*glee*

Which of my smoking gimlis did you get?

In my boxes I got, sketcj card wise,

Cat Staggs Legolas (That won't end up on that acution site! Mineminemine!)
Woodside Legolas
Vecchia - I think it's Eomer or Theodin
And I think it's a Gutz, but I know it's a Ring wraith.

I'm happy with the sketches.

Got my two boxes today. Here's what I got.

Stained Glass: 1,2,3,4,6,7,9 and 10
Evo A: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,18 and 19
Evo B: 1,2,11 and 12

S. Wilkinson
P. Gutierrez
with gold ink. Can't make the name out.
D. Parson

I can't decide which one i like the most it's either Gandalf or Witch King.

The Gold ink signature is James Hodgkins i believe

Got my second box tonight.
Once again, a full set, plus I was able to put together another set minus 2 cards using what I had left over from first box.

also found:
6 Evolution A cards, 2 of them repeats from yesterday's box
2 Evolution B cards, one a repeat (Doh!)
4 Stained Glass cards ,1,2,7,9 three of them repeats! (Doh! Doh!)

2 Sketches
Howard Shum "Arwen"
Amy Provost "Gollum - getting ready to chow down on a fish"

Overall, not as exciting as yesterdays box, partly because of the duplicate inserts, the Shum sketch is cute and the Provost sketch is a nice, so I'm keeping them. Now - to buy a few packs - it's hard to drive past the shop near my house knowing there could be some great cards in a loose pack there...

Case 1:
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Box 1:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 10A, 11A, 12A, 13A, 14A, 15A
Evolution B: 8B, 9B
Sketch: Monte Moore [ Gandalf ], Paul Gutierrez [ ? ]
Stained Glass: S2, S3, S6, S7


Box 2:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 14A, 15A, 16A, 17A, 18A, 19A
Evolution B: 4B, 5B
Sketch: Randy Martinez [ Boromir ], Robert Teranishi [ Frodo ]
Stained Glass: S4, S5, S8, S10


Box 3:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 1A, 16A, 17A, 18A, 19A, 20A
Evolution B: 10B, 11B
Sketch: James Hodgkins [ Arwen ], Tom Mandrake [ Lurtz? ]
Stained Glass: S1, S4, S9, S10


Box 4:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A
Evolution B: 1B, 12B
Sketch: Scott Erwert [ Gollum ]
Stained Glass: S3, S5, S6, S8


Box 5:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 1A, 2A, 3A, 18A, 19A, 20A
Evolution B: 1B, 12B
Sketch: Howard Shum [ Legolas ], Sarah Wilkinson [ Nazgul ]
Stained Glass: S1, S2, S7, S9


Box 6:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 20A
Evolution B: 6B, 7B
Sketch: Otis Frampton [ Orc ], Rich Molinelli [ Rosie ]
Stained Glass: S2, S3, S6, S7


Box 7:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 12A, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 17A
Evolution B: 10B, 11B
Sketch: Davide Fabbri [ Witch King ], William O'Neill [ Gimli ]
Stained Glass: S3, S5, S6, S8


Box 8:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A
Evolution B: 8B, 9B
Sketch: Brian Rood [ Frodo ]
Stained Glass: S1, S4, S9, S10


Case 2:
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Box 1:
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Base Set: 0 (3 cards short)
Evolution A: 1A, 2A, 17A, 18A, 19A, 20A
Evolution B: 3B
Sketch: Dan Parsons [ Witch King ], Howard Shum [ Pippin ]
Stained Glass: S1, S7, S9


Box 2:
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Base Set: 0 (5 cards short)
Evolution A: 11A, 12A, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A
Evolution B: 1B, 2B
Sketch: None
Stained Glass: S2, S3, S6, S8

Box 3:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A
Evolution B: 11B, 12B
Sketch: Joe Corroney [ Eye Of Sauron ], Otis Frampton [ Orc ], Russ Walks [ Legolas ]
Stained Glass: S1, S4, S5, S10


