Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince (Artbox-2009)
Deeceman's case is unique so far.
I've seen 25 case breaks, and 20 are in clusters of 2 or more (with no more than 1 card different); 2 differ only by 2 cards; and 3 are in their own universe.
July 11, 2009, 06:28 AM
Jake
got 4 boxes today! Here ya go:
#6035 BT2 5 Foils C8 Gryffindor Students 457/588 P6 Slughorn's X-Mas Party Drapes 162/330
#5209 BT4 5 Foils C4 Hagrid 251/480 P8 Records from Slughorns House 148/230
#5475 BT2 5 Foils CFC4 Auto Redemption Professor McGonagall
Overall? Very happy! The autos are new people we didn't already have, and the props and costumes were cool! The cards look nice and we look forward to getting a couple more boxes in San Diego! I have a small handful of extra base cards, if anyone fell a card or 2 short lemme know and I'll see if I have it.
thanks for the comments- I also liked the Ron costume card with the two color swatch, most of the others I've seen around are solid red so that was a nice little bonus. I feel like I want to do another case although the prudent thing might be to just buy the singles that I want. We'll have to see where the case prices go I guess.
Dave
July 12, 2009, 06:16 AM
samauto
Hi Guys,
Busted a case of HP HBP yesterday (our first Harry Potter case ever). Apart from the usual number of base sets (about 20) and foils (around 40), we pulled the following:
Autograph Cards: Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley Ralph Ineson - Amycus Carrow (redemption) Evanna Lynch - Luna Lovegood x2 Suzanne Toase - Alecta Carrow (redemption)
Costume Cards:
C2 Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn 042/240 C5 Gryffindor Students [maroon] 397/630 C6 Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn 461/580 C7 Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore 215/500 C8 Gryffindor Students [blue] 033/580 C12 Slytherin Students 339/570 C13 Dave Legano as Fenrir Grey back 149/490 & 463/490
Prop Cards:
P1 Slughorn's Christmas Party Lanterns 279/380 P3 Cushions from The Burrow 084/480 P5 Slughorn's Office Wall Covering 273/330 P9 Slughorn's Office Curtains 099/290
All are available for trade, apart from the Ron and one of the Luna Autographs. Will trade any of the other cards for any of the Rare Autographs (Dumbledore, Lupin, McGonagall and Bellatrix).
Cheers, Pete.
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July 12, 2009, 07:21 PM
glen87
picked up my two boxes today
Box 1899 / 7000
BT 2 R - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 cosutme - c12 (Slytherin students) film cel - CFC 9 (King Weasley)
Box 2157 / 7000
BT1 R - 1, 4, 6, 8, 9 autograp - Dumbleore redemption film cel - CFC 2 (Harry)
Base cards sorted (not by individual box) - 4 complete sets with just 8 left over (all different)This message has been edited. Last edited by: glen87,
July 12, 2009, 10:51 PM
Gringott
New box arrives YIPPPPEEEEEE!!! Breakdown:
Base sets: 2 Foil Cards: R2,R5,R6,R7 *** Am I the first one to have only 4 foils in a box??? *** Autograph Card: Maggie Smith/McGonagall Costume Card: none Prop Card: Potion Making Book Pages/ 360 Film Cel: none Top o'the box: Snape BT2
Speaking of Snape (Note to Artbox): Would love to corral Mr. Rickman into a few autos. He's the one graph I'd want above ALL others who have yet to sign in any HP card series.
July 12, 2009, 11:32 PM
zhamlau
rickman is goofy about signing harry potter. every inperson ive heard recently, he just will NOT sign anything potter...sign all day long, ANY OTHER character he played, photos posters you name it...bring him anything harry potter..."sorry, i dont sign thoes". i wouldnt hold your breath on him.
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July 12, 2009, 11:37 PM
Chuck Bartowski
quote:
Originally posted by zhamlau: rickman is goofy about signing harry potter. every inperson ive heard recently, he just will NOT sign anything potter...sign all day long, ANY OTHER character he played, photos posters you name it...bring him anything harry potter..."sorry, i dont sign thoes". i wouldnt hold your breath on him.
It's sad really...I wonder if he just doesn't like the character or what...Snape is probably the deepest character in the books
July 13, 2009, 04:55 PM
igman7
Hits from a 2 box break yesterday.
Box 1 C9 McGonagall Costume 255/490 P12 Nose Biting Tea Cup Boxes Prop (plain brown)060/295
Box 2 C3 Ron Weasley Costume (all red ) 008/380 Natalia Tena Autograph
nice set as usual.
