New Deck? - D&D Chinatown?

[zaganh]

I googled and found this.

http://forums.theory11.com/album.php?albumid=73

It does have a certain resemblance. But I think the Chinatowns are more elaborate.

They bear a resemblance in that they're both aces, and they both have a dragon.  Beyond that...


The Chinatown Ace of Spades is definitely the better of the two.  Finally, something nice to say about the Chinatown deck!

BTW: anyone get this deck and the Vintage Plaids?  The orange used on the red suits is IDENTICAL to the orange shade of red in the Vintage Plaid decks.  Aside from the yellowed background on the VPs, most of the cards are practically the same.

i agree his looks like a tatoo nothing like d and ds haha thats awesome i love the tone of orange/red so is the box that colour because people say the box is orange/red do they handle same as clip joints or plaid ?

[Don Boyer]

I googled and found this.

http://forums.theory11.com/album.php?albumid=73

It does have a certain resemblance. But I think the Chinatowns are more elaborate.

They bear a resemblance in that they're both aces, and they both have a dragon.  Beyond that...


The Chinatown Ace of Spades is definitely the better of the two.  Finally, something nice to say about the Chinatown deck!

BTW: anyone get this deck and the Vintage Plaids?  The orange used on the red suits is IDENTICAL to the orange shade of red in the Vintage Plaid decks.  Aside from the yellowed background on the VPs, most of the cards are practically the same.

i agree his looks like a tatoo nothing like d and ds haha thats awesome i love the tone of orange/red so is the box that colour because people say the box is orange/red do they handle same as clip joints or plaid ?

I'm not a big flourisher.  They handle at least as well as Bikes, but they aren't the best I've had.  And the stock does feel lighter the FCJ - which people have already complained doesn't have long-lasting handling (good out of the box, not too much longer than that).  The FChinas I have are not really broken in yet so I can't speak to the long-term characteristics.

[LauR]

Pretty disappointing deck, it's like the monarchs where the box outshines the deck itself.

[phantom1412]

Chinatown decks are finally sold out.
This is a very long 5000 decks-sold out time.

[Evan]

It took 4 months for those 5000 decks to sell out? Thats crazy.

[NathanCanadas]

Chinatown decks are finally sold out.
This is a very long 5000 decks-sold out time.

I can see why. Honestly the deck had nothing very different from what we've seen so far. I like the colors, but there would have been many places for improvement.

[Card Player]

It took 4 months for those 5000 decks to sell out? Thats crazy.

I highly doubt they are really sold out @ $8.88 before the Clip Joints. The Clip Joints were the 1st Fulton edition, The better design and at a better price. It makes no sense. Unless its because of international sales.

[phantom1412]

The Chinatown deck is just 5000 deck print run.
Clip joints are printed much more than 5000 decks.

[Card Player]

The Chinatown deck is just 5000 deck print run.
Clip joints are printed much more than 5000 decks.

Is that your guess or is that a fact?

It does not seem plausible that D & D would have printed more then 5000 of an artists first run. Would not a distributor want to insure the demand first before making a large order more then 5000?

Can anyone confirm the number of Clip Joint's printed?

[NathanCanadas]

The Chinatown deck is just 5000 deck print run.
Clip joints are printed much more than 5000 decks.

Is that your guess or is that a fact?

It does not seem plausible that D & D would have printed more then 5000 of an artists first run. Would not a distributor want to insure the demand first before making a large order more then 5000?

Can anyone confirm the number of Clip Joint's printed?

Many Theory11 or Ellusionist deck are artist first runs and still have much more than 5,000 printed. With the amount of followers they have, the could release a deck from toilet paper and still sell more than 5,000.

[phantom1412]

The Chinatown deck is just 5000 deck print run.
Clip joints are printed much more than 5000 decks.

Is that your guess or is that a fact?

It does not seem plausible that D & D would have printed more then 5000 of an artists first run. Would not a distributor want to insure the demand first before making a large order more then 5000?

Can anyone confirm the number of Clip Joint's printed?

It's not my guess. Its a fact.
I don't know how many the printed the clip joints.
But for decks that come with custom brick box is more than 5000 decks print run.
Syd told me when I asked him about Chinatown's custom brick box.

[Don Boyer]

The Chinatown deck is just 5000 deck print run.
Clip joints are printed much more than 5000 decks.

Is that your guess or is that a fact?

It does not seem plausible that D & D would have printed more then 5000 of an artists first run. Would not a distributor want to insure the demand first before making a large order more then 5000?

Can anyone confirm the number of Clip Joint's printed?

It's not my guess. Its a fact.
I don't know how many the printed the clip joints.
But for decks that come with custom brick box is more than 5000 decks print run.
Syd told me when I asked him about Chinatown's custom brick box.

While Dan and Dave tend to be secretive about how many decks they produce of any particular design, they commonly order between 20k and 30k.  The Fulton's Chinatown was a big exception to that - not only did they make a shorter run, but for the first time they actually stated how many decks were made.  I get the feeling they were not expecting the deck glut they were left with around the start of the year.  They may have thought that since they're previous decks (S&M 1-6 and MagicCon v1) sold so well, they could print practically anything and it would sell.

Four months for them to sell only 5k decks is probably a new low for them.  Notice how right around the end of the glut they announced S&M v7 would be coming soon?  They needed to generate positive publicity for themselves.