Okay, I think manufacturers should be able to have some fun too! Here are two of my box breaks during our pack-out check of Vampire Diaries:

Box 1:
1- Complete base set
1- Susan Walter Auto (A17)
1- Candice Accola Auto (A6)
1- Damon Salvatore Wardrobe (M14)
1- Bonnie Bennet Wardrobe (M7)
4- Foils (F1, F5, F2, F8)
1- Die-Cut Character Card (D6)

* I should have gotten 1 more die-cut but received an extra auto and wardrobe card! This is a rare occurrence.

Box 2:
1- Complete base set
1- Nina Dobrev Auto (A1)
1- Elena Gilbert Wardrobe (M3)
4- Foils (F2, F7, F5, F9)
2- Die-Cut Character Cards (D4, D5)

*This is a "normal" box.

I hope you enjoyed this little preview and I'm looking forward to seeing your breaks in a couple of weeks!

Best,

Scott

I cant wait to get mine...my order is in at my local store.

Very cool Scott. !!!

I would take that normal box over the extra hit box any day.

My breakdown:

1 base set
M20- Katherine Pierce Wardrobe
A8- Michael Trevino as Tyler
F3,F5,F6,F8
D1, and D7

All my base set cards came damaged. Since no one else mentioned this maybe I just got a bad box. My cards were dented, dinged, had pit marks and what appears to be some sort of machine roll crease. For some reason the bonus cards were fine. I just wrote Cryptozoic and hopefully this will be taken care of. I hope no one else has this problem.

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Originally posted by FRANK AMICO:
All my base set cards came damaged. Since no one else mentioned this maybe I just got a bad box. My cards were dented, dinged, had pit marks and what appears to be some sort of machine roll crease. For some reason the bonus cards were fine. I just wrote Cryptozoic and hopefully this will be taken care of. I hope no one else has this problem.

Hi,

We will of course send replacements for any damaged cards. Unfortunately, all of our test cases checked out fine but we have heard of some cases with damaged cards. Trust me, no one is more upset about this than we are and our printer is well aware of our displeasure.

Thanks.

Scott

Scott--

I know you got these back since I sent them with confirmation but I have not heard back from your company if there will be a delay in replacing them. I guess you look at this forum quite a bit so please let me know if there is a problem. I don't want to be a pest but I would like some closure on this.

Thanks Scott. I am returning all the base cards to the address on the box and putting it to your attention. It will be sent with delivery confirmation.

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Originally posted by Scott Gaeta:

quote:

Originally posted by FRANK AMICO:
All my base set cards came damaged. Since no one else mentioned this maybe I just got a bad box. My cards were dented, dinged, had pit marks and what appears to be some sort of machine roll crease. For some reason the bonus cards were fine. I just wrote Cryptozoic and hopefully this will be taken care of. I hope no one else has this problem.

Hi,

We will of course send replacements for any damaged cards. Unfortunately, all of our test cases checked out fine but we have heard of some cases with damaged cards. Trust me, no one is more upset about this than we are and our printer is well aware of our displeasure.

Thanks.

Scott

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I hope my case isn't like that, crosses fingers and toes.
It would be very costly to have to send so many cards back to the US, it probably wouldn't be worth it

And by the way, the wait is killing me

First Case


Box 1
Autos: A1 (Nina Dobrev) & A20 (Bianca Lawson)
Costume: M13 (Damon)

Chase:
Die-cut - D03, D08
Foil - none


Box 2
Auto: none
Costume: M20 (Katherine)

Chase:
Die-cut - D03, D06, D09
Foil - F02, F04, F06, F09


Box 3
Auto: A19 (Malese Jow)
Costume: M19 (Tyler)

Chase:
Die-cut - D04, D05
Foil - F05, F07, F08


Box 4
Auto: A16 (Kayla Ewell)
Costume: M18 (Alaric)

Chase:
Die-cut - D04
Foil - F01, F03, F08


Box 5
Auto: A19 (Malese Jow)
Costume: M8 (Jeremy)

