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Actually I just got some info about 30 minutes ago from Artbox  and it says this :::

  ~~ DANIEL RADCLIFFE and KATIE LEUNG signs a
 DOUBLE AUTOGRAPH!! ~~

 the rest is what already was posted  --- a Carter auto will be a great addition  and the Dumbledore/Voldemort Dual costume looks interesting as well  !!

  ron

"Congrats!  You say you cracked all 11 regular boxes.  Aren't there only 10 per case ? "

LOL  --- guess you can tell how excited I am !!
  
  Of course there's only 10 boxes in a case ...

 I've opened 9 and might crack the resin box in abit (have'nt decided yet) ...

 I will say this -- out of 9 regular boxes  I've had 7 boxes with 2 inserts / 2 boxes with 1  ....

 Doubt that I'll be up at midnight EST (USA)  but I am being to scan the cards  and will get a case break out tomorrow at some point...

 

     ron

WOO HOO  !!!!!!!!!!!

  My case was delivered about 1 hour ago !!!!

 All dealers etc. have been asked to not show scans or start auctions until tomorrow and I will honor that ...
 however -- I can state that these are GORGEOUS cards ..... the base cards IMO are by far the nicest Artbox has done for HP  and they are totally different than all the other  sets ....... the presentation from the box to the cards is very nice ....
   And there are only 3750 boxes as previously stated ....

  I'll ask for opinions on whether or not I can pass along any other information today or whether I should wait until tomorrow ...

 I will say that I have cracked all 11  regular boxes  and am currently debating on whether to crack the resin box packs  or just sell it like it is on  ....

  ron

 Add me to the thank list   

 A BIG Thank You to all the artist's for all hard work on these sketch cards ...

 Can't wait for my case to arrive ....

 ron

 I also agree that we probably won't see the  real story  of this set until some boxes & cases are opened ....
   I had forgotten about not having filmcell cards in the set so yeah you are'nt getting quite as much per box/case as in GOFU but hopefully the design and card stock will be an improvement over previous releases ....
   
  I'm really hoping the entire set (base cards,inserts, auto & costume/prop cards) are all going to be something different than what we've seen in the previous sets ...
  If this is a limited production set I hope it'll show with the quality in the cards...

  IMO it can't look like a regular Harry Potter Artbox set -- it's got to be different and that includes all the cards ....

 I'm just hoping that when you open a case that you don't get 4 deatheater autos and only 1 "name" auto .....

 I think alot will depend on how many cases/boxes are actually going to be produced ...... manufacturers can tell us any amount but until those cases & boxes are in-hand  we won't really know  how much was produced ...

  ron

yep I just got the same information ......

 FINALLY we have some solid information --- not specific costume /prop cards but hey I guess we'll all be surprised when we open our boxes ...

 Looks good ---  5 autos / 10 costumes &  3 prop cards per case --- 

 The deatheater autos are "just okay" but the other autographs are all very solid ----

 I also received some scans of the costume & prop cards (including the dual cards ) and they look nice and nothing like previous releases -- very classy looking .....   (it was noted in the e-mail that the scans were meant only for the email address's they were sent to and I'll honor that request) ....
  I'm sure they'll get out to the general public soon ....   I will say that one scan is of a McGonagall costume 

 I have 1 case coming (hoping for 2 but won't know until next week) and can't wait to see all the cards in hand ....

  ron

 hey just got another update        ----

 I emailed Tom about seeing if  they gave him a release date and -----------

  he said they should be out by the 23rd !!!!

  That's less than 2 weeks  away !!!!

 ---- Wow -----         Come on Artbox  , throw us a bone here and pass out some pics & insertion ratios !!

   ron

Oh I agree ....
  these boxes will be more expensive and until we know what we "should" get in a box and/or what the cards look like we'll all be wondering exactly what Artbox has in store for us ...

 I would certainly hope you'd average  1.5-2  hits a box  and yes that's not including the coin which I don't really consider a "hit card" at all ....
  At least getting a update hopefully means this will be arriving soon but with Artbox who knows ..... why can't we get at least some pics of the base set along with some of the props & costume cards and what the autos will look like ??
   why is it so hard for Artbox to release info/pics before a product is released ??


 ron

FINALLY SOME NEW INFO !!!!!

 Got this email from Tom last night ---- no release date but hey at least we're getting some news so it must be coming 

 " I just got off the phone with Mike Simon, at Artbox Entertainment, and he gave me the following info, as his press release was not yet ready . The following will be in the new Harry Potter set:

Base set

4 box toppers

9 foil chase

3 case toppers

9 autographs including Emma Watson, Maggie Smith, Jason Isacs, David Bradley, and 4 Deatheaters autograph costume cards

7 prop cards

2 double prop cards

3 prop costume cards

2 coin cards, the same in every box

5 costume cards

7 double costume cards

2-case incentive

5-case incentive

10-case incentive

each case contains one resin box rather than the regular packaging

the card set is on a parchment-style paper and Mike says it looks great
"

 Gotta love the dual cards --- there could be some awesome combinations of swatches on these !!!

   
  ron

I'm in the same boat ...
 I see I pre-ordered a case  April ....

