Bruce Lee deck & Black Friday Releases - Dan & Dave

[Joker and the Thief]

Don't know what to make of this but Dan and Dave have recently posted pictures of some playing cards. They look like Chinatown: Game of Death but with yellow faces. They are accompanied by Bruce Lee quotes. There is a date too 27/11/13. Now I'm not sure if that date is significant to Bruce Lee or if it's a release date of a product. Attached some photos

In other D&D news, the twins revealed gold deck stays. Not sure if the colour has anything to do with a possible Bruce Lee inspired deck. In Black Friday releases we have an aluminium based close up pad inspired by Apple's MacBook Airs. Also, there is a limited edition card clip wrapped in vintage camera leather grip. There will be on 37 of those available.

[Joker and the Thief]

Also this just in. Picture on Instagram from the Creator of Whispering Imps posted a close up of what looks to be this new deck.

[Joker and the Thief]

Just got a newsletter in from Dan and Dave. Sorry for the multiple posts. Can't add photos to the original post. This pretty much confirms a Bruce Lee deck.

There's also new gift certificates.

[MrMollusk]

The Bruce Lee deck could actually be pretty awesome if it's not limited to members. I like the colored faces.

Also, it looks like they have something planned for Christmas.

[KPopFever605]

It's interesting to D&D approach with a deck inspired from Bruce Lee. I remember Zenneth Kok doing something similar as well. Not a deck, but a t-shirt.

[chach]

I'm not much of a fan of D&D but I do like some good ol' Bruce Lee kung fu action, and like how they've apparently designed this to pay homage to Lee's Game of Death outfit.   

[montecarlojoe]

I like the original GoD deck, and the theme on the faces here will probably work really well - but it seems lazy not to have taken that theme to the back of the deck. The faces are full bleed colour, but the backs have kept the white borders. Isnt this an issue for performers? (impossible to "hide" a face up card in a fan now).  If they'd made the borders yellow and continued the black band onto the back they'd be a must have for me...

[MrMollusk]

I like the original GoD deck, and the theme on the faces here will probably work really well - but it seems lazy not to have taken that theme to the back of the deck. The faces are full bleed colour, but the backs have kept the white borders. Isnt this an issue for performers? (impossible to "hide" a face up card in a fan now).  If they'd made the borders yellow and continued the black band onto the back they'd be a must have for me...

It's a problem for magicians, but a crazy cool feature for cardists. That color on the faces means you get two different fans. And once you fan the deck face up, the stripe will look even more like Bruce lee's suit!

[vmagic]

Apparently Nov 27 is Bruce Lee's birthday so it is a fitting day for the release, he would have been 73 I believe.

[Anthony]

The Bruce Lee deck is very cool, does anyone want to venture a guess on it's availability? Meaning, will it be a limited run or maybe a "piggy back" item like E has done with decks............my 1st holiday rodeo, I'll be better prepared next year 

[Don Boyer]

The Bruce Lee deck is very cool, does anyone want to venture a guess on it's availability? Meaning, will it be a limited run or maybe a "piggy back" item like E has done with decks............my 1st holiday rodeo, I'll be better prepared next year 

If anything, this is a good year to cut your teeth - the holiday season's the shortest it gets, only 26 days from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve.  And keep your eyes open and wallet ready - Dan and Dave have had a habit in recent years of putting out New Year's Day releases.

[10ofclubs]

New photo, posted on Instagram

[CBJ]

via Kete Moon

[flyers3003]

Well if the rest of the cards are as lazy as that AoS then this is the easiest pass on Black Friday for me.  Hugely disappointed.

[Curt]

As much as I like Bruce Lee, and think the deck is cool in a quirky way.... I don't think I will pick up these. When there are the other releases, especially from CARC, makes it difficult to fork out money on these.

[MrMollusk]

Wow.

Well... I guess that's one Deck I can scratch off my Black Friday "too buy" list.

I mean, it's a cool fanning deck, but the design's just lazy. They couldn't have done something else with the face cards?

[Fred]

Wow.

Well... I guess that's one Deck I can scratch off my Black Friday "too buy" list.

I mean, it's a cool fanning deck, but the design's just lazy. They couldn't have done something else with the face cards?

I absolutely agree with you here. Bruce Lee's one of my all time heroes.. but this deck is ridonculous. I think this tops every other D$D deck in terms of absolute shittiness. Very disappointed. Especially as it's the representation of an official release with the Bruce Lee foundation. Simply laughable.

EDIT: The tuck case is nice though.. so if D$D makes this a rare release (which they will as there is no way in hell this will sell on a regular basis and become their staple product), then i guess all of you collectors that don't open decks have somewhat of a decent reason to buy it. 

[Card Player]

Charlie Brown?!?

[MrMollusk]

Charlie Brown?!?

Actually

[Card Player]

Charlie Brown?!?

Actually

I don't know what D&D was thinking? This is not up to D&D standards. This reminds me of a bad Kickstarter project.

[MrMollusk]

Charlie Brown?!?

Actually

I don't know what D&D was thinking? This is not up to D&D standards. This reminds me of a bad Kickstarter project.

It really is. The back doesn't match the faces, and the execution is just lazy in general.

[Don Boyer]

I'll be the first to agree that it's not a great deck - but it is a pretty good deck for flourishers or for fans of minimalist design.  I had no plans to buy it, but now I actually want a negative number of these decks...

I am changing the topic title since this deck has little to do with the Fulton's Chinatown: Game of Death deck.  At 33 characters including spaces, that deck might hold the record for longest title...

[BiggerDee]

As a "collector who doesn't open decks" (typically), I still will pass. I don't care about BL one way or another, but the deck is way too plain for me.

[Card Player]

The Bruce Lee deck could actually be pretty awesome if it's not limited to members. I like the colored faces.

Also, it looks like they have something planned for Christmas.

I'm really looking forward to the juan tamariz mnemonica release on Christmas Day. Consider all the magicians producing decks with mnemonica in mind. The impact and influence is obvious. Dan and Dave mentioned it was basically the teaching of mnemonica in about 3 hours.

[Firdawesome]

It looks like there are words on the black bar in the middle, probably quotes from Bruce Lee. Liking this less with each new reveal.