Box 4:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 19A, 20A
Evolution B: 9B, 10B
Sketch: Brian Rood [ Frodo ], Randy Martinez [ Boromir ]
Stained Glass: S2, S6, S7, S9


Box 5:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A
Evolution B: 1B, 12B
Sketch: James Hodgkins [ Orc ]
Stained Glass: S3, S5, S6, S8


Box 6:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 15A, 16A, 17A, 18A, 19A, 20A
Evolution B: 10B, 11B
Sketch: Amy Pronovost [ Orc ], Jeff Zapata [ Arwen ]
Stained Glass: S1, S4, S9, S10


Box 7:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A, 13A, 14A
Evolution B: 8B, 9B
Sketch: Matt Busch [ Merry ], Paul Gutierrez [ ? ]
Stained Glass: S2, S3, S6, S7


Box 8:
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Base Set: 1
Evolution A: 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A
Evolution B: 6B, 7B
Sketch: Christian Dalla Vecchia [ ? ], Dan Norton [ ? ]
Stained Glass: S4, S5, S10


Need some help identifying some of the artists & characters. Please email me if you can identify those.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: venom5liter,

Hi all, I broke 2 cases the night before and finally had time to post. I must say, the most fun I have had ever opening boxes, probably due to the sketches I got.

Overall I got 6 stained glass sets, 2 B sets and 1 card from 4 A sets. I also got the following sketches (Please let me know if I got any of the characters wrong!):

Frodo/Woodside; Eowyn/Shum; Based on other sketches a Eowyn/Hodgkins



Mouth of Sauron/Hodges; Elrond/Hodges; Orc/Gutierrez; Orc/Hodgkins



Proudfoot/Martinez; Deagol/Martinez; Orc/Frampton; Uruk-Hai/Frampton



Orc/Molinelli; Theodin/O'Neill; Gondor Warrior/Vecchia; Rohan Warrior/Vecchia



Cave Troll/Teranishi; Orc?/Benjamin; Boromir/Rabbitte; Aragorn/Erwert



Gondor Warrior/Fabbri; Gimli/Wilkinson; Wormtongue/Mitchell; Orc/Parsons



And finally... Legolas/Staggs; Pippin/Pronovost; Gollum/Pronovost; Gollum/Cummens; Eowyn/Sohn

Okay, I couldn't help myself. Picked up two more boxes from the card shop...

Box 1:

Evolution A
Legolas, Lurtz, Merry, Pippin, Sam, Sauron

Evolution B
Aragorn, Arwen

Stained Glass
Boromir, Gimli, Merry

Sketch Cards
Paul Gutierrez


Tom Mandrake



Box 2:

Evolution A
Galadriel, Gandalf, Haldir, Legolas, Lurtz, Merry

Evolution B
Eomer, Eowyn

Stained Glass
Aragorn, Frodo, Pippin, Sam

Sketch Cards
Davide Fabbri


Cynthia Cummens



Dang, this stuff is fun. I might have to go back for more...

Eowen by Soham is awesome!!!!
Eowen by Soham is awesome!!!!
Thanks for sharing Glim!!!!
Man I gotta get some cases now these scetches get better
Thanks everyone for scanning there cards

KADRAN00157

I got my two boxes and after pulling my first sketch which looks like a pile of rocks, still unsure what it is I was starting to really wonder about my choice in purchases. However the cards are beautiful. My daughter really loved breaking the packs with me and putting the set and inserts together. It is a really nice set.

Here is what I got.
Box 1.
One base set about 14 short of a second
6 A level chase
2 B level chase
4 Stained glass inserts
These two sketches



Then, in one of the last few packs I hit this beautiful Kayanan sketch! It is truly awesome!!



THREE SKETCHES IN ONE BOX! Made up for that terrible sketch of who knows what?! That’s for sure.


Box 2.
One base set about 14 short of a second
6 A level chase all different than box 1
2 B level chase all different than box 1
4 Stained glass all duplicates of box 1

Then we pulled the decent Golem sketch, it is basic, but it’s a sketch. Not bad, then came the absolutely awesome Gimli sketch!



WOO HOO!!! I never get good boxes! We had a lot of fun opening these boxes and got some really nice cards!

