The Update set; Odds, Pictures and Case/Box Breakdowns

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[beckham1]

OK everyone I got my case that was drop shipping from Artbox and my local shop got my other 2 cases.....as luck would have it he was able to get his hands on another case for a grand total of three
Not bad especially at $525 a case from him

Wow that is $125 less for a case than I paid another well known HP dealer (shouldn't have bought the $650 case :'()

Well I have to get up for work in 6 hours and suffer through the day knowing I have two cases sitting here with a triple auto and harry and ron auto's.  Oh well I guess it will wait.  I will post my case breakdown tommorrow I need some sleep.  Nothing super great to report (nothing under /430 so far) but one very nice 7 color variant divination class card.  No creature cards  Marauders Map wanted poster or Daily Prophet :'(  Considering those are the cards I want to collect.

But I have almost have enough sleeping bag cards to sew together for camping  

As my favorite UK resident would say Big Ups, Respect  Roz I know you love Ali G (right?)

[Trey]

GREAT!  I love hearing about breakdowns   look forward to seeing what you get!

[gimli]

will art box not stop adding insult to injury I was sold some cases of tins and told that there would be 2 costume cards a case in the tins well first case and guess what no costume Thanks a bunch Art box
 

[Tea_and_Fruit]

Why did you not buy 2 or 3 retail boxes? Same Costume Cards...

Or did you collect the tins? Are in the tins promo cards like last time? I collect those promo cards.

[gimli]

The tins come with the tin cards and 12 tins should contain one of each costume. So as i want the tin cards and costumes that is the way i decided to get them 12 tins cost me £64 roughly and should have ment I got the equivilent of 2 retail boxes, a set of the tins and tin cards (i only wanted on of each) which i didn't think was bad

[savage727]

Gilmi:

Sounds like some distribution problems.  Can you contact Artbox and explain what is going on?  I have no experience with them so I do not know if or how they will reply to not only this problem but the problem it seems with UK cases as compared to US ones.  Good luck.

[rns91294]

Artbox is very good at responding to problem questions, but it does take them some time to get back to you.  I wonder if they are aware of all the damaged cards out there?

[gimli]

Hi all have to say that some of the US Case breakdowns are starting to look a lot like mine. Goofyjas had one of the worst breakdowns I have seen yet really.

From what I have been told Artbox are aware of problems in all cases that have been opened both in the UK and the USA and have received a lot of emails.

My advice would be that any of us that has had bad collation or poor numbers of inserts email artbox nicely and state our case that is what i have done today.

from the odds published I think we should be expecting approxamatly

2 Autograph cards
3 Prop Cards
7 Costume cards
3 Film cards

per case

[Roz]

Good point Chris. I am not saying they will do anything about it - but letting them know that there are problems is a step in the right direction.

Presumably artbox want to keep producing sets after this one so they still need as much feedback as possible... good or bad!

[rns91294]

Right, however, I know cards like Buffy, for example, state one auto and one costume per box guaranteed.  Doesn't Artbox state that their odds are not a guarantee?  That would let them off the hook, wouldn't it?

[Roz]

Yes it does let them off the hook. But if they don't know there's a problem (which hasn't by any means hit every box. In my experience one or two boxes a case) they won't know to try to improve the consistency of their packing!

Let's get Olly a job at the packing factory - label up all the cases by forum members... and "3rd extra at the dining table auto... hmm bet Roz would want one of them"... "Hmm... McGonagal auto... has to go to McGonagal"

LOL but guys you get my point they might find they need to sharpen up inserts. Getting one auto in a case is feasable as a mistake but missing 2 or getting dud boxes is a bit of a shame).

[rns91294]

Oh, I absolutely agree.  Besides, they might even give you something for it.  I always say it is worth a try.

