Disney’s Lion King Hits ePack 5/13/20

[finfangfan]

Second Disney set to hit ePack hits today.

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Packs of Disney’s The Lion King trading cards purchased on Upper Deck e-Pack® will feature:

3 cards per pack, 18 packs per box
A majestic 125-card Base Set highlighting the adventures of Simba and friends.
A variety of incredible insert sets including Circle of Life, Hakuna Matata, and A Lion’s Pride.
Rare Film Cel and Film Cel – SP cards spotlighting key moments throughout the motion picture.
Combine cards and complete sets to earn rare and exciting Upper Deck e-Pack® exclusive achievements.

[mjohnatgt]

Pack image also mentions Majestic Motion lenticular cards and the possibility of redemption cards, but since it says 5 cards per pack, those may have been physical/hobby exclusives.


I don't see this doing very well unless there are voice actor autos. Will have to see if the Achievements are worthwhile.

[finfangfan]

I wouldn’t expect autos if they aren’t listed in the solicitation.

It will be interesting what the ultimate card count per pack will be ... 3 (per the advertisement) or 5 (per the pack art). I guess we will know once it hits.

Set will probably do as well as Princesses which was busy first day and somewhat first week and then died. If they do have a nice achievement tied to LK... then it could surprise.

[Rictor]

They need to do a classic animation set with Mickey, Donald, Chip & Dale, Goofy, etc. or a Ducktales set. Either would do way better than Princesses or Lion King.

They could also do a low end animation set and a high-end animation set. High end set could have cel cards, autographed cards by voice actors and animators, relic cards with tokens, ticket stubs, pins, etc. from the parks. Heck, Disney Parks could be its own set. The Disney voice actors are mostly all active in the convention/autograph circuit.

A high-end set of classic live-action films would be fun too...so many great actors over the years. And the some of the surviving ones are getting up there in age so may be the last chance to include them in a set.

[TimBuckTwo]

If I might be so bold to ask, what time does this product go on sale? Thank you kind sir.

[ForceChange77]

Probably around noon or 1 est

[DrGhostbuster]

Voice actor autos and sketch cards would have me going all in on this.

I assume this will be just like most 90's sets where the best hit is lenticular cards. You can probably pick up an entire box of the original Skybox Series I or II set for the cost of a few packs of this.

[DrGhostbuster]

Lion King is live

$3.99 a Pack
$69.99 a Box (18 Packs)
$414.99 a Case (6 Boxes)

3 Achievement Cards

[mjohnatgt]

Must be a tiny print run. I bought one box of 18 packs and got 7 cards numbered to 99 or less.

[DrGhostbuster]

The Wood Achievement cards are awesome, but even as a die hard Disney fan, I can't justify the cost for no autos or sketches.

[DrGhostbuster]

Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

Must be a tiny print run. I bought one box of 18 packs and got 7 cards numbered to 99 or less.

How many majestic motion cards did you get in your box?

[mjohnatgt]

I got 1. Posted all my hits on COMC. <<< Link

Looks like a couple were /294. Still, tiny print run.

[DrGhostbuster]

Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

I got 1. Posted all my hits on COMC. <<< Link

Looks like a couple were /294. Still, tiny print run.

Yikes, I know ePack is all about trading, but without trading, based on your single box, it would take 38 boxes without getting a duplicate to get one of those wood cards.....or almost $2,700

[Malavon]

Originally Posted by DrGhostbuster

Yikes, I know ePack is all about trading, but without trading, based on your single box, it would take 38 boxes without getting a duplicate to get one of those wood cards.....or almost $2,700

And you only get one wood card, not a complete set! So that's $27,000 for a complete set of wood cards.

[mjohnatgt]

You're not counting the short prints in those sets. The odds are even harder.

[DrGhostbuster]

More reasons I hate ePack.

I wish this was a physical release so I could pick up a case at reasanable clearance bin prices in a year.

[mjohnatgt]

Which means that very few will get redeemed. So if you want one and it pops up for sale, snatch it up.

[Malavon]

Also the first 100 base are digital, with 5 to combine. So 7 boxes or around $500 just to have enough base to complete a set!

[finfangfan]

Here is what the card back of the wood cards look like. No “1/1” listed so maybe multiple of each exist?

[DrGhostbuster]

I don't think they are limited to a specific number because under the achievements, the available section is blank instead of saying something like 10/10

[mjohnatgt]

Based on the odds, here are how many packs you'll need to complete the achievements:

Mark of the Shaman (Majestic Motion): 6x Tier 3 cards at 1:156 packs = 936 packs = 8.7 cases to get ONE of the ten cards. Oddly enough, cards numbered MM-37 and MM-38 are listed on the ePack site at Tier 1.

Film Cel F-32: 8x SPs at 1:160 = 1280 packs = 11.9 cases.

Circle of Life CL-29: 4x Tier 3 at 1:375 = 1500 packs = 13.9 cases.

Not numbered, no autographs, no sketches. Can't see many of these getting redeemed. I wonder if the number of cases of product even make it possible to redeem a full set of cards, presuming EVERY SINGLE Tier 3 stays on ePack to be redeemed.

[mjohnatgt]

Aside from my box, only one more seems to have been moved to COMC. Sold my Tier 1 film cel for $6. Figured more would have been transferred if people were opening it because the first one listed on COMC is the one that shows up on eBay...

[Fenian95]

Opened three packs for fun and hit CC11, Circle of Life with baby Simba, Nala and her mother.

[mjohnatgt]

Temporary warning. For some reason, COMC is showing the base Hakuna Matata subset as being the /99 parallel. If the image shows the "stock photo" disclaimer, it's the base card. All numbered epack cards are scanned individually by COMC. I have submitted the correction request, so it should be fixed today or tomorrow.

[jjas311]

Ummmm fair warning...don't pay too much for those wood cards when they start hitting the market.

Anyone with access to a laser cutter can make these EASILY.