TINTIN: Battle of the Box Sets! 

It's when you add 'in English', 'in new- or at least decent condition' and 'hardcover' to that list that you start running into the problems...

Thank you so much, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!

Haha, and your comment just made my weekend! Thank you!

Ah that's great to know - I've never run across the Little Brown set here, but I am pinning this extremely useful comment for everyone's reference. Thank you!

I have this Collector's Gift Set and never knew the difference, haha! Thanks for this info! I had bought the set on discount many years ago and bought the Congo and Soviets story in original album size to complete the collection

yes, i got this recently, it is another red box set

@@syedfaiyazrabbi8121 same here bought the gift set since it the only one here in store...realize when made a compare to all of the books

@@desivitriana68 i got it, the another version of red box is same as the blue box set. I think in this part of the world they printed the blue one in red color.

Greetings from India, and I'm so glad you enjoyed this!

So glad you enjoyed the video! How old is your kid, if you don't mind me asking, and how are they liking the books so far?

@@ftloc books are on its way from the book store She is 9 yo. She was very excited when I showed her pics on the internet of the Tintin comics

Having a lot of choices is never a bad thing, is it? 😊 Thanks for the kind words!

@@ftloc no sir we love our choices!

Thanks so much! Yes, I love the hardcover 'regular size' Tintins I have now, but the treasures will always be those now-ragged Methuen paperbacks from my childhood, in some ways. But can you imagine having all the stories in those giant facsimile editions from Little Brown like the ones they have for The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's treasure?

Also, I was discussing Congo here in another comment - I think Egmont wants this to be a one-swoop introductory pack for new readers, or for old readers to gift to people unfamiliar. As such, it seems less aimed towards Tintin fanatics/scholars/experts/collectors, as I think the shrunk format also evidences. So I can understand why they don't take the 'explain it in a note' approach that may work well for a scholarly or at least 'adult' audience, and want to avoid the issues/ accusations from unsuspecting parents, say, who find the box set they bought for their child to have something like that. Growing up, Methuen didn't publish Congo (I didn't even know it existed until I was almost out of my teens!) so I think it's something that makes sense to me - and unlike my childhood, at least there's a nice collector's edition hardcover of Congo out there now, so it's not so much a question of censorship or denial as it is of marketing, I think.

Glad I could help, and I hope you find what you're looking for!

Give it a shot and see what you think! I'm always curious to what people reading it for the first time as an adult will think of it!

@@ftloc definitely I can’t wait to check these out.

Ah, full sized individual hardcovers are wonderful, I am sure you will have a great time revisiting them all!

Thrilled you enjoyed it, and found it useful! Luckily, the information here seems to still be current! 😁

Thank you! And that's great; I'm sure you'll love it. How much longer to wait? 😁

@@ftloc 4 days, lol will seem like a year!! Can't wait!

I'm so glad it helped! Did you decide on getting one or are you going to wait?

@@ftloc I ordered the 90th anniversary collection earlier today! The page size was a big factor for me

Thanks so much, I'm so glad you liked it! I don't really have much merchandise, not just of Tintin but of anything actually. I focus on the comics and stories for the most, and that's why this channel too has that focus.

Thank you sir! 😀

Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I have a whole bunch of Tintin videos, collected in this playlist here, in case you're interested! ru-vid.com/group/PLf2B7UoR9NKW6ok_iGAZlXbe9YUdQWRDP

Wow, what a great idea! That's the kind of travel souvenir that I can really appreciate 😁! I did hear a rumour that there would be a hardcover fullsized box set released, but who knows when that will happen, if at all?

@@ftloc I don’t know about full sized, but one of the Italian editions I have is very similar to vol. 8 from the blue set, but bigger. Not quite full sized, but much closer. It’s a beautiful. BTW, since you’re such a big Tintin fan, you might like to check out my blog - strobez.ca/wp/index.php/tintin/tintin-1-72-scale-projects/

Thank *you* for watching and commenting; glad you liked it!

