liter:
Has there been anything posted on how to distinguish between the base and pattern variants? I couldn't figure it out.

That is a problem with the Tek cards. Background patterns can get confusing and some people just can't distinguish a super rare card when they find one, so you have to be very careful when sorting them out.

There is an ongoing discussion on Blowout regarding the patterns and colors for Star Wars High Tek. I won't even begin to try to repeat anything because I will probably screw it up. Take a look at the comments and I think it will explain a lot of it.

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Originally posted by Raven:
That is a problem with the Tek cards. Background patterns can get confusing and some people just can't distinguish a super rare card when they find one, so you have to be very careful when sorting them out.

There is an ongoing discussion on Blowout regarding the patterns and colors for Star Wars High Tek. I won't even begin to try to repeat anything because I will probably screw it up. Take a look at the comments and I think it will explain a lot of it.

Thanks! I checked there and Topps (incorrect) checklist on Facebook. Based on that here's my breakdown with no duplicates:

Base pattern = 49
Pattern 2 = 49
Pattern 3 = 24
Pattern 4 = 6
Pattern 5 = 2

My 3 cases have finally arrived. What with customs and various no mail service days, it's taken awhile. I will post each case separately.

Case 1:

Base and common parallel
Common base (patterns 1,2): x49
Base pattern 3: x12
Base pattern 4:
> 5 The Emperor
> 76 Captain Panaka
> 90 Watto
Base pattern 5:
> 94 The Inquisitor

Tidal Diffractor (#99): x9
Gold Rainbow (#50): x5

Armor TEK (#50): -
Moments of Truth (#50): -
TEK Heads (#50): x1

Autographs
Unnumbered autographs: x4
> Kenneth Colley / Admiral Piett
> Daniel Logan / Boba Fett (young)
> Michaela Cottrell / Even Piell
> Vanessa Marshall / Hera Syndulla
Numbered autographs (common):
> John Ratzenberger / Bren Derlin (#75)
> Dermot Crowley / General Madine (#75)
> Zac Kensen / Kit Fisto (#75)
> Gerald Home / Tessek (#50)
> Ashley Eckstein / Ahsoka Tano (#50)

Rare stuff
0 x Short print variations
2 x Clouds Diffractor (#25): 9 and 85
1 x Red Diffractor (#5): 15
1 x Cyan Proof: 71

Rare auto (#5): Brian Blessed / Boss Nass

2 sketches (will post scans later): both are excellent

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Case 2:

Base and common parallel
Common base (patterns 1,2): x49
Base pattern 3: x12
Base pattern 4:
> 19 General Madine
> 39 Mace Windu
> 93 Asajj Ventress
Base pattern 5:
> 47 Jar Jar Binks

Tidal Diffractor (#99): x8
Gold Rainbow (#50): x5

Armor TEK (#50): -
Moments of Truth (#50): -
TEK Heads (#50): -

Autographs
Unnumbered autographs: x5
> Warwick Davis / Wicket
> Tim Rose / Admiral Ackbar
> Lewis MacLeod / Sebulba
> Tiya Sircar / Sabine Wren
> Taylor Gray / Ezra Bridger
Numbered autographs (common):
> John Ratzenberger / Bren Derlin (#75)
> Zac Jensen / Kit Fisto (#75)
> Dermot Crowley / General Madine (#50)

Rare stuff
1 x Short print variations: 5A Sheev Palpatine
2 x Clouds Diffractor (#25): 45 and 65
2 x Red Diffractor (#5): 50 and 97
1 x Black Galactic (1/1): 15 Mon Mothma

Rare auto (red #5): Paul Brooke / Malakili
auto (#25): Amy Allen / Aayla Secure
auto (#50 redemption): Carrie Fisher

1 sketch (will post scans later): excellent

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Case 3:

Base and common parallel
Common base (patterns 1,2): x49
Base pattern 3: x12
Base pattern 4:
> 47 Jar Jar Binks
> 62 Adi Gallia
> 86 Zam Wessell
Base pattern 5:
> 32 Tusken Raider

Tidal Diffractor (#99): x8
Gold Rainbow (#50): x5

Armor TEK (#50): -
Moments of Truth (#50): -
TEK Heads (#50): -

Autographs
Unnumbered autographs: x5
> Warwick Davis / Wicket
> Tim Rose / Admiral Ackbar
> Oliver Ford Davies / Sio Bibble
> Jerome Blake / Rune Haako
> Jeremy Crowley / General Madine
Numbered autographs (common):
> Paul Brooks / Malakili (#75)
> Orli Shoshan / Shaak Ti (#75)
> Rohan Nichol / Captain Antilles (#75)
> Warwick Davis / Wicket (#50)
> Oliver Ford Davies / Sio Bibble (#50)

Rare stuff
1 x Short print variations: 37A Obi-Wan Kenobi
2 x Clouds Diffractor (#25): 10 and 59
2 x Red Diffractor (#5): 61 and 78
1 x Black Proof: 100 Sabine Wren

auto (#25): Michael Carter / Bib Fortuna

1 sketch (will post scans later): excellent

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And here are my 4 sketches (3 case break above):



Veronica O'Connell of Starkiller / Unsigned of Mantu
Veronica O'Connell of Shahan Alama / Eli Rutten of Emperor Palpatine

Looking at what some people have pulled, I feel very lucky with my sketches. I am a scenes / vehicles collector so I won't be keeping any of them, but they are all excellent. That makes up for my below average selection of parallels and autos.

Overall it's a nice set. Topps did a terrible job of actually promoting it, with too many other sets very close together and lots of confusion about what is in which set. But the base cards look good and the different parallel levels means there is something to collect for everyone.

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Upper left looks like Kylo Ren.

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Originally posted by tangent:

Overall it's a nice set. Topps did a terrible job of actually promoting it, with too many other sets very close together and lots of confusion about what is in which set. But the base cards look good and the different parallel levels means there is something to collect for everyone.

Topps moves in strange ways, but I think part of it here was the assumption that people knew what the Tek line was already. That was wrong. Sports card collectors are very familiar with Tek cards, but non-sport collectors never heard of them and didn't know how unique and important the various patterns can be.

I believe I commented somewhere on Card Talk after the Tek product was announced that it should not have been done at year end after people had thought that Masterworks was going to be the premium SW set for 2015.

The other weird thing about Topps SW products is this new wrinkle of confusing boxes. Is it hobby, is it retail, is it limited hobby, is it hitless hobby? I don't think that applies to Tek, but it is also something that Topps has done without much promotion outside of what dedicated collectors have to search out for themselves.

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Originally posted by RedFive:
Upper left looks like Kylo Ren.

I have now decided it is Starkiller because I found the image it is based on.

Upper right is Mantu
Lower left is Shahan Alama (a Bounty hunter)

Tangent,

That Starkiller and Emperor Palpatine are some of the nicest sketches I think I've seen from a Topps product. Well done!!

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Originally posted by RedFive:
Upper right is Mantu
Lower left is Shahan Alama (a Bounty hunter)

Thanks, impressive identification skills