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Title: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: VortexHead on November 27, 2011, 07:16:16 PM
Hello my fellow VortexHeads :) , so I ordered 3 decks of the Monarchs (not the pre-release) and recieved them 2 days ago. So far I really like the way they feel, I'm liking the stock and finish much more than I did on their Sentinels deck but anywho this isn't a review. One thing that caught my eye and is possibly in defense of Theory 11 and possibly proof they did infact reprint the decks when they said they did is that there is a date on the add card, I'm pretty sure it was a printing mistake but it writes,
FN4 NOV 14 11
RP 12:36 10

I've added a picture of it, again I don't know for sure but I imagine the date is an indication of the day they were printed which would coincide with what they told us I think. What do you guys or gals think? I'm not sure what FN4 means and maybe RP means reprint?? I'm really just guessing here.
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: xela on November 27, 2011, 07:19:25 PM
It never crossed my mind that they didn't reprint the cards. It's how they marketed the cards that irks me. Very, very, very far from the "pinnacle of design" and even further from "the best playing cards in the world."

Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: VortexHead on November 27, 2011, 07:22:37 PM
Yeah, I know it was very bad marketing in my opinion, I thought I'd share though as a few have said that they thought that Theory 11 had these cards printed already and the Gold monarchs were all along a limited run but if the date is anything to go by I imagine they were indeed being honest in saying these hadn't been printed at the time of the fiasco.
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: Evan on November 27, 2011, 07:24:59 PM
Its probably a printing mess up. Im pretty sure no other cards have that on them
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: VortexHead on November 27, 2011, 07:30:20 PM
Yeh, your most likely right Evan, anyone want a RARE deck of Monarchs????  ???  Only Joking
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: austin on November 27, 2011, 08:02:01 PM
I do I do. But anyway I am getting a package from T11 that has monarchs. I will check and see if it has that, and if it does i'll post here and say.
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: phantom1412 on November 27, 2011, 08:11:49 PM
I do I do. But anyway I am getting a package from T11 that has monarchs. I will check and see if it has that, and if it does i'll post here and say.


Me too. I'lll check that.
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: VortexHead on November 27, 2011, 08:14:42 PM
^Cool^, Not sure about anyone else but a part of me when opening my Monarch deck was hoping I would have been lucky enough to somehow of recieved one of the Gold one's, imagine if that happened, that would be a nice suprise.
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: john on November 27, 2011, 08:16:02 PM
I set my monarchs on fire, might have been 10 bucks but it was quite interesting throwing a package into a fire.

I burned them because i had no idea why i bought them, i didn't really like them, just got caught up into the hype i guess.
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: primary_sequence on November 27, 2011, 08:19:29 PM
these look pale in comparison to the other decks offered by other companies. I feel bad for buying 6 of these, oh well i guess the 1 brown wynn is worth it.
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: austin on November 27, 2011, 08:22:44 PM
I set my monarchs on fire, might have been 10 bucks but it was quite interesting throwing a package into a fire.

I burned them because i had no idea why i bought them, i didn't really like them, just got caught up into the hype i guess.
If you really honestly did that then you should had made a video that would have been cool to see.
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: Don Boyer on November 28, 2011, 02:42:49 AM
I set my monarchs on fire, might have been 10 bucks but it was quite interesting throwing a package into a fire.

I burned them because i had no idea why i bought them, i didn't really like them, just got caught up into the hype i guess.
If you really honestly did that then you should had made a video that would have been cool to see.

I think this is another example of John's dry wit and boredom at work...  :)
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: john on November 28, 2011, 07:37:24 AM
@Good@Sabacc

No I seriously set them on fire, I hated the sentinals for handling and Monarchs were basically sentinals 2.0 for handling from what it looked like on T11. And i never really liked the design of them, I just got caught up with the hype.

@austin

Ya know i don't really think, "Hey let me film this for the guys over at aether." It was a in the moment thing,
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: Don Boyer on November 29, 2011, 12:29:17 AM
@Good@Sabacc

No I seriously set them on fire, I hated the sentinals for handling and Monarchs were basically sentinals 2.0 for handling from what it looked like on T11. And i never really liked the design of them, I just got caught up with the hype.

@austin

Ya know i don't really think, "Hey let me film this for the guys over at aether." It was a in the moment thing,

Sorry, not fallin' for it again...  :)
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: John B. on November 29, 2011, 12:35:16 AM
I'm looking for a place to burn my old deck, have a trick to go with it will make sure to record when I do
Title: Re: In defense of Theory 11 Monarchs reprint....Maybe?
Post by: john on November 29, 2011, 03:13:46 PM
@Good@Sabacc

No I seriously set them on fire, I hated the sentinals for handling and Monarchs were basically sentinals 2.0 for handling from what it looked like on T11. And i never really liked the design of them, I just got caught up with the hype.

@austin

Ya know i don't really think, "Hey let me film this for the guys over at aether." It was a in the moment thing,

Sorry, not fallin' for it again...  :)

Falling for what again, what did i say?