I still have yet to see a single box of these anywhere. I actually only just started looking in hobby shops for the hobby box so it's no surprise I haven't seen one (I'm ordering mine anyway), but I haven't seen the regular retail box, either. What stores are carrying them?
throwmetheidol said:
Hobby has random sketch and autograph inserts (plus the white-backed parallel cards)...
I haven't seen much discussion of the parallels anywhere, so I'm still not absolutely sure I actually know exactly what they are.
Do I understand correctly that they're rare duplicates of the regular cards, just on different stock? I seem to remember reading something somewhere about a gold finish; are they foil-stamped or anything like that, or just the regular cards on white-backed stock? Also, do I have it right that they're numbered twice, once with their card # in the 90-card set, and once as one of just 500 sets of parallels cards?
Nurhachi1991 said:
yeah but it says
Indiana Jones Heritage in stores now and when you click on it you get this
http://www.topps.com/ent/brands/IndianaJonesHeritage/IndianaJonesHeritageWeb.html
it never claims that autographs and sketch cards are exclusive it only says sticker magnets are
It does say the sketch cards are exclusive, actually, if you click on the banners where it says "Click Here for Authentic Autographs!," "Click Here for Sketch Cards!," and "Click Here for Vintage Sticker Magnets!," it takes you to a page for that kind of insert, and the sketch card page does mention it's a hobby exclusive while the magnet page mentions it's a retail exclusive. It doesn't clarify the distinction though, so it's true it's not hard to envision someone not even noticing the difference and not realizing there are different boxes for the two markets. It also doesn't actually mention that the autographs are hobby-exclusive, which is a definite oversight, though in fairness they're pretty rare anyway and people shouldn't really expect to just walk into any store and walk out with Lucas, Spielberg and Ford autographs along with their groceries.