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Hey, that's right.  The tins did/do contain FilmCardz instead of Update cards.  Try moving this thread now, Roz.   

Shame on all of you for not spending more of your hard-earned dollars on the FilmCardz.  Seriously, did anyone buy these besides me?  The Silver and Blue Metal-Etched cards have a really nice design, although the choices for scenes on them seems generically underwhelming.  I guess that's one other special thing to look forward to in the tins;  you might get lucky and pull a chase card.     I got none in the Dementor tin, but two of each in the Night Bus tin.

Good luck to all.

Let me make sure I don't miss anything.

Now that's a nice swatch.

Now that's a neat swatch.

Now that's an incredible swatch.

Wow.

Just incredible.

Hooray for you!

In an interesting surprise, the Night Bus and Dementor tins are now (finally) hitting U.S. WalMarts.  For the tidy sum of $4.99 I managed to add each of these tins (and especially cards) to my POA Update collection.  That's right.  They're five bucks.  All we had to do was wait seven months.

[HAVE]

HAVE

Autograph Cards

Joshua Herdman as Gregory Goyle
Leslie Phillips as the Sorting Hat
Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan
Adrian Rawlins as James Potter X 2
Warwick Davis as Professor Flitwick X 2

Costume Cards

Gryffindor Sweater 292/460
Draco's Scarf 438/485 (all green swatch)
Female Hogwarts 120/510 and 387/510
Male Hogwarts 261/750

Prop Cards

Restricted Section Library Book 44/485 (black varient)
Daily Prophet 258/733 (swatch contains letters "ate...-ic-")
Wand Box 454/842

Film Cards

Harry with New Wand 156/397 and 265/397


NEED

Autograph Cards

Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter
Ray Fearon as Firenze
Luke Youngblood as Lee Jordan
Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas
Warwick Davis as Goblin Bank Teller

Costume Cards

Slytherin Students' Robe (NY Costume Card)
Oliver Wood's Sweater
Gryffindor Students' Tie
Harry Potter's Pajamas

Prop Cards

Devil's Snare
Shopping List for Gringotts
Gringotts Top Secret Letter
Harry's Birthday Cake Box

Film Cards

Harry Being Sorted
Battle with a Troll

[Case #2]

Case #2

Case Topper:  Soaring Owl

Box #2019
BT3
Prop Card:  Practice Broom 267/450  
Film Card:  Harry Playing Quidditch 247/397
R2, 4, 5, 7, & 8

Box #2013
BT4
Prop Card:  Wand Box 730/842 (Red Variation)  2nd one for me.
R2, 4, 5, 7, & 9

Box # 7730
BT3
Prop Card:  Restricted Section Library Book 405/485 (Brown Version) 2nd one.
Film Card:  Harry with New Wand 189/397
R3, 4, 5, 7, & 9

Box #5826
BT4
Prop Card:  Daily Prophet 258/733  
R1, 3, 5, 7, & 9

Box #31
BT3
Prop Card:  Wizard Candy 105/538 (Multi-coloured Variant) 2nd one.
Film Card:  Hagrid w/Xmas Tree 158/397
R1, 3, 5, 6, & 9

Box #5407
BT1
Autograph Card:  Leslie Phillips as the Sorting Hat - 2nd one.
Costume Card:  Gryffindor Sweater 292/460 - Another duplicate.
R1, 3, 5, 7, & 9

Box #5406
BT2
Autograph Card:  Warwick Davis as Professor Flitwick - 3rd one!
Costume Card:  Female Hogwarts 120/510 -  Duplicate
R1, 3, 5, 6, & 9

Box #7920
BT1
Autograph Card:  Adrian Rawlins as James Potter - Another duplicate.
Costume Card:  Draco's Sweater438/485  
R1, 3, 6, 8 & 9

Box #6298
BT2
Autograph Card:  Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan - Fourth dup in a row.
Costume Card:  Harry Quidditch Robe 174/410 (Red Version)
R1, 2, 3, 6, & 8

and

Box #6765
Autograph Card:  Joshua Herdman as Gregory Goyle - Duplicate number five.
Costume Card:  Male Hogwarts 261/759 - Duplicate

Nothing like getting a duplicate case!  Seriously, I got 3 new Film Cards, 1 new Costume, and 2 new Props, but those five duplicate Autograph Cards - Sheesh! Now who wants to make a trade?  