Chase:
Die-cut - D02, D09
Foil - F02, F04, F07, F09


Box 6
Auto: A20 (Bianca Lawson)
Costume: M12 (Damon)

Chase:
Die-cut - D03, D06
Foil - F01, F05, F07, F08


Box 7
Auto: A14 (Arielle Kebbel)
Costume: M2 (Stefan)

Chase:
Die-cut - D01, D08
Foil - F01, F03, F05, F08


Box 8
Auto: A17 (Susan Walters)
Costume: M13 (Damon)

Chase:
Die-cut - D09
Foil - F03, F04, F06, F09


Box 9
Auto: A17 (Susan Walters)
Costume: M18 (Alaric)

Chase:
Die-cut - D01, D07
Foil - F01, F03, F05, F08


Box 10
Auto: A3 (Ian Somerhalder)
Costume: M1 (Stefan)

Chase:
Die-cut - D02, D09
Foil - F02, F04, F07, F09


Box 11
Auto: A9 (Sara Canning)
Costume: M9 (Caroline)

Chase:
Die-cut - D02, D08
Foil - F01, F05, F06, F08


Box 12
Auto: A5 (Katerina Graham)
Costume: M14 (Damon)

Chase:
Die-cut - D04, D05
Foil - F02, F05, F07, F09



Case Tally
Autos:
A1
A3
A5
A9
A14
A16
A17 x2
A19 x2
A20 x2

Costumes:
M1
M2
M8
M9
M12
M13 x2
M14
M18 x2
M19
M20

Chase:
Die-cut - 1 complete set, 14 extras
Foil - 3 complete sets, 15 extras

I mentioned earlier there were 2 autographs that I really wanted, Dobrev and Kebbel, and with 20 autos and just 3 boxes my odds of getting even 1 was just 30%.

That being said.

Box 1

Inserts:

F01, F03, F04, F06
D03, D09

Wardrobe:

M1 - Stefan Salvator

Autograph:

A14 Arielle Kebbel

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Box 2

Inserts:

F02, F05, F07
D04, D06

Wardrobe:

M19 - Tyler Lockwood

Autograph:

A17- Susan Walters

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Box 3

Inserts:

F02, F04, F06, F09
D01, D07

Wardrobe:

M5 - Elena Gilbert

Autograph:

A8- Michael Trevino

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Congrats Incarnadineon getting the Arielle Kebbel what luck!

Second Case - I didn't go box by box on this one, but the insert collation was more consistent on this case (except for the one triple auto)


Autos
A1 (Nina Dobrev)
A3 (Ian Somerhalder)
A9 (Sara Canning)
A14 (Arielle Kebbel) x2
A16 (Kayla Ewell) x3
A17 (Susan Walters)
A19 (Malese Jow)
A20 (Bianca Lawson) x2

Costumes
M1 (Stefan)
M2 (Stefan)
M3 (Elena)
M6 (Bonnie)
M8 (Jeremy)
M9 (Caroline)
M12 (Damon)
M16 (John Gilbert)
M17 (Vicki)
M18 (Alaric)
M19 (Tyler)
M20 (Katherine)

Chase
Die-cut: 2 complete sets, 6 extras
Foil: 4 complete sets, 12 extras

I know it's early but this is looking even harder to complete a master set than I first thought.

Rather dissapointing that with 18 autographs in the set there are so many duplicates in a case.

I would have expected no duplicates unless there was a big discrepancy in the number of cards signed by each actor.

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Originally posted by Triple-Frog:
Rather dissapointing that with 18 autographs in the set there are so many duplicates in a case.

I would have expected no duplicates unless there was a big discrepancy in the number of cards signed by each actor.

Same as walking dead - with 20 Auto's you should expect a minimum of 11 different Auto's unless we are told before purchase. I would be disappointed with 8 or 9 different ones.

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Miss Lizzy didn't pull any A2,4,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,15 or 18 in 2 cases.

