San Diego 2007

[Guest]

[Bogleg]

Major Congratulations! Those are some amazing pulls!  What a great day you are having!  I hope everybody has such great luck! 

So, does that mean that the Mystery Boxes (totes) this year have HOBBY boxes rather than RETAIL boxes? How much were they this year?

The mystery tote bags were a mixed bunch. Some had a Hobby and a Retail box and some had two Hobby boxes. Luck of the draw  No sell sheets at the stand  The 3 card special will have to stay that unless I injure someone  One lady that was queuing up said last year she got two trophy cards (as a dealer) so this year she's got her friend to queue up as well so she will end up with at least 4 limited boxes 

[kbmum]

Someone at Artbox had once mentioned that they might change the way the show exclusives were distributed to give everyone a chance to get one.  I think it was supposed to be some sort of daily lottery.  Looks like they backed down from that, which really isn't fair.

Graham, does Kelly know you maim for goodie bags?

[Sharon]

Guess who I spoke to today?  Kelly    And she asked me to say to everyone on the Shack ... HEY  .  She has the most wonderful American accent, which isn't surprising as she is American but I sort of forget about how we all sound on the Shack   

Her and Boggy were queuing up to get into a talk about the Bionic Woman but weren't too confident - apparently the queues were huge.

So far someone has kicked Boggy in the ankle (accidentally) and during a stampede by photographers to get Jessica Alba's picture one of them broke his toe  .  He said next year he is taking the steel toecap boots he wears for work 

[kbmum]

Oh no!  Sixteen hours from the UK to San Diego, a Flitwick auto, and now a broken toe!  Will the bad luck never end?

[Sharon]

   Oh don't worry, this is nothing to Boggy.  My dad says Graham takes after his grandad and he had the nickname 'Ham Fisted Harry'    Which is even funnier when you know his name wasn't Harry    Beside he sounds like he is having a whale of a time.  I just hope he and Kelly managed to get into the Heroes talk 

[kbmum]

Is there any info about Artbox's silent auctions?

[Bryanjs14]

I won a Chamber Master Set from the one two nights ago   

They aren't silent, everyone stands around and writes down their bid, it is basicly a live auction.
Today was OOTP master set, not sure how much it went for, tomorrow is something special that they will not talk about, I have a feeling it is possibly every potter set so far.

[The Razzer]

  OMG!!

so wish i was there for these auctions.

what prices did they go for???

[Bryanjs14]

I got the Chamber set for $1700 which might be a BIT high (although I think they sell for around $1900 on ebay) but you should see some of the variants. beautiful

[The Razzer]

that's not bad price, works out £850.  the duelling club cloth gets an eay £150 on its own.  well done!

[mcgonagall]

I hate Artbox it would be nice if they  had the exclusive available for  other countries too could someone have a word to the guys at artbox and tell them that  there are a few aussie that  would like  a chance to get a tote bags or exclusive. please thank you

[terryweasley]

I got the Chamber set for $1700 which might be a BIT high (although I think they sell for around $1900 on ebay) but you should see some of the variants. beautiful

That was a good price.  I paid over US$2600.00 for one on ebay, but it did have some fantastic varients in it.

[De Orc]

I agree with mcgonagall, they realy do need to realise that it is not just Americans who buy there products     anf I honestly think the same applies to the other card companies LOL ok moan over    Keep the reports coming guy's & Boggy dont forget to sue the show organisers for your broken toe LOL unless of course they are willing to bribe you with some goodies 

[kbmum]

Okay, another question.   Did the other Artbox show exclusives, the ones Jon mentioned, ever turn up?

[mcgonagall]

the is a barty crouch jnr auto card that is exclusive  to the event  not sure if anyone has meantioned that

[Bogleg]

Unless they spring something today, all the exclusives have been mentioned. There will be a loooong posting when I get home.
BTW, me and Kelly did get in to see The Bionic Woman 

[Nienna]

Can't WAIT to read about all the goodies you've got, who you've seen and all the rest of it Graham!!
Hope you have a good journey home and no more broken toes eh!? 

[kbmum]

the is a barty crouch jnr auto card that is exclusive  to the event  not sure if anyone has meantioned that

There are two 3D autos, Barty Crouch Jr. and Ginny, that were randomly packed in the totes along with the other inserts.

[Jon]

WOW. That was quite the adventure. I finally got my Death Eater set, and so did my brother. I managed to pull some good cards, too. Once Im done putting everything away, listing what needs to be listed, scan, photograph, and getting completely settled, Ill give a breakdown of my pulls and the fun I had at the Con. So Ill post later tonight, or perhaps sometime tomorrow. I hope everyone who went had a blast!

[Bryanjs14]

I will also write a big report about all the cards pulled, celebrities seen, and people met.
I had a blast.

It was nice meeting some Shack members and I hope next year the number of us there will grow.