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Platinum Card Talk Member |
Surprised there's not a thread for this already... Opened 4 boxes so far, they are loaded with goodies. Would have liked an actor's signature, but what can you do???? A Total of 16 "Hits" DM-8, DM-7, DM-5, DM-1 Thor by Cris Santos, Hercules by Chris Bradberry, Character?? by Cal Slayton, Thor by Kat Laurange 49-AV 2/10, 38-AV 7/10 DMT-5, DMD-2 DMD-9, DMT-7 CA-SB, Yellow Plate for Card 52 Comic Auto is Walt Simonson and Sal Buscema. You can't really get a better pedigree than that. The Thor by Kat Laurange is amazing, the lightning around the hammer is glittered. Very cool effect. Missing one character ID. Any help with the Slayton sketch? Ed ____________________ Trading Page Now Online: http://www.scifi.cards/trading.html Collecting Sketches of the Character Crystal | ||
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Gold Card Talk Member |
The sketch looks like the Executioner. http://www.comicvine.com/executioner/4005-3517/ | |||
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Bronze Card Talk Member |
I have yet to see any stores with these. Looks like the internet is the only way to go to get them. I think the box price scares many stores from picking them up. I may have to wait until I get some more $. | |||
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Gold Card Talk Member |
Congrats on the Simonson/Buscema dual autograph. Those guys worked on a huge majority of the greatest Thor Comics ever. There actually was a breakdown for a couple of cases of this and that thread was opened on December 13th, so maybe the moderator can combine the two? The other one shows most of the autographs as that guy (Hippiemkt) did really well, but it didn't show off the sketches from the series which this new break does. Regarding the sketches in this series, it's another home run offering from Upper Deck. One release after another with generally well drawn sketches and most in color (new Marvel Masterpieces trilogy, Marvel Beginnings Trilogy, Iron Man 2 & 3, Thor 1 & 2, Cap, The Avengers) something that Topps cannot boast from set to set. Don't get me wrong, there are some real beauties in Topps releases, but I would say the average sketch in an Upper Deck product is approximately twice as good as the average sketch in a Topps product and that means the time has long passed for Topps to raise their minimum standards for acceptable sketches. Upper Deck continues to throw down the gauntlet by providing collectible sketches on just about every card. ____________________ Everywhere around this burg they're running out of verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. Everywhere around this town, they're running out of nouns. | |||
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Platinum Card Talk Member |
Thanks Raj, I believe you are correct. Frank, I imagine that most stores would not want to take the risk on a non-sport product with an SRP of $5 a Pack. I'm guessing that orders were light and that's why the boxes are so loaded. Sorry about the duplicate thread. I used search and didn't fine one, but I've never had much success with the site's search function. Ed ____________________ Trading Page Now Online: http://www.scifi.cards/trading.html Collecting Sketches of the Character Crystal | |||
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Diamond Card Talk Member |
Is it not UD's policy that distribution is limited to select outlets for the first 90 days or something like that? And I thought only certain brick and mortar stores could get UD product and no wholesale selling to unauthorized dealers or internet dealers. As to the product, I agree the sketches are generally of a higher quality and the other hits are well done. The problem with the UD formula on Marvel sets for me is the short list of available autographs and the long odds on pulling any of them. These cards are based not merely on Marvel characters, but on the prevailing movie, be it Ironman or Captain America or Thor or the Avengers. As such, actor autographs are expected and it is viewed as being more than a sketch product. However UD doesn't get enough autographs from any of these Marvel films to seed in at even every other box. I consider it a big drawback for me as an autograph collector, but UD shows no signs of changing its signature mix in the Marvel sets, so that's that for me. | |||
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i think it's the perfect mix. one in every 2 boxes would just water down the value of the cards. ud can keep this format and i'll be thrilled.. | |||
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Diamond Card Talk Member |
True, but what good is keeping the value high for secondary market buyers if you are the collector who can't afford to buy it. Think about it. | |||
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Got a case for Christmas (and have one more on the way Friday). This is prob my favorite non sports release of the year. My case was LOADED. The highlights include: Quad Costume Thor/Sif/Fandral/Volstagg Anthony Tan Hera Sketch Darren Chandler 2-Piece Puzzle Sketch Ray Stevenson Autograph Costume Jamie Alexander Autograph Tom Hiddleston Autograph Chris Hemsworth Autograph & Chris Hemsworth Autograph Costume | |||
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Nice breaks! Although there is another thread started some time ago http://nonsportupdate.infopop....477060736#8477060736 ____________________ - "...fire, walk with me..." | |||
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Silver Card Talk Member |