Despite the fact that I have now spent literally thousands of dollars on POA, POAU, and Sorcerer's Stone combined, I still do not like the size of the new Prop and Costume cards.  I just went through ten nine-pocket pages trying to insert the costumes that will fit.  Each time I got down to the last one and the page ripped.  If Artbox was going to make the cards this big, then they should have produced a series of pages to fit cards that were this big.  I shouldn't need to spend tons of money on the actuall cards, then have to spend tons more to store them.

Two More Boxes

#2747

BT#2
R2, 4, 5, 7, and 8
Auto Card:  Warwick Davis as Professor Flitwick (first duplicate out of thirteen boxes!)
Prop Card:  Neville's Pajamas 49/520 (green & yellow from a teddy bear in the bottom left corner, fabric has a crease)   

#6185

BT#2 (again)
R1, 3 , 5, 6, and 9
Auto Card:  Joshua Herdman as Gregory Goyle 
Gryffindor Students' Sweater 459/460 

Two rather good boxes.   

Here's hoping all of you Aussies do BETTER than this!
Best of luck!!!

So, I had just enough money left before pay day to buy a single box...

            

Box #5971

Flitwick Auto Card

and

Chocolate Frog 41/127!!!


And to think, I WAS going to buy a box of Buffy:  Big Bads.

Oh, well.                 

[Box #6340]

Hey, you're right.

Box #6340

Box Topper:  BT4
Autograph Card:  Devin Murray/Seamus Finnigan
Costume Card:  Argus Filch’s Coat -- 66/360
Foil Cards:  R3, 4, 5, 7, and 9

Thank you, Jeff Allender, Master of Checklists.  Love to get your take on Artbox's "progress".

Wow.  I guess it's been a long time since I posted here, but here goes.

CASE BREAKDOWN

Case Topper:  CT1 -- Soaring Owl

Box #2260

Box Topper:  BT2
Prop Card :  Resticted Section Library Book -- 44/485
Film Card:  Hedwig Delivering Nimbus 2000 -- 11/397
Foil Cards:  R2, 4,  6, 7, and 8

Box #2611

Box Topper:  BT2
Prop Card:  Invitation to Hogwarts Letter -- 70/130
Foil Cards:  R1, 2, 3, 6, and 8

Box #5690

Box Topper:  BT2
Prop Card:  Fluffy's Fur -- 647/700
Film Cell:  Wizards Chess -- 309/397
Five Foil Cards that I forgot to write down

Box #5745

Box Topper:  BT1
Prop Card:  Wizard Candy -- 530/638 (Lick-O-Rish Spider Varient)
Film Cell:  The Man with Two Faces - Voldemort -- 315/397
Foil Cards:  R1, 2, 4, 6, and 8

Box #6851

Box Topper:  BT1
Prop Card:  Wand Box -- 454/842
Foil Cards:  R2, 4, 5, 7, and 8

Box #4690

Box Topper:  BT3
Autograph Card:  Ian Hart/Professor Quirrell 
Costume Card:  Male Hogwarts Students' Robe:  369/750
Foil Cards:  R1, 3, 5, 7, and 0

Box #5530

Box Topper:  BT4
Autograph Card:  John Hurt/Mr. Ollivander 
Costume Card:  Rubeus Hagrid's Shirt -- 498/710
Foil Cards:  R1, 3, 5, 6, and 9

Box #569
Box Topper:  BT3
Autograph Card:  Leslie Phillips/The Sorting Hat
Costume Card:  Harry's Quidditch Robe -- 131/410 (Yellow Varient)
Foil Cards:  R1, 3, 6, 8, and 9

and

Box #5975
Box Topper:  BT3
Autograph Card:  Adrian Rawlins as James Potter
Costume Card:  Female Hogwarts Students' Robe -- 388/510
Foil Cards:  R2, 4, 5, 7, and 9

FINAL TALLY

5@ Props, Autos & Costumes.
3 Film Cells
2 Box Topper sets + 2 extras
5 Foil Card sets + 5 extras

THOUGHTS

All boxes with Props/Film Cells were on the left side of the case.  All Auto/Costume boxes were on the right.  Each box contained five Foil Cards.  One box I collated had exactly two base sets with no extras.  Artbox is like the kid who got caught being bad.  They're now on their best behavior.   

