Sports Cards Ate My Brain

I decided to shop on Topps.com and they had 2019 Star Wars Masterwork listed.  I paid the most I've ever paid for a box of cards and I got two. Masterworks has four packs or miniboxes in each box and promises four hits. Here's what I got:   These are purple parallels of the base card. I got two of the base autographs. The first one is they guy who was the voice of the Emperor so not a thrill here.  I'm not a big fan of autographs from voice actors in the Star Wars universe as I do not watch the cartoons. The only autograph I care about from these boxes.  This is a rainbow foil parallel of Denis Lawson who played Wedge Antillies.  After the other two autographs it was very welcome to get a familiar character. Here are a couple of 1/1 sketch cards by Anthony Figaro and Matthew Hirons respectively.  This now takes me from two sketch cards to four in my collection.  As usual the artists have signed the back of the cards.  While these are not characters I am overly thrilled by I

I am a big Star Wars fan and have bought a box of just about every product that Topps has released lately.  I decided to get a box of 2020 Women of Star Wars. When I got the box I realized that there were fewer packs than I thought so a complete set cannot be completed out of a box as is usual with most Star Wars releases. Here are the hits: Amy Allen was an employee behind the scenes at Lucasfilm before she was chosen to play Aayla Secura in episodes II and III.  Aayla Secure originally appeared in comic books.  This is the blue parallel version of the card, numbered out of 50. The other big hit I got is this unique sketch card of Queen Amidala.  It is by Patricio Carrasco and his signed on the back by the artist.  This is only the second sketch card I've ever pulled after a Walking Dead one I got a couple of years ago. I was pleased with these two cards but don't plan on buying another box of this product unless it is on deep discount.

For the uninitiated, May 4 is Star Wars Day (see the title of the post to figure it out.) I celebrated all weekend by finishing Jedi: Fallen Order yesterday and playing some Star Wars: The Old Republic online. As far as cards go I have a decent collection of some of the recent sets. I've decided to share the autographs I have. The Peter Mayhew is my favorite so I ended with it. Not much more to say.  I'm off to play some more online. I connected my scanner so no bad photography for a few posts.

I bought my first pack of Star Wars cards when they first came out after the first movie.  Not sure what happened to those cards. I've been collecting Star Wars again for the past couple of years.  Here are some of my best cards. I got this out of a pack of Jedi Legacy cards.  An authentic film cell of Darth Vader threatening to torture Princess Leia, The other hits are autographs. Here are 3 characters from various sets. My best hit so far is this one. I got it out of a pack I bought at Oxford Comics in Atlanta. Not much of a writer this evening but wanted to get a post out.

I'm happy to say that I am old enough to have seen Star Wars when it came out in 1977.  If only I had kept my Star Wars toys in their original packaging..... I passively collect Star Wars cards.  Here are a few of my favorites. And now I will play Star Wars online.  Good night!

To recap:  These are the cards I would take with me if I could take ten 9-card pages with me to Mars. I decided that each part of my collection cannot have more than one page.  The cards must fit into a regulation page as far as height and width but I am taking liberties with how thick some of the cards are. The last of the 10 pages features my favorite Non-Sport cards. 1964 Topps Beatles Black and White Series 2 #69 My all-time favorite band.  Topps issued several Beatles sets in the 1960's.  I got this card for $3 at a show. 1991 Impel Marvel #1 I have some other Spider-Man cards, including a 3-D hologram, but this one is the best one. 1995 Topps Animaniacs Stickers #12 I was a huge fan of the Animaniacs.  These pigeons are from the Goodfeathers, which was a parody of the movie Goodfellas.  The most famous Animaniacs were Pinky and the Brain but I liked the Goodfeathers the most; although, Chicken Boo is also up there. 2008 Donruss Amercana #227