Okay, my two cases arrived in Australia. I am very happy. As expected, none of the refractor, original art etc but I did slightly above odds (an unsigned Yoda in each case and 5 helmet sketches overall). My sketch selection is brilliant. Thanks to all the artists involved.
Overall, I think Topps did a nice job on this set (apart from the cut off text). The base cards and chase sets have nice artwork and an interesting content. I also think Topps put in lots of different chase sets (though I do wonder about the silver/bronze/gold parallel).
Sketches are (thanks to all the people who helped identify):
Jason Hughes - Leia Sarah Wilkinson - Yoda Joseph Booth - Cantina musician Brian Miller - Tatooine, Jabba's Palace Jamie Snell - Rohlan Dyre (mandalorian) Paul Allan Ballard - Obi-Wan (young) Jason Sobol - "The Purge" Kevin Caron - Leia in cell
Matt Minor - Clone Trooper Bruce Gerlach - Darth Maul Jason Hughes - Han Solo David Rabbitte - Luke in fighter Chris Henderson - Lando? Lee Kohse - General Grievous Scott Zirkel - Luminara Unduli Rich Molinelli - Tusken Raider
Helmet sketchs and signatures:
The young Obi-Wan and the Lando are both stunning. Since I am a scene collector, the Rabbitte Luke will be disappearing into my collection.This message has been edited. Last edited by: tangent,
February 27, 2009, 09:30 AM
RedFive
I absolutely love how the young Obi-Wan looks like the Vintage Sugar Free Gum Wrapper design!
The Scott Zirkel is Luminara Unduli.
February 27, 2009, 12:04 PM
RedFive
I opened two cases. I was really happy with the collation. Each case had: 4 gold foil parallels 8 bronze foil parallels etched foil puzzle - 4 per box x 8 = 32 silver foil parallels - 8 per box x 8 = 64 2 artist autos 2 die cut sketch cards 8 sketches 1 Lost Yoda both unsigned though Lost Galaxy card - 1 per box x 8 = 8
Case 2 also had a black printing plate
February 27, 2009, 03:24 PM
allender
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Originally posted by slackjawedyokel: Does anyone know where I can find an artist list and sketch card count for this release? I checked Topps website and they don't list anything yet.
At least they have now posted a page that said the list and numbers will be "coming soon"!
The list on Scoundrel is focusing on the artists with confirmed numbers, and is missing a heaping handful of artists who don't have estimated #s. I haven't seen any names added over the last few days, so I think my list is close to complete:
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February 27, 2009, 05:40 PM
tangent
Love that Target trooper!
February 27, 2009, 08:11 PM
Robbathehutt
I only bought one box of Galaxy 4.
3 Etched foil (1 ,5 and 6) 8 foil art (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 1 bronze foil Art (11 of 15) 1 Auto #274 Mike Zeck 1 sketch card Chris Henderson Looks like it might be a 1 of 2 sketch.
February 27, 2009, 10:39 PM
MadCow
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Originally posted by Batman: Found two boxes at Target during lunch today, nice sketches!
Wow simply amazing! My favorite artist Kong AND my favorite SW character, Chewie. Yeah, i'm jealous...
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February 27, 2009, 10:46 PM
Batman
The Boba came from the Brick Target, and the Chewie from Toms River. The Neptune and Howell Targets were duds! Headless could have had a box from Manalapan, but he passed. Damn, we need more Targets!!
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February 27, 2009, 11:33 PM
venom5liter
Box 1: ===== 1 Base Set 1 Autograph 271 Tim Truman 4 Etched Foil 1,2,4,6 8 Foil Art 1,2,3,4,5,6,14,15 1 Foil Art Bronze 1 1 Foil Art Gold 14 1 Lost Galaxy 4 0 Lost Yoda 0 Plate 0 Shaped Sketch 1 Sketch Erik Maell
Box 2: ===== 1 Base Set 0 Autograph 4 Etched Foil 1,3,4,5 8 Foil Art 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 1 Foil Art Bronze 2 0 Foil Art Gold 1 Lost Galaxy 5 0 Lost Yoda 0 Plate 1 Shaped Sketch MAD 1 Sketch Paul Gutierrez
Box 3: ===== 1 Base Set 0 Autograph 4 Etched Foil 1,3,4,5 8 Foil Art 1,2,3,4,5,13,14,15 1 Foil Art Bronze 14 1 Foil Art Gold 11 1 Lost Galaxy 2 0 Lost Yoda 0 Plate 0 Shaped Sketch 1 Sketch Tom Hodges
Box 4: ===== 1 Base Set 0 Autograph 4 Etched Foil 2,3,5,6 8 Foil Art 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 1 Foil Art Bronze 15 0 Foil Art Gold 1 Lost Galaxy 3 0 Lost Yoda 0 Plate 0 Shaped Sketch 1 Sketch Edward Pun
Box 5: ===== 1 Base Set 0 Autograph 4 Etched Foil 1,3,4,5 8 Foil Art 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 1 Foil Art Bronze 5 1 Foil Art Gold 9 1 Lost Galaxy 3 0 Lost Yoda 0 Plate 0 Shaped Sketch 1 Sketch Jason Hughes
Box 6: ===== 1 Base Set 0 Autograph 4 Etched Foil 2,3,5,6 8 Foil Art 1,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 1 Foil Art Bronze 6 0 Foil Art Gold 1 Lost Galaxy 4 0 Lost Yoda 0 Plate 1 Shaped Sketch Phetus 1 Sketch David Rabbitte
Box 7: ===== 1 Base Set 1 Autograph 205 Michael Allred 4 Etched Foil 2,3,5,6 7 Foil Art 1,2,3,4,5,7,15 1 Foil Art Bronze 3 1 Foil Art Gold 7 1 Lost Galaxy 1 1 Lost Yoda 1 Plate 118 Yellow 0 Shaped Sketch 1 Sketch Matt Minor
Box 8: ===== 1 Base Set 1 Autograph 263 Ralph Reese 4 Etched Foil 1,2,4,6 8 Foil Art 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 1 Foil Art Bronze 4 0 Foil Art Gold 1 Lost Galaxy 2 0 Lost Yoda 0 Plate 0 Shaped Sketch 1 Sketch Bruce Gerlach
Pretty happy with the results of this case.
