World of Harry Potter 3-D, trading cards from Artbox

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[Bitsy]

You know, it really is ridiculous that we don't have any information about 3D now. The cases are shipped, so why not release a list so we know what to look forward to?

hi potter-I would imagine that cases will start arriving tomorrow and Monday. 

[cardz_house]

Strange is that my dealer hadn't asked me for my balance yet..........

[potter]

hi potter-I would imagine that cases will start arriving tomorrow and Monday. 

I do hope so, one of my dealers in the US said to me yesterday by email that he has got his tracking number and should have his today 

This is an email I received from a ebay seller in the UK
The latest I have heard is that they are stuck in US customs, having been sent from Artbox in Japan. No one seems to have them yet. The distributor in the US I work with has not received them. Hopefully soon. Transit is 7-10 days from the US so we are probably looking at maybe a couple of weeks yet at the earliest before I will have them.
 
You would think this release will push back the Order of the Phoenix set due out at the end of June but I guess we will see.
 
Once I hear sometime more definite I will let you know regarding the 3D set.

[gimli]

My cards arrived in the Uk Yesterday. Unfortunately I was away and tha ment that they could not clear them through customs til today so I will have to wait now til monday to get them. Never mind I am sure they will be great when I eventually get them

[potter]

I couldn't understand why his cards are coming from Artbox Japan, I thought would of been in the US.

Thats good them Chris that yours arrived yesterday in the UK, would do you have to do to get them cleared through customs? I have never done this before, I normally get them from UK sellers.

[Martyn]

You dont have to do anything, customs do everything!

[ferdinand_the_yak]

You dont have to do anything, customs do everything!

... including charging you a nice, fat customs fee.

[gimli]

In this case I did have to provide my VAT number as it is a business import and it needed to be charged to my business account as the shipping address differed from my billing address

[kbmum]

This is an email I received from a ebay seller in the UK
The latest I have heard is that they are stuck in US customs, having been sent from Artbox in Japan. No one seems to have them yet. The distributor in the US I work with has not received them. Hopefully soon. Transit is 7-10 days from the US so we are probably looking at maybe a couple of weeks yet at the earliest before I will have them.

That UK dealer had old information.  The cases do not come from Artbox in Japan, nor are they currently stuck in US customs.  The cards were produced in Taiwan, shipped to Artbox's US office in California, and the people there shipped out the orders to distributors on Tuesday.  There is at least one major US distributor who is expecting cases to arrive today, and there are some people who have already received their cases.  We probably won't hear much about the set until the official release date on June 15, but I wouldn't be surprised if some sellers have cards on eBay this weekend.  And, there is hope, slim though it may be, that Artbox will release some info.

[potter]

Just a question, I'm going to be getting quite a few base sets from this set, and I'm just wondering what would be the best way to pack them before i put bubble wrap around them. Any ideas anyone?

[kbmum]

You have a few options.  There are plastic cases that will hold a base set, but they can be a bit expensive.  There are team bags, which hold about 20 to 24 cards each.  You'll need to split a 72-card base set between three bags (90-card sets will need four bags).  I think someone here uses archival-quality comic book bags, wraps up the set in one bag, and tapes it shut.

[potter]

Thank you very much for those suggestions  , I just would like to give them a professional look to them.

[The Razzer]

i thought this set was a 72 card set, but i have seen a couple of sellers advertising the set as a 54 card set.

so what's correct   anyone know?

[potter]

This set will be made up of 54 cards

[potter]

The Razzer - where have seen these advertised, I carn't see them on ebay 

[The Razzer]

the collector zone has it down as 54 cards and so do warp9 collectibles.

[potter]

They are correct, I wouldn't by the base  set from them £19.99 seems to expensive even for 3D cards, if you are after a base set, i'd wait to you see them on ebay.

[gimli]

The original release infomation that was given out to distributors about this product in the beginning said


ARTBOX ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES
THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER IN 3-D

This set features 72 cards in stunning 3-D Technology and randomly inserted chase cards —3-D cards that require no special glasses to view--but instead use a lenticular process creating 3-D effects so lifelike that you’ll swear you’re watching the scenes on the big screen!

but you never know it may have changed and i missed the announcement

[kbmum]

I believe that rumor started when a website that previews new card sets said the 3D set would have 54 cards.  After Artbox issued the release Chris just posted, the information was removed from that website.  Every official announcement I've seen from Artbox states there are 72 cards in the base set.  It won't be much longer before we know for sure.

[Tower]

Artbox made a sell sheet and announced a 72 card set. So there will be 72 cards ...