Just got my lone box in the mail...

- BL1
- Numbers 15 and 16
- Puzzle 3, 4 and 5
- Swoozie Kurtz auto
- Kate piecework (mostly white with a touch of blue on the right side)

My first Box that I posted already:

I received 1 of the 2 boxes that I ordered.

Box No. 34326

2 base sets
1-BL-2
1-A5(Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau)
1-PW2(Maggie Grace as Shannon)slight variation in lilac color, loose threads-maybe from the top of her shirt)

N4, N8, M1,M2,M9


Second Box, Box #14327

I didn't count the base sets yet,

Box Loader-BL-2
Mira Furlan autograph-A5 :
John Locke piecework card-PW-6, with dirt on it

N16, N23,M4,M5,M6,M7

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Originally posted by Over_Worked_Mom:
Andy,
I love the product, don't get me wrong else I wouldn't have bought a whole case (or be scouring eBay for the remnants). It just seems that everytime I get excited, things go awry - damaged cards, redemption cards, etc. - it's disappointing, that's all.

Course, you know I passionate I am about cards, so my emotions run that same level of passion - either I'm ecstatic or disappointed - it's the Italian in me there's no middle ground.

As for Roswellian's comments, I don't see their relevance so I can't comment on that.

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Originally posted by Over_Worked_Mom:
Course, you know I passionate I am about cards

Hey, if we weren't passionate about cards, we wouldn't be here

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Originally posted by Over_Worked_Mom:

Course, you know I passionate I am about cards,

What MORE than your beloved chocolate?

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Originally posted by Potato Head:
Bit disappointe dtaht the second bos didn't have a box loader card(can I do anything about this?)

E-mail Inkworks and let them know. It might be helpful to them as well if you can let them know what the number on the inside of the box is, as I think this gives them info. on whereabouts in the production run the box was.

Just finished breaking my 6 boxes. Apart from getting 3 Swoosie Kurtz autos , I think I did pretty well.

Box 1
Auto: A12 - Swoosie Kurtz
Pieceworks: PW6 - Locke

Box 2
Auto: A10 - Frederic Lane
Pieceworks: PW12 - Walt/Michael

Box 3
Auto: A8 - Nick Jameson
Pieceworks: - PW7 - Sayid

Box 4
Auto: A12 - Swoosie Kurtz
Pieceworks: PW5 - Charlie

Box 5
Auto: A12 - Swoosie Kurtz
Pieceworks: PW6 - Locke

Box 6
Auto: AR1 - Josh Holloway
Pieceworks: PW3 - Shannon (laminate is peeling though)

Hopefully inkworks will replace the damaged PW3.

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Originally posted by LesleyW:

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Originally posted by Potato Head:
Bit disappointe dtaht the second bos didn't have a box loader card(can I do anything about this?)

E-mail Inkworks and let them know. It might be helpful to them as well if you can let them know what the number on the inside of the box is, as I think this gives them info. on whereabouts in the production run the box was.

Thank you LesleyW. I couldn't have said it better myself.

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Originally posted by paul03:
Hopefully inkworks will replace the damaged PW3.

Just contact Inkworks Consumer Relations at info@inkworks.com and they should be able to assist you.

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Originally posted by Inkworks:

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Originally posted by LesleyW:

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Originally posted by Potato Head:
Bit disappointe dtaht the second bos didn't have a box loader card(can I do anything about this?)

E-mail Inkworks and let them know. It might be helpful to them as well if you can let them know what the number on the inside of the box is, as I think this gives them info. on whereabouts in the production run the box was.

Thank you LesleyW. I couldn't have said it better myself.

She's good, isn't she?

Andy,
My most sincere apologies to you and to Inkworks for any comments which I have made which may have been taken as disparaging. I want everyone here to know that was not my intention and that I think very highly of you and your company and look forward to spending my hard-earned money with you next year; especially with Veronica Mars. I wanted to let you know that I won't make the same mistake again. Thank you and again, my sincere apologies.

Joanna

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Originally posted by Incarnadine:
Updating the breakdown totals.

Pieceworks:

PW1- 18
PW2- 7
PW3- 12
PW4- 18
PW5- 19
PW6- 19
PW7- 15
PW8- 16
PW9- 18
PW10-19
PW11-17
PW12-19

Autographs-

A1- 12
A2- 20
A3- 13
A4- 15
A5- 20
A6- 16
A7- 16
A8- 19
A9- 18
A10-14
A11-12
A12-17

Autographed Pieceworks:

APW1- 5
APW2- 7
APW3- 4

That accounts for 197 boxes so the comparative scarcity (or non-scarcity) of certain cards is starting to take shape. Just shy of 20 cases and 16 auto'd pieceworks pulled which comes pretty clost to averaging 4 APW's for every 5 cases.

I can't (though I'd love to!!) imagine opening so many. Question(s) though: Do you ever get bored with it? Does opening packs lose its excitement after opening that many, especially of one product??

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Originally posted by Kristina:
I can't (though I'd love to!!) imagine opening so many. Question(s) though: Do you ever get bored with it? Does opening packs lose its excitement after opening that many, especially of one product??

