Who says buying loose packs from an open box is bad?
I remember going in to the cinema store in London and buying Angel season 2 cards on the cheap, my friend brought 20 packs and I got 30, he pulled 1 puzzle card and one Woman of LA.... Here's my dream ticket I got 2 puzzle cards 1 woman of LA card and two Angel Heart cards What was the odds on that????? Was well happy any way
KADRAN00157
February 11, 2005, 10:29 PM
Incarnadine
Just bought 2 packs of "24" just to see what it looked like and got a M2 costume card (Tony Ameida's shirt).
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Ad pulchritudinem tria requiruntur: integritas, consonantia, claritas. (Three things are required for beauty: wholeness, harmony, radiance.)
February 12, 2005, 06:23 AM
Andrew David
quote:
Originally posted by Raj: Bought 6 packs of Star Wars Heritage (£2.99 each) from WH Smiths near my workplace and got a James Earl Jones auto from the first pack I opened.
It does show that W H Smiths around the Uk do sell cards, which can only be a good thing.
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February 13, 2005, 03:37 PM
Quaint1
I decided to treat my self for my birthday with a couple of packs from my local shop - 1 of Spike and 1 of CSI Series 2. I got a foil in the Spike pack and an autograph card in the CSI - CSI-B8 signed by Joseph Patrick Kelley (as Officer Metcalf) Au Res., Paul
Bang goes my chance to pull anything from "our" shop
February 13, 2005, 06:54 PM
Quaint1
Not entirely blown your chances - the autos in CSI Series 2 are 1:12 so there's a fair chance you could pull one of the remaining two signed cards in the box! Au Res., Paul
Graham, Just in cse you were thinking of popping along to 'our' shop and buying a pack or two of Angel Season 5 (there's a new box on display), I bought two packs this morning - now but base cards in the first, PW5 (Gunn's Shirt from "Harm's Way") in the other... Au Res., Paul
When i first started to collect non sports cards i just collected the loose packs, i didnt know where to get the boxes from, form angel season 4 i got The beast auto and Charisma's top from Home, then in a buffy season 7 pack i got Camden Tou auto. I havent really pulled anything like that since, just chase cards. I'm still working on the angel season 5 box in my local FP!
March 17, 2005, 07:07 PM
Incarnadine
I was downtown today and suffering card withdrawl and noticed a nice fresh box of Robots. Couldn't resist opening a few so I grabbed 4 packs, 2 from each side, and got "Postcards from the Big City" PC1 and this rather fetching Tone Rodriguez sketch #'d 295/528
Edit, must be something wrong with my scanner, on my card the pupils are red and the shading is a brown/grey and i see the blue in the borders and logo are grey too.
____________________ "Man muss entweder der Hammer oder der Amboss sein" (you must be the hammer or the anvil)
-Goethe
Ad pulchritudinem tria requiruntur: integritas, consonantia, claritas. (Three things are required for beauty: wholeness, harmony, radiance.)
March 17, 2005, 08:28 PM
Inkworks
quote:
Originally posted by Incarnadine: Edit, must be something wrong with my scanner, on my card the pupils are red and the shading is a brown/grey and i see the blue in the borders and logo are grey too.
I think your scanner may have defaulted to a greyscale scan - mine does that sometimes when the image that I'm scanning doesn't have strong color differences. However, here is the scan of that card as it passed through our hands:
I know, I know, I'm just showing off, but I did scan it first!
Originally posted by Incarnadine: Edit, must be something wrong with my scanner, on my card the pupils are red and the shading is a brown/grey and i see the blue in the borders and logo are grey too.
I think your scanner may have defaulted to a greyscale scan - mine does that sometimes when the image that I'm scanning doesn't have strong color differences. However, here is the scan of that card as it passed through our hands:
I know, I know, I'm just showing off, but I did scan it first!
Thanks for that, I was wondering what the heck happened. lol.
____________________ "Man muss entweder der Hammer oder der Amboss sein" (you must be the hammer or the anvil)
-Goethe
Ad pulchritudinem tria requiruntur: integritas, consonantia, claritas. (Three things are required for beauty: wholeness, harmony, radiance.)
March 18, 2005, 01:50 PM
darbow
Bought 5 stargate season 7 packs and got Dr Frasier Tribute F2 card.This message has been edited. Last edited by: darbow,
April 09, 2005, 07:03 PM
Incarnadine
I posted this in the Star Wars ROTS breakdown thread but only just now went to the TOPPS site to see what the odds were on specific sketch cards and all I can say is WOW, did I beat the odds. It turns out Plunkett is 1 of 9 artists from the toughest to pull level. LEVEL A was 1:777 to get ONE of the 9 artists which works out to 1:6,993 for each specific artist and after checking examples of each I think Plunkett did the best overall sketches for that level.
Anyhow, 6 packs yielded 2 foils and this Plunkett sketch. Gotta love loose packs from a trustworthy card shop.
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____________________ "Man muss entweder der Hammer oder der Amboss sein" (you must be the hammer or the anvil)
-Goethe
Ad pulchritudinem tria requiruntur: integritas, consonantia, claritas. (Three things are required for beauty: wholeness, harmony, radiance.)
April 11, 2005, 11:46 AM
tialessa
Bought about 20 packs for XMen (Movie) & pulled a Jean Grey Costume Card... was pleasantly surprised...
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April 11, 2005, 01:38 PM
mtlhddoc2
my best pull ever was 5 packs from an open box of Simpsonsmania - got a sketch card Sarah owns this sketch now
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April 13, 2005, 09:55 AM
rubadub001
Bought about 12 packs of Aliens Vs. Predator and pulled a no-namer autograph and Tony Rodriguez Sketch!
I didn't even know that the sketches were pack inserted until I pulled it and checked Inkworks site for info.
Definitely a nice find and a nice sketch! Alien Drooling...
For Revenge Of The Sith are sketch cards seeded in only hobby packs or retail as well?
April 15, 2005, 01:12 PM
TheUberBob
I bought 4 packs of LotR Return of the King update yesterday and got a Merry's Rohan Travel Cloak costume card.
-Bob-
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April 15, 2005, 02:48 PM
hammer
I can't even pull a decent card from a sealed box let alone individual packs
April 25, 2005, 05:36 AM
RupT
Normally i would be the first to jump on this band wagon... however yesterday i went to Forbidden Planet and delved into a few packs...
3 x TNG Quotable 3 x Star Wars ROTS 2 x Stargate SG-1 S7 2 x Bond Quotable
The packs yielded the following:
Bond 1 x Bond Girls are forever TNG Quotables 2 x Space Final Frontier and 1 x Quotable Comics Stargate 1 x Casting Call Star Wars 1 x ectched Foil and .......
My best ever pull EVER EVER EVER... and sketch card.. adn thankfully not one of the bad ones i seen.... a fairly decent sketch of Bail Organa (i think) however not sure who the artist is.... will have to post a scan here soon so someone can help identify who the artist is.....