Thank you so much for that; it really means a lot to me! I think I am way too tiny for dislikes (but I also do get them - just the other day someone had gone through eight or nine of my videos in half an hour giving them all dislikes; I guess I rubbed someone the wrong way?) and when I do get them I wonder why they didn't leave a comment telling me *what* they disliked. But what I am most appreciative of is the engagement and viewer retention, the returning viewers and the lengthy discussions. I love how articulate and expressive and thoughtful the people are who choose to spend time on my videos and that is my #1 reason to keep making videos. So thank you once again. And the bindings are nicely sewn but also glued afterward: the not-uncommon 'perfect sewn' approach! 😀

@@ftloc some haters will always be there, simply ignore, keep on doing the great work that you do....

I love them to this day! 😁

So glad to hear it!

same

Thank YOU for your kind words, and I am thrilled that I could help! I guess publishers have a lot of cost factors to consider, especially when trying to grab a new readership (i.e. one that will not be comparing to previous/ original editions) but I agree that is a shame that really does not do the works justice. I'm glad you decided to pursue other editions, I am sure you will not regret it one bit. Welcome to the channel and I hope you find plenty to enjoy here!

Thank you so much for your kind words! And is the set you have from publishers Little Brown in the US? There seem to be a couple of different sets out there - see the pinned comment here from a viewer that sheds some light - and it's very interesting to note the differences and similarities! Cheers!

@@ftloc Roc and Ks: Yes, ours we believe is from the Little Brown publishers.

Glad you liked it!

Thanks so much; glad you enjoyed the video! And I agree with you - I'm not for censorship or pretending things weren't made one way when they were, so I'm happy that the Congo books exist and are easily available, both in original and coloured editions, from another publisher. But if it becomes a roadblock for new readers discovering and appreciating the series, it's fine for a publisher to choose to exclude it. Collectors and our peccadilloes are another matter altogether! 😀

I heartily approve! Will this be the first time you read it them the original size?

@@ftloc I've always read them in the original size. I've spent my childhood reading my father's albums from the 70s and 80s 😊 Sadly most of them are lost, so I thought I'd buy the complete collection to have them all again - and in English this time! I'm from Norway, so I've always read Tintin in Norwegian - looking forward to a different experience when reading them in English 🙏🏻

That sounds wonderful! Let me know how the reread goes and how you think the English stacks up next to your childhood reading!

@@ftloc I will! I've seen all the cartoon-movies in English, and love those - It'll probably be a similar experience. What do you think about "The Secret of the Unicorn" (2011 film)? I love that movie so much; been waiting forever for the sequel, and according to Spielberg, the movie is still happening - although it may take further years before it's released 😅

Simen Storøy while I didn’t think it was a perfect movie, I did not dislike it the way a lot of Tintin fans apparently did. I thought it was a fun ride, I could see a lot of clever adaptation in it, and I’m ready for a sequel myself! 😀

So glad you hear that! Are you getting one of these sets?

Just one of the books for now

For whole generations and global populations, those are the regular sizes and the shrinking was a much later (and unwelcome!) phenomenon 😊

If you don't have to have the box, all the books are available in full-sized hardcovers separately. And I hear rumours there may be a full-sized hardcover box set out soon, so it may be possible to have the best of both worlds! 😁

@@ftloc Ohhhhhh reallly, I will have to wait on that hardcover box set then. I almost bought the paperbacks last night but decided to hold out!

@@colossalsunny4653 it's not a sure thing and the set will be an expensive (and heavy!) one if it appears. But if you are looking to get them all, that may not be a bad option

"It's the only way to fly"

Haha, thank you! And FtLoC drinking game: if you drink every time I say 'video' in this video, you'll be drunk in two minutes.

@@ftloc Cheers! ;)

Oh wow, lovely! Those original hardcovers would be my ideal (in English) because of that Hyslop hand lettering which the new editions do not have. But since those are no longer possible for me to get, a hardcover set in this pretty box, say for the 100th anniversary, would sure be nice! 😁

That would be my pick as well, but if only they were hardcover, alas! 😋

I know the books you are talking about but didn't know they came in a box too! From what I've seen, they're exactly the same as the red volumes, just a different cover design. I'll see if I can find a copy of one to confirm!

Welcome to the channel, may you find plenty to enjoy here! 😁 And you're right, I do have a personal Top 6 list and you can find that video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yCDBxyIxO9M.html Cheers!

