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Title: typically end-of-the-year foil observations
Post by: ununtrium on December 31, 2009, 03:44:17 AM
Hi there!
This may be a rather pointless question to most people, but...

did you notice that the foils from the movie block vary a little bit from set to set?

IMHO, the FotR foils are the most brilliant foils of all and the BoHD foils are VERY saturated.

Mind you, I do not prefer one to the other. I just think that they are different, but look magnificent compared to WotR foils. Those were a real let-down to me when I saw. SH and BR foils are the worst, BL foils were sort of a return to form.

About Hunters foils: Some are more foiled than others. For example, at some point I had three Lemenya RFs and they all had different degrees of being foiled. On one you just saw a couple of slivers of foil in the picture, the most foiled one was practically foiled all over.

RoS and T&D RFs seem to me to be very saturated again, but they lack to "depth" the BoHD foils have. The Masterworks foils on the other hand are absolutely gorgeous throughout Hunters Block.

If you want to kill time until midnight, feel free to post below.


All the best to all for the new year.
Title: Re: typically end-of-the-year foil observations
Post by: Witchkingx5 on December 31, 2009, 05:40:59 AM
Like my Toss Me (Foil) which is foiled very few.

Killing time actually isn't so hard as you think...
Title: Re: typically end-of-the-year foil observations
Post by: sharkey on December 31, 2009, 07:56:20 AM
All you need is a knife or gun...
Title: Re: typically end-of-the-year foil observations
Post by: legolas3333 on December 31, 2009, 09:49:13 AM
resistance becomes unbearable is a lame foil cause the only part thats foiled is the button on his jacket
Title: Re: typically end-of-the-year foil observations
Post by: sharkey on December 31, 2009, 10:35:00 AM
LOL!!!
Title: Re: typically end-of-the-year foil observations
Post by: TheJord on December 31, 2009, 02:51:58 PM
Brooding on Tomorrow is rubbish.

King's Mail is amazing
Title: Re: typically end-of-the-year foil observations
Post by: legolas3333 on January 01, 2010, 12:57:35 AM
my favorite foil might be town center cause all the meat and fish on the rack are foiled :P
Title: Re: typically end-of-the-year foil observations
Post by: Elessar's Socks on January 01, 2010, 07:31:03 AM
I've noticed game text boxes seem to have various degrees of foilyness. IIRC this was missing in Reflections... Reflections was a bit disappointing with some of the foil work looking like cutouts (e.g. Isildur BoH). Slippery As Fishes though looks surprisingly good.

Quote from: ununtrium on December 31, 2009, 03:44:17 AM
IMHO, the FotR foils are the most brilliant foils of all and the BoHD foils are VERY saturated.
What do you think of the ones from Ages End? Not sure how to put this as a compliment, but the foiling on Gollum TG almost looks greasy--somehow the background hues show through without a blinding effect. I wish more cards were like it.

Green Hill Country... I can almost read by. ;D

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About Hunters foils: Some are more foiled than others. For example, at some point I had three Lemenya RFs and they all had different degrees of being foiled. On one you just saw a couple of slivers of foil in the picture, the most foiled one was practically foiled all over.
Wonder if some of it has to do with foils being curled/uncurled. Can't speak for Hunters, but my copies of Nertea DH have greater amounts of background foil showing through after I got the cards flat again (originally a pencil could be slid underneath them). The default version seems to have very little foil--the background blade, the edges of the foreground blade, and the horse's armor.

Not the first time I've heard good stuff about BoHD foils.