Only opended a couple boxes of my case so far, but this certainly made my evening: I will post the rest of my pulls tomorrow after I finish breaking the case.
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February 16, 2012, 11:59 PM
MRNONSPORT
We opened one case. I noticed the cards this time around had a chemical pinesal smell. Why are the sketches in soft sleeves. I am sure if Galaxy 7 packs are in feeder boxes at Target, Walmart and K-mart that I will be seeing people fingering the packs because with the sketches in soft sleeves you can tell which packs they are in. I made the following set. Did not get my base cards in set form yet.
SETS 5 Etched-Foil Sets 4 Foil Sets.
SINGLES 4 Gold Foil Cards 8 Bronze Foil Cards 2 Left Over Etched-Foil Cards 4 Left Over Foil Cards
SKETCHES Top to Bottom, Left to Right Jerry Ma ... Jaba Jenn DePaola 1/6 Puzzle ... Clone Trooper Irma Ahmed ... Amadala David Green ... General Grievous Erik Maell ... Han Solo Lee Bradley ... Grand Admiral Thrawn (Heir to the Empire) Jessica Hickman ... Tusken Raider Unknown Artist ... Ewok
Overall was happy of our pulls, but this was NO Galaxy 6. In Galaxy 6 we pulled 13 Sketch Cards. Now it's back down to 1 per box and I have seen people reporting that they did not get a sketch card in a box. If I were to give this product a grade I would give it a C. Galaxy 6 grade was A+. The base set of this product is great. If I were to make suggestions for Galaxy 8 I would recommend some sort of Box Topper. I like the posters but I think those should be a Case Topper. Box toppers could be 5x7 versions of the base cards and some could be signed by the artists and some random 5x7 Sketch cards. All we can do is put out our opinion and hope Topps takes note of it. Take Care. Have Fun.This message has been edited. Last edited by: MRNONSPORT,
Originally posted by Batman: Only opended a couple boxes of my case so far, but this certainly made my evening: I will post the rest of my pulls tomorrow after I finish breaking the case.
GREAT PULL - who cares about the rest of the cae
February 17, 2012, 10:05 AM
Batman
Quite true, Hammer!
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February 17, 2012, 10:46 AM
B-Dunc
i've seen folks on a couple places online talk about how this release doesn't compare to Galaxy 6 because it had more hits per box. but wasn't that because they had to reduce the number of boxes produced because of printing issues, so they inserted 2 (or more) sketches per box. and that's why it quickly hit $130-150 a box. but i could be wrong...
February 17, 2012, 11:19 AM
steviek2
Here are the hits from my case...
Mark Slater / Cory Hamscher / Sian Mandrake
Alex Buechel / Linzy Zorn
Kevin Doyle / Bill Pulkovski
and...
Sean Pence / Ben Burtt
February 17, 2012, 04:09 PM
MRNONSPORT
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Originally posted by Scifi Cards:
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Originally posted by MRNONSPORT:
Lee Bradley ... (Character Unknown)
Grand Admiral Thrawn (Heir to the Empire)
Ed
Thank You Ed.
February 18, 2012, 01:27 AM
Scifi Cards
My First Case... Still deciding if there will be others.
Dickey Beers Auto/Tim Proctor Sketch Shea Standefer: Tenel-Ka Dennis Budd: Yoda Kevin Reinke: Young Obi Wan Randy Siplon: Boba Fett Lawrence Reynolds: Young Anakin John P Wales: Mace Windu (Really, I promise) John Soukup: Padme "Art Card"
Was a bit disappointed with just 1 gold card. Still have one box to open that the sketch has been pulled...
Well, nobody has posted what you get in a box. I can't afford a case - So, here's my box: 1 set 110 cards, 44 extras 8 Foils of 15 1 Bronze foil 0 Gold or rainbow foils 4 of 6 etched foil 1 sketch of a droid by Cory Hamsher
There is also a nice poster with Darth Maul on it.
Mark McHaley did a great job on the foils, think these would have really looked good on a linen or canvas stock. Base cards are beautiful, as always, congrats to all the artists who participated in this project.