Um, I'm pretty sure he just combined everyone's breakdowns into one post. I could easily be wrong though

OHHHH... totally didn't get that at all... lol. Wow, blonde moment... Now going to hide from embarassment... lol

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Originally posted by Incarnadine:
Updating the breakdown totals.

Pieceworks:

PW1- 18
PW2- 7
PW3- 12
PW4- 18
PW5- 19
PW6- 19
PW7- 15
PW8- 16
PW9- 18
PW10-19
PW11-17
PW12-19

Autographs-

A1- 12
A2- 20
A3- 13
A4- 15
A5- 20
A6- 16
A7- 16
A8- 19
A9- 18
A10-14
A11-12
A12-17

Autographed Pieceworks:

APW1- 5
APW2- 7
APW3- 4

That accounts for 197 boxes so the comparative scarcity (or non-scarcity) of certain cards is starting to take shape. Just shy of 20 cases and 16 auto'd pieceworks pulled which comes pretty clost to averaging 4 APW's for every 5 cases.

Is the low number of PW2's an anomaly? I don't really see that these are selling for more than the rest of the pieceworks cards....

Don't know about anybody else, but in my 3 cases didn't get ANY PW3's, but did get 3 PW2's.

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Originally posted by jane:

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Originally posted by Incarnadine:
Updating the breakdown totals.

Pieceworks:

PW1- 18
PW2- 7
PW3- 12
PW4- 18
PW5- 19
PW6- 19
PW7- 15
PW8- 16
PW9- 18
PW10-19
PW11-17
PW12-19

Autographs-

A1- 12
A2- 20
A3- 13
A4- 15
A5- 20
A6- 16
A7- 16
A8- 19
A9- 18
A10-14
A11-12
A12-17

Autographed Pieceworks:

APW1- 5
APW2- 7
APW3- 4

That accounts for 197 boxes so the comparative scarcity (or non-scarcity) of certain cards is starting to take shape. Just shy of 20 cases and 16 auto'd pieceworks pulled which comes pretty clost to averaging 4 APW's for every 5 cases.

Is the low number of PW2's an anomaly? I don't really see that these are selling for more than the rest of the pieceworks cards....

Quite possible. Even with such a large sampling clusters can happen. In addition to the PW-2 I was surprised to see a relatively small number of A-11's and such a large number of A-2's but on ebay it seems to be the other way around.

As a side note to the case totals posted above, I went onto the auction site and searched current and ended auctions on the Lost Auto Pieceworks. Here are the results from a few days ago:

7 Kate Auto/Pieceworks Redemptions
15 Sawyer Auto/Pieceworks Redemptions
9 Shannon Auto/Pieceworks Redemptions

So, this does at least show the same sort of pull ratio on these cards, that Sawyer is the easiest of the three.

Of course, this is pure speculation. Some people could have opened cases who are not part of Card Talk, or sports cards dealers could be selling their inserts in a shop or at shows... Still, it's fun to speculate It makes me feel better that I pulled a Shannon instead of a Sawyer

Hey, that was my 100th post! Only took me 2 1/2 years to get there!

I'll try to do better in the future!

My case breakdown:

PW1- 1
PW2- 0
PW3- 1
PW4- 1
PW5- 1
PW6- 1
PW7- 1
PW8- 1
PW9- 1
PW10-0
PW11-1
PW12-1

Autographs-

A1- 0
A2- 1
A3- 1
A4- 1
A5- 1
A6- 1
A7- 1
A8- 1
A9- 1
A10- 1
A11- 0
A12- 1

Autographed Pieceworks:

APW1- 0
APW2- 1
APW3- 0

Base sets - 24

Numbers

N4 - 5
N8 - 5
N15 - 3
N16 - 3
N23 - 3
N42 - 3

Missing: Oceanic 815:

M1 - 3
M2 - 4
M3 - 5
M4 - 5
M5 - 5
M6 - 4
M7 - 3
M8 - 3
M9 - 3

3 Sets of Boxloaders + 1 spare BL3

1 Caseloader

As OWM already said, there is something to complain about the Chase Cards.

The Missing:Oceanic 815 Cards are all OK, but the Numbers cards have a lot of damages.

Here an overview:

N4 - all cards have scratches from top to bottom
N8 - all cards have indentation on the bottom side (17 mm away from the right), 1 card has circular scratches near the microphone, 3 have scratches from top to bottom
N15 - 2 have scratches from top to bottom, and one (the first and only!! ) defective free card
N16 - all have scratches from top to bottom, one has deep mark left from the number, 2 have indentation like N8
N23 - all cards have scratches from top to bottom
N42 - all cards have indentation like N8, all have scratches from top to bottom

I'll contact Inkworks but I'm afraid that I don't have any chance to sell my cards after replacement, because I'm a dealer and my business rivals will use the time while the cards are shipping from Germany to USA and back. Most collectors want to buy the whole bunch of cards (set + chase) at one time.

But nevertheless the release is great! good artwork, nice pictures, great autos and pieceworks cards. Well done Inkworks!