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Originally posted by Juelle Lou:

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Originally posted by MarcG:
I agree... the minor characters will most likely change hands at time or two.

So who does everyone class as minor characters?
Surely not the scooby gang, the monsters I would but I can't imagine even Darla or Faith being classed as minor characters. Especially because those two were fairly major characters in Angel, which I still class as being part of the Buffy universe.

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Originally posted by Justice41:
Sketches were always part of this set. I got my blanks last year. Rittenhouse screwed the pooch by not getting likeness releases from the actors beforehand. All of this should have been done and if they couldn't get them they should have let us know. I hate doing work on spec. This is my last set of this kind, Not worth doing just so stuff gets shat on because the actors couldn't find the proper sized tampon. Unless the companies provide an approved actor or scene list not even gonna bother. waste of time.

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Originally posted by chesspieceface:
I don't think Rittenhouse ever begins something with the idea of releasing it the way these Buffy cards ultimately were released.

Sketch sets limited to 100 total cards or so drawn by the top artists just aren't usually seen in a full release. They'd need more cards drawn for that, and that means more artists, and that means some who just aren't as good as the artists on this set would've gotten in. (Not referring to Mr. Cover here as his work is definitely up to par). Several different factors went in to this one happening the way it did, for sure.

Other similarly limited, top artist only sketch sets have been seen in "Game of Thrones" and "Disney Treasures" which both had proper full releases. The sketch cards were just very hard to find, especially in "Disney Treasures" which basically saw about 150 sketch cards in each series which were probably produced in the ballpark of 50,000 boxes per series (guessing conservatively, series 2 and 3 runs were likely even higher.)

I think these Buffy sketches were never going to be a box hit even if every single one had been approved. Even had they all been approved and a full set Buffy set issued in packs, they still probably would've only been found one in every few cases or so, as with Game of Thrones, maybe a little more common, like perhaps one per case.

In other words, the Buffy sketches were never going to be easy to get, and if enough of them had been drawn so that they were, the overall quality would have necessarily suffered as sketches from sketch-driven sets usually do. For every Desbois, for instance, there are literally 100 lesser artists actively working on sketch cards. It doesn't mean their work is bad, but their very presence on a set means the set in its entirety wouldn't be a nice as this Buffy set is.

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Originally posted by Justice41:
Sketches were always part of this set. I got my blanks last year.

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Originally posted by Raven:
Contrary to probably everyone, the main subjects for me to want would be Spike, Faith and Anya. Sounds strange, but I thought they were the most honest characters and they evolved into good guys despite themselves.

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Originally posted by Juelle Lou:

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Originally posted by MarcG:
I think a Sketch card of just Buffy would be up there no matter who the artist is.

I agree, anything with Buffy on it is going to go for the premium price.
The Buffy sketch listing by Kristen Allen had ended when I got up this morning, so I'm thinking it must have sold off of feebay (good for them).
So we won't know how much that sold for to give us an idea of how much a sketch of just Buffy is going to cost.

And, I just picked up my two SMG autos this afternoon!!
Happy dance for me

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Originally posted by Raven:

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Originally posted by Justice41:
Sketches were always part of this set. I got my blanks last year.

I'm sure that's true Mr. Cover, but it was not public knowledge. The first we heard of sketches in this product was a couple of months before the initial release date, followed by RA saying that the delay was due to sketch approval issues. Before that, the only thing certain about these so-called sets was that each one would have an SMG autograph.

If you look back the many pages of this thread, the first ones are all about possible signers, sketches were not even mentioned until January. At that point it was still supposed to be 400 sketches, enough for one per set. We really didn't get any more information about them until they became dealer incentives and scans started to appear just recently.

I'm sure that the problems with characters was very frustrating to all the artists and RA will be adjusting policies in the future. It's not a good thing for anyone after all.

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Originally posted by Justice41:
Too bad no one screencapped the original page on Scifihobby. Not sure where the 400 cards number came from. My cards alone if all were approved would have accounted for 1/4 of that number. RA had to adjust to the whole approval issue on the fly at the last minute.

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Originally posted by Raven:
I have to say that I have not seen one throw away sketch yet, which I find amazing given the, pardon my saying it, "junk art" that is normally included in every product with sketches. I don't know if that is because only the best work was approved or because it really was all this good.

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Originally posted by Raven:
I have to say that I have not seen one throw away sketch yet, which I find amazing given the, pardon my saying it, "junk art" that is normally included in every product with sketches. I don't know if that is because only the best work was approved or because it really was all this good.

I am not that interested in sketch sets as a rule, but one per box with this kind of quality would be enough to get me buying. Maybe someone can figure out how to do for real next time.