So in 2 cases only 9 of 20 Auto's were pulled, that (in my opinion) is shocking and something has gone wrong or there are a lot of short prints that aren't advertised

I wish I had filmed myself opening the three cases that I bought. Vampire Diaries is probably the worst collated product I have ever opened. I have opened 3-6 cases of every non-sport product Cryptozoic, Rittenhouse, and Topps has produced in the last 4 years. Nothing compared to this. I know its a small sample size but still. Its not just the autos, its the costume cards as well.

I THINK ITS SAD THAT IN THREE CASES, I CANNOT EVEN MAKE A RELIC SET.

Here is the breakdown

Case 1:

Autos:

a5 - Katerina Graham x 2
A10 - MATT DAVIS
A14 - ARIELLE KEBBEL X 3
A15 - KELLY HU X 3
A16 - KAYLA EWELL X 2
A17 - SUSAN WALTERS

COSTUMES:

M1
M6 X 2
M8 X 2
M10
M11
M12 X 2
M13
M16
M19

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CASE 2
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AUTOS:

A2 - PAUL WESLEY
A9 - SARA CUNNING X 2
A10 - MATT DAVIS
A16 - KAYLA EWELL X 2
A17 - SUSAN WALTERS
A19 - MALESE JOW X 2
A20 - BIANCA LAWSON X 3

COSTUME:

M2
M3 X 3
M4
M6
M7
M9
M11
M12
M13
M19

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CASE 3
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AUTOS:

A3 - IAN SOMERHALDER
A4 - STEVEN MCQUEEN
A13 - DAVID ANDERS X 2
A16 - KAYLA EWELL X 2
A17 - SUSAN WALTERS X 2
A18 - CHRIS WILLIAM MARTIN X 3
A19 - MALESE JOW

COSTUMES:

M1
M2
M3 X 2
M4
M7
M8
M12
M14
M15
M17 X 2
M18

A RUNNING TALLY OF THREE CASES WOULD BE

AUTOS:

A1 - 0
A2 - 1
A3 - 1
A4 - 1
A5 - 2
A6 - 0
A7 - 0
A8 - 0
A9 - 2
A10- 2
A11- 0
A12- 0
A13- 2
A14- 3
A15- 3
A16- 6!!!
A17- 4
A18- 3
A19- 3
A20- 3

COSTUMES:

M1- 2
M2- 2
M3- 5
M4- 2
M5- 0
M6- 3
M7- 2
M8- 3
M9- 1
M10-1
M11-2
M12-4
M13-2
M14-1
M15-1
M16-1
M17-2
M18-1
M19-2

So out of 5 cases (Miss Lizzy & Gst177) no A6,7,8,11 or 12. Now that is Limited or something has gone badly wrong. The A6 and 8 have turmed up in the couple of box breaks - so this seems like a collation problem.

Yeah the distribution seems very odd I have never seen this before. Usually for me a case would mean you get most of the set.

quote:

Originally posted by hammer:
So out of 5 cases (Miss Lizzy & Gst177) no A6,7,8,11 or 12. Now that is Limited or something has gone badly wrong. The A6 and 8 have turmed up in the couple of box breaks - so this seems like a collation problem.

After checking to see if M5 was produced in lower numbers my curiosity was piqued so I checked ebay, this breakdown forum and a couple of others and came up with these totals...

I think this accounts for a sample of 132 boxes (11 cases)

Autos:

A1- 5
A2- 4
A3- 6
A4- 2
A5- 6
A6- 4
A7- 3
A8- 4
A9- 8
A10-4
A11-3
A12-3
A13-5
A14-9
A15-7
A16-16
A17-15
A18-4
A19-11
A20-12

Costumes:

M1- 10
M2- 8
M3- 10
M4- 4
M5- 3
M6- 9
M7- 5
M8- 10
M9- 5
M10-4
M11-7
M12-9
M13-8
M14-5
M15-5
M16-6
M17-5
M18-6
M19-8
M20-5