morenomark
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« on: June 20, 2005, 09:52:34 PM » |
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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.
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rns91294
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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2005, 09:58:00 PM » |
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No Way!!! I was just at Walmart and they had nothing. I will have to try the other two in my area tonight. Should I call or just go? How exciting!!
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Roz
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2005, 10:11:58 PM » |
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Call... call AND go  (And I am moving this because it's PoAU not PoA - tsk tsk) |
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rns91294
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2005, 10:14:53 PM » |
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I decided to just go. This way, I can look for Star Wars cards too. Or should I wait to see if they get the retail CATCF sets too? I love shopping! Not that i can afford it right now, but I want these tins!!
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grecopa
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2005, 10:39:59 PM » |
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I'm so glad I checked the boards before I went out today. Wal-Mart here I come!
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EmmasOneandOnly
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2005, 10:45:31 PM » |
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WOW, I never though I'd eve rbe excited about going to Wal*Mart again  if it POAu you have a chance to pull a retail. I'd like tp pick up the Knight Bus, already have the Dementor |
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DewDude
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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2005, 03:29:23 AM » |
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Do the tins actually have POAU packs or do they contain packs of POA FilmCardz? The ones I purchased from e-bay not too long ago had FilmCardz packs.
Mark
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Roz
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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2005, 03:30:13 AM » |
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Really? Wow I've not come across those... were they sealed?
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DewDude
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2005, 03:34:27 AM » |
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Yes, they were sealed and the starburst sticker on the outside of the celophane stated the tin contained 2 packs of POA FilmCardz and the exclusive card. Didn't even cross my mind that they could have been repacked. No reason really to swap out POAU packs for FilmCardz packs and still include the T1 and T5 cards as they were the most desirable part of the package.
Mark
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Roz
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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2005, 03:39:39 AM » |
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Yes very true... most peculiar  |
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kbmum
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2005, 07:18:02 AM » |
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Tins 1 and 5 were hobby tins that contained packs of POA update filmcards and one exclusive tin card. Tins 2, 3, and 4 were retail tins that contained packs of POA update retail packs, an exclusive tin card, and the possibility of a retail costume card.
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Anna
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2005, 07:37:57 AM » |
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The Tins 1 and 5 that I got had FilmCardz like Mark's tins. I got mine off of ebay like he did.
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morenomark
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« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2005, 07:23:59 PM » |
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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. |
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Roz
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« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2005, 07:47:42 PM » |
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Ooh I got the base set - and actually the collector zone special offer of the week is a Filmcardz master set for £30 - that's about $55. So if you missed out it's not too late! It's a great set I agree... rather expensive outside of the above offer, but really pretty good now  |
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Nienna
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« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2005, 10:38:24 PM » |
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I got a set of the R and UR Filmcardz to go with the base set Mark and thought they were beautiful. Not the easiest cards to store to their best advantage I'll admit, but the silver and blue finish on them is great!  That's a fair comment on the choice of scenes they used and you could make the same remark about the film clips used in the SS film cell cards ... lovely but a bit limited! I think the price had a lot to do with ppl either buying them or not and nobody seemed to stock them here in the UK, which meant we had to get them from US sellers and pay the high shipping fees. I think they're under-rated and if you want them then the offer from Collector Zone is pretty good. |
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EmmasOneandOnly
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« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2005, 10:40:53 PM » |
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***Off Topic Question***
What does some of the Emma FilmCardz look like?
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rns91294
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« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2005, 10:42:42 PM » |
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I went to 2 wal-marts last night with no luck
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Anna
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« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2005, 10:52:47 PM » |
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***Off Topic Question***
What does some of the Emma FilmCardz look like?
The Emma FilmCardz are the same as some of the base cards from PoA. The only difference is that they're printed on acetate (?) and have the card frame around them. |
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EmmasOneandOnly
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« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2005, 10:56:56 PM » |
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Oh, I thought they were totaly different from the POA cards |
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kbmum
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« Reply #19 on: June 21, 2005, 11:56:00 PM » |
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I got a set of the R and UR Filmcardz to go with the base set Mark and thought they were beautiful. Not the easiest cards to store to their best advantage I'll admit, but the silver and blue finish on them is great! Artbox makes white-backed nine pocket pages to store FilmCardz, and for the most part, you can easily see the images. I think they also make a lighted viewer to look at individual cards -- sort of like a mini lightbox. You can see some of the cards by clicking on the auctions here: http://search.ebay.com/potter-filmcardz_W0QQsojsZ1QQfromZR40 |
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