Wacky Packages ANS 8 Golds

[Joe G.]

I see that the last 4-5 ANS 8 Golds went for around $40 and the last one for $21!  Has anyone completed these?  Is $40 the new price point for Golds?  How many have people collected?

[Paul_Maul]

At the risk of sounding overly negative, it's really starting to seem like the chase card concept has run its course. Run of the mill sketches don't seem to attract much interest anymore, and the golds seem completely dead. I never collected any of this stuff in the first place, so it would be informative to hear the take of someone like Rob who has.

[bandaches]

At the risk of sounding overly negative, it's really starting to seem like the chase card concept has run its course. Run of the mill sketches don't seem to attract much interest anymore, and the golds seem completely dead. I never collected any of this stuff in the first place, so it would be informative to hear the take of someone like Rob who has.

I predicted long ago that golds would settle to $20.  I would spend $20 for a decent sketch over a gold any day so i think people expanding their sketch collections would be more likely than expanding into gold chase cards.

[Dr Popper]

At the risk of sounding overly negative, it's really starting to seem like the chase card concept has run its course. Run of the mill sketches don't seem to attract much interest anymore, and the golds seem completely dead. I never collected any of this stuff in the first place, so it would be informative to hear the take of someone like Rob who has.

Well, I said at the release of ANS8 that I wouldn't be collecting the golds this time around.  With 55 titles it seemed insane to keep going with the gold sets.

Then a friend of mine picked up a hot case, and in every pack that was supposed to be a silver there was a gold!  Crazy luck.  He ended up with roughly 100 golds and @ 45 of them were unique titles!  He gave me such a good deal on them I changed my mind and bought his 45 unique ones.  I haven't heard of any other cases that this happened since it must have been a rare anomaly, and possibly the only case it happened to.  I've since bought singles here and there and am down to needing 4 more titles to be complete.  If anyone has any of these please PM me!..............

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[Joe G.]

Rob, that's an amazing story, glad you're so close to completing the set!  

[Dr Popper]

Rob, that's an amazing story, glad you're so close to completing the set!  

I know, I wish that happened to me!  Imagine what that would have been like, getting a gold card inside every 6 packs! 

[Neveready]

I was excited to finally get my first gold (ever) in my box of ANS8.  Couldn't imagine getting a truck load of them like that!  I would have passed out!  As much as I'd like to collect the golds, I just can't afford it.  So I'll be happy with the one I have (#35). 

[ducboy]

Then a friend of mine picked up a hot case, and in every pack that was supposed to be a silver there was a gold!  Crazy luck.  He ended up with roughly 100 golds and @ 45 of them were unique titles!  He gave me such a good deal on them I changed my mind and bought his 45 unique ones.  I haven't heard of any other cases that this happened since it must have been a rare anomaly, and possibly the only case it happened to.  I've since bought singles here and there and am down to needing 4 more titles to be complete.  If anyone has any of these please PM me!..............

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Rob,

You may remember that wasn't the only "Hot" gold case ever found.
I had that hot one during Flashback 1 where I got 33 golds in one case, 32 of those were in place of the silver, and the 1 extra gold the case was supposed to have.

Ed

[Dr Popper]

Rob,

You may remember that wasn't the only "Hot" gold case ever found.
I had that hot one during Flashback 1 where I got 33 golds in one case, 32 of those were in place of the silver, and the 1 extra gold the case was supposed to have.

Ed

I definitely remember that you lucky duck!  I think they should do that intentionally for every series, but just for one or two cases.  It makes for great stories and excitement!

[RawGoo]

I definitely remember that you lucky duck!  I think they should do that intentionally for every series, but just for one or two cases.  It makes for great stories and excitement!

I don't know whether they still do it, but I remember Rittenhouse used to pack a couple of boxes of Star Trek sets that included EVERY insert, including autographs.

[ducboy]

It definitely was a lot of fun and exciting too but the whole
thing kinda soured me on some aspects of the hobby.

I no longer buy in any kind of quantity to repeat that one.
So I pop up here every once in a great while to stay current 

Ed