Showing posts with label star wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label star wars. Show all posts

Monday, June 7, 2010

SW01-52 - Who will win the final Star War?

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Who are they kidding, with the perspex board with lines all over it..they'd soon walk into it than actually know what it's supposed to tell them.

2. Caption competition, guy on left to Leia, "what's say you and I dump that golden bozzo and go grab ourselves a bite to eat".

Sunday, June 6, 2010

SW01-51 - See-Threepio and Princess Leia

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Not much really....other than a nice close-up on Leia

2. Did I mention the Leia close-up....she is so hot

Saturday, June 5, 2010

SW01-50 - Rebel leaders wonder about their fate!

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Is that Leia? Looks so much like a body double for me....maybe it's a man?

2. Some dodby plumbing and wiring up there in the background

3. Caption competition: man on left, "Excuse me Sir but your table for 2 is now ready".

Thursday, June 3, 2010

SW01-48 - Artoo-Detoo is loaded aboard

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. See Artoo float into the skies!

2. Caption competition: C-3PO, "Oh please R2, will you let go of that balloon at once"

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

SW01-46 - A desperate moment for Ben

Story Summary card time again

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Ben finally meets his maker (or pupil - or however you want to put it)

2. Ok...no more bathrobe jokes.

3. Ok...this is the last one...I wonder if Mrs Kenobi has a matching bathrobe



Tuesday, June 1, 2010

SW01-45 - The light sabre

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Pivotal scene in the film here where Ben Kenobi meets his fate.

2. Neon lights at 3 paces!

3. Caption competition: Vader to Ben,"I see you have added a hoodie to your bathrode Ben..nice!"

Monday, May 31, 2010

SW01-44 - Han and Chewie shoot it out!

Another Story Summary card.

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Nice shot here of the Han and Chewie

2. Bring down the Empire....using a crowbow and a hair dryer

3. Story Summary card...you know you have to have it.


Sunday, May 30, 2010

SW01-43 - Luke prepares to swing across the chasm

Another Movie Fact card

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Movie fact card...collect them all!

2. Caption competition: Leia to Luke,"um, this is Star Wars right? So how come you all of a sudden turned into Spiderman?"

3. Running 'chasm' word count in this card set: 2


Saturday, May 29, 2010

SW01-42 - Strormtroopers attack!

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. 2 Stormtroopers....better than 1?

2. You've got to love any uniform that involves a cod-piece

3. Oh no! His gun is on fire.

Friday, May 28, 2010

SW01-41 - Facing the deadly chasm

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Yet another great scene here as Luke and Leia are confronted with what looks like an unlikey escape.

2. I've added the back of this card here on this post as it's the center piece of the comic jigsaw picture on the reverse side of the card set.

3. Running 'chasm' word count in this card set: 1

Thursday, May 27, 2010

SW01-40 - Droids rescue their masters!

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. The dynamical duo to the rescue

2. Caption competition: C-3PO to R2, "No, no, no R2, thats a tin opener"

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

SW01-39 - Steel walls close in on our heroes!

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Our heroes find a way to stop the walls from closing in.

2. I wonder if poo smells the same in space?...that surely is a question that must be asked at the next astronaut landing press conference.

3. It's good to know that battle starship designers thought about putting a garbage compactor in.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

SW01-38 - Luke and Han in the refuse room

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Great scene in the movie when our heroes get stuck in the garbage compactor

2. This card proves that Stormtroopers are merely humans in a suit

3. It's a movie fact card...you have to collect them all!



Monday, May 24, 2010

SW01-37 - Cornered in the labyrinth

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Nice visual effect here down the tunnel.

2. Labyrinth you ask? Don't David Bowie doesn't make an appearance here.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

SW01-36 - Blast of the laser rifle!

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. You don't get to see the result of a laser rifle blast everyday...lap it up why don't you.

2. Some nice evasive running by some stand-in Stormtroopers in the background.



Saturday, May 22, 2010

SW01-35 Luke and Han as stormtroopers

More Movie Fact cardage here.

What's TOPPS about this card?


1. Hey, aren't they the same 2 stroomtroopers that C-3PO was trying to divert in card #35?

2. It always amazing me how the good guys always manage to knock out the bad guys and the costumes are a perfect fit.

3. Nice scene in the movie where they pretend that Chewie is a prisoner.


Friday, May 21, 2010

SW01-34 See-Threepio diverts the guards

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. You get to see how tall the Stroomtroopers really are.

2. Are they prototypes of the 2012 London Olympic mascots up in the background?

3. Caption competition: C-3PO, "Have you heard the one about the Jedi, the Droid and the Bounty Hunter?"

Thursday, May 20, 2010

SW01-33 The droids in the Control Room

Movie Fact card time again...

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. Control room!...doesn't get much cooler than that.

2. We've got George rabbiting on again about making Star Wars believable to the kids.

3. It's a movie fact card...collect them all!


Wednesday, May 19, 2010

SW01-32 Lord Vadar's Guards

another Story Summary card from the first series of Star Wars cards produced by Topps in 1977.

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. You get to see more than one Stormtrooper at a time

2. These were the Imperial Stormtroopers...only the best for Lord Vadar!

3. I wouldn't put money that guy in the middle near the ramp...what's which that stance?


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

SW01-31 Sighting the Death Star

What's TOPPS about this card?

1. It's the awesome foursome!

2. Of course would have been better if the card actually showed the Death Star

3. First real shot of Chewie in this series.