[frd]

Here is my first case - opened on Tuesday Nov 9, 04:

Case Topper: Hermione punches Malfoy

Box Toppers: # 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (3), 4 (2)

Harry Potter Quidditch Costume: 0941 of 1143
Harry Potter Quidditch Costume: 0451 of 2173
Harry Potter Quidditch Costume: 2143 of 2173
Harry Potter Costume: 1341 of 2173
Cedric Diggory Costume: 0090 of 2173
Remus Lupin Costume: 1958 of 2900
Remus Lupin Costume: 1446 of 2900
Divination Class Prop: 066 of 845
Sleeping Bag Prop: 1148 of 1980
Grim Fur Creature: 475 of 880
Film Cards:
    807 of 900 Harry with Snape
    043 of 900 Hermione punches Malfoy
    347 of 900 Harry standing by on Halloween
Foil Cards: 5 complete sets + #'s 1, 3, 5, 6, 8
Autograph Cards:
    Warwick Davis as Choir Conductor
    Redemption for Richard Griffiths as Uncle Vernon

[kbmum]

The question is, what is a reasonable expectation for the number of inserts in any given case?

Even though Artbox states that the odds are based on the entire print run and nothing is guaranteed in any individual box, there has to be a reasonable assumption that a case will yield a certain number of inserts.  At the pre-sell prices we were all charged, no one would buy a case if they knew more than half of the boxes were duds.  No one would buy a box if there was a 50 percent chance that it was a dud.  Not unless the prices reflected those odds.  

I don't think a box is worth $60-$70 US unless there's something in it other than base cards and a few foils.  Right now, you can buy a retail box with a guaranteed costume for $40.

I don't understand why Artbox can't guarantee at least one insert (auto, prop, or costume, as opposed to foils) when other companies can.

[rns91294]

I agree.  I bought a box of 24 trading cards that stated 0-3 inserts per box.  Mine only had one, but it was nice of them to tell you up front that there may be 0.  It was only $20, so even if it did have 0, it was an okay price.

[Accio Wealth]

Hi All,

I've now done 8 boxes, gonna do the last 2 tonight. (So much for me only doing 5 last night )

The Story So Far.....................................................................


No Autos :'(

Prop Cards

Divination Class  (845)

Costume Cards

Dual Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter (628)
Ron’s Jumper (731)
Harry Potter’s Quidditch Outfit (1143)
Harry Potter’s Sweater/Cardigan (2173)
Cedric Diggory’s Quidditch Outfit (2173)
Harry Potter’s Quidditch Outfit (2173)
Remus Lupin Jacket (2900)

1 Film Card

To Be Continued...................................................................................

[hockeyron]

 Here's my 2 1/2 case  break  (26 boxes total) ....

  Case lenticular's :
       2 Sirius Black
       1 Harry Potter/Buckbeak

  Autos:
     The Choir Conductor
      Percy Weasley
      Dudley Dursley
      Ernie Prang (redemption)
      Stan Shunpike
      Vincent Crabbe

   8  Film cell cards  (nice cards) # 900 each

   Creature cards:
     Buckbeaks Feather - 2 colors  #390
     Grim Fur  # 880  -- very cool and very thick

  Prop cards:
    2 -- Divination Class # 930 ea. (1 was 4 colors with hole)
     Marauder's Map  #500
    2 -- Sleeping Bag  # 1980 ea.

  Costume cards:
     4 - Harry Potter Quittich # 2173  eac.  all red swatches
     1-  Harry Potter Quittich # 1143
     2-- Remus Lupin  # 834  ea.
     2 -- Draco Malfoy  # 628 ea.
     3 - Cedric Diggery # 2173  ea.
     2 -- Aunt Marge # 430 ea.  -- both 2 color swatches
     2 - Harry Potter Black Robe # 2173

 5 --complete 4 card "box topper" foil sets ..
  11 -- 9 card Foil chase sets ....

 3 dud boxes with zippo in inserts --- a few boxes with multiple inserts ....

 overall not too bad I guess -- now huge autos   but at least 1/2 of them were "name" characters ....
  All cards on Ebay tonight under "hockeyron214" --- 1 day auction  if anyone's interested to see how I do ....

 ron

[icat2000]

Congrats to everyone so far on their pulls

I have question, besides the biggish autos does every other insert card seem to be slow moving on ebay.

As everyone over spent or are they waiting for what their own cases/boxes have before picking up any other cards.

[samwise16]

Im not looking forward to opening mine  

[mcgonagall]

Hey sam I will open all your for you  
but the cost will be one good card lmao