A second New Moon set has been announced by NECA, now with randomly inserted autographs, (no insert ratios or names at this time). We have been sitting on some NECA information for about a month now waiting for more corroboration (two independent sources gave us very similar information) and this new announcement adds enough to make us bring it to the public.
By many collectors Twilight autographs are considered rare, and tend to sell for a fair amount, on card autographs are very very rare, or so you might think, now it would seem this is not the case. The information we have been given which should be treated as a reliable rumor and not Gospel, is that NECA have had at LEAST 10,000 twilight autographs. Most of them are the same and they paid the actors next to nothing per card…. (Like $1.00 man…)
Now I can already hear the clamor to tell me that’s not true and they have nothing LIKE that number but hey lets do the math and see what you think then:
Only 5,000
Lets start with the Amazon Exclusive Twilight card set (reprint of inkworks set) with a binder AND one of 5000 Peter “my hand hurts” Facinelli autograph cards… then came the Amazon Exclusive Cullen Crest Prop Replica WITH another 3000 autograph cards this time from Ashley Green, and now a bone of contention that can be put to rest once and for all: The Topps European New Moon Photo Cards came with a redemption token. I have talked to Topps, in fact I talked to the head or redemption’s for Topps UK (that’s the nice lady who send stuff out to you) and Steve Conner the important sounding “Sales Manager for Topps Europe Ltd.” (Still looking forward to that response Steve, and I hope you had a nice holiday) And it has been confirmed that the redemption cards are in fact 1,000 more Ashley Green cards,
Amazons 3,000 + Topps 1,000...
identical to the other Amazon cards BUT now with the added inclusion of a Topps Authentic sticker.. That’s just the way it is folks from the horses mouth.. so get over it. now we are at a total of…. hang on.. hold the 1… and umm oh yes that’s right 9,000 autographs that we already know about produced for NECA, and yet not one inserted into a pack or a box yet… That 10,000 number is not sounding so far fetched now is it…
But wait now we ave the New Moon 2 set which is… wait for it… THE SAME SET as new moon 1 only this time with some slightly differing chase cards, (if your lucky) 12 additional cards AND some autographs (I bet it’s Ashley Green to the tune of 1,000 cards)
Thus proving that old adage that you can take a slightly unhappy looking emo girl to hot topic AND make her buy the same thing twice…
Shiny Ones AKA Target Demographic
In all seriousness we don’t know what autograph cards will be included in this “new” (That’s new meaning reprint) set, it could be a bunch of exciting folks about to be unleashed on this set and the public (don’t count on it) and that would be great for some fans I guess, but keep this in mind, NECA had at least 9,000 autographs in hand before the first New Moon boxes came out, (the pre orders on Amazon Exclusive items pre-date the release of the New Moon boxes) and decided not to put any in the packs, because they new the sets would sell without them, now that are going to put some in packs and sell you the same thing again. To me that’s harsh, and a level of cynicism that not even twilight fans deserve. But they will sell very well no doubt.
NECA have obviously not commented. This is mostly because they don’t respond to emails, and have no email, phone number, address, or ANY other contact details on the official NECA site. You have to submit a web form and they will get back to you (or not as it happens). Oh and don’t expect a lot of Hobby Support for these cards they are almost 100% set to be chain store exclusives. (I bet on Hot Topic and Target at this point….)
If we know of 9,000+ autographs from 2 actors (more in all probability) what would that make the secondary market value long term? I would guess close to zero… In which case if your buying for investment then don’t buy NECA. If you just really love Twilight, or your a completest nut, then this is the stuff for you.
How is the new prop replica set w/Ashley Greene autographed cards differentiated from the first set w/Peter Facinelli autographed cards? Those were also supposedly a limited edition, but the cards (nor the boxes holding the replica jewelry) weren’t numbered. What kind of a limited edition item is that, if the only difference is the autographed card they insert? The jewelry looks like the exact same set. They can keep cranking these “editions” out–one for each character…