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Hmmmm I was just about to click the b/n button, when I decided to read his feedback...it seems pretty good, but he does take a long time to ship things, and I want it now! lol  ;D Might just wait and order the next NSU from the US and get it in that.

I've heard that promo no. 3 is going to be in a binder? Anyone else know anything different?

That's right, and it's all written in the price guide too.

At $4 plus shipping you might be better paying £3-£3.50 for the promo (along with other miscellaneous promos) and a magazine which should have some pretty pictures in from the set.

lol I was about to ask you if you had a Borders in your town but it's you that's from Soton right? In which case there's never been a borders there as long as I remember (boo) I wonder whether that Forbidden Planet at the bottom of East Street Stocks NSU magazine. It might be worth popping in and asking. But they won't have it yet

ooo I never thought they would have that magazine!! Thanks for that Roz, I'll deffinatly go in and ask  ;D

I've read at NSU that the issue with the promo will also have more info about the set, so there is definitely an advantage to getting the magazine!

Questions

What is NSU magazine?

Do they usally have it at forbidded planet?

Do I want one?

 ???

NSU is Non-Sport Update, a bi-monthly magazine devoted to non-sport cards.  Each issue has a variety of promos and articles about upcoming releases.  There's a website with lots of info and an extensive forum section.

http://www.nonsportupdate.com/

For those who frequent the NSU boards, it's interesting to note that while I can link to them from this Yak Shack post, NSU doesn't allow links to boards like this one! ;) Not that I'm trying to cause trouble. ::)

Thanks, so is the the April addition I need to keep my eye out for?


How come its upcoming releases have COS (and GOF later in the year)  but not SS ???

I think they may have got mixed up...they say COS but it shows the SS promo #4 card.

Its all very confusing  ??? lol

They made a mistake, which one of the moderators mentioned in a post.  It should have been listed as SS, not COS.

This is exactly the problem, although you will get some interesting information they are not fans so they don't know what they are dealing with. It will amuse you to know that according to their price guide in their current issue the most saught after card in the Prisoner of Azkaban set is a "Whooping Willow card". WHOOP - presumably like my mother it had the whooping cough in it's formative years and this is how it got its name.

Yes many subscribers do say they only subscribe for the promos because by the time they have gone to press their information is unbelievably out of date. I remember our peartree auction was mentioned in their magazine about 5 or 6 months after it ended.

I do agree to a certain extent. However it is ALWAYS nice to read whatever background they might have picked up on the card set, I would expect there to be some pics of base cards and if you are REALLY lucky something more interesting (although I wouldn't count on it because I don't think Artbox had anything to interest them in time). However, let me cite a couple of past examples where their articles have proved interesting.

Their preview of the Prisoner of Azkaban "Classic" set had a picture of the full George Weasley Quidditch Robe, which showed the red robe as we all know it with "Weasley" written in yellow across the back, and the number 5. At the time we had seen plenty of variants with small bits of yellow or one or two variants which were totally yellow, so this provided us with a nice bit of background info.

Another time they had a review of the forthcoming Trilogy (LOTR) set - which revealed no info on costumes but what it did show was a picture of an unsigned Gimli autograph. There was no accompanying text with it or anything and sadly this card never made it into the set which is a huge shame as there are a lot of people who would have liked it. When I see JRD next I shall ask what happened there. Anyway - it was interestig background info :)