Originally posted by Arvin Sloane: My wife and I just finished busting our two cases and I have to say we are very impressed with this set.
P E R F E C T collation!
... The second case, well these sketch cards speak for themselves.
...some terrific cards there! Love that you pulled one of mine...image is a vertical though...it's a vertical attack assault and looks like this...with Ashoka with her green saber on top of the vehicle...
...also...LOVE the Justin Chung Yoda, cool Jeff Carlisle baby Jabba, sleek but unsigned Katie Cook Yoda, every one of Robert Teranishi's sketch cards have been really stiking, nice Potratz, terrific Cline, Doyle and Myler...and really dig the horizontal saber duel between AV and Obi that i think it's a Wayne Lo...great pulls!This message has been edited. Last edited by: ocdlotr,
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July 25, 2008, 03:28 PM
ocdlotr
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Originally posted by Haljordanfan:
...top r to l...Grant Gould...James Hodgkins...Kate Glasheen
...middle...Kevin Doyle(although his initial sig here is different than his Masterpieces 2 sig)...Thang Le...Robert Teranishi...
____________________ 'Follow your bliss'...Joseph Campbell 'Looking isn't as simple as it looks'...Ad Reinhardt
July 25, 2008, 04:02 PM
Haljordanfan
Thanks for the info!
July 25, 2008, 04:12 PM
Arvin Sloane
Len, it's always good to hear from you
I was definitely pleased when I checked MarleyEd's listing of artists and their sigs last night and discovered I was lucky enough to have pulled one of your sketch cards.
The Katie Cook is indeed signed, just a lousy scan, as a number of the cards have such a large amount of coloring on them they curl and I couldn't get them lined up properly.
You are also correct, the AV vs Obi Wan is a Wayne Lo card.
I think the quality of the sketch cards in this set are definitely superior to some of those in Topps recent releases. I also love seeing the various artists break away from their normal techniques and media. The Teranishi cards are a prime example of this, his cards are not a dark this time around as he seems to have gone away from the heavy use of ink.
July 25, 2008, 04:14 PM
Haljordanfan
Case #2
July 25, 2008, 04:18 PM
Haljordanfan
Case 1 was better, but I was very pleased with three of them. I still had 9 sketches and over all am happy with this Topps release.
July 25, 2008, 04:19 PM
Haljordanfan
I have 2 more cases, but I'm not sure if I'm opening them or keeping them for awhile and then flipping them.
July 25, 2008, 06:26 PM
Scifi Cards
One Retail "Bonus Box" so far...
5 packs 7 cards per pack 2 bonus "coins" per box
There were several base mis-cut, so only 28 base set cards
1 Motion Card (4 of 5) VERY nice 1 Foil Card (5 of 10) 1 Cel Card (5 of 10) 2 "coins" 1 of 12 and 4 of 12
Overall impression; this is a nice set. Star Wars fans will be all over this. The retail chase are very nice, the motion card is great with several frames instead of the 2 picture Flix Pix from recent sets.
The "coins" are not terribly impressive. They are stamped metal with a rolled edge. They have a color image of a character on one side.
I got lucky with some great sketches. Although with all the base cards combine, I still do not have a complete base set, so collation is a little off I think. I love the animation cel inserts. Overall a good release.
July 28, 2008, 03:18 PM
THX2112
My retail boxes arrived today (I'm over sketch and auto cards from Topps!). They're patiently waiting for me to arrive home from work. I'll let you know what I pull later on!
July 28, 2008, 07:38 PM
Haljordanfan
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Originally posted by THX2112: My retail boxes arrived today (I'm over sketch and auto cards from Topps!). They're patiently waiting for me to arrive home from work. I'll let you know what I pull later on!
