I unfortunately loved the design on these. I loved them enough to order a mixed brick from overseas! Now to hear about the quality issues of these.....it makes me quite angry. Although the place I bought these from didn't mention anything in their listing about these being made by USPC so....I guess its my own fault! On the up-side....maybe these will become a novelty one day! I'm crossing my fingers hoping maybe my decks aren't that bad!
Take examples from real life as to what becomes collectible and what doesn't. It's not always the best-looking or best-made things that become the rare and valuable ones.
One of the most valuable Star Wars action figures isn't the really cool looking ones, nor is it a major character. When the Jawa was first released, it came with a chintzy-looking cape made of vinyl. This was quickly pulled from production, and the cape was replaced with a stitched-cloth cloak which looked a hundred times better. But it's the one with the vinyl cap that fetches hundreds of dollars today while the other one is hardly noticed and only worth a fraction of that.
The most valuable Star Wars poster isn't some heroic painting that hung in displays at movie theaters, but a drawn poster by comic book artist Howard Chaykin that was sold at a comic book convention a year before the film's release for $1.75. It was the first, it is the rarest, and it now sells for thousands.
http://movieposterauthenticating.com/wordpress/star-wars-us/star-wars-first-poster-the-chaykin/Your "bogus deck" of today can become tomorrow's rare classic. But there's no way of knowing without a crystal ball, a time machine or a deep connection to the living Force...
Hi Don,
I would like to introduce myself - My name is Joyce, and I have an online shop called The Card Collectors on Facebook. I'm simply selling the decks, and was not involved in the making of these decks. I still have no idea who made them actually.
Like many others, I was very much disappointed when I saw the quality of the packaging, but will still stand by the fact that they have a cool design nonetheless!
Nice to meet you, Joyce, and welcome to the Discourse. Make yourself at home.
I have to say I fell in love with the design that I got a brick from the local shop too. I was a little luckier in the sense that I was early and I got to pick the best of the lot. I actually went through 5 bricks to pick up the best 12 decks, although the decks that I have do not have any dents, but the plastic were all crappy......
What, exactly, is your take on the quality of the cards themselves, and not the packaging?
This really looks like a case of an excellent design in the hands of a terrible card-print shop, or at least one that's not up to the standards we're used to around here. I'd be really curious to know more about who printed it and who designed it.
