That is terrific Jen. Its good to see a Card talker get excellent luck. Good on you!!

Nice pull Jen & well done johnny boy too (Nice sketch)

Well for all of you that did not get sketch cards in a box or two hold on to your hobbit feet

Me and my son were very happy today when we got a package in the mail from Topps! They kept their word by sending us 12 wonderfull sketch cards to replace the 6 box's that we did not get any! Thanks Topps

First six

Second six

12 good cards there

Nice to see that Topps responded so positively Makes you wonder though, how many sketches they have in reserve and how many of them are a 2 of 3 or a 5 of 9 sketch that someone is screaming out for Will there come a time when they do some kind of competition or draw (pun intended) to release the stock they have?

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Originally posted by aelfwine:
Well for all of you that did not get sketch cards in a box or two hold on to your hobbit feet

Me and my son were very happy today when we got a package in the mail from Topps! They kept their word by sending us 12 wonderfull sketch cards to replace the 6 box's that we did not get any! Thanks Topps

Good result, some nice cards... well done Topps!

Some nice sketches
Thanks for sharing

KADRAN00157

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Originally posted by samauto:
I also think there have been 3 of the refractors found Hobbits- Frodo, Merry and Pippin. Anyone know of any more?

Sam was found at the Collectormania GMEX last weekend

[QUOTE]Originally posted by samauto:
I am pretty sure that there have been three Kayanans found, but I could be wrong. I also think there have been 3 of the refractors found Hobbits- Frodo, Merry and Pippin. Anyone know of any more?

Sorry for asking but I know about the Kayanan 1 of 1s and the Gold refractors. Is that what you are talking about when you say that 3 of the refractors have been found or are their other refractors that can be found? Thanks

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Sorry for asking but I know about the Kayanan 1 of 1s and the Gold refractors. Is that what you are talking about when you say that 3 of the refractors have been found or are their other refractors that can be found? Thanks

The gold foil and the refractors are different cards. Both of them are parallels of the 9 card silver foil set. There are 99 (numbered) gold parallels for each of the 9 cards, so almost 1000 in total. There is only 1 refractor parallel for each of the 9 cards in the set.

There is a completed (US) eBay auction with scans - item 120053718996

Jen

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Originally posted by Roz:

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Originally posted by samauto:
I also think there have been 3 of the refractors found Hobbits- Frodo, Merry and Pippin. Anyone know of any more?

Sam was found at the Collectormania GMEX last weekend

So, just the Hobbits have been found then? What were the odds of that happening?

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Originally posted by tangent:

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Sorry for asking but I know about the Kayanan 1 of 1s and the Gold refractors. Is that what you are talking about when you say that 3 of the refractors have been found or are their other refractors that can be found? Thanks

The gold foil and the refractors are different cards. Both of them are parallels of the 9 card silver foil set. There are 99 (numbered) gold parallels for each of the 9 cards, so almost 1000 in total. There is only 1 refractor parallel for each of the 9 cards in the set.

There is a completed (US) eBay auction with scans - item 120053718996

Jen

Thank you

Good grief, nearly $900 U.S. for what amounts to a slightly shinier version of the most common cards in the set? Completely mystifying.

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Originally posted by Incarnadine:
Good grief, nearly $900 U.S. for what amounts to a slightly shinier version of the most common cards in the set? Completely mystifying.

agree

Why did they make those refractors? Nobody in the world could ever have a set of them. Did Topps just want to see how much one could sell for?

well, refractors from topps are a major tradition in cards, sports cards anyway. it is kind of cool to have them in LOTR evolution, although i wouldnt have made them 1/1's. Maybe make them out of 25 or something, so its possible to make a set maybe. It is kind of cool though. refractors are the first big chase insert in cards of any kind, so bringing them to LOTR is a good idea, but it would have been better if it was available in LOTR chrome trilogy.

Could anyone give me a clue as to who drew this please?

I opened two more boxes today. Requisite numbers of foils and etches and bronzes.
One box had 2 Dalla Vecchia sketches--Gimli and an Orc in horned armor.

The other box had a cute Cook Fellbeast saying "!" Also, a really wonderful Jim Kyle Boromir blowing his horn. I still haven't figuted out the scanner, but the image is on Kyle's LOTR Sketchcards site in the second row on the left. Awesome

No Kayanan singles, refractors, of golds, however .
By the way, way to go, Jen!