Don't have mine yet, but Topps updated their site with the odds & I thought it was more appropriate in the breakdown area:
THE LORD OF THE RINGS - EVOLUTION SKETCH ARTIST LIST
INDIVIDUAL SKETCH ARTIST ODDS
APPROXIMATE ODDS PER PACK OF FINDING SPECIAL INSERT CARDS: SKETCH CARDS OVERALL – 1:14
LEVEL A - 1:32 Christian Della Vecchia Davide Fabbri Howard Shum James Hodgkins Otis Frampton Paul Gutierrez Randy Martinez Thomas Hodges
LEVEL B - 1:346 Brent Woodside
LEVEL C - 1:70 Amy Pronovost Brian Rood Cat Staggs Dan Parsons Jake Myler Robert Teranishi Tom Mandrake
LEVEL D - 1:111 Cynthia Cummens Dan Norton Jeff Chandler John McCrea Joseph Booth Ray Dillion Sarah Wilkinson
LEVEL E - 1:93 Allison Sohn Dave Dorman David Rabbitte Dennis Budd Grant Gould Juan Carlos Ramos Mary Mitchell Michael Duron Rafael Kayanan Renea De Liz Russell Walks Scott Erwert William O’Neill
LEVEL F - 1:209 Chris Eliopoulos Gabriel Hernandez Jan Duursenna Jeff Zapata Joe Corroney Justin Chung Matt Bush Mike Lilly Monte Moore Rich Molinelli Ryan BenjaminThis message has been edited. Last edited by: tialessa,
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February 27, 2006, 07:12 PM
MrBlueofnyc
So if I am reading this right.
You have your NORMAL Scetch Card that comes 1 in every 14 Packs.
Then you have LEVEL A that comes 1 in every 32 Sketch Cards? Not Packs
THen you have Level B that comes 1 in every 347 Sketch cards
Then Level C that comes 1 in every 70 sketch cards and so on?
I presume it means that for every 32 packs you open you should get a level A of whichever artist.
February 27, 2006, 07:28 PM
barobehere
almost. There is no Normal sketch. You get 1 sketch every 14 packs. So, you will get a sketch every 14 packs but it will be from one of the different levels.
February 27, 2006, 07:53 PM
Roz
Yes - so for every 32 packs you should receive one from level A, for every 209 packs you should get an artist from the top level - F or whatever.
Either way - every 14 packs on average you hit the jackpot - which should mean no 'dud' boxes ;D
February 27, 2006, 08:28 PM
Incarnadine
I'm really glad I got a case of this now. A little simple math-
8 boxes at 24 packs per box= 192 packs 1 sketch per 14 packs divided into 192 packs = 13.71 sketches per case, way better than the 1 per box I was expecting.
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February 27, 2006, 10:46 PM
slackjawedyokel
The odds with the artists. You need to multiple the ratio by the number of artists in each level. So this is what the true odds are:
Excellent it runs from Group A (common) to Group F (rare). Its the opposite to Star Wars ROTS. Do you think Topps try to confuse the punters on purpose?
Where are my boxes? How long have I got to wait. I think I am too impatient sometimes.
February 28, 2006, 07:56 AM
Raj
Mine will ship tomorrow. I really want a Kayanan sketch.
February 28, 2006, 08:59 AM
Incarnadine
quote:
Originally posted by Raj: Mine will ship tomorrow. I really want a Kayanan sketch.
Me too, but they work out to 1:6 cases so my odds are only 1:6.
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February 28, 2006, 01:41 PM
Raj
quote:
Originally posted by Incarnadine:
quote:
Originally posted by Raj: Mine will ship tomorrow. I really want a Kayanan sketch.
Me too, but they work out to 1:6 cases so my odds are only 1:6.
And I've only got 3 boxes on order.
February 28, 2006, 01:55 PM
Electrawoman Cards f/k/a jane
quote:
Originally posted by Incarnadine:
quote:
Originally posted by Raj: Mine will ship tomorrow. I really want a Kayanan sketch.
Me too, but they work out to 1:6 cases so my odds are only 1:6.
