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

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[blackcat20]

I just gave in a opened a second box, and I'm glad I did...

5 Foils
Box topper 2

Film card, Harry in the courtyard, cells of Hermione and Ron running down the hill

Double auto  


Neville Costume (271/1170)

Im so excited, as the auto is one that I actually wanted, and thats never happened to me before.

[Trey]

Well done to Ztaylork... 2 Hermione's... I wish!! Wow  

And well done to blackcat20 for a fabulous box....Double Auto...I wish!! Wow

[beckham1]

Here is my FN case break

Autographs: 1 CRAP
  Dudley Dursley
 
Film Cells: 2
  Harry petronis
  Lupin in his Office

Costume Cards: 7 4over 2000
  Ron Sweater 284/731
  Cedric Diggory # 1753 of 2173
  Lupin Jacket # 378/2900
  Lupin Jacket # 382/2900
  Cornelius Fudge # 538/830
  Harry Quidditch (far) # 343 of 1143
  Harry Quidditch (close) # 2088 of 2173

Prop Cards:
  Divination Class # 27 of 845 (IN SAME PACK AS SB)
  Sleeping Bag # 1854 of 1980 (IN SAME PACK AS DC)
   Sleeping Bag # 1548 of 1980  
   THe Daily Prophet # 109/480  

I must admit I am getting really PO'd with the continual crappy cases with the same cards as the one before and missing auto's and film cards etc etc.
Only one card I was looking for the Daily Prophet.  It's tough to be happy for others pulling great cards out of their cases when you get box after box of crap!  Of course no ill will to those of you with good luck.   At this point I want to just put all my cards on ebay and be done with this frickin hobby.  

Sorry for the rant....it just really is bothering me with this product, not that the cards aren't nice, but to get the same crap over and over again.  Missing inserts in many of the boxes.  And the poor collation of the product.   I don't care who you are at some point if you open enough boxes you should be able to pull something rare.  

There certainly shouldn't be multiple of the rare auto's in the same case   No offense ztaylor as it is great for you.  4 cases and 2 Double weasley, 1 Ron auto, and 2 Hermiones as well as 3 Buckbeaks (right?). I haven't pulled any of those cards and I don't even want to say how many boxes and cases I have opened.

I think you should change your forum name to Mr Lucky.  I think I will now have all of my boxes and cases shipped directly to you for opening and then you can send all the good cards to me.  

[icat2000]

I received my case today and this is its breakdown

Case Card
Sirus in Jail

Autographs
Aunt Marge

Prop Card
Sleeping Bag 365/1980

Costume Cards
Hermoine Trousers 675/730
Professor Lupin's Shirt 661/834
Neville Longbottom's Black Coat 283/1170
Cedric Diggory's Quidditch Robe 1489/2173 & 33/2173
Harry Potter Black Cardigan 430/2173
Professor Remus Lupin's Jacket  2702/2900

Creature Cards
Buckbeak's Feather 311/390 & 11/390

Film Cell Cards
A werewolf loose in the Forbidden Forest 657/900
Lupin in his office 357/900
Harry casting a Patronus 537/900

So I think a fair breakdown. Highlight being the two bucks cards

[Roz]

Nice one Zach - I could never ever break a case like that - it doesn't work like that for me!

In fact I am not sure I have the heart to break much more product at all, I have as many Sleeping bag props and Lupin Jackets as I can take really

Actually I really like the sleeping bag prop, it looks a soft material - so I might buy enough cards to reconstruct a sleeping bag and use it to live in soon

Icat - well done - I have broken 6 cases now without so much as a whiff of a creature card at all, not a single one, not even a Grim (which is probably a good thing - I don't really want Trelawney coming to me and saying "my dear - you have the GRIMM"!)

Keep going guys, Zach and Icat give hope to us all!

[savage727]

Outstanding Zach and well done Icat!!  Zack you are one of the luckiest people I have heard of in collecting cards.  Have you tried the Powerball Lottery?    

Beckham - I really feel for you!  It stinks plain and simple when you get box after box or cases with the same cards.  I agree a very poor job of distribution.  Has there been any word on this problem and the problem with damaged cards from Artbox?

Also could someone explain to me the reason for redemption cards?  Why not just include the card in the box rather than having to send in this redemption card?
What happens if your letter with the redemption card gets lost in the mail or the same thing happens to the card they send to you?  It seems hoaky to do this.

[ferdinand_the_yak]

I'll give you more hope when I pull a triple out of 3 boxes

HA!

Then again people do say i have an inordinate amount of luck in winning competitions so lets hope it extends to cards

[rns91294]

The redemption is because the people didn't sign their cards in time and get them back to Artbox before the release.

[savage727]

Thanks for the explanation RNS!    That makes sense.

