The Karnival Death Heads: Carnage Edition will be released on Thu 27 Sept 2012 and Big Blind Media are taking orders now. Despite the box coloring, the backs will be IDENTICAL to the plastic Death Heads and the cards will be on Bicycle stock. While it's not stated, it's a safe bet this deck won't have the Fournier faces/pips of the plastic deck. No word on whether they're using jumbo indices (not my favorite feature of the deck) or whether they're going with standard index; if I was placing a bet, I'd say standard index, Bicycle faces/pips, in line with most of the Karnival decks, particularly the first five designs and the Karnival Hornets.
Since it's in pre-order, I'm pulling it from the NDR - it's practically in release.
BTW: BBM did a MASSIVE redesign to the website. While I can't confirm this yet, it looks like they're no longer taking orders in any currency other than pounds sterling. The new site is practically generic compared to the old one - well-organized, but dull as dishwater, right down to the grey backgrounds.
EDIT: I stand corrected - there's a pulldown menu in the upper right for selecting GBP, US$ or euros.
EDIT DEUX: I reverse my correction. While you can display prices and shipping in any of the three currencies, payment is done through PayPal and appears there only in GBP. It's better to use a linked checking account if you aren't in Britain - debit and credit card charges will cost extra due to currency conversion fees.
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