i bought two boxes for myself apart from the break i did with some friends… 
youtubed em, btw,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpl4D1idQt4
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wnHRkSa06U
I did pretty well. I got 4 autos that went to the PC (im not collecting all of the autos from this set, just a few favorite people).

Highlights were,
~Gates McFadden! (PC)
~Brian Bonsall as Alexander (PC)
~Ray Wise as Liko (PC) limited
~Lance LeGault as Ktemoc (PC - i collect the klingon autos).
~Mark La Mura as John Doe
~ Amanda McBroom as Capt Phillipa Louvois
~Mark Margolis as Dr Nel Apgar
~Judson Scott as Sobi
If anyone needs the two mark autos or the Mcbroom plmk (Judson Scott as been traded). thanks!

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Originally posted by hammer:

No exciting Auto's BUT Communicator Pin Card 223/300 Commander William Riker

AT LAST!!! Something decent in one of your boxes. Congrats

quote:

Originally posted by CordeliaChase_Fan:
Chris- you got Jill Jacobsen as Vanessa? I think she was pushed back to series 2.

Val

No my bad... I set up a Excel sheet and copied it over but missed removing her when I was updating it.

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Originally posted by igman7:
Fresh off getting our butts handed to us on Bond Mission Logs, my buddy Carl and I got hammered once again.

1 VL in the case (Dennehy, which would have been OK if we had gotten a 2nd pin, and 10 cards short of a parallel set.

I think I need to be more selective in my RA purchases for a while. I know not every case will be a "winner" but with the losses on the last 2 products, it is just hard to keep pulling the trigger.

Great to hear everyone else's great cases though...good luck to those who have yet to crack.

I know the feeling on the Bond Mission Logs case. I got hammered as well.

Faired better on the Star Trek with a Spiner auto and 2 pins. Would have been nice to get a complete parallel set from the case, but oh well something to chase.

Dave

Out of curiosity Dave which pin cards did you pull?

Val

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Originally posted by Firebird:

quote:

Originally posted by ajdedo:

That was a very cool group breakdown. Glad I saw it. Hopefully you'll do it again.

Thanks! We had a great time (although im officially retired from hosting any more… didnt realize how much work was involved lol). This was the first official "group break" of that other site and it went really well. Hopefully we will do more soon.

You did a good job. I figure next time should be easier. :-)

PM me when there's another break, I'll go in. :-)

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Originally posted by CordeliaChase_Fan:
Out of curiosity Dave which pin cards did you pull?

Val

CP3 and CP7

Here’s my case that I’ve received today…

Overall, I'm pleased with the auto / chase / pin pulls... but the collation of base sets was poor - I managed 9 out of 12 boxes.

Box #1135
Parallel Base Set:
3, 13, 28, 32, 42, 57, 76, 84
Tribute Cards:
T2, T9, T17, T18
TNG Aliens Cards:
A3, A9, A12
Enterprise Cards:
E1, E9
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Alan Shearman
William Denis
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (Kudos for signing the full name)
Saul Rubinek

Box #5555 – no base set
Parallel Base Set:
11, 15, 20, 30, 44, 78, 86, 177
Tribute Cards:
T1, T2, T9, T10
TNG Aliens Cards:
A3, A4, A11
Enterprise Cards:
E7, E9
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Lance LeGault
Gates McFadden
Clayton Rohner
Judson Scott

Box #3317
Parallel Base Set:
2, 21, 31, 36, 56, 60, 65, 83
Tribute Cards:
T3, T4, T7, T8
TNG Aliens Cards:
A2, A4, A6
Enterprise Cards:
E2, E5
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Peter Mark Richman
Carolyn McCormick
Suzie Plakson
Clayton Rohner

Box #2346
Parallel Base Set:
6, 25, 35, 49, 54, 55, 69, 74
Tribute Cards:
T11, T13, T14, T15
TNG Aliens Cards:
A2, A8, A10
Enterprise Cards:
E6, E8
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Michelle Phillips
Eric Menyuk
W. Morgan Sheppard
Michael Berryman

Box #3326
Parallel Base Set:
3, 22, 32, 37, 57, 66, 71, 84
Tribute Cards:
T1, T3, T8, T10
TNG Aliens Cards:
A4, A6, A11
Enterprise Cards:
E1, E8
Pin Cards:
CP1 Captain Picard #065/300
Autograph Cards:
Brenda Bakke
Michael Berryman
Julia Nickson
W. Morgan Sheppard

Box #1147
Parallel Base Set:
10, 14, 29, 43, 48, 53, 63, 88
Tribute Cards:
T11, T13, T14, T16
TNG Aliens Cards:
A5, A7, A13
Enterprise Cards:
E3, E6
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Mark Margolis
Judson Scott
Ray Wise
Gates McFadden

Box #3335
Parallel Base Set:
5, 24, 34, 39, 59, 68, 73, 82
Tribute Cards:
T5, T15, T17, T18
TNG Aliens Cards:
A1, A9, A12
Enterprise Cards:
E1, E8
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Amanda McBroom
Mark La Mura
Brian Bonsall
Vaughn Armstrong

