houdini's 2019 Holiday Mystery Box $99.99 - Series III (non-sports)

[Zeldafanatic15]

Box 175/200

Christmas tree ornament
mini candy cane
Star Wars Living Set Captain Needa and Tobias Beckett
Fortnight pack x1
Michael Jackson pack x1
Stranger Things pack x12
And a Topps Transcendent WWE VIP pack


The hit in the VIP pack was a Triple H quad mat relic. Won't lie, I was disappointed in the box, but I understand it's always a gamble. Also agree I wouldn't have expected the WWE packs in a non-sports box.

The Stranger Things packs yielded a Gaten Matarazzo(Dustin) green redemption auto, which will be /50. Definetly helped the box at least though.

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[USCTrojans]

I forgot to add that in my box I got a dungeon and dragons loot crate dice tower....I have no idea where houdini got that from. at first I thought it was just a box holding something special but it was literally a d&d dice tower. lol.

[deeceman]

Posted my breaks in the non sport box break section

[bobscards]

Box arrived today, very happy, thanks Houdini!

[nick9819]

Box #3 drum roll!!!!!!! All packs were base cards. Nice to see people hitting nice stuff from there stranger things packs Attachment 471844

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[halvorsb]

I got box #1 / 200!

It didn't disappoint:
Star Wars Living Set - Darth Vader, Nien Nunb, Darth Maul & Chirrut Imwe
Mandalorian Poster Card
Star Trek William Knight Auto
The big hit - Maisie Williams S2 auto!

Super happy with my box. Thank you!

[andyg]

Box 183/200

One Christmas ornament and candy cane
Star Wars Living Set #32 Tobias Beckett
And an Obi-Wan card, I'm guessing a base card #16. The border is tan, it's Obi-Wan at the end of A New Hope. I don't collect Star Wars, so I don't know what it is.
One Michael Jackson and one Fortnite pack, all base.
12 Stranger Things, all base plus a Gaten Mattarazzo A-DH auto redemption.
One WWE VIP pack- 1/1 Extreme Rules Miz beats Dean Ambrose, a Legends Randy Orton auto #133/199, and a Road To Wrestlemania Kofi Kingston 1/1.

[gdelan1]

I mean, if you're going to put sports packs in non-sport boxes, why not 19-20 prizm basketball? At least that way there's value added

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[kerg]

Received my boxes.

161 and 195.

Main hits in the 2 were a 4/25 Stellar Mads Mikkelsen auto in one box. The second box had a Stellar Matthew Wood (/40) and Antoinette Bower auto. Also hit a nice sketch in the Stranger Things packs.

I'd do it again next year if offered.

As for WWE packs, while technically not 'non-sports', I didn't mind them. I like opening wrestling packs. Plus, the sports boxes have non-sports in them so, I knew there was an off chance you might get something like that.

[lakesidez]

Originally Posted by gdelan1

I mean, if you're going to put sports packs in non-sport boxes, why not 19-20 prizm basketball? At least that way there's value added

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How about golf, golf's not a sport either, right? Hahahaha

[lakesidez]

PERFECT!!!

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[Cwis3man]

First and last time doing these as well.

Christmas tree ornament
mini candy cane
Star Wars Living Set - Darth Vader and Gammorean Gaurd
Galactic Moments 2, 3, 10
Fortnight pack x1
Michael Jackson pack x1
Stranger Things pack x12
WWE Legends pack x1
Star Trek Original Series Captain's Collection x1
Star Trek Auto Series - M-113 Creature
Star Wars Stellar Signatures - Bodhi Rook 18/25

I'm not sure what I expected, but I guess I was hoping from some marvel/DC stuff, overall disappointing.

[xtwinstarx]

Saving mine for xmas, but you guys are really putting me through a roller coaster of emotion here!

[ForceChange77]

Opened my box. I think I did decent


Couple packs of stranger things, wwe, fortnight - no hits

[Jedi1823]

My box was 170/200

12 Stranger Things (a patch card)
1 Fortnite
1 Michael Jackson
1 WWE Legends

Steven Mceveety Star Trek auto
2 Star Wars (Grand Moff Tarkin and Luke Blows Up Death Star)
3 Star Wars Living (Nien Nunb, Ezra Bridger, and Shaak Ti)
Sasha Banks Transcendent auto #ed to 25

[rippev]

Got my box today. Not any packs etc, so I figured it would be a good hit! Thanks!