 I e-mailed Tom  2 weeks ago  and he said  he thought late Oct. release and then I e-mailed  him this week to see if he'd heard anything new at all from Artbox about  definite release date , what was gonna be in the set etc.etc.  and he said he'd heard nothing new at all  ....
 
 So I"m now wondering if another delay is upon us ...... you'd think Artbox would let a large distributor  have some info for a supposed release that was  2-3 weeks  away .....

 Artbox creates some wonderful sets & cards  but is absolutely brutal when it comes to pre-release info  and it's not fair to the distributors , the dealers and the consumers not to get information out ahead of time  ....

 what's the big secrets ??    other non-sports companies seem to get alot of information out well before a product is released ...

   Here's hoping we all get some real information ASAP ...... seems like I've been waiting for this set for a year and if Artbox does'nt get moving  it just might be   

  ron

yes it sounds strange but it is indeed  Ci 3  ....

 ron

[Just received my 2 case incentive card today ....]

 Just received my 2 case incentive card today ....

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  Daily Prophet   Ci 3
    # 388/445

 ron

roz  here's a larger scan of the Hermione book if you'd like to use it in the price guide ...
  ron

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yeh the box ended up having a costume & prop card in it so the box otherwise was fine ....
   just makes you wonder how in the heck that card ended up in a HP box ...

 ron

[yeh , seriously it was .... As I was opening the pack my wife said " hey what's that ?" --- we had'nt hit an auto yet and boy the visions of the quad card were dancing in my head ... and it took the place of a regular card in the pack too .... very strange ---- looks like some kind of playing card but I can't figure out what in the world the figures are suppose to be ..... ron]

yeh , seriously it was ....
    As I was opening the pack my wife said  " hey what's that ?"   ---
  we had'nt hit an auto yet and boy the visions of the quad card were dancing in my head  ...

 and it took the place of a regular card in the pack too ....

 very strange  ---- looks like some kind of playing card but I can't figure out what in the world the figures are suppose to be .....

 ron

[hey everybody want to see the 1/1 card I pulled from my 1st case ?? Here's a scan of the front and back --- I saw this strange design as I spread the cards out and got all excited LOL I don't know what it is but there it was in about my 3rd pack of box # 2 ron]

 hey everybody want to see the  1/1 card  I pulled from my 1st case ??

  Here's a scan of the front and back ---
    I saw this strange design as I spread the cards out and got all excited  LOL
   I don't know what it is but there it was in about my 3rd pack of box # 2

 ron


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that might have been me listing it as a carriage ....
   was so tired from scanning and listing I obviously missed what the image really is ...

 ron

here's the scan of the Hermione book ....
  this is my 1st try at scanning to the board so I hope this works ...
 scan does'nt do justice to the card ...
   Prop # 10 -----   # 063/130
  ron


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 Case 2 results --

  3  Filmcards

  Autographs:
    Deatheater  shirt/auto   Ashley Artus
    Cho Chang
    Barty Crouch, Sr.
    Barty Crouch, Jr
    Fleur DeLacour

 Costume cards :
     McGonagalls  Yule Ball dress (2 color)  # 350
     Chang's Yule Ball dress (2 color)  # 700
     Karkaroff  Robe  # 850
     Madam Maxime's # 825
     Cedric Diggory's  3rd Task  # 300
     Gryffindor Tie (3 color) # 400
      Harry Potter robe # 300
      Delacour Yule Ball dress # 1050
      Delacour 3rd Task  # 900
     Lucious Mallfoy Robe #  475

  Props:
     Hermione's Book  (3 color w/writing)  # 130
      Stadium Banners (blue w/stitching) # 425
     Weasley's Tent  # 520

 Another solid case --- maybe even better than # 1 ...

  Well that's it for now  ----  now on to the scanning and auction listings ...

 ron

Here's my 1st case break ---
 sorry no scans of of yet but no real different variations ...

  Filmcards  (3)  -- all #'d to 350

 Autographs:
      DeathEater  Shirt/Auto -- Alex Palmer
      Padma Patil
      Albus Dumbedore
      Parvati Patil
      Ginny Weasley

  Costume cards:
     Fleur Delacour vest  # 1025
     Fleur Delacour 3rd task  # 900
     Cedric Diggory hood  w/dirt marks # 700
     Igor Karkaroff  robe # 850
     Gryffindor tie (2 color)  # 400
     Fleur Delacour Yule Ball dress # 1050
     Madame Maxime's dress  # 825
     Hermione Granger Yule Ball dress # 600
     Lucious Malfoy cloak  # 475
     Cho Chang's Yule Ball dress # 700

  Prop cards:
     Books  # 350
     Memorial Banner # 355
     Riddle House  # 305

 Overall a nice break with a couple lower number costume/prop cards and a nice Dumbledore Auto ...

 ron