Why I am addicted to GFR – and why you should be too

When Galactic Files Reborn was announced I immediately went “meh, another base set to get and forget about.” And that’s exactly what I did. I bought a base set, put it in a binder, labeled it, and forgot about it.

On Force Friday 2017 I went to Target to look for Journey to Last Jedi cards. After three times striking out, I noticed this Target had a few blaster boxes of GFR out. I said screw it and bought the four they had.

Opening the packs I became hooked. Here is why:

The Cards Are Gorgeous

While the numbering system is goofy and uneven, the front and back of the cards are gorgeous.  The base black cards are great, but the parallel colors of orange, blue, green, purple, gold, and red are tremendous and much better than the standard border color changes. I mean, look at my man Rex – what a great looking card!

The Parallels are limited

Listen, I get the love for variation by Topps, but its overkill.  Having a base, 3 base parallels, a /199, /99, /50, /25, /10, /5, and 1/1 is tremendous overkill.  Topps eased back a bit on that for the GFR set.  Here you get the base set, two unnumbered parallels, and only a /199, /99, /10, and 1/1. Thats it.  Its awesome!

Inserts are Limited

I also get the big push for inserts, and store exclusive inserts.  I wish those were limited print inserts, but nonetheless.  GFR’s inserts are limited to the 5 base inserts and medallions.  While they are not the best inserts or medallions, they do serve a purpose and there are some really nice looking cards – from Slave I, to Snowspeeders, to some movie quotes, there are some nice cards to rainbow here.

That’s it.  See our review on GFR for more.  But for me, GFR is a great set and highlights some great things by Topps.  What are our thoughts on Galactic Files Reborn?

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