First Buzz: 2018 Topps Star Wars Galaxy trading cards

BlowoutBuzz · 05-31-2018, 04:38 PM

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hrad_23 · 05-31-2018, 04:49 PM

I am very excited for this set! Loved the Galaxy sets of the past. That said, I am not too keen on the autograph designs.

jdhaugh11 · 05-31-2018, 04:59 PM

Will this be hobby and retail or just hobby?

Vargaman · 05-31-2018, 05:00 PM

Hmm, I'm excited for the base set.

The Wanted posters are meh, Chrome already did those and there's nothing really special there. I loved the propaganda cards before, I'm hoping they didn't just reuse phrases for these. I have no clue why they thought TLJ character inserts are needed yet again, we already had two sets of them.

When they say "patch cards with memorable past Star Wars Galaxy artwork" I wonder if it's a patch of that artwork, or if a patch is inserted as part of the image.

Would the parallels just be card borders with a set like this? I wasn't around for the previous galaxy sets.

Vargaman · 05-31-2018, 05:09 PM

These will likely be the Ahsoka journey art cards considering one matches the preview. I wonder how many of these will be new art for this set versus previously in the trader app.

https://team-ahsoka.com/2016/07/19/f...s-card-trader/

Sharard · 05-31-2018, 05:28 PM

The art cards being done by the Glebe Bothers should be great looking

ForceChange77 · 05-31-2018, 05:30 PM

From the folks that brought you solo, comes a whole new set with a dee tails auto guaranteed in every box

Sharard · 05-31-2018, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ForceChange77

From the folks that brought you solo, comes a whole new set with a dee tails auto guaranteed in every box

Sighs, didn’t take long for the negative stuff.. this was really needed and really adds to the post..guess if it makes you feel better..

Brobocop · 05-31-2018, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sharard

Sighs, didn’t take long for the negative stuff.. this was really needed and really adds to the post..guess if it makes you feel better..

This is why they get away with putting out garbage like Solo. People are already forgetting about how badly they screwed people with that release. This release could be great, and I hope people enjoy opening and collecting it. Still, let's not pretend that Topps pooped out Solo after hiding the checklist and doing NOTHING to beef up the release.

Rootleaf · 05-31-2018, 05:46 PM

I was excited about this because I thought it would be sketch heavy, perhaps 1 sketch per box.
Then I saw this:
Commemorative Patch cards with parallels of Blue (/199), Green (/150), Purple (/99), Orange (/25) and Red (1/1) parallels.
Do we really need 474 parallels of each patch? If there are 30 different patches that leaves us with over 14000 "hits" being parallels of patches. That's going to leave little room for sketches. Hopefully those numbers are incorrect.

moistpaper · 05-31-2018, 05:50 PM

I’ve always liked the Galaxy series in the past. It’s good to see another set coming out.

ForceChange77 · 05-31-2018, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sharard

Sighs, didn’t take long for the negative stuff.. this was really needed and really adds to the post..guess if it makes you feel better..

Lol. Solo is exactly why they made this announcement this week. A week after crapping the bed, they release details of a set that looks better and has built in nostalgia. I’m sorry, I’m not giving topps a pass.

And the patches thing stinks like high heaven. Never had patches in previous versions of galaxy. Means high production and upcharge so they can say 2 hits

Vargaman · 05-31-2018, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ForceChange77

Lol. Solo is exactly why they made this announcement this week. A week after crapping the bed, they release details of a set that looks better and has built in nostalgia. I’m sorry, I’m not giving topps a pass.

And the patches thing stinks like high heaven. Never had patches in previous versions of galaxy. Means high production and upcharge so they can say 2 hits

Don't let the Ford teaser fool anyone. There will be like 5 in this set.

Honestly people should not preorder anything until Topps makes changes. But then again I'm talking to a majority of addicts lol.

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Ty Hope · 05-31-2018, 06:18 PM

No more sw until checklists are out.

Sharard · 05-31-2018, 06:33 PM

It will be interesting to see the effect of Solo awful auto list will be on the pre orders.. and what’s nice is we have people here to be the reminders of how bad Star Wars is no matter how many times they say basically the same thing over and over.

