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Rob Wright · « **Reply #50 on:** July 01, 2013, 03:06:13 PM »

Sweet! Got in on the $16 early bird.

Damn I'm a cheap.

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #51 on:** July 01, 2013, 03:14:37 PM »

Quote from: Rob Wright on July 01, 2013, 03:06:13 PM

Sweet! Got in on the $16 early bird.

Damn I'm a cheap.

Hey man, nothing wrong with that at all. I'm always the guy that backs for 1-2 decks too, I tend to be really picky with my collection.

I'm glad you grabbed at least one pair though. Add on a coin or two now...

John B. · « **Reply #52 on:** July 01, 2013, 03:40:37 PM »

I will be adding a coin. They look sweet.

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #53 on:** July 31, 2013, 04:02:21 PM »

The production tuck boxes came out pretty awesome. Shiny inside and out.

Loop Cuts · « **Reply #54 on:** July 31, 2013, 04:28:44 PM »

Those all look beautiful Paul but that blue and white is gorgeous.

Rob Wright · « **Reply #55 on:** July 31, 2013, 10:14:55 PM »

I hadn't noticed the peeks either. Really cool. The first time I looked at the deck. it was just a beautiful, simple, and elegant deck. Then I looked at them again, and it was like I didn't notice that detail on the edge, and know the peeks. The pictures of the tuck layout were ok. Now the real thing just blows the layout pictures away. Awesome job.

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #56 on:** August 01, 2013, 02:26:32 PM »

It was basically impossible to show what the tucks would look like, since almost all the important details was in foil, embossing and metallic inks. Now that I have them in hand they came out even nicer than I hoped.

entrails · « **Reply #57 on:** August 01, 2013, 02:48:02 PM »

The cards look fantastic. Really classy with incredible design. I cant wait for their release.

I hope you and Jackson can announce a few details about your upcoming project working with each other soon. This would be a great effort with some tremendous cards coming out of your collaboration.

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #58 on:** August 16, 2013, 01:44:09 PM »

If you hadn't seen elsewhere, Deco is available for preorder on my site and we'll be starting shipments in just a few more weeks. Might want to grab some if you missed out on Kickstarter.

http://encarded.com

Magic_Orthodoxy · « **Reply #59 on:** August 16, 2013, 02:18:20 PM »

so excited can't wait

RobotsEatCookies · « **Reply #60 on:** August 20, 2013, 10:47:17 PM »

I'm a bit late to the party here, but I preordered on Kickstarter in July.

Looking great!

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #61 on:** August 22, 2013, 04:14:33 PM »

Posted elsewhere, but in case you didn't see it:

Well everyone, we have an unforeseen issue.

Everything was ahead of schedule and I currently have 5,000 Deco decks sitting in Encarded HQ. Last night I started to go through some of the decks to get the holographic seals on the signed and numbered edition and quickly noticed that most of the decks I was looking at had very bad scuff marks on the sides of the tuck cases where the ink has been worn right off in the finishing process (see pictures below). This is unusual and none of the decks in my personal collection exhibit this problem, and I've personally looked through over 10,000 of my previous deck releases and never ran across this.

Investigating further (my wife and I looked through over 1,400 decks by hand last night), it appears that the majority of the decks, in both colors, have these bad marks on the box. While the cards would be fine, these do not meet my quality standards at all and I don't feel that I can ship these cards out to you. Encarded, as a brand, is all about extremely high-quality and attention to detail. As a collector myself, I know that I would be disappointed to purchase a premium custom deck and have it arrive with noticeable flaws.

As such, I have been in touch with USPCC and to make a long story short, Deco is going to be reprinted. I am going to revise the tuck design today (and will try to make it even more awesome). This is unfortunately going to add a delay to shipments. I was going to start assembling orders this week but obviously that can't happen yet. Deco was a very expensive deck to produce (the box alone cost more than most entire decks) and we need to have them in perfect shape.

I apologize for the delay, this truly was an unforeseen issue! My primary goal is to get you a product that is as close to perfect as possible, and if I could do that without delay I certainly would. USPCC, while they did let this slip through, is making everything right and we'll have a better product in the end.

We were so far ahead of schedule that even with a complete reprint we still might get things done in September, but trust that I'll make this go as quickly as possible while getting you an amazing pair of decks.

Thanks for your patience, and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

RobotsEatCookies · « **Reply #62 on:** August 22, 2013, 09:42:25 PM »

I'm sorry to hear that the current inventory of decks have been spoiled. Factory seconds?

Also, this is why Encarded is one of my favorite card companies: They value quality over everything else.

xela · « **Reply #63 on:** August 22, 2013, 11:10:32 PM »

Hey Paul, I have some suggestions as to what you can do with the current inventory of flawed decks. I actually received several hundred decks from USPCC that were dented/had printing errors (they refunded it, so kudos to them for that).