My one complaint is that some cards are just too big.  I like to store my cards in their respective albums.  When I saw the "Fluffy" card I started looking around for a glass to sit on it.  It's like a coaster.  When I held it out to a friend of mine he said, "Wow!  Is that a whole stack of cards?"  No, just one, and it's too big.  It's almost like Artbox is saying, "See what we can do..."  My one bit of advise for them would be to stop making cards this big.  How are we supposed to store them?  Take a look at Inkworks' Pieceworks cards.  They've got the right idea.  No more coasters please.

Overall, a good comeback after the POAU fiasco.  I plan on buying two more cases, but I'm still miffed about the "giant" Props and Costumes. 

Trade?  We don't do no trades here!  

Not when precious living room space in my one-bedroom apartment is being taken up by all these #@&*ing boxes of update cards that I put myself into perpetual debt for.  (I'm sorry cable company.  I'm really sorry.)

Mcgonagall, send me your particulars and I will send you base card 112, BT1, BT3, BT4, and R9 in a Priority Mailer.  In return, you have to promise to not send me anything.  I just think it's cool being able to send something to the Southern Hemisphere!  (Oh, and to help a fellow forum member.)

Seriously, glad to help you out.  Happy Holidays!

Have:

PROP CARDS

Unfogging the Future
Sleeping Bag x 2

COSTUME CARDS

Neville’s Robe
Harry’s Cardigan
Cedric’s Quidditch Robe x 3
Harry’s Quidditch Robe x  3
Lupin’s Jacket x 4

+ Several complete sets of the Box Toppers and the "R" cards and a few random "M" cards.

Need:

PROP CARDS

Wanted Poster
The Marauder's Map
Divination Class (930)

COSTUME CARDS

Gryffindor Material
Slytherin Material
Hermione's Coat
Hermione's Pants

FILM CELLS

Courtyard
Hermione's Punch

Somehow, I don't think any of you will have any of the "big four" autographs or the multi-case incentives for trade, so I have decided to skip them in my "Need" list.  

At last - Case Number Three:

CASE TOPPER
Hermione Punching Draco  

AUTOGRAPHS
James & Oliver Phelps (Fred & George Weasley) Dual Auto Card  
Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley)

PROP CARDS
Fizzing Whizzbees (#124 of 430)  
Unfogging the Future (#111 of 930)
Sleeping Bag (#1299 of 1980)

COSTUME CARDS
Sybil Trelawney's Gown (#326 of 330)  
Hermione's Pink Jumper (#517 of 628)  
Ron’s Jumper (#428 of 731)
Harry Potter’s Sweater (#980 of 2173)
Harry Potter’s Quidditch Outfit (#1455 of 2173)
Cedric Diggory Quidditch Outfit (#924 of 2173)
Remus Lupin (#1420 of 2900)

3 of 9 DIFFERENT Film Cells from US Theatrical trailer


Totals:  
2 Autographs (had Dudley already)
3 Props (had two of them)
7 Costumes (had five of them)
3 Film Cards (had all three)
5 Complete Sets of Foil "R" cards
2 Complete Sets of Box Toppers

So, basically, for $570 I got four cards I didn't have, plus the Hermione/Draco Case Topper, which gives me a complete set of those.  All in all, I guess I can't complain after doing so well with my first two cases.  

In total, thus far, I have 8 autographs, 14 costumes, 6 Props, and 6 Film Cells.  

Time to trade.  Keep an eye out for my list.

Those are n-i-c-e.

Just incredible!  Cheers to you.  Major cheers!!!

Yeah, rough stuff, that Karma.

Out of one box, I got:

Film Cell - Harry Conjures His Patronus - #663 of 900
Harry Quidditch Robe (Close) - #133 of 2173
4 "R" cards, enabling me to make another complete set
and, with apologies to Fernando, as well as to Jennifer Saunders
and to all of you Brits...

A DAWN FRENCH AUTOGRAPH CARD!!!

Best $60 I ever spent.  

I also got the three tins.  From said tins, I got two "M" cards and George Wealey Quidditch Robe #1559 of 2803, which was pretty lucky, considering the dealer had exactly one set of tins and the odds of pulling a costume card at four packs per tin are one in six.

To add insult to injury, while I was waiting for the update set, I started collecting Angel Season 5.  Tonight I bought my fifth box.  Got Autograph Card #5.  Got Pieceworks Card #4 (one duplicate out of five).  Got the three cards I needed to complete the two chase sets.  Got the Box Topper I needed to complete that set.

