Chamber of Secrets scans and comments

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[Sharon]

Hi Stoney, welcome to the Shack  .  I am so jealous - ten whole boxes to open, you lucky thing  .  That really is my idea of a perfect weekend!  There are some lovely colourful cards in this set, not lots of dark cards like some of the other sets.  I will be keeping my fingers crossed you pull a gorgeous variant we can all drool over  .  Not literally of course   

[stoney]

Hi Sharon,
Thanks for the very warm welcome .
I guess i am really lucky to have 10 boxes to open but i don't think that it will be a perfect weekend. More like a perfect couple of hours!! .
I would like to think that i could spread all the boxes out over the weekend but i know that once i open that first box i ain't gonna stop!!. I will definitely enjoy it though as i know that it's going to be quite a while before i can save up and buy another case.
I was looking at the complete set of CoS cards a couple of days ago Sharon in the view sets section of this site and i have to agree that there are some fantastic cards in this set.
Thanks for keeping your fingers crossed Sharon. I will be keeping everything crossed for some nice cards.

[stoney]

Hi guys,
Well i've done it!!. All 10 boxes done and dusted. I am really really pleased with all the pulls i had. All of them are superb and i'm REALLY REALLY pleased with a few of them!. I think Dumbledore himself was smiling done on me while i opened them all because compared to my usual luck these were fantastic!.
I was even fortunate enough to pull an autograph card and redemption card from the same box so that i ended up with 4 autos and 2 redemptions in total!.
I will now start to post scans of all my cards. I just hope that they come out ok. I will post the film cards first, then the autograph and redemption cards, then the costume cards and finally the prop cards.
I just hope that nobody gets bored looking at them all .

[stoney]

Here as promised are scans of all my cards from my CoS sealed case. Here are the 3 film cards first.
I really like the filmcards on all the HP sets and i think they get overlooked because of the autos, costume and prop cards.

CFC7 HARRY IN THE CHAMBER 056/240


CFC2 SORTING HAT 041/240


CFC6 ACROMANTULAE 133/240

[stoney]

Here are my 4 autograph cards and my 2 redemption cards.
The Aunt Petunia auto and Ginny Weasley redemption came from the same box!

[stoney]

Here are my 10 costume cards. I absolutely love all of them!

C5 RON'S TARTAN SHIRT 420/490               C17 UNCLE VERNON'S GREY SUIT 071/390


C10 HERMIONE GRANGER'S BLUE JUMPER 079/165          C11 HARRY'S BLUE JUMPER 298/440
  I couldn't believe it when i pulled Hermione's card out!. I love this card!. I know that it is quite a rare card. It even has a tiny speck of pink wool in amongst the blue!.


C2 RON'S PINKY BROWN JUMPER 182/290               C3 LOCKHART'S JACKET 091/640
Ron's jumper is another of my favourites . I love the specks of different colours mine has in with the pinky brown jumper itself.


C14 HAGRID'S SHIRT 228/515                             C16 GINNY WEASLEY'S PINK PYJAMAS 086/340
I'm really pleased i pulled the pyjama card. I love this one!


C7 FILCH'S OVERCOAT 098/665                           C8 LUCIUS MALFOY'S OVERCLOAK 551/640
  Yeeahh!! i managed to pull something of Dastardly Lucius

[Nienna]

Ooooo congrats on pulling the C10 Hermione costume - that's a really tough card to get!
In fact, the overall condition of your cards looks very good - so many of them have dinged corners or chunks missing off the edges straight from the pack, so not only do you have a nice selection of cards so far, you also have them in great condition too!

BTW, do you have a name we can call you by please stoney?

[stoney]

And finally my 3 prop cards which includes,  i would say 2 out of my top 3 cards from the whole case!.

P3 BOOKS FROM DUMBLEDORE'S OFFICE 119/290


P9 POTIONS BOOK 086/115
What a fantastic card!!. Definitely in my top 3 pulls from the case. I love the words on this card
Is this a good variant or are the worded potions book cards quite normal?.
Either way it's still one of my favs!!.

AND FINALLY MY FAVOURITE CARD FROM THE WHOLE CASE.......DRUM ROLL PLEASE


P10 CHRISTMAS CRACKERS 118/240
I still can't believe that i have pulled this superb variant of the christmas crackers card!
I have seen some fantastic variants of this card on this site and i feel so lucky to have got this one.
It has to be part of the Gryffindor shield. You can clearly see the lions head and tail!!.
Please don't let me be wrong

Well...there we are folks. All of my pulls from my CoS sealed case. I am absolutely over the moon with every single card.
I hope that you have enjoyed seeing them as much as i have enjoyed seeing everybody else's fantastic cards that have been posted here.