[sixpence33]

FINALLY GOT MY 2ND CASE IN.  SO HERE ARE THE BREAK DOWN INCLUDING A VERY ODD CARD.                                                                                             308/845         DIVINATION CLASS
 494/2173 DIGGORY
 867/1170 LONGBOTTOM
 1345/2173 HARRY ROBE
 298/250 MADAM ROSMERTA  ?  (MAYBE THEY ARE MAKING MORE THAN PRODUCTION)
 933/2900 LUPIN
 501/880 GRIM FUR
 248/430 AUNT MARGE
 1205/2173 HARRY (RED)
 287/390 BUCKBEAT
 PANSEY PARKENSON AUTO
 DUDLEY AUTO
 ERNIE PRANG AUTO
 CRABBE AUTO
 THE ROSMERTA THREW ME FOR A LOOP.  DID ARTBOX GET HOT AND HEAVY ON THE  PRESSES OR SOMETHING. I AM THINKING ABOUT TELLING ARTBOX ABOUT THIS.  MAYBE THEY WILL CORRECT IT OR SHOULD I KEEP IT.
THE CASE WAS OUTSTANDING. NO BIG 4 BUT 4 AUTOS ARE GREAT AND SOME LOW NUMBERS ARE GREAT.
I EVEN HAD 10  FILMCELL CARDS(4 IN ONE BOX!!)
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT ODDBALL ROSMERTA CARD.

[Trey]

wow   that card really has to be a BIG mistake by artbox!!! I really dont know what you should do....tricksy

The case was excellent though, rosmerta, grimm fur, aunt marge, buckbeak, and 4 auto's....fantastic  

[beckham1]

That was a great case!  2 creature cards 10 film cards 4 auto's and 2 costumes # less than 500.  That is pretty great.  I have one more case I am going to open Sat. if it is crap I will be very disappointed.  I am way overdue for a buckbeak or a prop card under 500.  Or at least a costume card under 730. I may have to keep just a couple cards and pay off a few of the cases.  I will need some of your luck and ztaylors to get some good pulls.  I don't even want to say what # case the last one is.

[savage727]

Beckham:

Think positive waves man!     Did you ever see the movie Kelley's Heroes with Clint Eastwood and Donald Southerland?  Southerland plays "Oddball" the tank commander and is into positive thinking and throughout the movie is constantly telling his tank driver Moriarty to stop sending negative waves about the impossible situations they get themselves into in the movie!  

Same thing here - think positive - think triple, think top 4 cards!!  You can do it!!    Good luck with your vase!

[beckham1]

Savage,
So close to being a good last case....but no auto's in the whole case.

I did get a Buckbeak Feather, Murader's Map, and Slytherin Tie.

But still no wanted poster :'(

BUT worst of all no auto's in the case at all :'(

Still have a couple packs left (from a different case) to open maybe I will pull a triple out of them there is some postive thinking.  It is hard when you get a case with no auto's though (I can sympathize with Roz).   So much for "auto cards inserted 1:120 packs"    OR they could put also inserted 0:288 packs and one of the boxes had no box topper which I thought was strange.

[savage727]

Beckham:

You have had some hard luck with your Harry Potter cases for sure.  If I were you I would send an email to Artbox Customer Service outlining the total amount of money you spent on their product and listing or scanning the cards you got to show them you are not trying to pull a fast one and ask them if there is anything they can do Auto card wise to redeem themselves.  Like you stated, they list the odds of receiving an Auto in so many packs but when you don't get one in an entire case then something is drastically wrong on their end and I would try to hold them accountable as much as possible.  Like the old adage says "nothing ventured, nothing gained"!  Do you think it is worth trying this approach?    

[blackcat20]

Out of curiosity, has there been any news on the existance of hot boxes?

[beckham1]

I have been thinking about doing that Savage.   I will try to count up and list a total of all my cards in this section anyway so it will be easy to do that.  It is great for some when the ratios are off but bad for others.  It seems for every case with extra autos and costumes or props it means someone else has to suffer by being shorted on their end.  

Of course you can't blame the people who get the extras in there case - it is certainly Artbox's fault (or the printer they use) for the poor collation.  Some of the sports card companies are so good that I have never been shorted on there inserts.  If they say three autos or memorabilia cards that is what you get (if your lucky you might get four) but never less than stated odds.  

I had four packs in a row that went 12 cards, 4 cards, 12 cards, 4 cards.  Each pack says 8 cards unless there is a insert card then there could be fewer.  Artbox better figure this out or people are going to continue to get mad and stop buying their products.

[sixpence33]

E-MAILED ARTBOX TODAY.   WILL LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.  EVEN SENT A PICTURE OF THE CARD.  I WONDER IF THEY CAN GET INTO TROUBLE FOR THE OVER THE TOP NUMBER. GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT SOON.  I BOUGHT 2 BOXS AT THE CARD SHOP YESTERDAY TO SEE IF I COULD FIND SOME INSERTS I HAVENT GOT YET. THIRD PACK IN THE FIRST BOX.   A RON WEASLEY AUTO!!! LET YOU KNOW MORE LATER.  BYE

[beckham1]

Wow after that auto I would quit while you are WAY ahead.  It would be much cheaper to just buy any cards you want at this point.

[savage727]

Beckham:

I am glad you are thinking of contacting Artbox and that Sixpence has.    

Sixpence:

Outstanding - you must have almost fallen down when you opened that pack and found the Ron Weasley Auto card!