HANDLED, BUT IN VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION OVERALL // THESE CARDS ARE MADE OF A PLASTIC SUBSTANCE THAT HAS DEGRADED OVER TIME AND SECRETES A WAX FILM RESIDUE. YOU CAN REMOVE IT BY RUBBING A PAPER TOWEL / CLOTH ALONG THE GRAIN OF THE FINISH WHICH I DID BEFORE SCANNING THESE CARDS. SOME OF THE DARKER IMAGE CARDS ALSO HAVE A WHITE BUBBLE ISSUE AT THE SURFACE. CONSIDERING THE AGE OF THE CARDS, THEY HAVE HELD UP WELL,  BUT ALSO ARE PRONE TO EDGE WEAR. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THESE DEFECT ISSUES WERE RESOLVED WITH THE EPISODE 1 3DI SET RELEASED 4 YEARS LATER AND WITH THE 3DI SETS RELEASED FROM 2010 ON.

THIS IS A BASE TRADING CARD FROM THE STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE 3DI WIDEVISION SET RELEASED BY TOPPS BACK IN 1996. THIS WAS THE FIRST SET OF 3DI CARDS RELEASED FOR THE STAR WARS SETS AND WITH THAT, HAD SOME MANUFACTURING DEFECTS THAT I HAVE LISTED ABOVE. THEY ENDED UP CANCELLING THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK AND RETURN OF THE JEDI SETS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED SHORTLY AFTER THIS SET AND WERE ONLY RELEASED AS LIMITED EDITION SETS ALMOST 15 YEARS LATER ONCE THE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED.