I can't wait to dig into my case tomorrow (hopefully)! With the reports that we are hearing, there looks to be tons of value between the parallels and the patches even before you get to the autos and sketches.

quote:

Originally posted by Breygent Marketing:
I have a patch numbered to 30

so do the math 6 per case and 5 cases

to make a set with a perfect break

Youch. I was hoping for a dozen max. Going to be a tough set to finish.

quote:

Originally posted by Breygent Marketing:
I have a patch numbered to 30

so do the math 6 per case and 5 cases

to make a set with a perfect break

Fantastic! This is what I was hoping for when they announced they were doing the patches. With so many patches needed to make a set there should definitely be some decent value on these cards.

Results from my case:

119 blue foils
11 red foils
0 gold foils

Patches
PR-5 (Luke), PR-7, PR-11, PR-21, PR-22

Autos






Sketches


Not sure on the sig


David Green


Unsigned and Sian Mandrake


Robert Terranishi and Jeremy Scott


George Deep and Kyle Babbit


Unknown and Veronica O'Connell

Oh, and then there was this...

Way to go, Igman, congrats on the nice case, especially the autographs, and man, that Veronica can draw.

Hope to do as well with my case next week. (stuff takes a little longer to reach us out West).

I love that every single autograph card from a cast member who appeared in Empire Strikes Back is shown pictured from that movie, which most people consider the best one of them all. Maybe this is Topps' way of making up for the incredible scarcity of the autographs from the ESB 3D set a couple years back.

Nice pull with the Veronica O'Connell!

I finished busting my case. It was a good break. I only got one bad sketch and my case saved the best auto for last. Here are my hits in the order I pulled them.

117 Blue Foils
12 Red Foils


C-3PO(Middle of a Triple Panel) by Ted Dastick Jr. & Michonne Bourriague Auto
Weequay by Mikey Babinski & Bonnie Piesse Auto
Darth Vader by Lee Bradley & General Veers Patch PR-10


Cade Skywalker by Irma Ahmed & Lando Patch PR-27
Kit Fisto by Steve Oatney & Arvel Crynyd Patch PR-15
Jango Fett by Jenn DePaola (has silver metalic ink) & Peter Mayhew Auto


Captain Tarpals by Amy Pronovost & Felix Silla Auto
Admiral Thrawn by Van Davis & Ten Numb Patch PR-29
Anakin by Russ Maheras & Scout Trooper Patch PR-30


Boba Fett by Gabe Farber & Grand Moff Tarkin Patch PR-23
Cad Bane by Lord Mesa & Daniel Logan Auto
Darth Talon by Steven Miller & Carrie Fisher Auto

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That Boba Fett is by Gabe Farber, and is a beauty!

Very well done!

Stupid question as is hard to tell, are the autos stickers?

quote:

Originally posted by John Tirohn:
Stupid question as is hard to tell, are the autos stickers?

Yes

I found Blister packs at Walmart. Each Blister pack hangs on a peg, and is labeled:
"Jumbo pack! 16 cards"

The only big hit in the packs are sketch cards, which are 1:96. They also contain the more common inserts (but NO autos or patches).

I opened one Blister pack, and found one insert: DF-8.

quote:

Originally posted by RedFive:
I found Blister packs at Walmart. Each Blister pack hangs on a peg, and is labeled:
"Jumbo pack! 16 cards"

The only big hit in the packs are sketch cards, which are 1:96. They also contain the more common inserts (but NO autos or patches).

I opened one Blister pack, and found one insert: DF-8.

Guess that makes the chances of pulling something like this pretty remote, as I found out yesterday the cards I did were put into retail packs.

Had a blast opening this, contemplating buying more! I was hoping for one of the big three, didn't happen, but quite happy nevertheless!

Here is my one case break:

I think Topps did a great job with these.

Some really attractive cards, even for sticker autographs.

Now do these really belong in this product?

These are what you expect for $100 per box!
George Deep, Trev Murphy, Robert Teranishi, Rhiannon Owens, Jeremy F. Scott

The base cards look great as do the inserts. The three tiers of major hits are solid, but Topps still needs to do a better job with the consistency of their sketches. And of course they shorted me one hit so I'll have to jump through hoops to get my card.

Congrats on the Luke auto. The R Teranishi is one of the best I´ve seen from him, Leia looks at the galaxy, end scene of Empire Strikes Back.

First Case

Sketches

Katie Cook puzzle piece , Robert Teranishi, Kyle Babbit
George Deep, Veronica O'Connell , Robert Teranishi



David Green, Jeremy Scott, unknown
David Green, unknown, unknown



Autos
Amy Allen (Aayla Secura)
Daniel Logan (young Boba Fett)
Felix Silla (Widdle Warwick)
Richard LeParmentier (Admiral Motti)
Anthony Forrest (Fixer)
Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett)


Patches
PR-1
PR-7
PR-11
PR-12
PR-17
PR-22


Inserts
116 Blue Foils
11 Red Foils
0 Gold Foils
I Have a Bad Feeling About This: 8 complete sets, 7 extras
Classic Lines: 7 complete sets, 2 extras
Heroes on Both Sides: 4 complete sets, 8 extras
Duels of Fate: 4 complete sets, 9 extras
Galactic Moments: 2 complete sets, 8 extras

Anyone know these artists?

I opened one box to see how the set was. I got the correct number of inserts except I got 2 red foils so that was cool one was a Yoda. My sketch was a Glasheen which I gave to a friend, no patch but I very happy to pull a Mark Hamill auto in my third pack . I was very surprised since I heard how tough they were.

Second Case

Sketches

Steve Oatney, Lord Mesa, unknown
Mark McHaley, Irma Ahmed, Mikey Babinski (I can't stand those sandy buttholes, but this sketch is fantastic!)



Booth (need first name), Van Davis, Ted Dastick
Tony Miello, Jenn DePaola (doesn't show up in the scan but this card has blue & gold glitter), Lee Bradley



Autos
Bonnie Piesse (Beru Whitesun)
Daniel Logan (Young Boba Fett)
Felix Silla (Widdle Warrick)
Michonne Bourriague (Aurra Sing)
Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca)


Patches
PR-4
PR-8
PR-10
PR-20
PR-22
PR-28
PR-29


Inserts
117 Blue Foils (one has an error - the blue foil is missing)
13 Red Foils
1 Gold Foil (card #316)
Didn't sort out the rest of the insert cards yet.

Here is the blue foil error card: