June 27, 2008, 07:06 PM
allenderMy case:
Dark Arts Casetopper (3): CT2, Ron captured
BOX 0671/5000
Base cards (72): 2 complete sets, 13 threes
Metal boxtopper (4): BT2, Hermione
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz1-Pz3-Pz4-Pz6-Pz8
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): none
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): none
Props (13, 1:40 packs): P8, Buckbeak's Chain (258/310) (The Prisoner of Azkaban; displaces 6 cards)
BOX 0403
Base cards (72): 0 complete sets, #69 missing from 2 complete; 17 threes, 1 five (#37)
Metal boxtopper (4): BT1, Harry
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz1-Pz2-Pz4-Pz6-Pz8
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): Hugh Mitchell as Colin Creevey redemption (The Chamber of Secrets)
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): none
Props (13, 1:40 packs): none
BOX 0111
Base cards (72): 0 complete sets, #69 missing from 2 complete; 18 threes, 1 four (#37)
Metal boxtopper (4): BT4, Neville
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz2-Pz4-Pz6-Pz8-Pz9
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): Charles Hughes as Young Peter Pettigrew redemption (The Chamber of Secrets)
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): none
Props (13, 1:40 packs): none
BOX 4810
Base cards (72): 2 complete sets, 11 threes
Metal boxtopper (4): BT3, Ron
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz2-Pz4-Pz6-Pz7-Pz9
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): none
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): C1, Harry's sweater, solid gold (214/360) (The Chamber of Secrets; displaces 5 cards)
Props (13, 1:40 packs): P9, O.W.L.s Exam Paper (294/390) (The Order of the Phoenix; displaces 3 cards)
BOX 0357
Base cards (72): 1 complete sets, #69 missing from 2nd, 11 threes, 1 four (#37)
Metal boxtopper (4): BT2, Hermione
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz2-Pz3-Pz5-Pz7-Pz9
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas redemption (Order of the Phoenix)
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): none
Props (13, 1:40 packs): P2, Hedwig's Cage (233/260) (The Sorcerer's Stone; displaces 3 cards)
BOX 3524
Base cards (72): 2 complete sets, 9 threes
Metal boxtopper (4): BT4, Neville
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz1-Pz3-Pz5-Pz6-Pz8
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): none
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): C1, Harry's sweater, solid red (190/360) (The Chamber of Secrets; displaces 5 cards)
Props (13, 1:40 packs): P11, Durmstrang Staff (335/360) (The Goblet of Fire; displaces 5 cards)
BOX 0746
Base cards (72): 2 complete sets, 12 threes
Metal boxtopper (4): BT1, Harry
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz1-Pz3-Pz5-Pz7-Pz8
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): none
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): C2, Gryffindor Students (316/560) (The Chamber of Secrets; displaces 4 cards)
Props (13, 1:40 packs): P10, Harry's Hospital Wing Sheets (246/560) (The Prisoner of Azkaban; displaces 3 cards)
BOX 1707
Base cards (72): 2 complete sets, 16 threes
Metal boxtopper (4): BT2, Hermione
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz1-Pz4-Pz5-Pz7-Pz9
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): none
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): none
Props (13, 1:40 packs): P7, Books from Professor Lockhart's Class (154/380) (The Chamber of Secrets; displaces 3 cards)
BOX 0594
Base cards (72): 2 complete sets, 18 threes
Metal boxtopper (4): BT3, Ron
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz1-Pz3-Pz5-Pz7-Pz8
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): Christian Coulson as Tom Riddle (The Chamber of Secrets)
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): none
Props (13, 1:40 packs): none
BOX 0053
Base cards (72): 0 complete sets, #69 missing from 2 complete; 18 threes, 1 four (#37)
Metal boxtopper (4): BT1, Harry
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): Pz1-Pz3-Pz5-Pz7-Pz9
Autographs (11, 1:48 packs): James Walters as Young Sirius Black (The Order of the Phoenix)
Costumes (6, 1:72 packs): none
Props (13, 1:40 packs): none
Summary: Expected # of autographs, no Ultra Rares but all three Rares and two 'Regulars'. Expected number of costumes; one was a duplicate number but a different color swatch. Expected number of props, but nothing numbered to less than 260. Five complete puzzle sets, two complete box-topper sets. The CT2 case-topper.
For base sets, my case provided enough cards to make 22 complete sets with 1 card left over, if collation were perfect. At one level collation was good, because I was only 3 cards short of a 22nd set and 1 card short of a 21st set. But I was also the same 1 card short of my 19th, 18th, 17th, 16th, and 15th set. Four of the five boxes that held autographs were missing a specific card and had extras of another specific card, which means the packagers made a consistent mistake with the cards they had stacked up to fill packs that didn't have an auto in them -- in boxes that were selected to have one somewhere. It's not quite as bad as what I found for the first 3-D set, but it will take nearly forever to trade for heaping handfuls of the same card to fill in the near-sets.