Thursday, March 31, 2011

Clone Wars Widevision Revisited...


I really liked the 2009 Topps Star Wars: Clone Wars Widevision sketch cards because the bigger cards made for more surface area for the sketches, and some amazing cards came out of that set. Mike's work from CWW was fantastic, so much so that I had trouble finding any of his cards at a reasonable price. I think a majority of Mike's cards were color, so right out of the gate his cards were selling for $100+. I wasn't able to buy a single one of Mike's CWW until I met him at Disney last Spring and he offered me his last CWW Return- the Ventress that I posted in here last Fall. When this Ahsoka sketch (with, I believe, two 1G-88 Assassin Droids in the background) came up for sale recently on Ebay as a Buy it Now w/Best Offer, I put in an offer and got it. So finally I have a Michael Duron pack-pulled Clone Wars Widevision sketch. More Galaxy 6 sketches to be posted soon.. until then, thanks for reading...

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Galaxy 6

After many months of being talked down, Galaxy 6 was released in early March to rave reviews. Topps hit a homerun with this product. Of course I had my eyes open for any of Mike's sketches that I could get at a reasonable price, and was able to pick up these two and 3 others thus far. Unfortunately, the one I was most looking forward to getting is seemingly lost in the mail. It was an R2D2 sketch that I bought on Ebay, and the seller sent it out the next day with Delivery Confirmation, but the tracking ends in Maine. What a complete bummer! Hopefully it'll be found and it will find it's way to me. As for the two sketches I've posted tonight, I love the crosshatching Mike has done on the Anakin, and the Vader is classic Mike. Just two great sketches. I have another of Mike's sketches already in my posession (but not scanned), and at least one more on the way, so I should be posting again soon. Until then, thanks for reading...