Well, we know they're real, they're printed - and that probably means they're releasing soon.

Remember that David often likes to use a deck design exclusively for a while before he puts them on sale.  I'd say before year's end, but when before, anyone's guess is as good as mine.  Yeah, they said what, August?  We'll see.

(Who wants to release a deck this close to Labor Day weekend?  People are taking vacations!)

Jackson Robinson and Brain Vessel, for starters.

Ok, they are nice and all.........but the number is trademarked? Really? All by itself? And putting that all that trademark text on the AoS .... Gosh.

Pass.

Got my shipment of The Hive today.

IMHO, the standout feature of this deck is the wonderful colors. The green shading on the spades is beautiful.
The indices are clear,  even though the blacks are not true black and the reds aren't the primary color of a standard deck.
Very playable. Its a 10!

/bama
p.s. I'd love to see these with a smooth finish.

Its been a long time coming, but the Swivel Box was worth the wait.

Still got the Brick box and more coming...
/bama

My Limited Edition Civil War Decks are being finished this week and will most likely ship next week. I then will have to hand apply all of the numbered seals like on the HIVE decks. If all goes as planned they will available exclusively on my website for immediate delivery on either Aug 9th or 13th. Bicycle and I wanted coordinate our releases around the same time.

FYI: They will not be $3.99 per deck though DANG! thats a good price I already picked up some off the site.

Jackson, any update on when the LE Civil War decks will be available on your website?

I've found that EPCC tends to be better for registration for thinner borders from the decks I've purchased. More consistent when you riffle shuffle them that it's harder to notice. 
I'm curious to see which court card set Erik will use to go with the Sybil decks, but it's look really great.

I bought the LPCC Gnostic decks. The blue deck has horrible registration in the long dimension. The gold deck has not so good registration in the short direction. Perhaps my decks are an anomaly, but even though I like the art I won't be buying the red version when it becomes available.

How did the Hive decks turn out registration-wise? Can you post some pics?

edit: sorry to hijack the topic. Brendan responded nicely on the Hive thread.

/bama

Quote from: Don Boyer on August 02, 2014, 02:28:11 AM

A complete set of the four Bicycle War Series decks in unopened boxes would probably be one of the Holy Grails of card collecting.  They go for thousands of dollars.

A complete set [four mint decks in original wrappers and boxes] of the Bicycle War Series went for over $7000 a couple of years ago. Individually I would expect a single mint deck to be between $1500-2000. The most expensive American deck we know of went for $28000 in the mid-1990's at Lenny Schnier's auction. It was hand painted by a well know American artist - William Aiken Walker - around 1862 and had a civil war theme. Would you like to see pictures?

Yes!

That'd be cool. Sorta like Apple does with "Designed in California".
It would also be a logical place to put something like 'First Edition 2014'.

Sparkz and Jackson nailed it. Don sets a great tone for the Discourse.

I'm not constrained on funds, so I will be picking up one or two sets of The Hive on Saturday.
But the price is too high to buy a brick for gifts. This is what I did for Zenith, which is comparable in price.

I really need to have the deck in my hands to make a judgement on the art quality or the playability or the value for money of the deck.

/bama

Brendan,

So what's the story behind the pic? Will these make it to D&D/Art of Play for sale?

/bama

Thank you all for the kind words. I doubt if anyone is happy that there was only one Blue Bloods gilded deck offered. I pinged Uusi about 6-8 months ago when I first started collecting cards. I asked if they had any BB for sale and Linnea answered that all they had left is one brick in a safe. If they had more I'm sure they would have offered more gilded decks. And if they had I would have bought two!

Now here's a tip for those in Asia who are trying to score a BB deck:
http://themagicstreet.com/tms-c-91/kickstarter-c-91_172/blue-blood-playing-cards-p-21237

Unfortunately, they do not ship/sell to the US. Otherwise their dozen decks would be sitting on my shelf!

/bama

Quote from: bamabenz on July 24, 2014, 02:08:43 PM

Guys -- I guess I wasn't clear-- I scored blue bloods gilded.

Gratz on that one of a kind score! Still a little too rich for my blood on 1 deck of cards.

Would love to see pics of the sterling silver on that deck........please share when they arrive 

It's a bit of a quandary, a custom seal on a one of a kind deck.
If I leave it be for 10 years and then open it will the gold have solidified to the point that it just flakes off?
Maybe I need to bite the bullet and get a Redux as well to open...