First Case Sketches Rodrigo Martins, Javier Winnik, Cris Santos Alex Magno, Ivan Rodriguez, Arley Arturo Tucker David Lee, Ian Yoshio Roberts, J(ay) Costumes DM-1 Darcy DM-2 Fandral x2 DM-4 Loki x2 DM-5 Odin x2 DM-6 Erik Selvig x2 DM-8 Thor DM-9 Volstagg x2 DMD-1 Jane/Fandral DMD-2 Jane/Selvig DMD-3 Jane/Sif DMD-7 Darcy/Jane DMD-10 Thor/Loki DMD-11 Thor/Odin DMD-12 Thor/Selvig DMD-13 Selvig/Fandral DMD-14 Jane/Odin DMD-15 Darcy/Sif x2 DMT-8 Darcy/Fandral/Jane Printing Plates Card #20 (magenta) Card #33 (yellow) Autos JA Jaimie Alexander HL Chris Hemsworth/Zachary Levi CA-FB Matt Fraction/Dan Brereton CA-RR Robert Rodi/Esad Ribic CA-PC Mike Carey/Mike Perkins Inserts Aether Variants - 5,8,11,13,16,19,21,22,26,30,33,34,35,36,37,41,44,50,55,57,59 & 60 Red Aether Variants - 7, 33 & 48 Stickers - 2 complete sets, 45 extrasThis message has been edited. Last edited by: Miss Lizzy, | |||
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Did great on my 4 boxes so I had to try a case. The case wasnt bad but not as good as the previous 4 boxes. Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 (nice Jim Cheung sketch) Box 4 (best for last) Here are just the sketches and movie autos. The wardrobes were a bit disappointing since I only got 1 triple and no quads. The 2 plates were very nice. I also got 3 comic autos. Can you use some help on 2of the artists and the one character. Ares by Mike Vasquez, Ares by Marcus Huey, Hulk by Mauro Fodra Thor/loki by Babisu Kourtis, Beta Ray Bill by Jed Thomas, Hela by ? ? by ?, Thor/Mephisto by Rustico Limosinero, Blob by Chris Foreman | |||
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Silver Card Talk Member |
Second Case Sketches Mike "Locoduck" Duron, Bien Flores, MJ San Juan Jed Thomas, Mauro Fodra, David Hindelang Mike Vasquez, Ajhay Cerezo Javier Winnik, Walter Rice Costumes DM-1 Darcy DM-2 Fandral x2 DM-3 Jane x2 DM-4 Loki DM-5 Odin x2 DM-6 Erik Selvig DM-7 Sif x3 DM-8 Thor DMD-1 Fandral/Jane DMD-6 Selvig/Loki DMD-7 Darcy/Jane DMD-8 Jane/thor DMD-9 Thor/Sif DMD-12 Thor/Selvig DMD-13 Selvig/Fandral x2 DMT-1 Thor/Jane/Darcy DMT-4 Thor/Jane/Loki DMT-8 Darcy/Fandral/Jane Printing Plates Card CA-JE (magenta) Card CA-MF (cyan) these were in the same pack! Autos AD Jaimie Alexander/Kat Dennings MA-ZL Zachary Levi auto/costume ZL Zachary Levi JA Jaimie Alexander CA-JE Dan Jurgens/Richard Starkings Inserts Aether Variants - 4(x2),8,13,16,17,19,21,22,28,30,21,34(x2),39,44,50,52,55,57 & 60 Red Aether Variants - 18, 40, 42 Stickers - haven't sorted these out yet - I'm assuming 2 sets + a bunch of extras | |||
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Bronze Card Talk Member |
Not sure why I would get a Captain America sketch in a Thor box. Looks like other characters not in the film are there as well. It would have been nice to at least get a complete base set-I was 5 cards short. Considering how expensive these boxes are that would have been nice. | |||
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Diamond Card Talk Member |
Not sure if the number of cards and inserts in packs guarantees a full base set. If it does you could always try contacting UD. As far as sketch characters goes, any Marvel character could be used for sketches in this product. It was the same thing in the first Thor movie set. I pulled one of Captain America, a Thor and some character with a crystal ball that I really didn't recognize. Don't know why UD decided to include the whole Marvel Universe in the Thor sets, but when you buy Ironman the only subject you get in every sketch is a posed Ironman. Let me tell you its darn boring, even when the sketch is done well. So the greater variety of subjects in Thor is not a bad thing to me, unless of course you really only wanted a sketch of Thor or those related to Thor. Also all sketches from Thor sets are based on drawings of the comic characters rather than anything in any of the Marvel films. Artists are not allowed to draw actor likenesses or scenes from the films. That is kind of a shame, but I guess its how the products are licensed.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Raven, | |||
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Gold Card Talk Member |
Captain America was in the film. | |||
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Platinum Card Talk Member |
Since the artists cannot do movie likenesses on sketch cards, there has to be some variety. As Raven said all Thor would get boring fast. They intentionally made sketch cards with different characters to make the artists draw those characters. Not sure how many there are but I know Hulk, Hercules, Captain America, Iron Man, Hela, Ares, Loki, and others. I think there were 10 different "base" sketches with character names. Ed ____________________ Trading Page Now Online: http://www.scifi.cards/trading.html Collecting Sketches of the Character Crystal | |||
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Silver Card Talk Member |
They are 15 Character Sketch Card Sequence: CS1 Thor CS2 Lady Sif CS3 Warriors Three CS4 Black Widow CS5 Beta Ray Bill CS6 Hercules CS7 Iron Man CS8 Captain America CS9 Kurse CS10 Hulk CS11 Enchantress CS12 Ares CS13 Hela CS14 Malekith the Accursed CS15 Loki | |||
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Bronze Card Talk Member |
You are correct sir! Totally forgot.
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New Card Talk Member |
I am very pleased with my three boxes, the cards are great and the hits are worth the cost. I got one autograph (tom hiddleston) One printing plate One red aether varient Five aether cards Three sketch cards and Six costume cards This message has been edited. Last edited by: H_Toser, | |||
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