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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01 Nov 2007 : 05:24:39
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Long before Battles in Time was this set: and if you thought BIT was tough to complete, you should have tried this one!!!
There were 3 ultra rares that were incredibly hard to find; add to that a separate starter deck which had cards exclusive to that deck (you couldn't get them from booster packs), and a very wide range of cards (302 in total) that didn't have a particularly good collation in boxes.
The set took me nearly 10 years to complete, and then only thanks to dear collector friends.
Sadly there was no specific binder for this set. There was one promo card (Exterminate!).
Latterly, the booster pack boxes were remaindered and were available for a few pounds in cheap shops in the High Street. Sadly this increase in availability did not drastically increase your chances of completing the set.
Pictured is a sealed box of Starter Decks (12 Decks per box), two examples of the Starter Boxes themselves, and a box of booster packs (45 packs per box):
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Sci-FiPlanet
Companion
United Kingdom
124 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2007 : 10:48:59
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I'm only missing the three ultra rare cards from this set, they were Davros, the Doomsday W, and Tom Baker (That really bugged me it's the one card I always wanted)
There were also several error or variant cards, however the only one I can remember off the top of my head is the Time card that read "ME" instead of time.
God I had almost forgotten about this set, the game itself is much better than BIT simply for the fact that there was a game you could play. I remember modifying the rules so that you could have more than three timeless creatures in one zone at a time (whats the point if your not going to role up with an army of Daleks against everyone else)
Someplace in my loft is a big box FULL of these cards.. I will have to dig it out and see what left! Thanks for the trip down memory lane Steve  |
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dalej
Target Art Curator
1890 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2007 : 12:23:58
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The promo "Exterminate" was included as a freebie in the Scrye Magazine( hopefully I spelled Scrye correct?) The magazine was enclosed in plastic and the card was put in the front, I actually still have a sealed copy with the card inside  |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2007 : 12:49:31
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quote:
Originally posted by dalej
The promo "Exterminate" was included as a freebie in the Scrye Magazine( hopefully I spelled Scrye correct?) The magazine was enclosed in plastic and the card was put in the front, I actually still have a sealed copy with the card inside
Nice, Dale!!! |
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dalej
Target Art Curator
1890 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2007 : 12:51:20
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Ian
Chancellor
United Kingdom
1075 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2007 : 15:57:48
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Didn't the company go broke just after the cards launched?
I was lucky early on - got the Davros in a packet, can't remember how I got the 4th Doctor but I got my last - the Doomsday Machine about 2000 or so.
They're a great set to get signed. |
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Dalekfan
Dalek Commander of the Outer Galaxies
United Kingdom
9429 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2007 : 04:54:38
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Personally, I just think that the timing of this release was off: there just wasn't enough general interest to sustain sales. IMHO of course.
Still a nice set to have, and some great images. |
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Melkur
Mastered Materializing
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - 20 Nov 2007 : 23:57:24
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I got dozens of the Starter deck boxes (in cases of 10) for under $1 each deck about 3 years ago from a guy on the US West coast. Not a single Ultra Rare in any of those, I'd say they are only in the Boosters and my average is about every 5-10 boxes for one (Doomsday Machine pulled most often).
Over thousands of cards I did find that certain Common cards were distinctly rarer than others (e.g. Fusion Booster). Starter box Rares also had a range of common (Doctors of course, T-Mat, Malus, Kontron Crystals) and scarcer (K-9, Black Guardian, Raston Robot). The Booster rares (one per pack) were well collated, but starter boxes could repeat within the dozen. Generally Resource Rares are scarcer.
There is one Rare Watcher card (Green, comma shape), and 2 Rare Time cards (Blue, Orange hour glass and the ME misprint).   |
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Melkur
Mastered Materializing
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - 21 Nov 2007 : 00:02:39
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Couple of pics (Davros is in hiding, also at the end of the universe):
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bjblackpool
Companion
United Kingdom
236 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jul 2010 : 04:37:45
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I bought a sealed box and the starter pack last month, and I've just been going through them - 198 discrete cards (or slightly less than two-thirds) and not a single Watcher or Time card in the whole lot.
