TOPPS Star Wars The Force Awakens Series 2 – Base Card #41 – Gold Parallel

THAT – Cardboard presents this listing for a Gold Parallel of base card #41 from the Topps Star Wars The Force Awakens Series 2 set from 2016.

The card is in VF/NM condition and was straight from pack to storage.

Gold parallel cards were found approximately 1 in 29 packs.

Base Card Description

• Card #: 41
• Title: Han Solo & Chewie Return Home
• Parallel: Gold 
• Numbering: #032 / 100

Release Description

• Company: Topps
• Released: 2016
• Release Type: Standard trading cards available in hobby and retail

Star Wars The Force Awakens Series 2 is a 100-card base set that recounts the characters and events that occur in The Force Awakens movie. This release is considered the third of three card sets related to the Star Wars The Force Awakens movie release.

The cards are standard card stock with a glossy front and matte back. Silver foil is embossed on the front and there are different colours for the foil for the variant base cards. There are also two short-print cards (#101, #102) that have no foil and parallels.

The product was released to both hobby and retail markets. Topps also had an online exclusive Factory Set which included all three card sets (310 cards) foil stamped with Complete Set.

Base Cards and Parallels

There are 100 base cards with 6 variant parallels (not including printing plates).

• Green (1 per pack, no numbering)
• Blue (1 per 2 packs, no numbering)
• Purple (1 per 4 packs, no numbering)
• Holofoil (1 per 12 packs, no numbering)
• Gold (# to 100 – Hobby Exclusive)
• Platinum (1/1 – Hobby Exclusive)

Insert sub-sets

7 insert subsets were available to chase (listed below) and were pack inserted at varied odds.  Printing plates are also available for most of the insert sets.

• Character Stickers (18 cards)
• Concept Art (9 cards)
• Heroes of the Resistance (16 cards)
• Power of the First Order (11 cards)
• Maz’s Castle (9 cards)
• Character Poster (5 cards)
• Star Wars Trader Classic Art (9 cards)

Premium Hits

2 premium hits were guaranteed in each hobby box of TFA Series 2. The hits included Manufactured Medallions, Autographs, Sketches, Printing Plates and Costume Relics. The retail blaster boxes had 1 guaranteed hit which was usually a medallion.

Ten manufactured medallions were created by Topps for Series 2. Combined with different character images, dual-medallion book and dual-auto medallion book cards, there were a total of 47 medallion cards to collect. The medallions themselves also had 4 variants (Bronze – unnumbered, Silver #50-399, Gold #25-299, Platinum #3-25). Dual and Dual-Autograph medallions have no variants and are all limited to 5 copies.

The autograph signer list was much larger than Series 1 with 29 signers (David Accord signed for 2 characters). Unfortunately, Daisy Ridley was not part of the autograph list. Along with the Dual, Triple and Quad autographs, there were a total of 36 autograph cards + 6 auto medallion cards.

Sketch cards were drawn by 17 popular sketch card artists. Printing Plates rounded off the premium hits with plates available for the base cards and also the inserts

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