Half Blood Prince Update News!!

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[KFCKAREN]

I asked Tom today.  He said that the 23rd is not the ship date, that the 16th most likely is.  

Hi,If I am auto shipped straight from Artbox does that mean my cases will also ship to me on the 16th? Karen

[Scifi Cards]

I just got the checklist in an email...

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Update Check List

Autograph Cards
1 Rupert Grint & Jessie Cave
2 Helen McCrory
3 Julie Walters
4 Amber Evans & Ruby Evans
5 Frank Dillane
6 Georgina Leonidas
7 Amelda Brown
8 Anna Shaffer
9 Isabella Laughland
10 Freddie Stroma
11 Louis Cordice
12 Dave Legeno

Prop Cards
P1 Pointing Hand from Weasley’s Magic Shop
P2 Glasses and Bottles from Slughorn’s Christmas Party
P3 Ron’s Hospital Bed Sheets
P4 Potion Bottles from Slughorn’s Classroom
P5 Quidditch™ Flags and Poles
P6 Table Cloth from Slughorn’s Christmas Party
P7 Framed Pictures from Slughorn’s House
P8 Seamus Finnegan’s Cauldron
P9 Potion Mixing Sticks
P10 Wanted Poster for Bellatrix Lestrange
P11 Wanted Poster for Amycus Carrow
P12 Wanted Poster for Alecto Carrow

Costume Cards
C1 Daniel Radcliffe (Blue Zip Top)
C2 Rupert Grint (Orange Long Sleeve Shirt)
C3 Emma Watson (Cream Sweater)
C4 Tom Felton (Cream Shirt)
C5 Bonnie Wright (Pink Robe)
C6 Daniel Radcliffe (Navy Coat)
C7 Evannah Lynch ( Pink Coat)
C8 Elarica Gallacher (Waitress Shirt)
C9 Daniel Radcliffe (Blue Plaid Shirt)
C10 Emma Watson (Purple Shirt)
C11 Isabella Laughland (Green Coat)
C12 Georgina Leonidas (Red Coat)
C13 Evannah Lynch ( Grey Sweater)
C14 Cormac McLaggen (Beige Jacket)

Case Incentive Cards
Ci1 Costume - Emma's Gryffindor Purple Shirt (2 Case)
Ci2 Prop - Metal Dishes from Slythering Table (5 Case)
Ci3 Prop - Luna's Glasses (10 Case)
Ci4 Prop - Memory Vial (25 Case)
Bonus Autograph - Elarica Gallacher (3 Case)

They've added an incentive auto and fleshed out the lists we already had.

Still not overwhelmed, pre-orders are way down on this set.

Ed

[kbmum]

I'm not sure why people say they're underwhelmed by the set.  We have a lot of first-time signers, a good selection of costumes, and the props are great (although, once again, heavy on the Slughorn items).  IMHO, pre-orders are down for a few reasons: the economy, the holidays, and burnout from the sheer number of HP sets.  I also wonder about the effect the end of the book series has had on the cards.  Without new books and much speculation about each installment in the series, I think maybe interest in HP in general has waned.  It might pick up when Deathly Hallows 2 is released.

I put some boxes on my Christmas list.  Last night, my husband asked me if I was still interested in getting them, since the new ship date means I won't be able to have them in time for Christmas.  I'm sure most people who want boxes/cases are buying them for themselves and not getting them as Christmas gifts, but still, the timing of the release is bad.  It's hard to justify spending $55 for a box or more than $500 for case when you also have to put presents under the tree for your kids.

[allender]

I think you hit most of the high points. Autos, costumes, and props feel more alive when you're living with evolving characters, instead of thinking of them as 'history'.  Who's gone back and re-read HBP since the movie came out? Speculation was a whole lot of the fun of the general HP interest, and many of my friends have picked up other series to follow, like (sort of in the same universe of appeal) the Olympus books or Twilight.

And indeed we're saving our discretionary holiday cash for gifts to others.

The breakdown is pretty nice, but I feel less excited about it that I usually have. The release of a new card set just isn't the same level of Event as it used to be. I wonder whether Artbox has another blockbuster lined up, and even whether we will see four sets for HP Movies 7 and 8 or just two.

[ukpatriotsfan]

My money is on 4 sets for the next two films! I guess they can make more money if the bring out Harry Potter update cases as they have with the previous 4 HP films It`s nice to have some variety with the auto`s this time around though.As already stated,it`s a bad time to for Artbox to release this set a week before Christmas! IMO

[allender]

Seven. The Literary set only went through Book 5.

[kbmum]

Artbox could follow in Rittenhouse's Star Trek footsteps with individual character sets, lenticular motion sets, art/sketch sets...

However, since WB is not licensing any other properties for trading cards and since Artbox lost the retail part of the HP license, it's possible that we won't see more sets once the DH2U set is released.

[kbmum]

Thanks!   There are more of the wanted posters than I expected, which is a good thing.

[Mike]

I'm really excited for this set but that could be from the fact this is the first set I can actually afford on my own.

I kinda hope there isn't a lot of fuss over this set, there are a few cards that, according to LikORish's list, are a little rare and I hope I can get them for less then what I'm sure some people would sell them as.

[ukpatriotsfan]

Just ordered my 2 cases today from Tom!
I wonder what`s the chance of getting them by Christmas?As long as they don`t end up down someone else`s chimney i`ll be fine!

[kbmum]

Artbox shipped cases to distributors on December 14.  The official release date is December 21.  This means that we probably won't see any auctions on eBay or any individual inserts for sale on dealer websites until that date.