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I have asked sonarghost to nicely ask his German Shepherd Insert Detecting canine friend to make sure that there is a nice Hermione auto or variant prop in here ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6160401203&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

Good luck with your box! I just got my first Hobby box too. It's on it's way to me... let you know if I get something special.

Thanks - you too! These original boxes are few and far between now!:o

Welcome to the board, you've found the perfect place for discussing these cards! ;)

That's awesome! So the special cards from the hobby boxes are a just a little bit more special? like the autograph ones?

THANKS for the reply btw  :)

HEY you outbid me  :P not that you would have known anyway!

Congrats FTY im glad you got a box, I would love one too but they are just sooo hard to get! Hope you pull something great!

I saw one that ended for $100. At the time I ddin't know that was cheap..... my lost. Now I know so you better watch out for me too.....  sometimes I can get carried away with the bidding.  ;)

Congratulations FTY on you hobby box win! ;D

Wishing you luck like I had with my last hobby box!  8)

Not AGAIN! :'(

But this time... I REALLY had no idea... or did I????

You already have your Hermione auto at least Trey :D I'm hoping at least to pull a cool prop out of mine ;)

hehe well I wouldnt knock back another hermione auto, then I would have one from both sets hehe

I really hope it is a good box, you could pull something sooo cool...oh its exciting, make sure u let us know what you get from ti  ;D

I will definitely post what I get, hopefully I will get something better than my PoA update efforts :P - and its from someone I know I can trust, that is always a good thing!

Thanks Anna - fingers crossed! :D

mmm.... do you mean the box can be manipulated somehow?!?@?@?!!!!! How is that possible? Do tell

Not by thought waves, that is for sure!

I take it you mean that the person I bought it for affects what I get? Sadly not... but at least I know I will be dealing with a trustworthy seller! :)

ahhh... thanks for clearing that up. I was starting to get nervous cause I have some older hobby boxes I have yet to get my hangs on and I just didn't want them to be manipulated. And I bought 2 sealed Updated boxes and I got awesome prop cards from it. My thing is...... I felt up the packages and I seriously could tell which ones had a costume card especially the ones with the thicker variant cards. And now.... I'm hooked. Enough had to sign up in this forum. I'm glad I did too.

Did you ever try feeling up the packages before you opened them.... I swear you can tell the difference, usually one side is thicker than the other.

Join the crowd!  The more the merrier!  I'm glad I signed up too! ;D


I've never done that - that would be cheating! ;)

WTG FTY
hope you get the one card you really want
Welcome to the club hvnsntluv

we are all harry potter crazy here

Thanks everyone.... i belong here then Lol  ;D

Welcome hvnsntluv (nise easy name by the way  :-\ lol)

Yes Harry Potter cards mad, Yak Shack mad, and just plain mad.

But its great here  ;D

 :) thanks.... it's not that hard to read, is it? Well, I like your picture.


Thanks for the welcome.

Mostly through negative Karma... FTY sends me negative karma... and that's why I get dud boxes - isn't that right Jo?

My picture took a bit of fiddling with and a lot of help.

Is that the twins? and is that you? On your pic.

It looks like the twins to me.  If so, where did you meet them?

Oh it definitely is - are you in the UK? They are regulars at Collectormania events

Mwahahaha! Then I teleport the Hermione autos from Roz's boxes to mine! She has discovered my plan! ::)

If you right click on her icon, you get her website address....I was browsing earlier, and I'm so jealous!!  :(

http://www.hvnsntluv.com/my1xoaut8gr0hs16nw3nhpb9yz.htm (http://www.hvnsntluv.com/my1xoaut8gr0hs16nw3nhpb9yz.htm)

http://www.hvnsntluv.com/ghaueielfrl_ofdljd838-jjf (http://www.hvnsntluv.com/ghaueielfrl_ofdljd838-jjf)

awwwwwwww!! What a great site and it sounds like she had a blast talking and meeting them all! ;)
Thanks for sharing that link!! ;D

Jules I really have no idea why you are so reluctant to come to Collectormania - Adam would have had a heart attack at the last one it was so Star Wars soaked!