Here, yes it does! 😁

Aha! Thank you so much. Soviets is the book I am least familiar with, so it makes sense the image would be hiding there 😁. Now for the newspaper image; I'm confident you can ID that too! 😋

@@ftloc Definitely not Herge's best work. I can see why you wouldn't recall much- barely a storyline to speak of! I will yell out if I spot it :)

That's a great point - for those who had never ever encountered Soviets or Congo, that Volume 1 would be a brand new book instead of a new edition and itself makes it worthwhile to purchase, especially if the larger albums were not available in English.

Nice snag!

Honestly, they're pretty good as you can see here , lovely solid hardcovers, elegantly designed. However, if you have the patience and don't *have* to have a box set, I'd almost recommend getting the individual volumes piecemeal. The full-album size is truly the best way to read them, you can spread your spending over several months as you read and buy in batches, and they are also available in both paperback and hardcover (the last I checked). There's no box, sure, but you also get the wonderful covers at that album size and they would be my first preference, personally. But for a first-time reader with no expectations from earlier readings, I don't think the blue set would disappoint either. I hope that helps in some small way?

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, and thank you! I hope you enjoy your set whenever you receive it! 🙂

If you are based in India, the Anniversary collection does go on sale from time to time, I've seen, although of course there's no guarantee. But I think that is definitely the right choice, unless you want to get the full-sized hardcovers (without a box). Good luck!

@@ftloc Thanks for the suggestion, but I prefer this Paperback collection more. On a separate note, I was looking forward to a similar Asterix collection. Can you make some videos on that, or share the link here if there is already one.

@@aranbchakraborty4763 Ask and ye shall receive! 😁 Here's my (more recent) Asterix playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLf2B7UoR9NKUovOjkMM1HRJB9mUhuc71Z

Me too! But I am trying to be more open minded in my old age...

Ah, I've wondered about that - thanks for the suggestion. At this time, I feel I am best when talking about comics themselves, with a personal view of them. The world of secondary scholarship and critical work is huge, but not always in comics form. Of course if I was a true scholar, none of that would matter, but I am purposely avoiding talking about anything that is not comics itself, even books about comics. Maybe once I have grown my skills and expertise, I could try branching out in the future, and books on Tintin would be a perfect place to start!

@@ftloc Aha...nice to hear that. Just to mention Geroges Remi's work apart from Tintin is very underrated......and hence comics geeks like you should always try to do something to bring them into spotlight. Apart from that it would be nice if you could mention about the controversy on Tintin in Congo...i.e. the reason why it isn't included in the red box edition. Have a nice day...

@@subhamghosh8083I've been meaning to make a video on Congo specifically, or maybe about the racism observations re the series, with a particular focus in Congo and a couple of other books. It's a complex topic and thanks for egging me in with that. I'm going to keep working on an approach that works best!

I'm getting old, so the smaller sizes are particularly bothersome for me, unfortunately 😁

Glad I could help - I think you made the right choice, you son will love it! Did you get a chance to catch my earlier video dedicated to just that set over here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xb4Agrn23ok.html ?

Thank you; I'm glad you liked it!

Perfectly valid - the most important thing is reading and enjoying them, so whatever format (or combination of formats 😁) enables that is the correct one!

Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! And personally, that's the way I feel too - great design, shame about the size.

Ah, I'd love to take a look at that set! Alas, I have zero contact with Egmont and zero influence on their decisions but I cannot imagine people have not written to them for larger sizes already. Maybe this anniversary box is partly a reaction to those?

For the Love of Comics we’ll I wish I could post pics in replying to you tube comments. The German compact edition is significantly larger and thus easier on the eyes. Let me find you on Facebook and send you the pics to illustrate what I mean.

The Hyslop hand lettering is not there in any of these unfortunately; at the end of the 90s it was replaced by a new font that is a thinner. But it's the same across all three of these. As for the image size, it is proportionately smaller. I tried to do a direct comparison in this video, but because of the wide angle distortion, it wasn't making the point visually so I cut it out. It's about 20% or 25% smaller, I would say?

@@ftloc Thanks for reply. I have several paperback books. But i'm thinking about getting a new box set. But i'm still afraid size would be an issue.