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Box 1 Sketch of a Tuscan Raider by Jake Minor Lost Galaxy 5 Lost Yoda 615/999 Etched foil 1,2,4,6 Gold Foil 2 of 15 227/500 Bronze foil 6 of 15 Silver foil 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
Box 2 Ron Brown Auto card Etched foil 2,3,5,6 Bronze foil 5 of 15 Silver foil 1,2,3,4,5,6,14,15 Han Solo sketch by some chap called Sean Pence.
Am I happy? - I think I will let the audience decide
Great set! I have two boxes to come. Wish I could afford more!
February 28, 2009, 04:15 PM
Dragoncrypt
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Originally posted by Batman: The Boba came from the Brick Target, and the Chewie from Toms River. The Neptune and Howell Targets were duds! Headless could have had a box from Manalapan, but he passed. Damn, we need more Targets!!
At least you have Targets...the "red" sketches are an awesome idea and it's too bad we don't have Targets up here in Canada
February 28, 2009, 04:16 PM
Dragoncrypt
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Originally posted by steve j: 2 Boxes arrived this morning.
Box 1 Sketch of a Tuscan Raider by Jake Minor Lost Galaxy 5 Lost Yoda 615/999 Etched foil 1,2,4,6 Gold Foil 2 of 15 227/500 Bronze foil 6 of 15 Silver foil 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
Box 2 Ron Brown Auto card Etched foil 2,3,5,6 Bronze foil 5 of 15 Silver foil 1,2,3,4,5,6,14,15 Han Solo sketch by some chap called Sean Pence.
Am I happy? - I think I will let the audience decide
Great set! I have two boxes to come. Wish I could afford more!
Those are AWESOME pulls for two boxes! Congrats! Any scans?
February 28, 2009, 05:37 PM
justm
Great pulls Steve - I'm seriously jealous !
Wales may not be able to win the Grand Slam now, but it sounds like you did !!
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February 28, 2009, 06:34 PM
Bryan Shaffer
So I went to Target to pick up a copy of Killzone 2 for the Playstation 3. I actually went to target yesterday looking for Galaxy packs, but there were none so I didn't expect to see any today. Well I almost didn't even go to the card section but decided to before I checked out...Glad I did. There was an almost fresh box....23/24 packs. I was a little worried, because that Target is hit by pack searchers on a daily basis. Well I decided to take the middle stack of 8 packs anyways and checked out. Went out to the car and could not wait to get home to bust the packs open. 3 Packs in I pulled the Evolution retail insert and in the second to last pack I pulled this
If I am not mistaken, she is a retail exclusive! I was THRILLED, I wanted to hit a Target sketch really badly lol. Well, there was another Target about 15 minutes away. On my high of pulling a sketch I said the heck with it and drove there. When I got there I was pleased to find another box with all 24 packs. I grabbed a stack of 8 and checked out. Opened them in the store lol, I pulled the evolution retail insert and decided to try one more stack of 8...I had driven out of my way so I might as well keep trying. Well in the last group of 8 packs my luck continued in a huge way....
Not only were the odds against me to pull ANOTHER sketch, but to pull one from the artist I collect the odds were astronomical. So I ended up spending right around $75 but walked away with 2 sketches. A good day indeed
February 28, 2009, 08:06 PM
slackjawedyokel
Heres the results of my 2 cases:
Case 1...
Case 2...
Enjoy Cheers-Peter PS - Sorry I needed to resize the images as originally I had them way too large.
February 28, 2009, 08:08 PM
Batman
Nice Doug Cowen, enjoy!
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February 28, 2009, 08:09 PM
Batman
Nice sketch by Rich, Bryan!
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