Why Does Blend Fail To Show Text in Generated Item Template? - windows-phone-7

I am trying to get some design data in blend expressions for my wp7 app but after a certain point it seems to just lose the data and shows me nothing
As you can see I see nothing in the rectangle error even though there is a hardcoded value in it.
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot"
Background="Transparent">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->
<Grid x:Name="ContentGrid"
Grid.Row="1">
<ListBox x:Name="lbMovieCollection" ItemsSource="{Binding MovieCollections}">
<ListBox.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="lbMovieCollectionItemTemplate">
<toolkit:ExpanderView x:Name="expMovieCollection" ItemsSource="{Binding Movies}" Header="{Binding Mode=OneWay}" Width="480">
<toolkit:ExpanderView.Resources>
<DataTemplate x:Key="expMovieCollectionHeaderTemplate">
<TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Name}" Height="50"/>
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="expMovieCollectionItemTemplate">
<ListBoxItem HorizontalAlignment="Left" toolkit:TiltEffect.IsTiltEnabled="True" d:LayoutOverrides="VerticalAlignment">
<StackPanel Height="61" Width="371" >
<TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="THIS IS HARCDOED" FontSize="29.333" />
</StackPanel>
</ListBoxItem>
</DataTemplate>
</toolkit:ExpanderView.Resources>
<toolkit:ExpanderView.ItemTemplate>
<StaticResource ResourceKey="expMovieCollectionItemTemplate"/>
</toolkit:ExpanderView.ItemTemplate>
<toolkit:ExpanderView.HeaderTemplate>
<StaticResource ResourceKey="expMovieCollectionHeaderTemplate"/>
</toolkit:ExpanderView.HeaderTemplate>
</toolkit:ExpanderView>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.Resources>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<StaticResource ResourceKey="lbMovieCollectionItemTemplate"/>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</Grid>

Looks like your "THIS IS HARCDOED" values are hidden inside the collapsed portion of toolkit:ExpanderView control.

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