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I love to play detective.  ;D

There was much confusion about the next Artbox Potter set.

Mike from Artbox says "HP1"

NonSportUpdate presents a Promo picture and said "The Chamber of Secrets".

And now?  ???

What is the truth?

Have a look at the only known picture:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Roz_qmw/promo1624.jpg)

I had very much doubt, the letters on the promo card could really mean "Chamber of secrets". The difference between the 2 words is too large if you compare.
Have a look here:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001WTWZ6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

And the design of the scene remembered me much more to HP1. So there was one final thing to check. The scene on the promo card itself.

This is a screenshot at 79.14 min of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone:

(http://www.towersweb.de/potter/sorceres.jpg)

Any questions?  ;D ;D ;D


So Mike was right and the Promo ist also right. Anyone has to tell NSU how to read the writing on the Promo.  ;D

The final question is still "Sorcerer's" or "Philosopher's". But i am nearly sure it will be "Sorcerer's". Artbox is USA and the letters on the Promo looks more like Sorcerer's in my opinion.

You can call me "Sherlock".  ;D

wtg tower you rock

He hee - you've changed your tune from earlier Tower when you were mocking me for thinking it was the Sorcerers this morning ;)

Mark said to me "that can't possibly be Chamber... look at the writing below the card" (as forum member Renrutha later pointed out).

Hooray for Mark's squinting and Tower's detective work   :D

Oh, i didn't read Renrutha's posting, i read only the first sentence.  :o ::)

But she was right.  ;D  And Roz was right.  :D

How can NSU make such a mistake?

CoS!? <shaking the head>  ;D

:) hats off to you Tower for finding it, and for doing us a screen cap as proof.

Well then folks our imagination can run wild as to what we'd like to see in HP PS/SS. I once wrote a topic all about future sets and I made a complete "ideal" set list for Philosophers, so I ought to see if  I can find it and then we can build on it and chuck bits off it if you don't like them ;)

Good work Sherlock!! ;D ;D ;D

Now that that is settled, do we have any more info about a release date?  Are any dealers taking pre-orders yet?

*squinting* again

Does it say April on the card? I heard April/May so that sounds about right

I'd say it looks like April on the card.

If you two can read that and I can't, I'd say it's time for glasses! :)

It says:~ Coming April 2005

I'll just take a squint at the bit Tower was investigating but I do think he's right .... 'Sorcerers' would fit as opposed to 'Philosophers'.

My two knuts worth! ;)

Personally I'd describe it as "guestimating" rather than "reading" as such ;)

Well, I base my interpretation of it on years of proof reading galleys of type, so you get to 'know' the shapes of the letters without actually having to read them ... if that made sense! LOL  ;D

It does, i am sure. Have a look at the same pic much larger:

(http://www.towersweb.de/Potter/promobig.jpg)