Most of mine I buy from online stores just like you. And yes, sometimes their packaging is really bad and corners get dinged, or worse (my Galactus Unboxing video shows the arrival of such a book). Many of these comics are offered by various sellers on Amazon India and I have found some to be better with their packaging that others, so I prefer to get from them even if the books cost a few rupees more. A lot of my books from years prior were bought from sites like Infibeam and A1books that had good packaging; unfortunately A1 closed and Infibeam no longer sells books. These days, I just hope I get lucky otherwise I return them.

@@ftloc Can you recommend me any online site for buying comics in perfect condition? Thanks for replying.

I'm not sure myself! I'll see if anyone I know has the answer, or you could ask in our Discord server discord.gg/jCJ5yRN ?

I've replaced my childhood paperbacks with hardcovers but of the same large size and I quite like that! 😁

Enjoy!

It's the same company - Egmont has rebranded itself as Farshore! The colour difference may still exist due to changes in paper and printers during the pandemic etc.

Why should I call you crazy? That sounds exactly like me! 😁 Now what will we both do when they bring out a full-sized hardcover box set?

Oh how interesting! I have not encountered this box - are there are any other details on it you can let me have? Does it have Tintin in the Congo? What is the ISBN or who is the publisher, if you can tell?

@@ftloc Little, Brown - ISBN 9780316006682

Yes, I think the blue set you are seeing is the one published by Little Brown, not the Egmont one, unfortunately. Even that is severely out of print and getting harder to find by the day. But there is a full sized collector's edition of Congo available from Casterman (in English) if you don't mind a standalone volume.

@@ftloc OMG can you please send me a link to it? I’d highly appreciate it

Here it is: amzn.to/3278k7A !

Yet another reason to be jealous of German comics readers! 😁

@@ftloc I think there is a lot of reasons if i look around about all the collections we get ..im glad they made such a good collection and they didnt excluded any book

As I mention here, it was loaned to me by the publisher for this video. It is no longer in print and has been replaced by the red set, unfortunately.

I need to check those out! The Giant Editions I have are Little Brown; those will be my first stop for a direct comparison!

I think you've made the right choice! There may be a hardcover box set they come out with at some point in the future, but 1) who knows when that will be and 2) can you imagine the bulk and weight of something like that?

Giving up on English language hardcovers of Valerian and Laureline at this point as well and starting on the paperbacks while they're still in print and inexpensive, was hopeful Hachette would do the hardback set they put out in France as a translated version but I think it's just a bit too niche for the UK partworks market. Holding out hope for the Asterix set they market tested late last year but if that doesn't show up in the August release window it's probably dead in the water

Neither glossy not matte, somewhere in between. The colours are bright but not shiny

@@ftloc have to say... even with increasing age and maturity, one can't get enough of Tintin..

The red box is still available online and in stores but that's old stock. It is no longer being manufactured/reprinted by Egmont, who have switched to the Congo-less blue box.

Thank you; so glad you enjoyed it! In answer to your question, this video was about the box set presentations more than the series or the adventures themselves. I have several other videos on Tintin, including an introductory 'What is Tintin?' video and a two part overview of each of the 23 adventures. You can find them all and more in this playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLf2B7UoR9NKW6ok_iGAZlXbe9YUdQWRDP Cheers!

Thanks! I am going to pore through them to locate them! 😁

The blue one is called The Complete Collection since it contains Congo; the red one is called The Tintin Collection. I note this around the 1:00 minute mark. Cheers!

@@ftloc I know

How interesting! Have you had a chance to check out the full sized, individual albums?

By the last missing story do you mean Tintin and the Alph -Art, the story Herge never got to finish? Or did you mean Tintin in the Congo, the second Tintin adventure? If Congo, it's a book that has a lot of problematic depictions in racial caricatures and stereotypes, as well as animal cruelty and other behavior that today is not at all looked upon kindly. It is still available separately from Casterman for collectors and scholars but left out of current box sets from Egmont and Little Brown, who are probably pitching their collections to children and other new readers.

@@ftloc yea it was the Kongo story thank you for the clarification kinda sucks I would imagine most tintin fans are old enough to understand that its an old series I'm sure I saw some of the similar depictions of Africans in old Tom and Jerry cartoons so do you think the kids care... 🤔

Yes, exactly. Especially with the new, thinner, font, a slightly larger format would have been a significant upgrade. Still, they're wonderful objects that only suffer in comparison I think, not necessarily as a first read?

