Panini Harry Potter Welcome to Hogwarts Trading Cards

Welcome to Hogwarts:  Found these recently and wanted to grab some for myself and my daughter who is a huge fan.  I'm really glad I did.  These are pretty cool.  Lots to show off and we'll kick it off with the star himself.

I'm a fan of the books and the movies but not a mega fan.  Just really like these cards.  Pretty much covers the gamut of the movies with lots of fun memories and cool looking cards.

You'll see most of the primary characters but not all.  It does feel like we don't get a few fan favorites.

Ticket to Hogwarts.  The base set is 216 cards with two insert sets having nine cards each.  Those inserts aren't named.  A couple of checklists are here and here.

Any of the Panini sets that are done overseas, like this one, are soooooo tough to find information about.  You can find checklists but finding information on what kind of boxes are released and what they contain is impossible to find.  I ordered two display boxes (48 packs) on eBay but received eight smaller boxes with seven packs each which meant I actually got more cards out of the deal.  But I don't know if maybe the boxes had something else in them.  Still, I'm happy but it's maddening not being able to find specifics.  And the eBay listing was in German.

I really like the art or movie poster cards.  The Harry and Voldemort card is pretty cool.  Among the base cards are Holographic and Rainbow cards.  They have some shiny effects to them but aren't in the realm of a Prizm card like we're used to.

I'll be showing off all the cards over time.  I'll do four packs/24 cards each post. I do like the variety of photos including press or non-screen time photos like that first one.

If I had any beef with the cards themselves, it would be that we don't get wider photo shots.  They are somewhat zoomed in.  Sometimes we get something a bit different but they still don't feel like a full screen shot.  That middle card is an XXL insert (no it isn't larger than the others) but they aren't named.  It's a foil card and really don't feel special.

So these are cool.  Not game changers but Harry Potter fans will enjoy them.  They aren't cheap per se either but won't break the bank either.  I do like how the small "icon" at the bottom front of the card changes depending on the movie the photo is from.

BREAKDOWN:

24 – Total Cards

4 – Holgraphic

3 – Rainbow

1 – XXL