As long as I don't get that one particular artist whose work I'm really not fond of, I'll be happy
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February 28, 2006, 03:09 PM
trade-a-card
From what I have seen so far on that auction site it seems to me that the particular artist spends more time on drawing his signature than the actual sketch!
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February 28, 2006, 03:14 PM
CardFan
Is anyone but me a little concerned about the quality of the majority of sketches showing up on that auction site now? After seeing the great sketches shown on this site over the past month, I had forgotten that far greater numbers of poor sketches were available.
March 01, 2006, 01:38 AM
zhamlau
quote:
Originally posted by CardFan: Is anyone but me a little concerned about the quality of the majority of sketches showing up on that auction site now? After seeing the great sketches shown on this site over the past month, I had forgotten that far greater numbers of poor sketches were available.
yeah, some of them are raggity, but you get 2 sketchs a box. Id rather have 2 rags then then 1. It still seems like a good box break . getting my boxes in the mail tommorow. im hoping....Russell Walks...Russell Walks...
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March 01, 2006, 04:53 AM
Kilika808
Okay, since you all can't wait I thought I would share my case break.
I included the number of sketch cards per artist in parentheses.
Box 1:
Evolution A Aragorn, Arwen, Bilbo, Boromir, Haldir, Witch-King
Evolution B Elrond, Eomer
Stained Glass Aragorn, Frodo, Gandalf, Sam
Sketch Card Paul Gutierrez (1006) - Uruk-Hai?
Box 2:
Evolution A Bilbo, Boromir, Elrond, Eomer, Eowyn, Faramir
Evolution B Aragorn, Theoden
Stained Glass Bilbo, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin
Sketch Card Randy Martinez (1000) - Gimli?
Box 3:
Evolution A Eowyn, Faramir, Frodo, Galadriel, Gandalf, Legolas
Evolution B Aragorn, Theoden
Stained Glass Boromir, Gandalf, Merry, Sam
Sketch Cards Brent Woodside (1000) - ??
Christian Dalla Vecchia (???) - ??
Box 4:
Evolution A Aragorn, Arwen, Bilbo, Boromir, Elrond, Eomer
Evolution B Gandalf, Sam
Stained Glass Aragorn, Frodo, Legolas, Pippin
Sketch Cards Howard Shum (1000) - Legolas
Dan Parsons (500) - Eowyn
Box 5:
Evolution A Lurtz, Merry, Pippin, Sam, Sauron, Theoden
Evolution B Arwen, Bilbo
Stained Glass Bilbo, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin
Sketch Cards Mary Mitchell (???) - Elrond?
Robert Teranishi (???) - ?? (ink)
Box 6:
Evolution A Gandalf, Haldir, Legolas, Lurtz, Merry, Pippin
Evolution B Frodo, Galadriel
Stained Glass Aragorn, Frodo, Legolas, Pippin
Sketch Cards Thomas Hodges (1006) - ??
Juan Carlos Ramos (200) - Aragorn's horse?
Box 7:
Evolution A Elrond, Eomer, Eowyn, Faramir, Frodo, Galadriel
Evolution B Eowyn, Faramir
Stained Glass Bilbo, Boromir, Gimli, Merry
Sketch Cards John McCrea (400) - Gandalf (ink)
James Hodgkins (1000) - Arwen? (ink, color)
Box 8:
Evolution A Aragorn, Arwen, Sam, Sauron, Theoden, Witch-King
Evolution B Gandalf, Sam
Stained Glass Boromir, Gandalf, Merry, Sam
Sketch Cards Amy Pronovost (506) - Gimli (color)
Ray Dillon (306) - Gollum
Overall... a really, really, REALLY fun case, especially for the price.
I'm already debating on getting another, as I think the prices will rise one people realize most boxes will have 2 sketch cards.
Good luck on all your breaks!
March 01, 2006, 07:05 AM
goldenavenger
I really like your Mary Mitchell.
Thanks for posting you your break down!
I should have my LOTR today or tomorrow.
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Looking at the Juan Carlos Ramos, it's too bad you only get half the horses face and you don't get a chance to see the riders face. It would have been a huge difference if the artist would have pulled back the scene to have captured both faces. But that's just me being picky.
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