But, they are right to that we really need to hold back pre ordering this and any other future release till they fix what they put in these...we need better than 5 copies of each big name and tons of lower end autos.

But doing stuff like art work by the Glebe brothers is a move in the right direction, which is all I mentioned above.

To people in the know, do distributers really pay attention to pre orders, or do they have just like a standing order with companies like Topps, and just obsorbe these crappy releases with stuff like bowman?

jrosales · 05-31-2018, 07:01 PM

Very excited about this - my wife is one of the artists whose concept will be used as a base card. Very proud.

natbornkiller · 05-31-2018, 07:02 PM

they had me until they mentioned patches

DarthRogahn · 05-31-2018, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Ty Hope

No more sw until checklists are out.

agree!

peterose4hof · 05-31-2018, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jrosales

Very excited about this - my wife is one of the artists whose concept will be used as a base card. Very proud.

This is exciting news. She is very deserving!

peterose4hof · 05-31-2018, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ty Hope

No more sw until checklists are out.

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Originally Posted by DarthRogahn

agree!

Same here. I love Galaxy. Still have a bunch I collected in the 90's. I'll wait to see CL and then decide, even if I have to pay a premium.

The amount of patches is staggering.

Plinth · 05-31-2018, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jrosales

Very excited about this - my wife is one of the artists whose concept will be used as a base card. Very proud.

That's awesome. Can't wait to see it!

daviswr7 · 05-31-2018, 08:59 PM

Patches. Geez. The lure of the galaxy 4, 5, 6, and 7 was sketches and sketchagraphs, artistic freedom via sketches, die cuts, 8 box cases and reasonable box pricing.

Are we just incorporating the “new wave junk” into what was once a great run of products. There were only six signers for G5 and not many signers for 6 & 7 as far as sketchagraphs went..

I want this to be good so bad. But I really doubt Topps can win me back over here.

It really sounds like the exact same format as all the other crap Topps has cranked out just with new artwork (which I’m looking forward too btw)

ForceChange77 · 05-31-2018, 09:03 PM

Best recent release of topps was black and white. It’s probsbly what 40th should have been. As soon as you hit 2 hit boxes, the msrp gets jacked up by like $20. No patch - except for the 1:1 is worth close to that

PoPCulture · 05-31-2018, 09:19 PM

Bummer...Galaxy didn’t need this. I loved 4-6. Loved 1-3 even more. This doesn’t need gimmicks, just original art. I look forward to getting the set but I don’t need all of the fancy add-on accessories.

jrosales · 05-31-2018, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by peterose4hof

This is exciting news. She is very deserving!

Thanks. I'm beyond proud and excited for her!

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Originally Posted by Plinth

That's awesome. Can't wait to see it!

We're looking forward to sharing it with you guys, when we're able to.

05-31-2018, 04:38 PM	#1
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05-31-2018, 04:49 PM	#2
hrad_23 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 2,803 maxdog_23 hrad_23	I am very excited for this set! Loved the Galaxy sets of the past. That said, I am not too keen on the autograph designs. __________________ LOOKING FOR JAMES CASEY 2009 TOPPS FINEST NAMEPLATES /10

05-31-2018, 05:00 PM	#4
Vargaman Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 7,072 mikeinator1st	Hmm, I'm excited for the base set. The Wanted posters are meh, Chrome already did those and there's nothing really special there. I loved the propaganda cards before, I'm hoping they didn't just reuse phrases for these. I have no clue why they thought TLJ character inserts are needed yet again, we already had two sets of them. When they say "patch cards with memorable past Star Wars Galaxy artwork" I wonder if it's a patch of that artwork, or if a patch is inserted as part of the image. Would the parallels just be card borders with a set like this? I wasn't around for the previous galaxy sets. __________________ My FS/FT thread https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1112127 Star Wars Hit Tracker https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lqC7BKe5JZs5ucYxt0oa0gRPk1iZ9ISfjfFw0gYB6kI/edit?usp=sharing

