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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Update (Artbox)

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December 18, 2009, 02:17 PM
Flag City Collectibles
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Update (Artbox)
Cases/Incentives scheduled to arrive today! Will post breakdowns this weekend from 10 cases. Might not be breaking all down it just depends what I have left available after this weekend. Hopefully I get some nice variants. I know the release date is Monday but I am surprised no one has posted anything on the bay yet. I know there are some dirty dealers out there that start posting before release dates and it seems to happen with every release these days.

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December 21, 2009, 03:09 AM
allender
Here's my case, and before I start cackling with glee, I'll mention my few concerns. Each box had a complete set of base cards, but I only found 13 copies of a couple of cards across the case, and the rest ranged from 16-26. So I didn't see a repeat of most HP movie and update sets of near-perfect collation (with as close to two complete sets as possible). Boxes are 24 packs of 8 cards. 10 boxes per case, 5000 numbered boxes. Expect 2.01 base sets of 90 cards per box if collation were perfect.

The case-topper is a widevision lenticular card. One wide-card type in a set may complicate the use of 9-pocket pages for the full set, but I think we can manage.

Now for the good stuff. Based on pre-release information, this is my best HP case ever, and maybe the best I've seen from anybody. Two Ultra-Rare autos and two Rares. After my Emma in the last case, I think I've made up for my previous results that were below average. I didn't find any extreme costume or prop variants, but I definitely can't complain.

Case-Topper wide Motion cards (3): CT2 (to coast on crashing waves)

BOX 4018/5000

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 29 short of 2nd, 21 threes, 5 fours
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R2 R4 R6 R8 R9
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): none
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C14 Freddie Stroma as Cormac McLaggen (beige jacket) 237/580
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): none
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): CFC6 (Luna in spectraspecs) 182/247
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT3 Rubeus Hagrid

BOX 3117

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 20 short of 2nd, 18 threes, 1 four
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R2 R4 R5 R6 R9
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): none
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C7 Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood (pink coat) 081/490
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): P11 Amycus Carrow Wanted Poster 076/240
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): none
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT1 Severus Snape

BOX 2572

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 24 short of 2nd, 20 threes, 3 fours
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R1 R3 R5 R7 R9
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): Georgina Leonidas / Katie Bell [Rare]
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C13 Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood (gray sweater) 265/450
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): none
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): none
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT4 Minerva McGonagall

BOX 2823

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 21 short of 2nd, 15 threes, 1 four, 2 fives
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R2 R4 R6 R7 R9
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): none
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C11 Isabella Laughland as Leanne (green coat) 333/880
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): none
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): CFC9 (Slughorn in cap and gown) 208/247
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT2 Albus Dumbledore

BOX 2719

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 28 short of 2nd, 10 threes, 6 fours, 3 fives
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R2 R4 R6 R7 R9
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): Frank Dillane / Tom Riddle [age 16] [Rare]
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C8 Elarica Gallacher as the waitress (shirt) 230/380
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): none
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): none
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT3 Rubeus Hagrid

BOX 4310

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 26 short of 2nd, 11 threes, 1 four
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R2 R4 R6 R8 R9
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): none
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C5 Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley (pink robe) 363/460
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): P8 Seamus Finnigan's Cauldron 165/180
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): none
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT1 Severus Snape

BOX 4525

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 29 short of 2nd, 24 threes, 4 fours
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R1 R3 R4 R6 R8
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): Amber and Ruby Evans as the Slytherin twins [Ultra-Rare]
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C9 Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter (blue plaid shirt) 108/330
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): none
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): none
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT2 Albus Dumbledore

BOX 2256

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 25 short of 2nd, 13 threes, 4 fours, 2 fives
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R2 R3 R5 R7 R9
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): Julie Walters as Molly Weasley [Ultra-Rare]
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C1 Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter (blue zip top) 121/280
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): none
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): none
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT1 Severus Snape

BOX 3644

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 23 short of 2nd, 20 threes, 3 fours
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R1 R3 R4 R6 R8
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): Louis Cordice as Blaise Zabini
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C4 Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy (cream shirt) 082/460
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): none
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): none
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT2 Albus Dumbledore

BOX 3825

Base cards: 1 complete set of 90, 36 short of 2nd, 17 threes, 6 fours, 1 five
Puzzle cards (9, 1:4.8 packs): R2 R4 R6 R7 R9
Autograph cards (12, 1:48 packs): none
Costume cards (14, 1:24 packs): C12 Georgina Leonidas as Katie Bell (red coat) 047/530
Prop cards (12, 1:80 packs): P1 Pointing Hand from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes 181/300
Cinema Film Cel cards (9, 1:80 packs): CFC3 (disturbed Draco) 114/247
Box-Topper Wood card (4): BT4 Minerva McGonagall

Pix below.

Molly, Twins, Young Tom Riddle, Blaise Zabini, Katie Bell

C1, C4, C5 - C7, C8, C9 - C11-C12-C13

C14, P1 - P8, P11

CFC3, CFC6, CFC9

BT1, BT2, BT3, BT4

Puzzle front and back


December 24, 2009, 10:03 PM
Greg Geerts
Got my 2 boxes this afternoon just in time for a little
Christmas Eve opening fun!