I don't think my bank balance could take the strain Roz!! :-\
I'm sure Adam would ADORE going but the pester-power from him would be too much and I hate to disappoint him ....
Mind you, I've a birthday creeping up in a few week's time and I keep getting asked 'what do you want?' LOL ...  ::)
*sighs* I dunno Roz .... just to make it more awkward, it looks like I've a house to get cleared in the coming weeks too which I'm not particularly looking forward to doing ...  :(

all i can say is wow
You are so lucky to have been able to meet them all.
But  i might have to accio the goblet if mcgonagall has touched it

I wish Malfoy was there.... Tom is probably one of my very fav. too. But no luck. Wish I was in the UK.... they make so many appearance there. It's far and few that they even make it to the US.

I do have a Costume card question..... how much should I pay for a Hermoine sweater card? or her trouser pants? There's so many of her costume that I don't know which one is more valuable. Can anyone help?

Wow hvnsntluv! :o :o :o

I am definitely jealous!
You got to meet all of them and they posed with you and they signed stuff for you.  I wish I could be so lucky! :D

Great web site you got there too! ;D

if you check out the price guide it will give you the differances in the highest and lowest the cards have been sold for.
i think mainly it depends on the one that you want the most.


At least in the US you get them there I have known of only 1 harry potter star to come to Perth Australia and that was Maggie Smith
I do have her Autograph on one of my books and the kids got thier books signed  and
to have thier photo taken with her

thanks Anna....  I was very lucky that day. James leaned over to the guy who collects the money and said something to him and when I passed him he just waved me to pass. So I didn't pay for a single auto. They were just so very nice. I felt really lucky that day.



I think I asked this somewhere else but where do I get a value pricing thingy?

As of right now, the most coveted Hermione costume from the update set is her Pink Top.  The "dirty" variants will usually cost you more for it and some Tops also have seam stitches.  The Wooly Sweater is the next most valuable one.  I have only seen one variant of the sweater - it had stitches in the swatch.  The Trousers are the least valuable of the three costumes.  The variant for the trousers has a seam in the swatch.  Although the print run of the Sweater and Trousers are the same, the Sweater appears to be more valuable.

The most current prices are in the price guide (mcgonagall has already directed you there).  Also, the variants prices are tallied separate from the common cards.

Well it arrived today with a few lovely promos... thanks Jobe! :D

Pulled a George costume (1041/1300) from the 15th pack and thought - bugger, I knew this would happen, so I resigned myself to opening the final 9 packs in the hope of getting a foil or something... then in the 2nd last pack...

A matching Fred Weasley auto! ;D My first Potter autograph!

Well, it made up for the costume a bit :D

Congrats! Thats exciting, and much better than a dud box!  ;D

Hey thats great!!! A costume and auto! Well at least you got two inserts, I can see how you were disappointed at the start but it turned out well  :D

Thanks - I have become addicted to pack opening now.

*hands twitch*

Its so much fun cutting open the top and peering inside to see if there is a prop/costume and then pulling it out to search for an auto!

Bring on SS and GoF eh? ;)

wtg FTY

Congradulations on the 2 pulls
i know all about the addicting of opening packets

I want one of the first series but I dont have the money to buy one at the price :P

I'd advise to save up for Sorcerers Stone or even Goblet of Fire... you would get 3 boxes of that for 1 box of PoA original! I had a pretty nice box (sure I lost a bit of money, but I thought the excitement was worth it!!!) but I know duds are out there...

I am saving up for SS I'm not going to start thinking about GOF until june/july

Congratulations FTY! ;D
Getting a costume and an auto is really good!
And pack opening is extremely addicting, so watch your wallet! ::)

Tell me about it... why oh why did I not choose a cheap hobby like collecting pet rocks for example? :-\

Have you received your box yet Anna? You know the one that some evil people were pressuring you to buy? ;)

Not yet.  It was my fault.  The seller only accepted money orders or cashier checks, so I had to make a special trip to the bank. :-\  She just got the payment the other day, so I'm hoping to get it by the end of this week.  I'll post my pulls in that thread when I get it.

You Aussies are evil! ;)  Mike too! ;)

Thank you it is nice that someone finally acknowledges my evilness
someone that is besides the kids lmao .

Aussies rules

LOL ;D