05-31-2018, 05:09 PM	#5
Vargaman Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 7,072 mikeinator1st	These will likely be the Ahsoka journey art cards considering one matches the preview. I wonder how many of these will be new art for this set versus previously in the trader app. https://team-ahsoka.com/2016/07/19/f...s-card-trader/ __________________ My FS/FT thread https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1112127 Star Wars Hit Tracker https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lqC7BKe5JZs5ucYxt0oa0gRPk1iZ9ISfjfFw0gYB6kI/edit?usp=sharing

05-31-2018, 06:33 PM	#15
Sharard Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,638	It will be interesting to see the effect of Solo awful auto list will be on the pre orders.. and what’s nice is we have people here to be the reminders of how bad Star Wars is no matter how many times they say basically the same thing over and over. But, they are right to that we really need to hold back pre ordering this and any other future release till they fix what they put in these...we need better than 5 copies of each big name and tons of lower end autos. But doing stuff like art work by the Glebe brothers is a move in the right direction, which is all I mentioned above. To people in the know, do distributers really pay attention to pre orders, or do they have just like a standing order with companies like Topps, and just obsorbe these crappy releases with stuff like bowman? Last edited by Sharard; 05-31-2018 at 06:38 PM.

05-31-2018, 04:59 PM	#3
jdhaugh11 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,818 jdhaugh11 Jdhaugh11	Will this be hobby and retail or just hobby?

05-31-2018, 05:28 PM	#6
Sharard Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,638	The art cards being done by the Glebe Bothers should be great looking

05-31-2018, 05:30 PM	#7
ForceChange77 Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 3,615 chansterbogey	From the folks that brought you solo, comes a whole new set with a dee tails auto guaranteed in every box

05-31-2018, 05:46 PM	#10
Rootleaf Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,002	I was excited about this because I thought it would be sketch heavy, perhaps 1 sketch per box. Then I saw this: Commemorative Patch cards with parallels of Blue (/199), Green (/150), Purple (/99), Orange (/25) and Red (1/1) parallels. Do we really need 474 parallels of each patch? If there are 30 different patches that leaves us with over 14000 "hits" being parallels of patches. That's going to leave little room for sketches. Hopefully those numbers are incorrect.

05-31-2018, 05:50 PM	#11
moistpaper Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 914	I’ve always liked the Galaxy series in the past. It’s good to see another set coming out.

05-31-2018, 06:18 PM	#14
Ty Hope Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,791	No more sw until checklists are out.

05-31-2018, 07:01 PM	#16
jrosales Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,817 rosales_art	Very excited about this - my wife is one of the artists whose concept will be used as a base card. Very proud. __________________ My DeviantArt sketch card gallery, with newly-created artwork uploaded regularly: http://jrosales1.deviantart.com/gallery Always open to discussing sketch card commissions. Please PM me for my availability.

05-31-2018, 07:02 PM	#17
natbornkiller Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: bkNY Posts: 22,723	they had me until they mentioned patches __________________ HAH HAH I STILL HAS THE RIGHT TO EDIT THIS !:eatit:

05-31-2018, 08:59 PM	#22
daviswr7 Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Dagobah Posts: 7,240 daviswr7	Patches. Geez. The lure of the galaxy 4, 5, 6, and 7 was sketches and sketchagraphs, artistic freedom via sketches, die cuts, 8 box cases and reasonable box pricing. Are we just incorporating the “new wave junk” into what was once a great run of products. There were only six signers for G5 and not many signers for 6 & 7 as far as sketchagraphs went.. I want this to be good so bad. But I really doubt Topps can win me back over here. It really sounds like the exact same format as all the other crap Topps has cranked out just with new artwork (which I’m looking forward too btw) Last edited by daviswr7; 05-31-2018 at 09:02 PM.

05-31-2018, 09:03 PM	#23
ForceChange77 Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 3,615 chansterbogey	Best recent release of topps was black and white. It’s probsbly what 40th should have been. As soon as you hit 2 hit boxes, the msrp gets jacked up by like $20. No patch - except for the 1:1 is worth close to that

05-31-2018, 09:19 PM	#24
PoPCulture Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: In the Goldilocks Zone Posts: 7,708	Bummer...Galaxy didn’t need this. I loved 4-6. Loved 1-3 even more. This doesn’t need gimmicks, just original art. I look forward to getting the set but I don’t need all of the fancy add-on accessories.