This is the fun kids T-Shirt that comes with some of the funding tiers. Will make an awesome stocking stuffer!

The boy and girl Joker

Finished filming today for the launch this Friday. We have an Early Bird special for you!

@Justin - Your deck could be better.  YOu have an art deck.  So we should expect "1-way" courts and pip cards, but you still need to have indices.  It make sense to have the courts spelled out "King", "Queen", "Jack" I get your theme but you need the suit indicator under the rank.  Like in your queen just put a suit under the "Q" and your good.  If you flip it and put it on the other side your golden.   It's still a "1-way" front but the deck is functional.

I see the back of your card has the suits in it.  It's been done many, many times.  It makes your back "1-way" If you really want to use the suits that's fine, but make the the back somehow "2-way"

All great comments and I thank you for taking the time and letting me know your thoughts on the Kids Deck. I'll touch on a couple points that you mentioned.

Every card face in the Kids Deck has the number written out or as a numeral. I believe one of the pictures above was an early version that didn't have a numeral on the card. We wanted kids as well as adults to be able to easily identify what a card was.   

In regards to the back, yes it is a one way back and I did that intentionally. Remember, this is a deck for kids as well as kids becoming magicians. One of the decks that is widely used by magicians is a Stripper Deck. I wanted a deck of cards that kids could use as a Stripper Deck, without the Stripper portion. And I teach this in the DVD that is also part of the Kickstarter package. You can show the cards to a layman, have them select out a card, and then put it back the same way you would a stripper deck. 98% of people will never realize what is happening. And other than die hard card fanatics, having cards this way really doesn't matter. These cards look like they were made by kids and that's what I was going for. It's not going to be the same pips on each corner with a numeral.

I hope that answers your questions and again I really do appreciate the comments. I know this may not appeal to all die hard card fans but I think this is a deck that really speaks to kids as well as someone who loves fun cards. Chat later

Having fun today! Couple quick updates on the backs. The red deck as you see in the picture below will indeed be red. The blue back is actually changing to a different color and the blue back we will unveil next Friday. I hope you are as excited as I am. We showed this deck to kids today and they could not stop going through the pack looking at all the cards. Chat later friends!

I see that some cards (4oC & 5oH) are quite literal, as in it really shows the number of pips, compared to the others that looks more like a "transformation" deck.  Will that be the direction that its heading? Or will there be changes and the 4 of Clubs will be something else again? (like the 2oC)

That is a great question. That picture was an early design and after looking at all the cards, we realized some had what suits they were written and others had an actual number written. We wanted kids to be able to easily identify what suit and number they had in their hand. For example, if playing the game speed, we didn't want someone to sit there and count 8 little clubs. So every card now has a number and what suit it is written somewhere on the card. You will see this more clearly on the full card sheet on the kickstarter page. Hope that answered your question.

Jack of Spades.

The queen of hearts is awesome, did you draw these with your left hand? Or right? I have to agree with Rob that doing all 3 decks is a big project to reach. Good Luck, let us know if you need anything!

No, I have a wonderful artist and design team. With kid cards I know it seems like you can draw anything but everything has to be done a certain way

We are very excited about the decks and have some great stretch goals for you.

Quote from: Justin Meitz on August 05, 2014, 02:14:59 AM

Actually Lee gave me a quote for my book...good guy!

Well in that case I certainly hope you know him! 

Since you know Lee, I'm pretty sure that you know the board's third admin - and board owner - Tom Dawson.  We also have among our ranks a handful of other magicians and card designers from pretty much anywhere and everywhere.  Really, you'll fit right in!

Thanks Don and I appreciate the warm welcome!

Justin, we're happy to have you!  It's good to have another professional magician roaming the topics.  I don't know if you've heard of or met Lee Asher, but he's one of the administrators of this forum.

Please ask any questions you may have about our humble little establishment!  We're a friendly bunch and don't (usually) bite.    (And we never break the skin!)

Actually Lee gave me a quote for my book...good guy!

I was told I should introduce myself so here I am!

My name is Justin Meitz and I am a third generation professional magician. I taught elementary school, 2nd and 5th grade for 7 years then retired. I created Magic House Publishing and authored the picture book series The Amazing Alexander, which Lance Burton says "This is an amazing story!" I have also published instructional DVD's for magicians.


 
On August 15th the Kids Deck is launching on Kickstarter. Very excited about this project. 3 decks in total that were specifically designed for kids and magicians. Also includes an instructional DVD, "Card Tricks for Kids...No Rabbits Required" and a T-Shirt for kids.



I posted this info on Facebook and PCF member Nurul posted about my decks in your forum. And now I am magically here

So that is me. Feel free to follow me on FB https://www.facebook.com/JustinMeitz or Twitter https://twitter.com/magicmeitz. If you have questions let me know and thank you for being so welcoming!

I have a few favorites from the spades and the 7 is one of the them