2020 The X-Files: Monsters of the Week Edition

[Dinky1]

I live in the UK does anyone know where I could buy a box from? I usually buy from COMC will these start to appear over the coming weeks? Or will they be difficult to collect and restricted stock now?

[Joshi City]

Not sure the "odds" of pulling a sketch but pulled this from one of my boxes. Artist is Ian Quirante.



It came already in a penny sleeve so if you open a pack with penny sleeved card, probably going to be a sketch.

Edit to add: Or a printing plate, those come sleeved also.

[Joshi City]

Overall, happy with my four boxes even though I didn't get anything for my PC. The price of the boxes feels "right" which is something I rarely have said since the pandemic hit, at around $110 a box. These were my hits:



One box I was shorted a hit, which wasn't fun (I went through the stack of base a few times to make sure I didn't miss one), but Jerry Hardin is SP according to the checklist and since I pulled a sketch I won't complain.

[DynaEtch]

Neat sketch!

[Joshi City]

I don't know what their value will be or if anyone will collect them to make them desirable but I also pulled two of the SP Pilot Script cards, which beat the odds by quite a bit.

[Dredd84]

Originally Posted by Joshi City

Not sure the "odds" of pulling a sketch but pulled this from one of my boxes. Artist is Ian Quirante.



It came already in a penny sleeve so if you open a pack with penny sleeved card, probably going to be a sketch.

Edit to add: Or a printing plate, those come sleeved also.

Love the sketch! If you decide to move it I’d be interested.


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[tomahawk]

Definite a cool sketch, Joshi - nice pull there.

I seem to remember feeling like the overall sketch quality of the previous UD release was a little weak, but the sketches I've seen from this have looked pretty great across the board. There is a Ms. Peacock (from "Home") Glebe sketch recently posted on eBay that is just outstanding, although I don't know if I'd want it in my PC, haha.

[ScullyMills]

Ripped two boxes and was hoping for a sketch lol but can’t complain on a Robert Patrick auto and a Beyond the Sea printing plate.

Imo definitely a nicer set than the previous.

I don’t plan to try and collect much more but I’ll keep my eye out for at least one sketch to add to the collection.


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[tomahawk]

Originally Posted by ScullyMills

Ripped two boxes and was hoping for a sketch lol but can’t complain on a Robert Patrick auto and a Beyond the Sea printing plate.

Imo definitely a nicer set than the previous.

Thanks for posting your results. I'd say you definitely did okay! Beyond the Sea is a personal fav episode so I would have been happy with that for sure.

My four boxes *should* arrive by end of day, and if they do, I'll definitely post my results tonight.

[finfangfan]

Nice to see the breaks appear to have been worth the wait so far. Maybe it ends up being a loaded product due to the delays.

[ScullyMills]

Originally Posted by tomahawk

Thanks for posting your results. I'd say you definitely did okay! Beyond the Sea is a personal fav episode so I would have been happy with that for sure.

My four boxes *should* arrive by end of day, and if they do, I'll definitely post my results tonight.

Same here on Beyond the Sea 😊

Have fun opening tonight! Hope you get some good ones!

I need to sort out the base set and figure out what I’m missing… it’s funny how relaxing doing that can be lol

[ScullyMills]

I saw this on an eBay listing
“ Cards 327 and 338 are confirmed not made/ included so that makes the set 298 cards”

Anyone have any further confirmation on it? I’m also missing those lol Seems pretty insane 5 year wait and missing two cards

[Joshi City]

Unless, and just throwing that out there, when Disney did their QC (if anything the previous guy posting said was right) those two cards didn't pass their standards and it would have been too expensive to print the cards all again with new numbers so they just removed them.

[ScullyMills]

Makes sense. Better than the idea in my head someone got distracted while counting lol

[bub838]

Originally Posted by ScullyMills

I saw this on an eBay listing
“ Cards 327 and 338 are confirmed not made/ included so that makes the set 298 cards”

Anyone have any further confirmation on it? I’m also missing those lol Seems pretty insane 5 year wait and missing two cards

Interesting. Those cards are for the episodes Eve and Fire.

[tomahawk]

Pretty satisfied in total with my four boxes, with a major caveat that I’ll get to in a second.

No big time autos, but Cigarette Smoking Man is a SP pull and there’s an inscription in there as well. Doggett sketch is definitely my favorite card from the haul, and always cool to get a plate (from “Drive”.) Probably nothing “forever PC” but very happy to finally be opening some of this after such a long and uncertain haul. I have the season 3 opener “The Blessing Way” on in the background and the vibes are good.

MAJOR WORD OF WARNING…collation seems to be a giant mess. The very first box I opened had two autos (including CSM) AND both the plate and sketch. Second box was a normal two-auto box, and both my last two boxes had only one auto each. It’s a small sample size, but Joshi also mentioned getting shorted a hit. So anyone who might be able to budget for a single box and is on the fence may want to pay heed. I balanced out somehow, but a one auto no-name box would have been a feel-bad for sure.

[mjohnatgt]

Who's the artist on the sketch?

[tomahawk]

Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

Who's the artist on the sketch?

Doggett sketch is Jeffrey Benitez.

[ScullyMills]

Really nice pulls for 4 boxes (that annabeth auto is awesome) with Getting autos and a plate/sketch. My first box had two minor character autos and the other one had the Robert plus another minor and a plate.

How many script pages did you end up with from the 4 boxes?


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[Wolverine011]

Big jump on box prices with a recent restock from BO competitors. At the new price, I can't justify breaking this. I will try to pick up a base set at some point.

[Joshi City]

Yea I figured the jump was coming, I had my fun with the four boxes I got but no plans on getting more. Hope everyone that wanted to break at its intended price was able to do so.

[Springs]

This set seems so short printed. Next to no ebay listing's either. How the heck do you build a set with no product out there?

[Dredd84]

Originally Posted by Springs

This set seems so short printed. Next to no ebay listing's either. How the heck do you build a set with no product out there?

I’ve noticed that too. I have the search saved for Monsters of the Week and I’m hardly seeing any new listings. Very odd.


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[crdbored]

Noticed the lack of postings on eBay too. With those rumored production problems, UD likely sent out cases to fulfill pre-orders and then kept most of it for e-pack? Bummed to miss buying a box before price increase cause at current prices it doesn't seem like a great buy.

[Dinky1]

Anyone know if this set will appear on e-pack?