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July 24, 2009, 02:11 AM
riddler_149
I finally got my case today. Overall, it was pretty decent.
Case Topper: Dumbledore Clear
Box #1: BT3 C7 Dumbledore Costume 077/500 CFC9 292/314 Film Cell of Infamous WB Logo R2,4,6,7,8
Box #2 BT1 Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange CFC 281/314 Film Cell of man with umbrella from first pensive scene R2,4,6,8,9
Box #3 BT2 Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore CFC2 267/314 Cell of Dumbledore in front of candle flames R1,3,5,8,9
Box #4 BT4 C9 366/490 McGonagall Robes P12 110/295 Nose Eating Tea Cup Boxes R1,3,6,8,9
Box #5 BT1 Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood C1 169/390 Bellatrix Robes R2,4,6,8,9
Box #6 BT2 Natalia Tena as Tonks C3 198/380 Ron Quiddich Robes R2,3,4,5,7
I am really happy with the Bellatrix auto, the Lavender auto, and the P11 card as they were three cards I really wanted. Kind of bummed by the duplicate C1 card, though I am glad that was the only duplicate chase card, as well as not getting a Maggie Smith or Emma Watson auto as they are the last two autos I really need of the major characters that I have collected from Potter sets over the years.
I also got a lot fewer costumes than expected. I was expecting 12 costumes (1:box) which was the ratio I was used to, but I only got 10 costumes. However, with 4 props and 5 autographs, I can't complain.
I'm pretty happy that the only two cards that I really want to chase are the two Carrow cards, and possibly the Smith auto. I think I am going to try and get a Watson auto from previous sets, as I didn't really like the picture or design on this one, so everything worked out pretty well.
hi got 2 boxes of these the other day got prop p12 nose tea cup boxes that i wanted i allso got p2 advanced potion making book pages,c8 gryffindor students costume and c9 mcgonagall costume all for trade im after luna auto please.
July 24, 2009, 02:25 PM
Flag City Collectibles
Overall I did great on this product! Out of busting 4 cases:
Complete set of 3 Crystal Case Toppers
11 of 12 Prop Cards + Duplicates (including the sweet Burrow's SUPER THICK Variant)
All low numbered Costumes + Duplicates
Harry & Malfoy Duel Auto
Hermione Auto
Ron Auto
Lupin Auto
Bellatrix Auto
Luna Lovegood Auto x 3
Lavender Brown Auto x 3
Death Eaters Autos x Way too many to count!
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July 24, 2009, 06:36 PM
allender
If you didn't count the Death Eaters, do you have a memory on how many Dumbledores, McGonagalls, and Tonkses you found? We're trying to estimate the total numbers signed over here. And you did report on 11 of your 20.
Update: Well, if your cases fit the pattern for "clusters", I would guess that the answer to my question is that you pulled zero Dumbledores, McGonagalls, and Tonkses. That would be a good reason for not reporting one!
The Dual and Hermione cases seem to have a Lavender each and the Ron cases seem to have two Lunas, and I've only seen one case type with a Bellatrix and Lupin, plus one more Lavender and Luna.
I hereby predict that your numerous Death Eaters included 4 Amycus and 5 Alecto. . This message has been edited. Last edited by: allender,
July 24, 2009, 08:02 PM
Curler
I purchased one box last week, and here's my breakdown:
Originally posted by allender: If you didn't count the Death Eaters, do you have a memory on how many Dumbledores, McGonagalls, and Tonkses you found? We're trying to estimate the total numbers signed over here. And you did report on 11 of your 20.
Update: Well, if your cases fit the pattern for "clusters", I would guess that the answer to my question is that you pulled zero Dumbledores, McGonagalls, and Tonkses. That would be a good reason for not reporting one!
The Dual and Hermione cases seem to have a Lavender each and the Ron cases seem to have two Lunas, and I've only seen one case type with a Bellatrix and Lupin, plus one more Lavender and Luna.
I hereby predict that your numerous Death Eaters included 4 Amycus and 5 Alecto. .
YOU ARE CORRECT! Are you a wizard?
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July 27, 2009, 03:20 PM
allender
I'm only a squib. I did pass my OWL in divination, though.
The other autos in the Dual, Ron, and Hermione cases have been the same. You might have variations on costumes or props because you pulled a P4, but your autos conform to Case Clusters A, D, G, and H. There have been 3-4 of each reported out of the 37 case-break reports, so you did very well by finding all of the Big Three from only 4 cases. .
