Check out this cool announcement by Topps
Topps is thrilled to announce 2016 Star Wars Evolution is hitting hobby store shelves today, Friday, June 3rd.
This set will take collectors on a journey from The Phantom Menacethrough The Force Awakens as well as highlight character evolutions like Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker rising from Tatooine farm boy to Rebel Alliance hero and Jedi Knight.
The Star Wars Evolution base set is comprised of 100 cards showcasing iconic characters’ progressions over the Saga. Each base card has 4 different parallels with the Imperial Red Parallel being the rarest, and numbered 1 of 1. There are also 9 short-printed base cards limited to 100 copies for each. These short-prints contain all new images and text.
There are 5 inserts sets to collect found 1 in every 2 boxes. These include Evolution of Vehicles & Ships, Evolution of the Lightsaber, Evolution of Star Wars Comics, Stained Glass Pairings, and the rare Lenticular Morph Cards, found approximately 1 in every 3 boxes.
Each 24 pack box will include 2 hits, comprised of patch cards, autograph cards, and sketch cards. The Faction Patch Cards pair a notable Star Wars figure with a special faction patch created exclusively for Star Wars Evolution. There are also signed versions of several of these patch cards available as well. Over 80 different actors and voice actors appear on autograph cards which showcase the variety of characters they portrayed in Star Wars movies and animated properties. These autograph cards include sequentially numbered parallels and autographed printing plate versions. Signers include Mark Hamill as both Luke Skywalker AND Darth Bane, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and John Boyega. Actors such as Andy Serkis, Clive Revill, Denis Lawson, Stephen Stanton, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Phil Lamarr have signatures appearing for the first time in Star Wars Evolution. Also included are multiple Dual, Triple, and a SUPER RARE Quad Autograph Book Card featuring 4 actors who portrayed the galaxy’s deadliest bounty hunter, Boba Fett. In addition to the patch and autograph cards, fans can find sketch cards featuring specially commissioned hand drawn artwork from over 40 talented artists.
Author: Len Cline
Len Cline has been a fan of Star Wars since he saw a pirated “A New Hope” with a TV dinner when he was around 3 (He only remembers the Tantive 4 battle), he was in his “Primary Star Wars Introduction Age” (PSWIA for short) (aka. 7 years) when “Revenge of the Sith” came out. Len fell out of the active Star Wars fandom for a few years and explored the majority of science fiction eras (except for the 90’s , which is a big deal (Except for Star Trek) until he was brought back through the Star Wars podcasting community. Len loves to read science fiction (Asimov being his favourite writer) and also enjoys the classics (Dostoyevsky anyone?). He loves all things philosophy (Cogito ergo sum!), politics (De Toqueville and Machiavelli!), and poetry (Mathew Arnold and T.S. Eliot for the win!). He is also an anglophile. Len’s worldview is colored by many things in his life: He’s a devout Catholic and holds his beliefs high, as well as believing that morality and personal responsibility are paramount. Len hopes to move to Europe to attend college for philosophy and/or other social sciences. He then aims to put his studies to good use for the world (hopefully just like Luke Skywalker!).