According to the Toybox the booster packs retailed for £2.50 a pack. Completing a set back then must have required seriously deep pockets. |
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Ian
Chancellor
United Kingdom
1075 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jul 2010 : 08:38:49
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Watcher and Time cards were only found in the starter boxes and were sealed in plastic within the box. Odd that you'd not have them - perhaps the starter had been opened?
It wasn't easy to get them back then, certainly fewer stores stocked them, and no internet trading. |
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bjblackpool
Companion
United Kingdom
236 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jul 2010 : 17:56:36
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| If they're in the Starter pack then hopefully I should get a few in the near future: whilst not exactly common, I've seen a fair few for (what I consider to be) a reasonable enough price on the 'Bay in the last couple of months. I suspect, though, that it will be a fair old time before I get even close to completing the set. |
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bjblackpool
Companion
United Kingdom
236 Posts |
Posted - 18 Feb 2011 : 11:50:12
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I bought a few thousand loose at the end of last year, and I've just been going through them (I've always found sorting through a huge pile of discards quite relaxing - a throwback to my stamp-collecting days as a kid, no doubt!). A number of the Future Creatures caught my eye: the border isn't so much blue as purple. When the first one turned up I assumed that it had just been on the top of the pile and had faded, but when the same card turned up with exactly the same degree of "fade" my curiosity was piqued. Five such cards turned up: two Ice Warriors and one each of Chumblies, Drahvin and Krotons. Probably by coincidence, they are all on the same page in my album.
Is it a fade, or a genuine variant? |
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Sci-FiPlanet
Companion
United Kingdom
124 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2011 : 05:59:06
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| the colour variation denotes rarity on many cards, it's subtle but the rare cards do have slightly different coloured boarders. |
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TimelordTaylor
Chancellor
United Kingdom
757 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2011 : 18:33:13
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I've picked up some nice vintage Who bits from a carboot recently and amongst them was a load of these. One starter deck and 20 or so unopened booster packs. I filled a fair few gaps in the collection and.... also pulled a Tom Baker Doctor IV from a booster
Have a massive pile of spares now, if anyones after any in paticular let me know and i'll gladly have a shift through them |
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Kroll_2008
Chancellor
United Kingdom
669 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2011 : 18:02:40
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| is it worth getting more than one starter deck???? |
Five Rounds Rapid!!!! |
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Ian
Chancellor
United Kingdom
1075 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2011 : 17:04:46
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If you want the whole set (or as good as, may as well ignore the Ultra (Impossibly) Rare) then you'd need more than one Starter. They were the only place you could get the Time & Watcher cards; which took several boxes to complete.
Really need to write up my lists of needs! |
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Kroll_2008
Chancellor
United Kingdom
669 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2011 : 21:02:54
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| How rare is the 'exterminate' promo card if they were only in issues of that magazine? I know if I collect thus set I'm unlikely to get the 3 ultra rares, but not sure about this card. |
Five Rounds Rapid!!!! |
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Kroll_2008
Chancellor
United Kingdom
669 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jan 2012 : 08:19:20
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Originally posted by Melkur
I got dozens of the Starter deck boxes (in cases of 10) for under $1 each deck about 3 years ago from a guy on the US West coast. Not a single Ultra Rare in any of those, I'd say they are only in the Boosters and my average is about every 5-10 boxes for one (Doomsday Machine pulled most often).
Over thousands of cards I did find that certain Common cards were distinctly rarer than others (e.g. Fusion Booster). Starter box Rares also had a range of common (Doctors of course, T-Mat, Malus, Kontron Crystals) and scarcer (K-9, Black Guardian, Raston Robot). The Booster rares (one per pack) were well collated, but starter boxes could repeat within the dozen. Generally Resource Rares are scarcer.
There is one Rare Watcher card (Green, comma shape), and 2 Rare Time cards (Blue, Orange hour glass and the ME misprint).
Just pulled all 3 of these out of a starter box and booster i bought on ebay for £3.95... |
Five Rounds Rapid!!!! |
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