Beards and moustaches are the main problem of this deck (The Jack of Spades, The Jack of Hearts, The Jack of Clubs and The King of Diamonds). Even this one looks better:


Everything else is interesting. It can be even better than the first edition. Good luck.

Eating of playing cards is harmful to the health. 

I think Lee will do (in case of his desire) some interesting deck on the basis of the idea. He is attentive to details.

I’ve never thought about CARC or JP Playing Cards as fulfillment companies. But as we started to discuss them from this side, I can say that I got nicely packaged decks from CARC (before KWP era). On the other hand they are quite a big company that sells different specific goods. So, their packaging was the work of professionals.

JP Playing Cards is the other thing. I didn’t remember exactly what and how many layers his package had (a lot). But I remember my impression. I think Paul can easily sell porcelain It wasn’t the production sample from a professional. It was “hand made”

And @Rose, don’t worry. Jackson has even more “refined” methods to demonstrate that he is a very conceited and disrespectful person. Don’t take it close to your heart.

Quote from: Collector on November 06, 2014, 10:36:21 AM

I wish Ellusionist decided do not produce a nautical deck with the Ace of Spades created by Valentina Badeanu, the designer of the Absinthe’s back.
http://playingcardcollector.net/2014/11/06/ace-of-spades-by-valentina-badeanu/

Who knows?  E might not print it, but E's not the only deck producer in the world...

Is this an assumption or something more?

Only Jokers are AWFUL in this deck.

I wish Ellusionist decided do not produce a nautical deck with the Ace of Spades created by Valentina Badeanu, the designer of the Absinthe’s back.
http://playingcardcollector.net/2014/11/06/ace-of-spades-by-valentina-badeanu/

Tomorrow.
Come on, people, everything is in our hands. It's just several hours of posting

Interesting. Thanks for this pleasant compromise between "court cards for magicians" and "court cards for collectors".

I think "smoking" is a cultural thing where in Europe it is not such a big bad thing as it is in the US and Australia.

People equally die due to this "cultural thing" in Europe, in Australia, in the US, in any other country. As a rule, its popularity doesn't have nothing common with "culture". Some countries just have stronger tobacco lobby and, as the result, weaker laws.

About playing cards. Job isn't well done as there is no unity in the design. For example, the Queen of Clubs has well-thought (almost) really symmetrical design (not just a symmetrical reflection of the same picture with some separator between two parts). The queen of Hearts doesn't have (almost has). The Jack of Clubs doesn't have at all. The Jack of Hearts conditionally has. Does the King of Hearts have a skateboard in his other hand? It could be a cool deck regardless its theme. But its designer decided do not overwork. Procceding from other comments, he was right in this question

Good luck with the project. I guess such deck has its right to exist. Just a deck dedicated to smoking.

...I've seen good feedbacks on other forums, and could not keep myself from commenting your agressive feedback on almost every single deck here. What is your problem? Your criticism is absolutely unconstructive. If you know how to do it better - just make your suggestions...

Just want to quote @Fes in connection with the above quoted.

...always something in it that holds value...

Opinion is really feedback. But it can be formulated in different ways. I’ve finished reading of the branch dedicated to Bicycle Rongorongo Playing Cards.

Quote from: Anthony on October 20, 2014, 03:12:30 PM

Quote from: Collector on October 18, 2014, 02:06:47 PM

Quote from: Justin O. on October 17, 2014, 01:58:46 AM

I like limited edition, I don't think that is a negative thing. Limited edition shouldnt be a derogatory term.

"Limited" is one of the three turtles for any collector world... only when that word really means something. It does mean nothing for collecting of modern playing cards. Why? Don will explain you better

Collector, the problem with the word "Limited" has always been the definition and assumed definition..............poor word didn't do anything wrong, lol

...Limited isn't derogatory - it's effectively been rendered meaningless instead, which I suppose is an even worse fate than being derogatory.

+1
I don't have anything against words. Their meaning is more important.

Let's turn to the classics. Not Uusi but Numismatics.
 
Show me "re-coinage" (non-existent word but you will understand) of commemorative coins from the United States Mint. Can it add one dot to the design of the minted coins and mint them again as a "new edition"? Can it make a new packaging for minted coins and justify a new issue of them in that way? Can it sell the design to someone who will mint them as a new run of American dollars? The United States Mint isn't represented by some Bob who orally promises "People, 2500 coins, no more, I swear on my honour, honestly, honestly, honestly... at least this month".

I hope you understand what I am talking about. But all producers of playing cards consciously try to get the effect of "the U.S. Mint's limited run of coins" by their Limited editions. So, the only guarantee of limited run for playing cards is a word of some person. But any person is a human and quite often has weak will.

My summary:
Pay more attention to decks' design and the content of your wallet instead of "Limited Edition" label. Do you still want real limited editions of playing cards? The world of vintage playing cards welcomes you. And memorize the magic (or even magick) word “chromolithography” in this case.

...Insure that each deck has unique court cards in every suit...

Try a more attractive tuck box design...

A three-deck project from a new deck design group may have been a bit too ambitious.  Perhaps start with one, then make the others as either stretch goals or individual projects...

+ + +

About three-deck project. The problem isn't even in your ambitions. You have three ABSOLUTELY different decks. It can't be easy to promote them all. Target audiences are very different. One can attract cat lovers (a huge audience, by the way). Other can attract people interested in space, etc. Playing card collectors aren't your only audience on Kickstarter.

+ promote;
+ communicate about your decks;
+ pay attention to backs of your playing cards.

Good luck.