Charlie and the Choccie Factory info

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[grecopa]

Julios nonsport depot has 2 chocolate bar cards and an announcement poster for a buy it now @$19.99 each.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=219&item=6190068434&rd=1

[Anna]

Woo Hoo!  Congratulations Beckham on you Depp auto pull!   Was pulling it worth the delay in your delivery?

[ferdinand_the_yak]

Nice one Becks! Which of the LOTR autos are you after? It might make it easier for you to decide if you can get 2 or 3 of them for the Depp auto

[Trey]

oh....that is a devine auto  I wanttsssss it   

[grecopa]

Allender, I saw on the breakdown thread that you pulled a Depp auto!!!!  Wonderful luck!  Are you keeping or selling?

[Anna]

Allender, I saw on the breakdown thread that you pulled a Depp auto!!!!  Wonderful luck!  Are you keeping or selling?

I saw that too, congratulations Jeff!   Nice pull!

[allender]

Allender, I saw on the breakdown thread that you pulled a Depp auto!!!!  Wonderful luck!  Are you keeping or selling?

Gosh, you're too quick for me.    Had to upload the images before I came over to this thread!

I'm keeping. Though some day I might change my mind.

I think I'll stay with my luck with a box or two with new sets because my luck's been a lot better than my cases. Right now, this looks like my personal record. Not quite like the story of somebody pulling a James Earl Jones SW autograph from a random pack, but I'll settle for a Johnny Depp from two boxes.  

Here's the scan of my three high chase. The chocolate bar is 3 mm thick, and will still slide into a 9-pocket page. I'm glad it was confirmed as "plastic" because I was going to lick a corner to find out. Mrs. Gloop is very nice because I got all six colors, even tho it's not the rarest card in the set!  I don't think I have a right to complain for a while.

[TOMUNIQUE]

where did you get those lucky boxes?

[beckham1]

OK as much as I do like these cards I do have to make this observation....they didn't do a good job of mixing up the collation.  I will post my case breakdowns so you can see what I mean better Tues (as I must go to bed soon), but I had many duplicates from case to case.  I actually got the same 5 autos in consecutive cases and 3 certain autos were in each of the 4 cases I opened

Well just my take, but it's hard to complain when you get a depp auto , but my guess regarding #'ing the boxes is they just number them on the assembly line with random variable numbers and then shrink wrap and put them in the cases.  So you probably get 10 consecutive boxes off the assembly line.  Well I will post my breakdowns Tues and it will make more sense, but again I do like the cards I just have a lot of duplicates and not a lot of variety.

[Tower]

A Johnny Depp out of 2 boxes, that's amazing, congrats Jeff !  

I think, i will find a golden ticket in the only box i ordered. You can call me Charlie after that.    BTW: I don't know why everybody says there are 18 tickets. I checked it in the book and there are only 5 of them.  

Okay, enough kidding, let's go to work now.  

But before more seriously: It seems that there are really only 5 of them if i look how many appeared yet.  

And finally: A new Johnny Depp is on ebay, reached $400 after 5 hours. They sell pretty well at the moment, great pulls guys.  

[Roz]

Mrs. Gloop is very nice because I got all six colours, even tho it's not the rarest card in the set!  I don't think I have a right to complain for a while.

Certainly not! It's always good to see long time collectors get some really good luck (I am also thinking of Joanna/Sketchqueen and her Topps Batman Begins case).

[Anna]

Here is a picture of the 4 tins for this set:




Here's what the retail foils (M1-M9) look like - they're similar, but different from the hobby foils (R1-R9).  The backs of the retail foils also make a different puzzle picture (again similar, but different):

[Roz]

Ooh and this auction has a pic of the back of the Depp auto!

They have used the same pic on the back as on the front

http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-1738318-5463217?loc=http%3A//cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D6190249702

[grecopa]

Are those your foils, Anna?  I love the look, very pop art style.  Especially the Oompa Loompas!  Does anyone know if the retail is in stores yet?  Can you get these tins in stores too?

[hyescarface00]

im new to the retail aspect of this hobby. but i still do need 2 of the retail prop cards, what stores carry artbox cards? im going out to look later today, where are the best places to look???

[hyescarface00]

one more thing you guys. What is the Mrs. Beuragarde pants "SD Comicon Exclusive". Will they be handing these out at Comicon?? I have been the last 2 years and didnt know they gave out free memorabilia cards? Roz can you shed any light on this topic?

[allender]

where did you get those lucky boxes?

Chuckle chortle. I think the questioner knows that I mined this particular lode straight out of New Yawk City.   

Actually, one of the two boxes only gave me a chocolate bar. Then again, it was the first box, so I can't say that I ordered too many. Not a bad UPS day, since the single Batman Begins box in my package yielded a Murphy auto. Thanks!

[allender]

I think, i will find a golden ticket in the only box i ordered. You can call me Charlie after that.  

Nah, Charlie had to buy at least three to find his. We have to find you some money in the snow so that you can relive the fantasy. ...

[allender]

Mrs. Gloop is very nice because I got all six colours, even tho it's not the rarest card in the set!  I don't think I have a right to complain for a while.

Certainly not! It's always good to see long time collectors get some really good luck (I am also thinking of Joanna/Sketchqueen and her Topps Batman Begins case).

Joanna gets a special round of applause because she started the whole discussion thread for that card set, and got rewarded for all the energy she spent in the anticipation!

[grecopa]

I just got a look at the hobby foils.  I think they look like old psychedelic concert posters!