Author Topic: weird misprint or normal stuff? (Read 13228 times)

Yanko Markovic · « **on:** March 11, 2010, 10:38:19 AM »

So, today I recieved a bunch of cards I bought from rubbercarp, and one of them was a foil Aragorn, Captain of Gondor. BUT this one looked a little strange, since the picture AND picture frame of the card is stretched up, just a little , like when a TV image is adjusted to fit the screen, this whole picture was a little stretched up.

Is this common in foil cards?

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #1 on:** March 11, 2010, 10:45:13 AM »

Mine is fine.
-wtk

Yanko Markovic · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2010, 10:49:50 AM »

I'd post a pic, if you like.

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2010, 10:54:27 AM »

Sure. Let's see it.
-wtk

Cw0rk · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2010, 11:56:07 AM »

This looks pretty weird.

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:11:20 PM »

I can't really tell what the problem is.
-wtk

Kralik · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:17:13 PM »

Quote from: ket_the_jet on March 11, 2010, 12:11:20 PM

I can't really tell what the problem is.

Clearly it's a crappy webcam!

Yanko Markovic · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2010, 01:18:29 PM »

LOL yes it is indeed crappy. Here's a more clear version:

ALSO, if you notice, the image space to the left of the sword is clearly more, the image is wider!

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2010, 01:25:27 PM »

Oh, I see now. The foil itself is "off" the sword. Yes, if it makes you feel better, both copies of Aragorn, Captain of Gondor (foil) I own/have owned are like that.
-wtk

Sam, Great Elf Warrior · « **Reply #9 on:** March 11, 2010, 09:04:04 PM »

You're right, there is a little extra image on the left (making the foil off-centered).

Yanko Markovic · « **Reply #10 on:** March 12, 2010, 12:21:04 PM »

Now, my question is, is this normal? Has it happened before?

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #11 on:** March 12, 2010, 12:53:32 PM »

Quote from: Gizlivadi on March 12, 2010, 12:21:04 PM

Now, my question is, is this normal? Has it happened before?

Like I said, I have a Captain of Gondor (foil) that looks like that and traded a second copy that looks like that.

As to the question regarding whether or not foils have been misaligned before, yes. Most of them ended up in Reflections packs where Decipher threw in all of the extra cards that didn't pass quality checks (hence, mis-cut cards, misaligned foils, etc.)
-wtk

jdizzy001 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 12, 2010, 05:05:01 PM »

my brother always said, cards like with errors are the only real rare cards in the game. congrats you have a REAL rare foil!

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #13 on:** March 12, 2010, 05:18:01 PM »

Quote from: jdizzy001 on March 12, 2010, 05:05:01 PM

my brother always said, cards like with errors are the only real rare cards in the game. congrats you have a REAL rare foil!

Yeah, except every copy of Aragorn, Captain of Gondor (foil) looks like that.
-wtk

Yanko Markovic · « **Reply #14 on:** March 12, 2010, 05:45:28 PM »

Ok, maybe with the foil off centered. But the real thing is that the picture is bigger and "compressed".

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #15 on:** March 12, 2010, 05:49:10 PM »

Quote from: Gizlivadi on March 12, 2010, 05:45:28 PM

Ok, maybe with the foil off centered. But the real thing is that the picture is bigger and "compressed".

Probably explains why the foil is off-center.

They are all like that. Sorry, you don't have anything special.
-wtk

Shieldmaiden · « **Reply #16 on:** March 13, 2010, 09:10:14 AM »

Funny, I never noticed that before when I had the foil. Huh.

There are quite a few mistakes like that, where there were entire runs that had misprints, and Decipher didn't do anything about it. There was a Celeborn (Lord of the Galadrim, methinks?) that had the wrong number on it. It drove me crazy when I was selling my cards because I had to show the number the card was meant to be and the number that was actually printed on the card in the title, then explain this in the item description.

It didn't seem to make much of a difference to the people bidding on it, though. I think that those who know LotR cards know that these things happen from time to time.

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2010, 09:03:59 AM »

I figured out my scanner and so here's a low-resolution picture of mine. You can clearly see the foil part is not aligned.
-wtk

sharkey · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2010, 09:31:30 AM »

What about a serrated top edge? Any idea what that problem is?

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #19 on:** March 16, 2010, 09:32:57 AM »

It is possible that the card got damaged when the pack was being sealed. That has happened from time to time.
-wtk

sharkey · « **Reply #20 on:** March 16, 2010, 06:33:15 PM »

Quote from: ket_the_jet on March 16, 2010, 09:32:57 AM

It is possible that the card got damaged when the pack was being sealed. That has happened from time to time.
-wtk

Hmmm, it's pretty even. It looks to me like a cutting error, but you are probably right. It's a Halfling Defenses, will that double it's value to 20 cents?

thewitchhunter · « **Reply #21 on:** March 18, 2010, 10:05:25 AM »

Talking about weird misprints...

Here is an image of a real weird misprint I found a few years ago in a TTT-Booster. Its an foil 4U335 Uruk Camp with foil layer of 4U336 Wold of Rohan. Has anybody ever seen anything similiar?

Elrohir · « **Reply #22 on:** March 18, 2010, 10:23:48 AM »

haha. Impressing.

Yanko Markovic · « **Reply #23 on:** March 18, 2010, 10:28:08 AM »

Wow, that's amazing.

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #24 on:** March 18, 2010, 10:47:11 AM »

Sweet.
-wtk

Witchkingx5 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 18, 2010, 11:25:07 AM »

Awesome!

ununtrium · « **Reply #26 on:** March 19, 2010, 10:56:21 AM »

my uruk camp foil is exactly the same as thewitchhunter's. It seems like they are all misprinted. It becomes really obvious, when you have a set, because they go right next to each other in 9er pages.

Strange stuff...

rubbercarp · « **Reply #27 on:** March 19, 2010, 11:18:45 AM »

Same here.
My Foil Uruk Camp is printed with the Wold of Rohan foil

thewitchhunter · « **Reply #28 on:** March 20, 2010, 03:33:39 AM »

So this isn't an ultra-rare-one-of-a-kind-super-valuable-misprint...?! Damned...

Btw, found another Uruk Camp foil on ebay wich pic shows the same misprinted foil layer. Question now is are there any foil Uruk Camps without this misprint?

ket_the_jet · « **Reply #29 on:** March 20, 2010, 06:59:08 AM »

Quote from: thewitchhunter on March 20, 2010, 03:33:39 AM

Btw, found another Uruk Camp foil on ebay wich pic shows the same misprinted foil layer. Question now is are there any foil Uruk Camps without this misprint?

Knowing what I now know, I would suggest that there are no correct printings of the card. It is just too expensive to correct from a cost angle. Sounds like Uruk Camp was then a late addition to the set or replaced another site that would've appeared later in the set.

Either way, congratulations on having a completely ordinary, albeit misprinted, uncommon foil.
-wtk

Author Topic: weird misprint or normal stuff? (Read 13228 times)

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