Hi Everyone!! I am back from the Philly card show and have some great info for everyone.
First of all, I finally met Tom (Tomunique). He had a great display with many of the gorgeous Wizard of Oz sketch cards on display that we have seen on his website. It made me even more excited for this set, as the cards in person are even nicer than anyone could imagine. There were so many colorful sketches and I have never seen so many colored sketches for a set before. This should be one of the nicest sets we have seen. The promos for the set are just amazing with so much color. The set is expected to release around the second week of May. I wish you all could have seen the sketches, as I truly can not explain how nice they were
The set is almost sold out, so if you have not pre-ordered your boxes/cases yet, I recommend you do it fast. It was great to finally meet Tom and I hope he comes to more shows in the area.
Here is a photo of Tom (on the left) and his associate Mike, who helps Tom Jr. run their other booth at the show selling all sorts of goodies.
Artbox was also there for the first time and it was great to finally meet Mike and Kay. I saw 10 autograph cards on display at the table (not yet signed), and some samples of the costumes/props, but they did not yet have material in them. The autos are:
Both Patel sisters (separate cards)
Barty Crouch Jr
Harry Potter
Dumbledore
Cho Chang
Fleur
Madame Maxime (a costume of hers too)
Ginny Weasley
and one more...guy...older...can't remember who
Hermione's dress and McGonagal's Green Yule Ball costume are just material used in the making of. There will be more like this because WB is now wanting to keep the costumes in full. So they get what they can... There will be two death eater dual costume/auto cards in the set as well. A prop of the wrapping that Ron's robe comes in. Cho's Yule Ball dress. Oh, I know, you want to know what the quad looks like, huh?
Well, it is very nice. There is one swatch in the center of the card that is divided in to 4 little pie pieces, one for each costume. Then the autos, with the actors picture, one next to each swatch. Much nicer than I thought it could ever be. And who is this card of you ask? The four champions
They also have the coin set (chest set) that is coming out soon, which is in a nice box with 38 larger base set cards, and 4 coin cards. In the picture, you can see the black box they will come in.
They will also be having a CoS set, and another all coin set AND a memorable moments set (which is from all 4 movies and will contain costumes/autos/props), all coming out this year.
Inkworks was also there again. They will be having another Charmed set coming out in May (called Destiny) and it will be the last set for Charmed they do since this is the last season. They are also coming out with a LOST season 2 set, which may contain props, but I am not too sure on that one. There is also a new Family Guy set coming out, and Firefly will be coming out as well.
Rittenhouse had a great display of props that will be put in to upcoming sets. There is a Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek set coming this Spring as well. I know there is someone else on this forum that may be able to better go over the details with what was on display, as I do not watch the show the props were from and don't even know where to begin
Sorry about that.
Well, there you have it!