I'm expecting the infestation of locusts any minute now.  

Seriously, my luck is NEVER this good.

Anyway,  I said it for Roz and I'll say it for Fernando:

No autographs is totally unacceptable.  

At the very least, Artbox should give you a replacement autograph when something like this happens.  

We also noticed several packs where there were only five cards.  I'm really curious as to how the cards are packed.  I have a theory that it's a machine that uses a computer program that tells it when to drop inserts in.  The boxes that have nothing or less/more than average are a result of the machine following the programmed ratios; every so often there's a null space.  The skips are, in effect, "0's".  I'm probably way off, but it's something cases with no auto's make me think about.

It was pretty funny.  The three of us sat around a card table, opening boxes and packs for hours, with the fourth side of the table facing a giant-screen tv.

Just think, the fourth side could be the camera.  Maybe one of you guys could sell the idea to the BBC:  

Card Collectors:  The Series.  

The drama!  The thrills!  The excitement!

Special Guest Card Emma Watson...

Thanks, Roz.  

After 2 Harry Robes, 2 George Quidditch Robes, and 3 Ginny Autographs bought at basically $200 US each for the first set, I was due big-time.

I just hope gimli doesn't send the Dementors after me.

I'm working with Fernando to get his little girl lent out to forum members in an effort to improve everyone's chances.

Got two of my three cases today.  Let me just say this upfront:  

Now onto the breakdowns.

CASE 1:

BOX TOPPER
Sirius Black

AUTOGRAPHS
Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley)
Lee Ingleby (Stan Shunpike)
Jimmy Gardner (Ernie Prang) - redemption
Richard Griffths (Uncle Vernon) - redemption

PROP CARDS
The Daily Prophet (#387 of 480)
Divination Class (#340 of 845)
Sleeping Bag (#430 of 1980)

COSTUME CARDS
Madam Rosmerta (#38 of 250)  
Ron’s Jumper (464 of 731)
Neville Longbottom (#857 of 1170)
Harry Potter’s Sweater (#441 of 2173)
Harry Potter’s Quidditch Outfit (#1183 of 2173)
Cedric Diggory Quidditch Outfit (# 72 of 2173)
Remus Lupin (#2385 of 2900)

4 of 9 DIFFERENT Film Cells from US Theatrical trailer

CASE 2:

BOX TOPPER
Harry Riding Buckbeak

AUTOGRAPHS
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger)  
Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley)

PROP CARDS

The Daily Prophet (#434 of 480)
Unfogging the Future (#795 of 930)
Sleeping Bag (#861 of 1960)

COSTUME CARDS

Draco Malfoy (#458 of 628)
Cornelius Fudge (#43 of 830)
Remus Lupin (#756 of 834)
Neville Longbottom (#724 of 1170)
Cedric Diggory Quidditch Outfit (#523 and #524 of 2173)

2 of 9 DIFFERENT Film Cells from US Theatrical trailer (One card twice = 3)


Totals:  
6 Autographs
6 Props
13 Costumes
7 Film Cards (3 of one, 2 of another, so actually 4 different)
7 Complete Sets of Foil "R" cards

Notes:

The Percy Autograph Card and the Ernie Redemption Card came in the same pack!

Two of the Film Cards were damaged around the edges where the slides are.
I also had two damaged "R" cards.

Redemption Cards are your friends!    Me thinks they were placed in last, making some cases have more autograph cards.  

Oh, and...

I GOT A HERMIONE AUTOGRAPH CARD!!!

And to give credit where credit is due:  

My good friend Fernando's daughter, Ernestina DaCosta, pulled the Hermione.
Just like she pulled the Rosmerta Autograph from the original set.
That girl's definitely got "the touch".

Can't wait for case #3, which should arrive Thursday.

Olly, the green set are a binder incentive, too.  I got them today.
(By the way the new binders look as sweet as the pictures would have you believe.)

Roz,  0 autographs is totally unacceptable.  That's just ridiculous.
It's insulting when you've spent all that money and the company can't even be bothered with seeing to it that you at least get the bare minimum.  Artbox needs to have a serious talk with a company like Inkworks, where the odds are stated and that's what you get.  The thrill of not knowing what you're going to get sure is tempered when you get nothing.  That just sucks!