Collector's Edition Item & Collectible Stat Cards 12/11

Say Cheese, weapon [241/241] from Escapist Collectible Stat Cards

To gain a little perspective on the recent Epic Item Rush and how great are these stats on the Say Cheese in a Collectible stat card item, I looked back at Warpath Collectable Stat Cards Sept 17  the item available there was an Archer, henchmen [230/230]

I suppose if you are really into these cards, and you are getting one item for every, how ever many cards one has to buy to get this item, these numbers are good.  But they're not worth it to me to toss a bunch of cash at. 

Grey Rhea Collector's Edition Item

If you're up to spending 46 Reward Points for *one* animal, you go right on ahead. I'll be back here watching. I'm opting out of spending any more than what I do on VIP, and maybe the 2x Global Property Builds 

Warpath Collectable Stat Cards 9/17

New Warpath Collectable Stat Cards have arrived

I can't find a lot of information on what is on these cards. There is nothing on the Official Mafia Wars Blog and if you want money from me on something like this, you're going to have to do a better job of showing me what I get for my money. I see a "Chance to loot" and Archer, henchmen [230/230] but how many cards do I have to buy? 

Predator Stat Cards 9/01

In the eight months plus since this new Zynga gimmick: Collectable Stat Cards post, I don't see any great changes to what they've done here.  Just out of some sick sense of curiosity I went to look at this a little more closely today. I have to say, unless someone else can convince me otherwise, this is the absolute worst crap Zynga has put out to date. There is a "chance" to loot this fancy item:

Giant Wheel, Vehicle [225/225]

My question is this: How much of a chance? Is it like the California Lottery, or the Mega Millions? Those odds are at least printed *plainly* on all of the lottery materials. This is a mess! 

Even if you bought these cards at the *magnificently* discounted rate of 3 for 42 Reward Points, to get a full set, you would spend 504 Reward Points to get enough cards to fill all 36 purple spaces!

That would be great if you got a different card every single time, and zero duplicates, but I am assuming that doesn't happen; it is *Zynga* after all. 

No Sale.

In the Marketplace 6/13

Family Bargain: Flamable, Weapon, 180 att/ 105 def: 35 RP

More Stat Card for sale: 15 - 42 RP

Other Limited Edition Items 35 RP  each

Playing Cards?

 I was surprised when a Poker Card turned up in my ZMC as a free gift.

The item was added earlier today, but there's been nothing new on my Mafia Wars home page. I did a little snooping and found this in the Marketplace, under the heading of "Playing Cards".

Although it might be that bad if they're giftable....except when I clicked on it to accept the gift, I got a message saying the 'event' was over and it turned into a Blue Mystery Bag.

I have no idea how this is going to work, but I guess we shall find out soon.