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[TheWrightStuff]

Man, some great stuff in these! Wish I had been able to get in on it.

[Cwis3man]

Originally Posted by TheWrightStuff

Man, some great stuff in these! Wish I had been able to get in on it.

I'll sell you the contents of mine for $50!

[houdini]

Originally Posted by rudzud

Box #41/200 aka taking $100 worth of quarter rolls below the belt aka trying to sit here and figure out how to write something polite

Christmas tree ornament
mini candy cane x2
Star Wars cards x2
Fortnight pack x1
Michael Jackson pack x1
Stranger Things pack x12
And a Topps Transcendent WWE VIP pack (those are the packs labeled 4/7/19 if anyone else gets one)

Obviously nothing in the Fortnight or Michael Jackson. One of the Stranger Things packs had a autograph: Cynthia Barrett

The WWE pack had it's two generic 1/1 and a #@#@#@#@ing NXT commemorative medallion /50

I know this stuff is a "gamble", but, really? This stuff in a box? Really?

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. This is my once; never again. And you said you were staking your reputation on these boxes? This was 'mixed variety pack box at Walmart/Target' level bad just for $80 more.

That is well over $100. Whether you liked it or not - I cannot control - but I think my reputation is just fine. I can't control what comes out of the 12 hobby packs or the 1 vip pack, but just those items alone are $100. Everything else is gravy.

[brothertona]

$33 for Bodhi auto
$36 for Stranger Things
Galactic Moments $8 * 3
$13 for auto
Living Set $8 to $15
Captains Collection - $8

Originally Posted by Cwis3man

I'll sell you the contents of mine for $50!

[rudzud]

Originally Posted by houdini

That is well over $100. Whether you liked it or not - I cannot control - but I think my reputation is just fine.

I'd say based on the amount of unhappy, disappointed, whatever you want to call it people this thread and the box break forum that no, no it is not.

[jdhaugh11]

I didn't get one of the better boxes, and I opened the WWE Transcendent packs against Houdini's suggestion, but glad I did open it.
I got a sweet 1/1 card of The Rock!
Also pulled an auto from the Stranger Things pack.
Overall I think it was pretty solid



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[rysportguy]

Originally Posted by rudzud

I'd say based on the amount of unhappy, disappointed, whatever you want to call it people this thread and the box break forum that no, no it is not.

It's really not a debate. This isn't an opinion. Just add up the retail value of all of the contents.

Edit: Thought you were talking about the price of the contents not being over $100. Not about his reputation (which is also going to be just fine). People get unrealistic expectations with these things. You are paying $100 and getting $100 in value in a bad box. If the packs don't have good stuff in them that has nothing to do with it's value.

[TheWrightStuff]

Originally Posted by Cwis3man

I'll sell you the contents of mine for $50!

If you haven't opened the packs Ill take you up on that offer.

[Goryb]

Originally Posted by gdelan1

Box 46
My box was a bust. Total suckage. I guess most of the "Value" comes from what a retail store would charge for packs, or maybe the ornament & candy cane are worth $25?

12 packs of stranger things S1 with no hits
1 pack of Fortnite, Michael Jackson & WWE. Hitless as well.

3 random Star Wars A New Hope cards?

2 living set #2 & #35 $10 total on a good day
Star Trek Barbara Luna auto $6.50-11
And,
The "big hit"
Stellar Jimmy Vee as R2D2 /25 maybe worth 20 bucks.

Total card value maybe $40
LAME

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Let me save Houdini the trouble of responding.

That Barbara Luna auto goes for $45-50 bucks on ebay.
12 Stranger things Hobby packs are worth about $36
Jimmy Vee is probably $10-20
Fortnite & Micheal Jackson packs are worth around $0
The Other 5 Star Wars cards are $5-10 each so say $25
Cheapfun Christmas Bulb = Priceless

So on the low end total = $116.

Definitely one of the Dud boxes but well within the promised range.