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Re: Blue Fontaines
« Reply #125 on: December 22, 2013, 11:19:03 AM »
 

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Here's a tip: Instead of paying $12 for fontaines, you could just buy a blue NOC ($5) and a white sharpie (~$3).

You're welcome!

thank you for suggested, we Vietnamese have had tried, worked  8)

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Re: NEW DECK - Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller.
« Reply #126 on: December 22, 2013, 11:32:56 AM »
 

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What do the court cards look like, I asked on the comments section but I haven't seen the creator show up once yet. I'm trying to understand...

Pretty sure they're USPC standard.
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Re: NEW DECK - Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller.
« Reply #127 on: December 22, 2013, 04:33:17 PM »
 

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What do the court cards look like, I asked on the comments section but I haven't seen the creator show up once yet. I'm trying to understand...

The whole deck is very standard Jackson. I think the only customized card is the Ace of Spades.
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Re: NEW DECK - Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller.
« Reply #128 on: December 22, 2013, 08:40:00 PM »
 

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We with his success and the growing tread of different colors for the same deck you should expect the the next one to be in black by July or August.  It is innegable. You like that MagicFingerz.  This is Agent Smith speaking.  The question is where do I find these Fan Boyz?  It's the new generation I'm looking for.  Is there a website?

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Re: NEW DECK - Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller.
« Reply #129 on: December 22, 2013, 11:32:23 PM »
 

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What do the court cards look like, I asked on the comments section but I haven't seen the creator show up once yet. I'm trying to understand...

The whole deck is very standard Jackson. I think the only customized card is the Ace of Spades.

...and the Jokers.  Somehow he managed to make them far more bland than USPC standard!

We with his success and the growing tread of different colors for the same deck you should expect the the next one to be in black by July or August.  It is innegable. You like that MagicFingerz.  This is Agent Smith speaking.  The question is where do I find these Fan Boyz?  It's the new generation I'm look for.  Is there a website?

Russell, you might want to start with grammarbook.com...  :))  The word "innegable" isn't even English, it's Spanish!  You're hard enough to understand without requiring an interpreter.
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Re: NEW DECK - Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller.
« Reply #130 on: December 23, 2013, 12:21:34 AM »
 

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We with his success and the growing tread of different colors for the same deck you should expect the the next one to be in black by July or August.  It is innegable. You like that MagicFingerz.  This is Agent Smith speaking.  The question is where do I find these Fan Boyz?  It's the new generation I'm look for.  Is there a website?

Russell, you might want to start with grammarbook.com...  :))  The word "innegable" isn't even English, it's Spanish!  You're hard enough to understand without requiring an interpreter.

For those that don't know what it means like myself, it means undeniable, indisputable, and irrefutable. Save you all having to google it :p
 

Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #131 on: December 23, 2013, 11:22:01 AM »
 

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Honestly, if I was in his position I would be doing the exact same thing. He's experimenting with the market and probably making some good money. And he's also only a teenager. If he isn't a good designer and knows it, he won't try and sell the cards based on their design, but he'll sell the image. That's why the trailer was a bunch of cool flourishers (who everyone in the community looks up to) having a good time.
 

Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #132 on: December 23, 2013, 09:03:23 PM »
 

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Honestly, if I was in his position I would be doing the exact same thing. He's experimenting with the market and probably making some good money. And he's also only a teenager. If he isn't a good designer and knows it, he won't try and sell the cards based on their design, but he'll sell the image. That's why the trailer was a bunch of cool flourishers (who everyone in the community looks up to) having a good time.

You hit the nail right on the head - I couldn't have said it better.
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Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #133 on: June 07, 2014, 11:31:47 PM »
 

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well I backed this deck  :D and they are finally shipping. If you've ever been curious how big a project it is.. you'll never guess but Zach turned it into a musical montage....

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Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #134 on: June 12, 2014, 04:55:31 PM »
 

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Zach put out an update today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EBd1uR34mk

Turns out Zach printed 1/5000 on the bottom of the tuck - but he printed 15 thousand

wamp wamp waaaa......
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Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #135 on: June 12, 2014, 09:05:35 PM »
 

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Zach put out an update today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EBd1uR34mk

Turns out Zach printed 1/5000 on the bottom of the tuck - but he printed 15 thousand

wamp wamp waaaa......

LOL - if it wasn't for bad luck, it's looking like he'd have no luck at all when it comes to getting decks right the first time...
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Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #136 on: June 12, 2014, 09:13:22 PM »
 

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I am guessing that the quality difference he is noticing in the cards (since these are standard bikes) is his previous deck was a sheet fed press run and since he had over 15K this time - his deck was printed on the web press.
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Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #137 on: June 12, 2014, 11:23:58 PM »
 

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I am guessing that the quality difference he is noticing in the cards (since these are standard bikes) is his previous deck was a sheet fed press run and since he had over 15K this time - his deck was printed on the web press.

Not necessarily.  There's no actual quality difference between the two presses.  At the old plant, people insisted that the web press was better.  It was true, but only because the sheet fed press was not in great shape at the time - the way it was described to me, it sounded like it was being held together by chewing gum, dried ink blobs and prayer.  The new plant has new equipment, the quality is the same.  And that's really just the printing quality - it has nothing to do with the paper quality, 'cause the paper's made before it hits the press.  Only remaining factor would be the coating and finish, but they're probably the same as on the previous run - embossed and Magic Finish.