Box 1 #3698/5000
90 card base set
Box-topper - BT2 (Dumbledore)
Foils - R2,R4,R6,R8,R9
Costume Card - C5 (Ginny Weasley pink robe) #361/460
Prop Card - P7 (Framed Pictures from Slughorn's House) #016/130


Box 2 #2600/5000
90 card base set
Box-topper - BT4 (McGonagall)
Foils - R1,R3,R5,R7,R8
Costume Card - C1 (Harry Potter blue zip top) #090/280
Autograph - Julie Walters as Molly Weasley Thumb Up


Greg

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December 25, 2009, 12:55 AM
spidergoblin
nice pulls guys Metal

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December 25, 2009, 02:24 AM
Jake
Great case Jeff! Good pulls by both of ya! Hope everyone else gets as good as those!

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December 25, 2009, 03:42 AM
hammer
Great Pulls Thumb Up
December 29, 2009, 02:25 PM
kbmum
Box #1786

BT1 Snape
R2, 3, 5, 7, 9
C14 McLaggen costume #150/580
CFC5 Harry (cells of Harry and Dumbledore in the cave) #203/247
1 base set and a ton of extras -- very poor base card collation this time around
January 06, 2010, 07:38 PM
glen87
box 881:

BT - McGonagall
R 2, 3, 5, 7, 9
Anna Shaffer auto
C8 - the waitress costume (324/380)

box 3022:

BT - McGonagall (of course)
R 2, 4, 5, 7, 9
C5 - Ginny Weasley costume (445/460)
P10 - wanted poster (223/230)

base cards unsorted

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edited here to show base breakdown

ONLY 1 complete set out of two boxes! Mad
(yes,I double, triple, and even quad checked)

set 1 - complete
set 2 - missing 1 (#101)
set 3 - missing 9

105 extra (with only 50 different. 3 cards I have 4 extra of, 3 I have 5 extra, and 1 have 6 extra)

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January 07, 2010, 08:08 PM
glen87
2 more boxes:

box 994:

5 foil cards
Louis Cordice auto
Ron costume C2 #/360
MCGONAGALL BOX TOPPER

box 4218:
5 foil cards
Amycus Carrow Prop P11 #/240
Katie Bell red coat costume #/530
MCGONAGALL BOX TOPPER

4 boxes - 4 McGonagall box toppers!
January 08, 2010, 05:30 PM
anjee
To start off with, it appears that everyone was right about the bad collation. I am 2 cards short of a single base set out of my box!!! How ridiculous is that?

1st set- 2 cards short (100, 169)
2nd set- 31 cards short
36 spares (and there are dupes in the spares!!!)

Mad


Inserts:

Box topper BT4
R 1, 2, 4, 6, 8

Main chase:

Film Cel CFC5


Costume C11


I was hoping for an auto but the pulls were okay with me. I just can't believe I couldn't even put together a single base set out of my box. Frown
January 21, 2010, 04:31 PM
Gringott
Only ONE box to report:

BASE CARDS= one complete set +++
PUZZLE= 2,4,6,8,9
AUTO= none
PROP= P4 Potion Bottles/ 120
COSTUME= C9 Radcliffe/ 330
FILM CEL=none
TOPPER= BT3 Hagrid

All in all not a bad break...
mainly because of the low print prop. Cool
March 15, 2010, 02:20 PM
cheifbrody
One Box.....
Base set 91-180 except card #163 Mad
A piece of wood in an envelope with Maggie Smith on it.
Foils R2 R3 R5 R7 R9
Film card CFC1 120/247 (The Irish boy is on the card but not the film strip.
Prop card P6 042/290 red table cloth with Bonnie Wright standing by it.
Costume card C7 260/490 Luna Lovegood coat
March 15, 2010, 03:32 PM
anjee
that sucks about the base card but nice score getting three pulls out of the box!!!
May 06, 2010, 11:43 AM
barobehere
My son and I opened a box last night. We were quite happy even though we have not sorted the base out yet, hope to get a base set!
Box 4158
Bt1 Snape
R2, R4, R6, R8, R9
Costume C3 Hermione's Sweater 039/280
Auto Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
May 19, 2013, 11:06 AM
starfish3333
I just got 3 more of these boxes at a great price so heres what i got

box 4972/5000
one full base set
Chase cards R3,R5,R6,R8,R9
Costume card -Leanne green coat 543/880
Film card- CFC8 119/247

box 1517/5000
one full base set
Chase cards R2,R3,R6,R7,R9
Costume- Hermione purple shirt 117/360
Auto- Cormac McLaggen


box 1750/5000
One full base set
Chase cards R1,R4,R7,R8,R9
Costume- Ron orange shirt 076/360
Auto- Romilda Vane
May 28, 2014, 03:38 PM
Ariana
Continuing on with my new Harry Potter hobby box addiction. I've officially run out of affordable boxes to buy, so these will probably be the last for a while, except for the POA update box I set aside for OtBD.

Box 1
Wooden Box Topper BT3
R1, R3, R5, R7, R8
Costume card C9 (Harry's shirt - #205/330)
Autograph Louis Cordice (Blaise)

Box 2
Wooden Box Topper BT1
R1, R2, R4, R6, R8
Costume card C8 (waitress's shirt)
Prop card P9 (Potions Mixing Sticks - #114/130)

Only two full base sets between the two boxes. But overall, not a horrible break as far as I'm concerned. Smile

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