Harry Potter Memorable Moments™ Quotable Trading Card Set.

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[gimli]

of course what that idea would do is mean that all cards would be numbered at around 400 so there would be no really rare cards so it would not help the selling of individual cards and would only be good if you bought by the case

[grecopa]

or maybe they should do it so that you have a hot case. What i mean is that in a case you get a complete set of everything that would make this set worth buying by the case for collectors

Now THAT would make me go back to buying cases again.

[emmafan]

I would think that it could be difficult for Artbox to collate an entire case into the 'hot box' format.  But I LOVE the idea.  That certainly would drum up interest and excitement over case purchasing.  Ideally, if there would be anyway in which Artbox could develop unidentifiable (externally at least) hotboxes/cases, I think that would be most beneficial for collectors. 

The only problem I can forsee with this....and it really is negligible and not a 'problem' really....

Assuming that Artbox were to create a "hot-case" style product, it would be much more tempting for collectors/dealers to purchase a large number of cases and then open, say, two boxes from each case.  By all thoughts, the pulls from these first two boxes would be enough to indicate a hot/not hot case.  If the case does not appear to be "hot", then the remaining 8 boxes could then be sold on ebay etc. 

Though this would certainly also be a great incentive for those collectors purchasing large numbers of cases....so really I'm not putting down the idea.

[gimli]

I really do think this will be a good set but with it being so near another potter set i am just a bit worried it will damage GOFU and itself as it is making us spread our money too thin especially after the amount spent on evolution

i would really like to have some idea of what is the final line up for GOFU and some more info on the MM set so I can decide how to spend my money

[kbmum]

I think we already know most of the cards for GOFU, but there should still be a few surprises.  The first post here has a listing of the cards that we know so far.

http://www.theyakshack.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3899.0

[gimli]

very useful i know but i am as always since POAU very worried about how they are numbered, their rarity

We have been done on sets in the past were they look good and then end up being very poor and after all the only experience of a potter Update set was not a plesant one

[kbmum]

I can understand that from a dealer point of view.  You have to be able to make money on a set.  I happen to love POAU.  The cards were great, there were lots of variants, and there was something for everyone to collect.  The big mistake was the print run.  If Artbox could combine the creativity of the POAU cards with a more limited print run, the set should do very well.  If I recall correctly, Artbox has never released the print runs for individual cards.  We only got that info after people started cracking cases.

[gimli]

Yeah i know it is a great looking set but it ended up putting a lot of people out of business and actually i think bankrupted a few people too. Art box did release the number of cards for Charlie and the Chocolate factory, so why not with the potter sets

I have a good feeling about GOFU but I will still be worried until after I have opened my cases and proved it is a good product for me

[Roz]

very useful i know but i am as always since POAU very worried about how they are numbered, their rarity

PoAU is a great set to look at now, but to collect from cases it was an absoloute farce and made a mockery of the trading card industry in general.

Whilst GoFU has been set at 750 or 700 cases (I forget which), so we know that each card will be relatively rare. Whilst Artbox pulled a fast one with PoAU by overproducing one set and flooding the market, their current 'tactic' is to flood the market with lots of different cards which (they hope) we'll all impulsively want to collect.

They are in very serious danger of just alienating us all - remember LOTS of people gave up collecting because of PoAU, because there were too many to collect and they were too few and far between (except for the 2000+ cards) , and  I think that flooding the market in this 'new' direction will keep us entertained for a brief while, but not long term... especially after a LOT of us spent the money we'd saved up for GoFU on LOTR Evo

[gimli]

well I have lots of auctions finishing today so maybe my Evolution sketches will sell well enough for me to be able to buy my potter cards

[kbmum]

I think that flooding the market in this 'new' direction will keep us entertained for a brief while, but not long term... especially after a LOT of us spent the money we'd saved up for GoFU on LOTR Evo

Please, please, please, don't go there...

If Artbox follows through with its plan to release GOFU in May, MM in June, and COS in July or August, there definitely will be a lot of alienated customers.

[Bitsy]

Don't know if this information is useful, but my friend spoke with the kind folks at Potomac and they said that the Memorable Moments set has only been listed on their site for about week, if that, and they are getting many orders.

[ECL]

Goblet of Fire update is enough for me!! Too many cards

[kbmum]

Don't know if this information is useful, but my friend spoke with the kind folks at Potomac and they said that the Memorable Moments set has only been listed on their site for about week, if that, and they are getting many orders.

With only 375 cases, it should sell out quickly even though we don't have a lot of info about the set.

[gimli]

I think it will sell well and these cases will disappear fast lets watch out to see who sells out

I think Cards Inc wholesale is sold out already

It seems Potomac are selling it well

i am sure Tom has has a lot of interest

The question is if people don't pre order what they want and just wait and see will they be able to get any when it is released i think this is what Art box is hoping

Anyway with a case price from Potomac of $799 a case (£450) I think it is not actually that expensive when you think that GOFU is $589 (£331)
and this is supposed to be a premium product

[Bitsy]

I noticed the box price increased from yesterday at Potomac (77 to 81).  Wonder if the increase doesn't reflect the demand/popularity.  They also said that this set is garnering increased interest compared to other sets.  I've seen the picture of the box in the price guide and really like it--does anyone know what it's made out of? Cardboard, plastic, tin, etc.  Thought I read somewhere that its makeup was different from other boxes.  Could've been seeing things...wouldn't surprise me.   

[gimli]

What we have heard so far it is Resin  so I assume it is Cast resin (so plastic) 

[Roz]

Hooray for having a materials expert on the board thanks Chris

[HPfamily]

 

[Bitsy]

Well, I bit the bullet and pre-ordered a couple of boxes.    Spent a while fighting the impulse...and clearly lost the battle, as always.  I figure I will love whatever I pull...guess I'm corny like that.