USPC sources their paper from paper mills.  This means that there can be variances in the quality of the paper itself that are beyond their control.  The paper quality, as was pointed out on the Ellusionist blog a couple of years ago, is expected to decline heading into the future because of increased use of recycled paper, which has shorter fibers than paper made from 100% virgin wood pulp.

Then there's that whole "range of thickness" thing going on as well...
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Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #138 on: June 16, 2014, 01:52:23 PM »
 

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Mine arrived today!!!

The tuck box and card backs are a vivid inky blue and pure eye candy to display.
The cards are indeed a little uncharacteristically stiff upon opening, but I love that, which is why I'm limiting myself to fanning and simple cuts when handling them.

Crazy ebay prices now, but once these cards make their way to more backers and things settle, I'd say they are a worthy addition to your collection, even though they are just a color swap.
 

Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #139 on: June 16, 2014, 02:53:52 PM »
 

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yea I am guessing once people start getting their bricks... the price will come waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down.

Way down

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Re: Blue Fontaine by Zach Mueller (KS)
« Reply #140 on: June 21, 2014, 10:49:24 PM »
 

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Seems like a design similar to the Jerry's Nuggets IMHO. And now I see a deck on Kickstarter that looks very similar to the Fontaine's just different initials lol.
 

Black Fontaine Playing Cards by Zach Mueller
« Reply #141 on: December 28, 2014, 03:08:34 PM »
 

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Black Fontaine Playing Cards





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Fontaines are a deck of cards I designed one night in photoshop for fun. I made one prototype deck, started using it in my videos, and people couldn't stop asking to buy them!
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Fontaine Cards has now produced and shipped over 17,000 decks of Fontaines, both blue and red.

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Re: Black Fontaine Playing Cards by Zach Mueller
« Reply #142 on: December 28, 2014, 06:33:07 PM »
 

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Around 4 minutes of cardistry on the kickstarter video... but at the end of the day, I doubt that even 40 minutes of cardistry can make the back design look any less boring and unspectacular than the previous 2 versions.

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Re: Black Fontaine Playing Cards by Zach Mueller
« Reply #143 on: December 28, 2014, 08:47:01 PM »
 

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I didn't drink the kool-aid either. I have absolutely zero interest in these.
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Re: Black Fontaine Playing Cards by Zach Mueller
« Reply #144 on: December 29, 2014, 03:26:29 AM »
 

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Despite the word's short length, I can't say PASS fast enough for this deck.  I wasn't even a fan of the first one, never mind the second and now this one.

I've merged all the Fontaine deck topics here.  You can see the deck history unfold...
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Re: Fontaine playing cards
« Reply #145 on: December 29, 2014, 08:21:31 AM »
 

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Seriously, he is just trying to squeeze as much money out of the "fontaine" brand. Him, trying to showcase his past "success" with his previous fontaine decks and showing how well they sell and how much he earned is probably proof of trying to tied what he knows is probably a 1 minute colour change job and trying to ride on the hype.

Unfortunately, many are buying it. I highly doubt these will be worth much in the resellers market, but i have been proven wrong many times before.
 

Re: Fontaine playing cards
« Reply #146 on: December 29, 2014, 03:02:39 PM »
 

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"Ever since that first Fontaine deck was released, I've been asked CONSTANTLY by hundreds of people around the globe begging for a black edition of Fontaines."


I say that we all start bombarding him with e-mail requests for a PEACH-colored deck (But you'd be so cool since NO ONE else has EVER done it before!!!!!) and see if mayhem would ensue...
 

Re: Fontaine playing cards
« Reply #147 on: December 30, 2014, 12:22:57 AM »
 

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Seriously, he is just trying to squeeze as much money out of the "fontaine" brand. Him, trying to showcase his past "success" with his previous fontaine decks and showing how well they sell and how much he earned is probably proof of trying to tied what he knows is probably a 1 minute colour change job and trying to ride on the hype.

Unfortunately, many are buying it. I highly doubt these will be worth much in the resellers market, but i have been proven wrong many times before.

He rode T11's coat tails long enough to have garnered a passel of fanboys all his own, it seems.  If it makes them happy, great for them.

"Ever since that first Fontaine deck was released, I've been asked CONSTANTLY by hundreds of people around the globe begging for a black edition of Fontaines."


I say that we all start bombarding him with e-mail requests for a PEACH-colored deck (But you'd be so cool since NO ONE else has EVER done it before!!!!!) and see if mayhem would ensue...

What if we begged him for "the Emperor's new Fontaine deck?"  Zach can wave his empty hands around in the air and his fans will call it the greatest cardistry deck on Earth since the invention of paper!  :))

Hundreds of people, worldwide?  In a world of over six billion people, that's a drop in the drop in the bucket!  Six hundred people would be only one out of ten million, or 0.000001% of the total population - but to him, that's a mandate from the people!

Seriously, I merely jest.  There's little point as I see it in making the same deck in a new back color.  But I'm not the only one who sees it.  Some people out there think these are great enough to buy, obviously - so live and let live.  My only wish is that it didn't inspire even more uninspired, boring designs from everyone with a deck idea and a desire for cash.
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Re: Fontaine playing cards
« Reply #148 on: December 30, 2014, 06:38:48 AM »
 

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These are funded. I agree, if it makes them happy fantastic. It seems like these do make many people happy.
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Re: Fontaine playing cards
« Reply #149 on: December 30, 2014, 10:20:50 AM »
 

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I've heard that the long and arduous design process is already in place for his next deck...


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