July 27, 2009, 04:33 PM
Deeceman
hiya Jeff-
does my case still stand up as a "unique" one or have you seen more like mine. Also, not sure if this is allowed or not but do you know of other sites where the reports on this product are coming in? I'd love to read more breaks than what we've seen here so far.
Dave
July 27, 2009, 06:56 PM
allender
Still unique, "Cluster M." You definitely had the best auto selection of any case without one of the Big Three, with 3 Rares plus Luna and Tonks, and yours rivals or exceeds the others for value.
I don't think it's a problem to mention another (non-commercial) forum, The Yak Shack Forum. You won't find much more than Harry Potter sets unless/until you see a new LOTR set released. (They're mostly British and former Empire, after all.) Lots of the same fine people are on Card Talk, but you see more discussion of the HP universe, and more breakdowns and images for Potter cards. .
July 27, 2009, 11:31 PM
NL
Out of 4 boxes I pulled 2 Malfoy Boxtoppers 1 Snape Boxtopper 1 Bellatrix boxtopper
McGonagall Auto Tonks Auto
Dumbledore film cell Theatrical trailer film cell x 2 Rupert Grint costume Dumbledore costume Slughorn costume x2 Slughorn Xmas party prop Gryffindor Skiving snackbox prop
All foils except #4
August 04, 2009, 09:47 PM
B-Dunc
Okay, so I had saved up some to buy a Dexter case off e-bay, but was outbid at the last minute. The only other cases listed were too high, so I thought what the heck, I'll go for some Harry Potter. I was lucky to get a Michael C. Hall auto in my first of three boxes of Dexter previously, so I thought, maybe I'd have similar luck with a whole case of HP HBP. I opened the boxes in sequential order as follows:
Case topper: Dumbledore (clear)
BOX 0192
Base cards (90): 2 complete sets, 3 extras Foil cards (9; 1:4.8 packs): R1 R4 R6 R8 R9 Autograph cards (12; 1:48 packs): none Costume cards (14; 1:30 packs): C12 Slytherin students [green] (004/570) Prop cards (12; 1:60 packs): none Film cards (9; 1:80 packs): CFC9 a scene from the corn field (130/314) Box-topper metal cards (4): BT1 D.M (Draco Malfoy)
BOX 0425
Base cards (90): 1 complete set, missing 3 for a second set Foil cards (9; 1:4.8 packs): R1 R3 R5 R8 R9 Autograph cards (12; 1:48 packs): none Costume cards (14; 1:30 packs): C7 Albus Dumbledore (153/500) Prop cards (12; 1:60 packs): P3 Cushions from the Burrow (465/480) Film cards (9; 1:80 packs): none Box-topper metal cards (4): BT3 Bellatrix
BOX 0780
Base cards (90): 2 complete sets, 5 extras Foil cards (9; 1:4.8 packs): R1 R2 R3 R5 R7 Autograph cards (12; 1:48 packs): Natalia Tena (Nymphadora Tonks) Costume cards (14; 1:30 packs): none Prop cards (12; 1:60 packs): none Film cards (9; 1:80 packs): CFC4 Dumbledore visiting young Tom Riddle (172/314) Box-topper metal cards (4): BT4 Deatheater
BOX 0993
Base cards (90): 1 complete set, missing 4 for a second set Foil cards (9; 1:4.8 packs): R2 R3 R4 R5 R7 Autograph cards (12; 1:48 packs): none Costume cards (14; 1:30 packs): C13 Fenrir Greyback (122/490) Prop cards (12; 1:60 packs): P7 Just Like That Hat Boxes (285/395) Film cards (9; 1:80 packs): none Box-topper metal cards (4): BT3 Bellatrix
Base cards (90): 1 complete set, missing 3 for a second set Foil cards (9; 1:4.8 packs): R1 R4 R6 R8 R9 Autograph cards (12; 1:48 packs): none Costume cards (14; 1:30 packs): C4 Rubeus Hagrid (111/480) Prop cards (12; 1:60 packs): P10 Skiving Snackbox Boxes (086/280) Film cards (9; 1:80 packs): none Box-topper metal cards (4): BT1 D.M (Draco Malfoy)
Needless to say, at this point after six boxes, I was concerned that I had only found 1 auto. It was an auto I wanted, but I was beginning to worry this case had been shorted. But then I opened this box...
I really like these cards the foil stamping on the front is a nice touch and the costume and prop cards are really nice. Definitely pleased with my pulls. While I wouldn't have been upset had I gotten one of the top three autos, I was hoping for the Luna and Tonks. The only other one I wanted and didn't get was Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix). Maybe I can find one on e-bay...