British Horror Collection ( Unstoppable Cards, 2017 )
Finished opening my boxes. Did not take long as this is Unstoppables first set in a box release as opposed to packs in a box.
IMO this is a much better format than the traditional one with less wasted packing materials and duplicate base cards.
Each box has a 92 card base set covering ten british produced horror films with lots of nice images and an 18 card silver foil chase set of UK and foreign film posters. There are three premium cards in each box, two autographs and either a sketch or printing plate.
For me the main attraction was the sketch cards and the ones in this release were a big step up in quality from previous releases. Here is what I got from inside the boxes :
Danielle Adams x 2, Jack Chattox.
Kitty Lydia Dye, Marcia Dye, Jonty Gates.
Jonty Gates, Mike Hannan x 2.
Phil Hassewer, Edgar Holz, Laura Inglis.
Tony Miello, Matthew Parmenter, Clay Sayre.
Solly Mohammed x 3.
Mark Stroud, ???, Sue Thomas.
These last four are incentives :
Wesley Smith x 2.
Louise Draper, Andy Fry.
A nice touch is the different card design for each of the ten movies so you can tell from which film each sketch is.
In one of the boxes I also found a facsimilie signature card for Dennis Price.
April 07, 2017, 12:09 PM
Spencer Quist
Actually their Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson and My Favourite Martian were the same 'factory set' format so not the first of this kind from Unstoppable. How did your autos break down, Triple?
Have to admit I did not keep a box by box record of the autographs but roughly per 10 box case :
Paul Stockman PS3 3 per case Nicholas Granby NG1 and NG2 4 per case, 2 of each. Susan Jamieson SJ1 and SJ2 3 per case, 2 of one and I of the other. Judy Mathieson JM1 2 per case. Veronica Carlson VC1 and VC2 3 per case, 2 of one and 1 of the other. Valerie Leon VL1 or VL2 1 per case. Jess Conrad JC1 I per case. Martine Beswick MB1 or MB2 1 per case. Jenny Hanley JH1 or JH2 1 per case.
How was your breakdown Spencer?
April 09, 2017, 03:10 AM
Ledmax
Love this Product - Total AWESOME
My 3-Case Break !
Sketch Cards
1. Marcia Dye
2. Phil Hassewer
3. M. Mohambo
4. B. Jones
5. Adam & Bekah Cleveland
6. Clay Sayre
7. J(AY)
8. Kevin Meinert ?
9. Laura Inglis
10. Joam Gates
11. Solly Mohammed
12. Solly Mohammed
13. Edgar Holz
14. Jason Westlake
15. Chris Townsek
16. Bruce Gerlach
17. Danielle Adams
18. Unknown ?
19. Kitty Lydia Dye
Case Incentive Sketch Cards
1. Andy Frey
2. Westley Smith
3. Westley Smith
4. Louise Draper
April 09, 2017, 03:38 AM
AUST
Hi. Your email is not in your profile. Could you pm me regarding some of your sketch cards. My email is in my profile...Thanks
April 09, 2017, 08:16 AM
cardaddict
Those cards have all been printed 90 degrees off. I'd ask for my money back if I was you.
April 09, 2017, 03:00 PM
Ledmax
yeah Head straight to the left
April 10, 2017, 02:52 PM
Spencer Quist
Okay, not as clear as usual but:
Case 801-810 First up 4 plates #31 front, #32 back, #34 back, #76 front. 6 sketches Colour Laura Inglis Count - Lust Vampire Colour Rory McQueen Severed hand - Blood Mummy's Tomb Colour Solly Mohammed Chris Lee - To the Devil a Daughter Colour Rory McQueen Dracula -Scars Colour Westley Smith Kinski - To the Devil a Daughter (gorgeous!) Colour Rouse (???) Yutte - Lust
Case topper had colour Scott Fellowes of Valerie Leon from Blood/Mummy's Tomb Front/Back of card #23 Facsimile Autocard of Ralph Bates Autograph Judy Mathieson JM-CASE
Not a bad breakdown, bit miffed at the double autographs from same person but seems to be the thing now. On the whole happy, but still a couple if cards to complete set. Vast improvement on the quality of sketches and the variance of subject. Would share the sketch card images if I knew how. The Westley is a beaut. Chuffed with that alone.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Spencer Quist, April 10, 2017 05:18 PM
I bought 1 box and I found the following other than the base set and chase set:-
VC2 Veronica Carlson autograph as Elizabeth Heiss in Horror of Frankenstein SJ2 Susan Jameson autograph as Diane in I, Monster 3 web promos WEB1-WEB3 B1 & B2 SKIM1 Sketch card by Matthew W Parmenter featuring a scene from I, Monster
HC-PR1 Supercar numbered 67/100
regards
John
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April 10, 2017, 03:07 PM
Spencer Quist
I also split a case with a mate. From five boxes, my half, came:
2 plates. Back #F9, back #74 Colour McHugh Lass on knife board - Circus of Fear Colour Byron Brower (???) Valerie in headdress - Blood Mummy's Tomb Colour Jay Guy strangled by snake - Blood Mummy's Tomb
Originally posted by wolfie: so the cards that come in the binder are not exclusive to the binder?
Wolfie
I omitted to say that I also bought a binder.
regards
John
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April 11, 2017, 10:35 AM
wolfie
quote:
Originally posted by JOHN LEVITT:
quote:
Originally posted by wolfie: so the cards that come in the binder are not exclusive to the binder?
Wolfie
I omitted to say that I also bought a binder.
regards
John
Ah right, thanks John.
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April 12, 2017, 03:10 AM
dcole
The sketches look pretty good for this release (Triple Frog - awesome Andy Fry Victor Frankenstein!)
Hopefully my two boxes and a binder arrive soon - I have word they've left LA. Hoping for a sketch...
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April 12, 2017, 03:28 AM
Triple-Frog
quote:
Originally posted by dcole: The sketches look pretty good for this release (Triple Frog - awesome Andy Fry Victor Frankenstein!)
Hopefully my two boxes and a binder arrive soon - I have word they've left LA. Hoping for a sketch...
Famous last words but you " should " get at least one sketch. Most cases had six sketches and four print plates, a few had seven sketches and three print plates.
April 12, 2017, 10:30 AM
Spencer Quist
The case I split turned out to be 50/50 between plates and sketches. No complaint though as the sketches were so sweet. Plus the plates actually had some content rathercthan be blank. Which is often frustrating.
Originally posted by dcole: The sketches look pretty good for this release (Triple Frog - awesome Andy Fry Victor Frankenstein!)
Hopefully my two boxes and a binder arrive soon - I have word they've left LA. Hoping for a sketch...
Famous last words but you " should " get at least one sketch. Most cases had six sketches and four print plates, a few had seven sketches and three print plates.
That's what I'm hoping, since the "advertised" insert ratio was 60/40 sketch-to-plate overall. Don't know how they pack shipments of just a couple of boxes - sucessive box numbers or random - but hopefully at least one is a sketch.
Any idea what the binders are like and if they contain any cards?
____________________ Debi
Reliving my childhood one piece of painted plastic and slab of cardboard at a time.
April 13, 2017, 03:30 AM
Triple-Frog
I quite liked the design of the binders. There are two binder exclusive cards B1 and B2.