I can't wait til it comes out =)
Wow. That one sentence has added SO MUCH to the conversation, we might as well just close the topic right here. Story over, JoshZachMatt has said the FINAL word on Smoke and Mirrors, version 7.
NOT.
(I'm trying not to be harsh, but simple "me, too" posts that add nothing to the conversation get tedious and clutter any topic. Perhaps if you told us WHY you can't wait, with an answer that was more substantial than "because they're COOL, bro!", we'd find that statement worth reading.)
I looked over my last post from a month ago.
Most of my opinions haven't changed at all. I do think that S&M v7 will sell out fast, simply because they're Smoke & Mirrors. They could print them on paper made of recycled dog turds with a finish made of school glue and sawdust, and they'd still sell out before a single deck was in someone's hands to be reviewed.
But I'm looking over the D&D Inventory. Interesting...
Chinatown, supposedly their most limited deck ever, is still on the shelf nearly two months later. Who would have thought a D&D deck with a 5,000-copy print run would still be available after so long? If I asked you that question last summer, you would have thought I suddenly developed a brain tumor that grew into a second head or something. Now, I don't think anyone here would be very surprised.
The only changes at all to their deck inventory that are apparent would be the addition of Studs and Aviators. It's kind of funny, since they're both available for less elsewhere - but since these came from the Bucks, they MUST be worth more, right? WRONG. I almost expect them to start selling Streamlines, though I doubt they could keep up with WalMart's pricing of $1.00/pack. When's the last time you bought a brick of ANYTHING at $12, with NO bulk discount?
Closest thing they have to a deal are the sold-out Erdnaseum decks.
They released five decks of their own design in rapid succession from Halloween to Lunar New Year's Day, a period of under three months. Some were advertised to be in lower quantities than any of the S&M released; one in particular (see above) was actually listed with the exact quantity printed, a first for the Bucks. Of all five of these decks, it's still, a month later, just the Fantastiques that are sold out - sort of. You can still get a deck with an order of an uncut sheet, still in stock - which is surprising to me, since uncut sheets usually sell faster than decks due to limited quantity, and this particular deck had probably one of the most unique back designs I've ever seen.
People - what are your thoughts on Dan and Dave as a company and the forthcoming S&M v7 in particular? I'm not talking about the Bucks personally - they may be fine, upstanding young men or uncouth louts, I can't say either way, not having actually been introduced. But I have met their company and do know their products - THAT'S what I want to hear from you about.