Yes, any comics made for a larger format would suffer, but specially ones that depend so much on vistas, landscapes, skies and such. Maybe talky newspaper-gag-strips could take some shrinking without damage, but adventure stories like these are a different matter...

Not a bad plan!

Thanks for pointing that out - I had linked to the blue box set from Little Brown, which contained a final volume called Tintin & Co. The Egmont Box ISBN is 9781405262880 and I've updated the link in the description now!

@@ftloc cheers and great work on the videos. I love Tintin but am mainly a manga guy myself - so it was see that you had some Urasawa - my fav mangaka

So i think the blue version you linked is yet another box set option? One that has Tintin & Co but no Soviet, no Congo and no Art - The size might even be smaller? You should make people aware just in case they buy the Blue version thinking it is the the complete version.

Thank you so much; so glad you enjoyed the video! All the pages in the small red box are full-colour, yes. The paper is neither outright glossy, nor matte - somewhere in between.

Oh also, there's no such thing as late to the party where the party never ends! 😁

Haha! Thanks! I can't wait for my book set to arrive so I can start my Tintin party! Haha! 🎉🎊🥳

Haha, sounds like a life well lived. We all like upgrading and preserving and all that, but the condition of our childhood Tintins show what true love is! 😁

Haha, sounds like a life well lived. We all like upgrading and preserving and all that, but the condition of our childhood Tintins show what true love is! 😁

I heard about those recoloured editions and was definitely curious. As long as they don't make any version the 'only' way you can have it, I'm fine with whatever editions they want to make. It's when all other versions but one become impossible to find that I get irate! 😊

@@ftloc Thanks for your comment. You speak about Astérix in your videos... I must confess; I’m more Astérix than Tintin! :-) But I have a huge respect for Hergé and what he brought to the comics in the francophone world. You could see an example of this coloured album (sorry I can’t put RU-vid links directly, I doesn’t seem to go well in the comments section) if you search for « #43 - Tintin au pays des Soviets en couleurs (édition collector) » (starting at 1:57) Note that is a collector edition with lots of supplements and extra bonus. Also you can look for « Tintin aux pays des Soviets sort en couleurs » where you’ll see the collector edition and regular edition in display. They also show a bit of the content in colour.

I find it so interesting that there are so many different versions out there! I'd love to get my hands on a Tintin and Co. copy separately!

Absolutely! It’s just a question of figuring out when...

I did actually try that but the wide angle lens and the perspective I used for this video meant the effect wasn't as potent - the small books didn't seem that small! You'll see it a bit when I move the big box set past the small ones - it does not seem as large as it should - so I cut those parts of the video out. I didn't want to mislead people into thinking "oh that's not too bad, they're almost the same size", if that makes sense!

@@ftloc Yes that makes sense. I did hear however that for people with not great eyesight ( people over 50 ) that the larger ones were probably best.

Yep, it's there in the blue box here too. I wonder why they switched.

Yes, I wonder if Egmont received any backlash for a non-disclaimed version which is why they decided to take it out for the red box. I agree with you that it is good for collectors to have everything in one set, but maybe these shrunken boxes are not for aficionados as much as for new readers, maybe kids being gifted a collection by nostalgic adults? In which case they want as little friction as possible? And yes, while I do not think the 'new'font (I've heard it's based on the original French lettering, but I could be wrong) is the worst thing ever committed to comics as some do, I do love the bolder and more idiosyncratic lettering I grew up with. I'm perfectly willing to put it down to nostalgia, though 😀

@James Wayne Well, I largely agree with you but I think a packaging of materials for kids, for example, or something that otherwise stands the test of time after a few excisions, are not bad candidates for adjustment. Note that this is different from censorship - Tintin in the Congo is in print, available in hardcover and paperback, colour and black and white - just not from Egmont and in their box. Now, Criterion may deem certain movies worthy and others not, any 'classics library' would do the same. They (Egmont) just choose not to have something so confoundingly different and unfamiliar with a larger chunk of more acceptable material (again, I speak of general audiences reading for the first time, not scholars or collectors like you and me, ha) . I never knew of Soviets and Congo growing up because they weren't published by Methuen and Magnet either, and I believe that is true for most readers. It stopped something off from interfering with our enjoyment, and we found them later, as adults who could - and wanted to - study things a bit more closely. Heck Disney has straight up locked away The Song of the South. I am not saying this material should be locked away. I'm just fine with a box set aimed for popularity, new readers and nostalgic ones not to have an artifact from another time that is so hurtful today when they could just have artifacts that are still enjoyable today exclusively.