February 18, 2012, 09:09 PM
Miss Lizzy
First Case
John Haun/Ben Burtt Sketchagraph, Ingrid Hardy (Anakin?), Denae Frazier (Stormtrooper) Cat Staggs (Yoda), Gabe Farber (Obi-Wan), Denis Medri (Han in carbonite) Stephanie Swanger (Luke), Mike Duron (Queen Amidala)
Inserts Etched-Foil: 5 complete sets, 1 extra Silver Foil: 4 complete sets, 4 extras Bronze Foil: 2,4,5,7,9,12,13,14 Gold Foil: 1,3,10,11This message has been edited. Last edited by: Miss Lizzy,
Originally posted by Batman: Only opended a couple boxes of my case so far, but this certainly made my evening: I will post the rest of my pulls tomorrow after I finish breaking the case.
Wow what an magnificent sketch.
Is it just me or does it look like it is part of a puzzle? I wonder what the rest of it looks like.
February 19, 2012, 04:01 PM
Graham
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Originally posted by Juelle Lou: Is it just me or does it look like it is part of a puzzle? I wonder what the rest of it looks like.
It's one of several 4 card puzzles that Sean drew. The left hand adjacent card sold on Ebay on the 15th for a wonderful $750
February 19, 2012, 04:04 PM
igman7
I finally got to my cases today!!!
Case 1
Porkins by Lee Bradley and Ewoks by Beck Kramer
Vader by Lak Lim and Timothy Zahn sketchagraph by Jamie Snell
Lando by Joe Hogan and Imperial Officer by Colin Walton
Darth Maul by Jason Davies and Boba Fett by Jason Keith Phillips
Case 2
C3PO by Denis Medri and Han Solo by Stephanie Swanger
Alan Flying sketchagraph by Jake Minor and count Dooku by Mike Duron
Boba Fett by Rich Molinelli and Darth Vader by Denae Frazier
Chewie by Randy Martinez and Ben Kenobi by Gabe Farber
Needless to say, I am quite pleased with my cases.
Here is Carl's case...he wasn't as happy with his.
Wicket by Ben Dale and Mon Mothma by ?
Obi Wan by Kype Babbit and Grand Moff Tarkin (I think) puzzle 1/2 by David Green
Ventress by Kate Glasheen and Grevious by Lee Bradley
Ahsoka by Erik Maell and part of a 4 panel Vader by Scott Rorie
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February 19, 2012, 04:33 PM
watchers of watchers
I gotta say the sketch of Ben is the best card I have ever seen its so life like!
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February 19, 2012, 05:16 PM
Miss Lizzy
Second Case
Eli Rutten (Anakin & Padme puzzle 1 of 2 - looking for the other half of this puzzle!), Scott Rorie (Padme), Kate Glasheen (Leia), Erik Maell (Yoda), David Green (Clone Trooper), Lee Bradley (Gamorrean Guard) Ben Dale (Watto), Cory Hamscher (Hoth Rebel Trooper)
I stopped at Toys R Us today and bought some retail packs. If I had known they were $3.99 (not $2.99 as I expected) I probably would not have bought them, although I was fairly happy with what I ended up pulling.
17 packs total, with 14 hits Base Cards: 104/110 with 2 dupes 1 McHaley Gold Foil Parallel 1 McHaley Bronze Foil Parallel 6 McHaley Foil cards 4 clear cell cards (not even listed on the wrapper) 2 etched foil puzzle cards
1 complete base set & 50 extras 0 foils (I repeat ZERO) 4 etch foils 1,3,4,5 1:6 1 WEIRD color sketch 1 bronze foil 1:24 ...and drum roll please... 8 gold foils 2,3,4,7,8,9,12,15 1:48
Overall grade C+/C Pros: base card art(check out #8,25,48,58), use of creative humor(#44,81), and box & wrapper design. Cons: foil art design, gold foil & sketchagraph odds are too high, and no title card.
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February 21, 2012, 12:36 AM
Scifi Cards
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Originally posted by xtime: Finally opened my FIRST box...
1 complete base set & 50 extras 0 foils (I repeat ZERO) 4 etch foils 1,3,4,5 1:6 1 WEIRD color sketch 1 bronze foil 1:24 ...and drum roll please... 8 gold foils 2,3,4,7,8,9,12,15 1:48
Overall grade C+/C Pros: base card art(check out #8,25,48,58), use of creative humor(#44,81), and box & wrapper design. Cons: foil art design, gold foil & sketchagraph odds are too high, and no title card.
OK, I buy that the sketchagraph odds are high. I don't see a problem with 1:48 on the gold foils, but I do wish they had been numbered like in the past.
But, you don't like the design of the foils? Mark's art is awesome, and it's a nice departure from what previous sets have had (which was getting old IMO).
I regret not ordering any retail after learning that Kevin Graham did the art for the cel cards.
what an magnificent sketch.