Box #1133
Parallel Base Set:
6, 25, 35, 49, 55, 64, 69, 74
Tribute Cards:
T3, T4, T7, T8
TNG Aliens Cards:
A2, A6, A8
Enterprise Cards:
E2, E5
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Mark Margolis
Danitza Kingsley
Nehemiah Persoff
Richard Lineback

Box #5548 – no base set
Parallel Base Set:
17, 22, 37, 46, 61, 66, 71, 80
Tribute Cards:
T5, T11, T14, T15
TNG Aliens Cards:
A1, A7, A13
Enterprise Cards:
E6, E8
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Sam Hennings
Joe Piscopo
Dana Sparks
John Putch

Box #2349
Parallel Base Set:
4, 9, 18, 33, 52, 62, 81, 85
Tribute Cards:
T1, T3, T8, T10
TNG Aliens Cards:
A4, A6, A11
Enterprise Cards:
E2, E7
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
R.J. Williams
Marco Rodriguez
Dwight Schultz
Vaughn Armstrong

Box #2334 – no base set
Parallel Base Set:
8, 12, 27, 41, 45, 51, 75, 87
Tribute Cards:
T6, T12, T13, T16
TNG Aliens Cards:
A5, A8, A10
Enterprise Cards:
E3, E4
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Matt McCoy
Darryl Henriques
Corbin Bernsen
Rhonda Aldrich

Box #5567
Parallel Base Set:
19, 23, 38, 47, 58, 67, 72, 77
Tribute Cards:
T4, T6, T7, T12
TNG Aliens Cards:
A2, A8, A10
Enterprise Cards:
E4, E5
Pin Cards:
None
Autograph Cards:
Mark La Mura
Brian Bonsall
Lance LeGault
Amanda McBroom

Nice case Simon. I did not get Gates Mcfadden out of two cases and you get her twice in one case!!!!

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Originally posted by treksearcher:
Nice case Simon. I did not get Gates Mcfadden out of two cases and you get her twice in one case!!!!

And she's totally tradable!

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Originally posted by simon1978:

quote:

Originally posted by treksearcher:
Nice case Simon. I did not get Gates Mcfadden out of two cases and you get her twice in one case!!!!

And she's totally tradable!

email sent.

reply sent!

I'm not doing this set because I just can't afford it right now, but I did buy one box:

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Originally posted by ajdedo:

You did a good job. I figure next time should be easier. :-)

PM me when there's another break, I'll go in. :-)

Thank you! Next time you are more than welcome to join us!

whoa, cardaddict! You did awesome!!! Congrats, friend!

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Originally posted by simon1978:
reply sent!

Trade completed.

Thanks Simon

Just opened a case of Star Trek.

Summary:
Communicator Pins x2 (Picard and W Crusher)
VL x2 (Burton and Schultz)
L x8 (inc Joe Piscopo, Corbin Bernsen and Saul Rubinek)
Other autos x38 (with 8 dupes)
Tribute x2 sets
Aliens x2 sets
Enterprise x2 sets
Parallel set to be collated

Thoughts:
I love the base set for this release. Nice, almost old-fashioned, card stock. I prefer the matte finish for this.

Not too keen on the three chase sets. The Tributes is a nice idea, but it would have been better having a little info on the actor on the back. The same applies to the Aliens and Enterprise cards, which seems a bit of a missed opportunity; a Star Trek vessels set with comparison info on the back would have been cool (for the nerdy among us).

It was a very nice early surprise getting the little note saying there was a Communicator Pin in the first box and, boy, are people not wrong saying that the pack is THICK! Is it just me who is flipping those cards over like an old TOS communicator?

Spare sets and autos will be up for trade.

How are people storing the Communicator Pins? I've put mine in 4 pocket sleeves but because of the thickness it makes the binder look to full with base and Parallel sets along with other chase and autographs. At the moment I'm storing the pins separately.

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Originally posted by treksearcher:
How are people storing the Communicator Pins? I've put mine in 4 pocket sleeves but because of the thickness it makes the binder look to full with base and Parallel sets along with other chase and autographs. At the moment I'm storing the pins separately.

Same here. I'm using a 4-pocket page for my two plus the case topper.

I got my two boxes. Both are kind of "eh"- the pulls are good and I am happy to not have any duplicates, but I'm surprised at how few people I actually remember from their experiences, so I am not as excited to pull their autographs.

Box #1
Saul Rubinek as Kivas Fajo
Alan Shearman as inspector Lestrade
Dana Sparks as Ensign Williams
William Denis as Ki Mendrossen
Parallel: 22, 37, 46, 61, 66, 71, 80, 84
T3, 7, 8, 10
A5, 7, 10
E6, 8

Box #2
Nikki Cox as Sarjenka
Whitney Ryobeck a Ensign Alans
Jeff McCarthy as Roga Danar
Clyde Kusatsu as Admiral Nakamura
Parallel: 10, 14, 24, 29, 43, 48, 63, 68
T11, 13, 14, 15
A2, 6, 8
E7, 9