- Donate them during the yearly holiday toy drives. Why shouldn't every kid get a new deck of cards to play with? And possibly get introduced to the world of magic/cardistry.

- Ship some to Don here on the forums so he can give them away on his hospital visits

- See if you can sell them in one go to a reseller for $1-2 per deck or whatever you think is fair.

I hope the situation works out in your favor. How did you get USPCC to reprint at no cost? I thought the tuck cases were made and assembled at a third party source?

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #64 on:** August 23, 2013, 08:40:55 AM »

The vast bulk of these first ones will have to go back to USPCC to be credited against my account, so that the next one doesn't have to paid for out of pocket. Any that I keep I'll have to pay for. They will have to eat the cost of redoing the tucks (which were mad expensive) but this was a flaw they didn't catch. I'll be keeping a small number of this first printing that don't have bad scrapes and will do something with them eventually.

Primary goal at the moment is get the new printing done and perfect so I can get all my customers their stuff.

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #65 on:** August 29, 2013, 09:40:32 AM »

Well the cards are a little delayed, as you know, but the Encarded brand coins came in yesterday and look suuuuhh-weeeeet. I cut it fine and there will probably be less than 10 available in the store so be prepared to fight if you happen to want one. I'll be sure to announce when those are ready and if demand is intense I'll do a small run of version 2.

Fred · « **Reply #66 on:** August 29, 2013, 10:52:35 AM »

What are they made out of Paul?

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #67 on:** August 29, 2013, 11:22:43 AM »

Froggo, each coin is pure 24k caret gold plated in platinum and cost me $7300 each. I am selling them at a loss.

(seriously though, they are antique silver finished and without cutting one open I think they are brass inside. They feel really nice in your hand, a tiny bit thicker than a silver dollar but the exact same weight, .9oz)

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #68 on:** September 25, 2013, 03:38:46 PM »

Just FYI, the second printing will be ready soon. The new tuck boxes are looking great, possibly even better than the first ones (though certainly not as rare at this point ) Not often do you get to make design changes "for free" but USPCC did a nice job on these new ones.

Don Boyer · « **Reply #69 on:** September 26, 2013, 08:39:49 AM »

Quote from: Encarded on September 25, 2013, 03:38:46 PM

Just FYI, the second printing will be ready soon. The new tuck boxes are looking great, possibly even better than the first ones (though certainly not as rare at this point ) Not often do you get to make design changes "for free" but USPCC did a nice job on these new ones.

Seeing this makes me wish I didn't quit buying new decks before it was released.

Paul Carpenter · « **Reply #70 on:** September 26, 2013, 08:51:24 AM »

Quote from: Don Boyer on September 26, 2013, 08:39:49 AM

Quote from: Encarded on September 25, 2013, 03:38:46 PM
Just FYI, the second printing will be ready soon. The new tuck boxes are looking great, possibly even better than the first ones (though certainly not as rare at this point ) Not often do you get to make design changes "for free" but USPCC did a nice job on these new ones.

Seeing this makes me wish I didn't quit buying new decks before it was released.

Don't worry Don, there will be some in my store, ready to ship, once I get all the Kickstarters and Preorders done.

Don Boyer · « **Reply #71 on:** September 26, 2013, 10:35:43 AM »

Quote from: Encarded on September 26, 2013, 08:51:24 AM

Quote from: Don Boyer on September 26, 2013, 08:39:49 AM
Quote from: Encarded on September 25, 2013, 03:38:46 PM
Just FYI, the second printing will be ready soon. The new tuck boxes are looking great, possibly even better than the first ones (though certainly not as rare at this point ) Not often do you get to make design changes "for free" but USPCC did a nice job on these new ones.

Seeing this makes me wish I didn't quit buying new decks before it was released.

Don't worry Don, there will be some in my store, ready to ship, once I get all the Kickstarters and Preorders done.

I'm still not buying new decks until my wife and I have a new car. I don't think your stock will last that long! Even then, I may not - my collection is pretty freakin' huge.

Fanofyankees13 · « **Reply #72 on:** September 26, 2013, 01:18:09 PM »

These are fantastic. I'll be visiting the Encarded store in the very near future.

Gunshy1 · « **Reply #73 on:** October 29, 2013, 08:55:23 PM »

Hmm my first impression on these was a little lack luster. The details on the backs seemed washed out to me. The design on the backs for some reason don't pop to my eye.

The deck handles well. The stock is nice and stiff. I may need more time with the deck. I do enjoy the simplicity but beauty of the deck. Very well designed I just feel like Paul's designs are ahead of the uspcc's capabilities to print.

Rob Wright · « **Reply #74 on:** October 29, 2013, 09:34:32 PM »

Got mine in the mail yesterday- Beautiful cards- Simply complex.