New Harry Potter set

[Guest]

[m.o.b.]

There is a new H.P. set (HARRY POTTER MEMORABLE MOMENTS CARDS) listed in this months Previews.
For a bit more information see the link below

http://previews.diamondcomics.com/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=23&s=130&ai=26098

[Roz]

Unless that's the short print 'premium' product that everyone has already been talking about...

...did I just hear someone whisper "overkill"?

[kbmum]

It sounds like we have two different products -- the Poster Trunk Set and the Memorable Moments Set.  The Poster Trunk Set is supposedly going to be released in early-to-mid April, then GOFU late April/early May, and there's no date for the Memorable Moments Set.  Unless the two limited edition sets are around $10-$15 each, my wallet won't be able to take it.

It just doesn't make sense to me to do these sets now.  Artbox would be better off releasing them after they've finished sets for all seven movies.  Then they could continue milking the cash cow just like Topps is for LOTR.

[Roz]

lol Topps and LOTR is NOTHING like Artbox, it's 18 months since we had a LOTR set - and Evolution is totally new material - sketches, which we haven't had for LOTR before, my only criticism would be that there's no artists from WETA or John Howe or Alan Lee because Topps won't put the $$ into it.

We never had 9 LOTR sets in a year! 2 Max. Topps is a quality company, they really are sports people but they do get some good NS licenses and they are very experienced. I don't think there's any comparison here.

[kbmum]

That's what I'm saying -- if Artbox stuck to releases related specifically to GOF, OOTP and the last book/movie (and the COS set, too) while the movies are still being produced, then made specialty sets to prolong the the life of the license, we'd all be better off.  IMHO, of course.

I think Artbox makes a quality product.  The company's biggest problem is lack of info prior to releasing a set.

[Anna]

...did I just hear someone whisper "overkill"?

This is just too many HP sets.   I think Artbox should concentrate on just releasing their new sets on schedule instead of adding additional new product to their line-up.

[tialessa]

I can't buy all these releases... Love Harry Potter, but Artbox is really pushing it.

I agree that something like this would have been better scheduled for NEXT year...

[kbmum]

To me, a "memorable moments" set with quotes from the movies is best as a retrospective covering all seven movies.  The way it may be done now, we'll have this set for movies 1 through 4 and then another "quotable" set for movies 5 through 7.  Ah, that's it!  Now we'll have to buy two releases instead of one to have a complete set.

[EmmasOneandOnly]

I agree Cindy,

This would be a great way to end the movie series for us Harry Potter and Trading Card fans. I thought the Art Cards would have done better after all the book releases but we see how that went

[Tower]

Of course i agree. That's really too much for one year.