From: rickard@anasazi.com (Ronald J. Rickard Jr)
Subject: Topps Star Wars Cards (Was: Cute dinosaur scene cut from SW)
Organization: Anasazi, Inc.  Phoenix, Arizona USA
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 12:55:35 GMT

In article <92320.193009GPS108@psuvm.psu.edu> GPS108@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
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>I don't believe at all that a close-up seen of Dewey was ever included in Star
>Wars.  The original rationale for this was, I believe , that the Topps tradi  c
>ard showed the close-up and the poster claimed that his brother remembered a sh
>ot just like that in the film. But, from looking at all kinds of movie cards, I
> think that the pictures on them are just about always still photographs rather
> than a shot reproduced from a frame of film.  So there would be no film in Sta
>r Wars that showed Dewey at that precise angle.  The memory could be from the t
>oy package, as someone previously said, or I seem to recall that shot of De::po
>wey in the centerfold of a printing of the STar Wars novelization.
>Speaking of card images not being in the film, does anyone remember a ROTJ card
> with Luke hanging from the underside of the grataing at Jabba's palace?That wa
>s a shocker when I saw it on the cards!                  lcho

Speaking of Topps trading cards, has anyone ever put all 330 cards from the 
first movie in a chronological order as seen in the movie?  Being the 
Star Wars fanatic I am (or just really bored), I tried this once (not having
all the cards) and discovered that many of the cards are the same across 
the different series.  It seems certain scenes from the movie were really
heavily used, such as the stormtrooper/rebel fighting on the rebel
blockade runner.  There are very few scenes of the space ships (except the
Falcon, which is shown alot on the ground), and no scenes from the 
trench battle at the end of the movie.  Too bad!  It seems that by the time 
the fifth series came out, the battle at the end would not have been 
spoiled if put on the cards.  It was nice that the cantina scenes were
included in the fifth and final series, though.  Can anybody think of any 
other major scenes or events were not included in the cards?  

Also, the first (blue) series was presented in almost chronological order and
the other were not, but it has many of the "titles" across the bottom
of the card wrong!  One example I can think of is when the two droids,
C3PO and R2-D2 are in the Owen's garage (?), but the bottom of the card
says something like "The droids in the computer room" (Death Star.)  Does
anyone know when the first series (blue) Star Wars cards came out in
relation to the movie?  Because of these type of errors, I suspect the
cards came out before the movie.  After all, how could anybody make that
kind of mistake after seeing the movie several times. 8^>

Also, many of the cards, most notably the fourth series, show the
major characters in posed scenes.  If you look at the different cards
with Chewbacca and Han in front of the ramp of the Falcon, you can
tell that many of these were posed as well (or maybe they all were),
and I swear the Falcon in the back looks different on different
cards.  (Most noticeable by looking at the dent shown.)  

An interesting card to look for I hear (I've seen it, but I don't 
own it myself) is card #207 (I think) of the fourth series which has
a picture of C3PO.  One version of the card has a metal (?) projection
just behind C3PO in just a way that it looks like C3PO has a penis!  I
believe this was 'painted' out of the card, so another version exists
without this.  Does anybody know if this shot was from the movie and if
the card with the projection or without the projection is the 
original shot?

Out of the all the cards, I must admit I like the red (second) series
the best.  It contains many scenes the other series have overlooked and
just has the feel of the movie presented in it the best.  What does
everyone else think.

Since I am just now trying to acquire the cards, after having gotten rid of
them when I was younger, I have recently become interested in them,
again.  Does anybody know where they can be bought in the packs still?
What is the price that they go for in the packs?  I know what the price
guides say, but many times these guides are wrong and don't reflect what
the current prices are.  Any information you can provide would be very
appreciated.  I am also interested in finding Empire Strikes Back and 
Return of the Jedi cards as well.  

Finally, just to start a thread, if you have made it this far in the
post, how about writing what your favorite card is and why.  To 
start it off, I like the picture in the fifth series (cannot
remember the card number), which shows a group of stormtroopers on the
Death Star and the lead one being blasted by Solo!  A nifty 
scene if you ask me.

Until I started reading this news group, my interest in Star Wars had
started fading.  But this group has really brought out the 'fan' in
me again.  Thanks.				Ron