Okay, let's get this show on the road. First impressions are that this is a nice set that's faithful to the movie. No autographs, but there are costume cards for each of 12 major characters. The Bella and Edward costume cards appear to be seeded at about 1 of each per 3 cases, on average.

Hobby box: 24 packs of 6 cards, 10 boxes per case. Expect about 1.87 base sets of 72 per box if collation were perfect. Retail boxes have 6-card packs without the Pieceworks show-worn costume cards. Cards sold at Hot Topic stores have an exclusive HT-1 "Who Is Bella" card, seeded at about 1:6 packs.

Three hobby boxes for me:

BOX 1

Base cards (72): 1 complete set, 8 short of 2nd
Always Foil Puzzle cards (9, 1:11 packs): AL-5
Different Foil cards (6, 1:17 packs): D-1
In Pursuit Foil cards (3, 1:23 packs): IP-3
Show-Worn Pieceworks cards (12, 1:24 packs); PW-9, Shirt worn by Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen

BOX 2

Base cards (72): 1 complete set, 10 short of 2nd, 1 three
Always Foil Puzzle cards (9, 1:11 packs): AL-1 AL-2
Different Foil cards (6, 1:17 packs): D-4 D-5
In Pursuit Foil cards (3, 1:23 packs): IP-3
Show-Worn Pieceworks cards (12, 1:24 packs); PW-6, Vest worn by Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale

BOX 2

Base cards (72): 1 complete set, 12 short of 2nd, 1 three
Always Foil Puzzle cards (9, 1:11 packs): AL-6 AL-7
Different Foil cards (6, 1:17 packs): D-1 D-2
In Pursuit Foil cards (3, 1:23 packs): IP-1 IP-3
Show-Worn Pieceworks cards (12, 1:24 packs); PW-5, Jacket worn by Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen

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Originally posted by allender:
The Bella and Edward costume cards appear to be seeded at about 1 of each per case, on average.

Jeff, I would beg to differ. Between the three members who posted results in the News & Rumors section, there were 5 cases broken with 4 cards (2 Bellas and 2 Edwards) combined. If you take an eBay seller at their word, they opened 10 cases and got 3 of each. That is a total of 10 combined cards in 15 cases...well short of your statement.

While I have not finished sorting base cards (7 compleated prior to my show this past weekend), I would guess about 18 complete sets. In addition, my 10 box case delivered all but PW1 and PW6, 2 full sets of chase cards and the folowing extras:

In Pursuit: 1 full set plus IP-2,IP-3
Different: D-1, D-6
Always: AL-5, AL-6, AL-7, AL-8

Hi Iggy,

I tried to email you regarding your post. Could you please email me at sam8what@paradise.net.nz

Cheers, Pete.

email sent

Two boxes...so far:
PW7 Jacob
PW12 James
IP-2

My daughters like this stuff.

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Originally posted by igman7:

quote:

Originally posted by allender:
The Bella and Edward costume cards appear to be seeded at about 1 of each per case, on average.

Jeff, I would beg to differ. Between the three members who posted results in the News & Rumors section, there were 5 cases broken with 4 cards (2 Bellas and 2 Edwards) combined. If you take an eBay seller at their word, they opened 10 cases and got 3 of each. That is a total of 10 combined cards in 15 cases...well short of your statement.

Hey, I did say "appear" and it was as of a certain point in time. So the statement wasn't wrong, it was just based on incomplete data.

Thanks!!
..

We will let it slide this time...with you being new to this and all.

For those interested...my case delivered 17 complete sets and 5 cards short of another.

I opened 2 cases and got a 18 sets per case and a complete set of costume cards between the 2.

Louise

Picked up 6 packs at Hot Topic, and sure enough I pulled IP-3, D2 and the exclusive HT-1.
The exclusive is a nice card according to my daughters. The only hold back is Hot Topic wants $3 a pack. Can you spell MONOPOLY!!!

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Originally posted by ahz_cards:
I opened 2 cases and got a 18 sets per case and a complete set of costume cards between the 2.

Louise

Well done

I just opened two boxes and pulled the following:

Box 1:

Full Base set, about 13 short of second set and 4 spares
AL 6 and 7
D-5
IP-1
PW7- Jacob Jeans- Variant with shredding at the edge

Box 2:

Full Base set and about 12 short of a second with 2 spares
AL 5, 6, 7
D-2
no IP card
PW2- Edward T-Shirt!!!

congrats anjee!

HT-1 Exclusive...



Jacob & James costumes...

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Originally posted by samauto:
Hi Iggy,

I tried to email you regarding your post. Could you please email me at sam8what@paradise.net.nz

Cheers, Pete.

Pete, I sent you an email on 12/3 and have yet to hear back from you.

BOX 1

Base cards (72): 1 complete set, 9 short of 2nd
Always Foil Puzzle cards (9, 1:11 packs): AL-4, AL-5
Different Foil cards (6, 1:17 packs): D-4
In Pursuit Foil cards (3, 1:23 packs): IP-3
Show-Worn Pieceworks cards (12, 1:24 packs); PW-11, Pant worn by Edi Gathegi as Laurent

Hi Iggy,

For some reason your email address is rejecting my mail. Do you have a spam blocker on? Please try to email me again.

Cheers, Pete.

Do the Hot Topic packs look different to ther other Inkworks packs on the market?

Let me know, Pete.

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Originally posted by xtime:
HT-1 Exclusive...



Jacob & James costumes...

The HT packs do not list costume/pieceworks cards on the wrapper.
The image is the same of Edward & Bella, and the other levels of chase are available in the HT packs.

Thanks xtime,

Cheers for the info. So the HT packs must be cheaper, if they don't have pieceworks in them? It would be my understanding that the HT packs are a retail only release? Were the Twilight packs not available through Wall Mart etc then?

Pete.

Actually here in the States, the HT packs are being sold for the same SRP as the Hobby packs, $2.99, whereas the retail packs are SRP $1.99. Also, the packs may not state the HT insert, but the display box does.