[stoney]

Ooooo congrats on pulling the C10 Hermione costume - that's a really tough card to get!
In fact, the overall condition of your cards looks very good - so many of them have dinged corners or chunks missing off the edges straight from the pack, so not only do you have a nice selection of cards so far, you also have them in great condition too!

BTW, do you have a name we can call you by please stoney?

Hi Nienna,
Thank you for the very kind words. I still can't quite believe that i got the Hermione card either!.
The cards are all in nice condition too. I'm normally pretty lucky when it comes to condition even if i don't pull the great cards but it appears this time that i have been lucky on both fronts.

Do you mean my real name Nienna?

[Nienna]

Yep, your real name if you'd like to share it please! 
I answer either to my Forum name of 'nienna' or Jules, which is my real name! LOL
Oh and which bit of the world do you live in too? I'm in the UK ... 

That was an awesome case you had - a wonderful P9 Potions prop full of writing AND a super p10 Xmas crackers card to go with the Hermione costume .. I'd be over the moon if I'd opened it! 

[stoney]

Yep, your real name if you'd like to share it please! 
I answer either to my Forum name of 'nienna' or Jules, which is my real name! LOL
Oh and which bit of the world do you live in too? I'm in the UK ... 

That was an awesome case you had - a wonderful P9 Potions prop full of writing AND a super p10 Xmas crackers card to go with the Hermione costume .. I'd be over the moon if I'd opened it! 

Of course i don't mind sharing . My name is Darren but everyone calls me Dal.
You may call me Dal if i may call you Jules
I'm from the UK just like you Jules. North London to be precise.
Whereabouts in the UK are you?.

Many thanks for the compliments on the prop cards. I couldn't be more happy with the cards i got. If somebody had said to me before i opened any boxes...these are the cards that you will end up with i would of been ecstatic...which i am of course

[Roz]

Dal/Darren, that was a really excellent case! The forum/Dumbledore seems to shine on people who save up for their cases slowly - does anyone else remember Sara&Ryan's first case?

Just stunning - a big welcome to the forum 

[stoney]

Dal/Darren, that was a really excellent case! The forum/Dumbledore seems to shine on people who save up for their cases slowly - does anyone else remember Sara&Ryan's first case?

Just stunning - a big welcome to the forum 

Thank you for the warm welcome Roz It's great to be a part of this forum.
It did take me a while to save for the case but it certainly has been worth the wait!.
I know that it is going to be quite a while before i can do it again so if i start saving again now .

[Galea]

The forum/Dumbledore seems to shine on people who save up for their cases slowly...

So true I still can't believe my pulls from my first (GOFU) case!

Congrats & welcome Darren! That's a fantastic case you got there. I LOVE the Xmas Cracker!

[Nienna]

Hiya Darren ... Dal it is then!! 
North London eh? Well I'm a few miles further north-west from you up in the Midlands, though there are other Forum members much nearer to you than me. 
Hee hee that's quite an entrance onto the Yak Shack too with that super case ... 

[stoney]

So true I still can't believe my pulls from my first (GOFU) case!

Congrats & welcome Darren! That's a fantastic case you got there. I LOVE the Xmas Cracker!

Thank you so much Galea

[stoney]

Hiya Darren ... Dal it is then!! 
North London eh? Well I'm a few miles further north-west from you up in the Midlands, though there are other Forum members much nearer to you than me. 
Hee hee that's quite an entrance onto the Yak Shack too with that super case ... 

Well Jules....if you are going to make an entrance you might as well make it a spectacular one!!

I'm still staring at that Christmas Cracker card like it's my child . I still can't quite believe the variant i got. That's probably my good luck used up for year :'(

[Roz]

Dal I appreciate your enthusiasm, but you can always press the 'modify' button in the top right hand corner of your post to add in more - that way it takes up less space on the page and it's easier to read

[stoney]

Dal I appreciate your enthusiasm, but you can always press the 'modify' button in the top right hand corner of your post to add in more - that way it takes up less space on the page and it's easier to read

Sorry Roz.Many thanks for the advice. I will try to calm myself down now .

[Sharon]

  Wow Darren that was some amazing case, congratulations  .  The Hermione book is gorgeous and to get a piece of the Gryffindor lion on your cracker is fantastic.