P.S. CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHO IS THE ARTIST WHO SIGNED IN GOLD? AND WHO IS THE ARTIST (IF WE CAN CALL THEM ARTIST THAT DREW MY ROCK?) THANKS!

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dobby The House Elf,

quote:

Originally posted by Dobby The House Elf:
WOO HOO!!! I never get good boxes! We had a lot of fun opening these boxes and got some really nice cards!

Some FANTASTIC stuff there! Congrats!

quote:

Originally posted by tialessa:

quote:

Originally posted by Dobby The House Elf:
WOO HOO!!! I never get good boxes! We had a lot of fun opening these boxes and got some really nice cards!

Some FANTASTIC stuff there! Congrats!

I am on cloud nine!! When I started looking into Kayanan's other sketches I am really blown away! His stuff is really great. Then the Cat Staggs Gimli, Wow! He is one of our favorites, and it is such a great sketch.

quote:

Originally posted by glim:



And finally... Legolas/Staggs; Pippin/Pronovost; Gollum/Pronovost; Gollum/Cummens; Eowyn/Sohn

Oooh! Not only did you get my only colour pippin, you also got the gollum that I almost asked for back.

Awesome!

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Originally posted by Arty Ewok:
Oooh! Not only did you get my only colour pippin, you also got the gollum that I almost asked for back.

Awesome!

That color Pippin is fantastic! I like the gollum with the fish too, but the Pippin is fantastic!

quote:

Originally posted by TK421:
WOW... I love Topps for its Star Wars cards, and I have enjoyed their LOTR releases, but the evolution sketch cards suck. I can't believe the number of sloppy sketchs released w/ this set. Where was quality control? When you can't even identify who the sketch is supposed to represent you know its simple about the money and not the Card Fans.
I have to give Topps a D- on the Hobby release.

Okay, I overreacted. The majority of the Sketches are nice. But a few do make me scratch my head. I am upping my previous Grade to a B+ ;-)

quote:

Originally posted by Dobby The House Elf:
P.S. CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHO IS THE ARTIST WHO SIGNED IN GOLD? AND WHO IS THE ARTIST (IF WE CAN CALL THEM ARTIST THAT DREW MY ROCK?) THANKS!

I think Hodgkins signed several in gold.
Tom Hodges (originally thought Gutierrez) drew the orc (Uruk-Hai helmet).

This message has been edited. Last edited by: tialessa,

quote:

Originally posted by glim:
And finally... Legolas/Staggs; Pippin/Pronovost; Gollum/Pronovost; Gollum/Cummens; Eowyn/Sohn

Glim, my favorites are the Staggs & the Sohn. Some great pulls!

Arty Ewok - is it Pronovost or Provost - which is the way the cards are signed.
I pulled one of your "Gollum with fish", much like the one shown above, but the picture is flipped, and Gollum looks like he's going to take a bite...

Looks like Howard Shum numbered his sketches, i see the numbers in the top right side, I have 48.

The variety and quality of these sketches is really wild, I'm hoping to pick up packs later today. Great pulls, everyone!

you know, for as much as i sorta hammered topps for a lot of the sith sketchs, this product is really delivering. talk about a good product. Im gonna open more today, hopefully i get that Russ walks hero sketch i was praying for.

quote:

Originally posted by Dobby The House Elf:

quote:

Originally posted by tialessa:

quote:

Originally posted by Dobby The House Elf:
WOO HOO!!! I never get good boxes! We had a lot of fun opening these boxes and got some really nice cards!

Some FANTASTIC stuff there! Congrats!

I am on cloud nine!! When I started looking into Kayanan's other sketches I am really blown away! His stuff is really great. Then the Cat Staggs Gimli, Wow! He is one of our favorites, and it is such a great sketch.

Dobby - 2 GREAT SKETCHES there WELL DONE

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Originally posted by glim:


Orc/Molinelli; Theodin/O'Neill; Gondor Warrior/Vecchia; Rohan Warrior/Vecchia

That orc was one of my favs! Glad a fan got it