Glad you liked it!

Thanks for that! I'm now going to pore over both the original and redrawn versions to find them! 😁

I think the box is now out of print everywhere; maybe it was just a time bound commemorative thing for that one year?

Oh yeah, it is absolutely Egmont that doesn't publish Congo, Casterman's edition is available here as well. So Congo is not out of print or unavailable per se, just not part of these boxes. I agree with you to a certain extent - a collector's set should contain all the books, but then again, I also think they should be full album sized! 😋

@@ftloc I fully agree. The collector's edition should have been with the larger pages (standard in the TP), to fully appreciate the art of Herge. That's why i have kept my old TP: although they are not hardcovers, their size are ideally to appreciate the art. The standard large-sized hardcovers aren't worth the extra investment for me personally. I may have bought the collector's edition, which otherwise looks great, if it were large-sized though.

@@PC-lv8dq I agree, I would have loved a full sized hardcover box set! But I also love the individual covers! 😋

They're very solid, no fear of breaking the binding or the pages coming loose. It helps that the books are thin, of course.

For the Love of Comics - I’m keen to pick one out of the three collections available. I’ve made the assumption that none of the three use the mammoth type font and I’m assuming the pages are glossy? Is that correct?

@@yugantbhargav6405 Yes, unfortunately the 'Hyslop' font used in the Methuen/Magnet and Mammoth editions is tied up in legal issues and is not in any of these editions. Pages aren't extremely glossy, but definitely seem a little glossier in the regular sized albums, maybe because of the surface area alone?

For the Love of Comics I think I’ll get the larger 90th anniversary edition 👌

@@yugantbhargav6405 For myself, that's the way I would go. Now if only they were full sized hardcovers! 😁

Although I love the original size, all your reasons are perfect for the choice you're making. It is always more important to actually read and enjoy the books over than just keep them on shelves, so their portability and resilience make the smaller books the right choice for you. Also, since you have no prior basis for comparison, you will definitely not feel the sting the way others might. Here's hoping you have a great time with these classic adventures! 😁

@@ftloc Hey brotha thank you for the kind words & for making this great comparison video, you got a new sub!

@@qskii2365 A very warm welcome and I hope you find plenty to enjoy here! 😁

I know I’m late but how is it with the smaller font and format? I’m debating on which to get

@@fullriver1234 I like it just fine! It isn't too small for me at all, and because the book itself isn't too big you can throw it in a bag easily. If you have poor eyesight when reading up close it might not be for you, but if your eyesight is fine (or you have glasses) theres no downsides.

Those are excellent points and I think you've reasoned it out really well, especially given the price difference you mention! When the box originally launched, I don't think that was the gap, it was maybe closer to 30 dollars. The only thing I would say is that collecting the books individually may not be as expensive, depending on where you are. I completely agree that Asterix would suffer even more, as would many comics that feature finer details, but for me even the larger spaces, machinery, vehicles, and landscapes of Tintin get affected by the size reduction, and, as you suspect, the new, already-slim font isn't done any favours. Of course as soon as we have all made our decisions and our purchases, they'll release a full-sized hardcover box set, won't they? 😋

@@ftloc 100th year anniversary they will release the true box set. I guarantee it! (we'll both be there though won't we lol)

@@jasonnikolic Haha you know it!

I'd say "get the paperback box set and get the Congo paperback separately" is the best option right now. Or two Congos separately, the black and white as well as the colour!

@@ftloc I ended up doing that. Thanks.

@@SpaceCattttt congratulations! 😁

@@ftloc Yay! 😁

@@ftloc Oh, sorry, I forgot to say thanks for your video. If not for your review, I would probably have bought the hardcover, small-size editions by accident, which, although nice, were not what I wanted. You clearly love comics. Great content!

Let me know which one you decide on!

@@ftlocthe yellow box is cool , will try to find it. Must not get too excited, I am already collection Harry Potter and Witcher books