Bruce Lee deck & Black Friday Releases - Dan & Dave

[Don Boyer]

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.

Oh, look - giant initials in the center make for a LOVELY one-way back design...as if this deck didn't have enough strikes against it...

[Joker and the Thief]

Honestly, the box is the only thing going for it at the moment. It's just perplexing to think that this is a D&D deck. It looks completely half arsed. It's like everything was; that'll do.

Dan and Dave are usually really on the ball when it comes to design. The box is awesome, no doubt about that... However the cards. Yeah I guess it's an alright idea to put quotes on the fronts and make it full bleed, it makes sense and it makes it striking visually. THAT I can deal with. The initials makes the backs 1 way. As for the jokers... Meh it works.
In saying that, this would probably make a great gift for any Bruce Lee or Martial arts fan...

EDIT: Just found out that Bruce was born on the year of the dragon so the chinatown backs make sense. The initials are not that bad as well now seeing the whole deck. My mind has changed on this, it isn't bad - I don't hate it but I don't overly love it either. I must say it does look fantastic in motion. After seeing it in motion I would seriously consider picking it up for flourishing.

[sprouts1115]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QWHsy5YyfY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isnu0wtZHGc

[Don Boyer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QWHsy5YyfY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isnu0wtZHGc

This is Sprouts' version of sleight-of-hand.  He pulls something out of the air that's only peripherally related to the topic!

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[phantom1412]

14.95$ a deck???

[PrincessTrouble]

These are up at shop.dananddave.com.  $14.95.

[bhong]

14.95$ a deck???

I'm guessing part of the high cost is securing the rights to make it an official Bruce Lee deck, where as the Game of Death version of Fulton's Chinatown (wow, that's a long title for a deck of cards) is inspired/paying homage to Bruce Lee which would fall under fair use. This deck has the approval of the Bruce Lee Foundation and everything.

[Paul Carpenter]

This one is hard to wrap your head around. Suffice to say, this deck is a truly bizarre release.

[atsquare]

I am really shocked with what D$D did with this deck. The bar with quotes and the slight changes to the Game of Death deck does not justify their $15 price tag. As a Bruce Lee fan, I won't be picking up any of these.

[jmrock]

More evidence that you can only be on top for so long before coming back down… If someone had put this up on Kickstarter, I'd be surprised if it received the funding necessary to move forward…

[10ofclubs]

Video posted on Youtube and apparently everyone but members of this forum are loving it. Very odd. I hope this doesn't encourage the twins to continue releasing things on par with this.

[Paul Carpenter]

It would seem there is a sharp line between people that appreciate cards for their use, design and history and everyone else in the general public that simply sees the subject matter and ignores the obvious flaws.

If you are looking to make money, it's obvious which proportion you should aim at...

[MrMollusk]

Video posted on Youtube and apparently everyone but members of this forum are loving it. Very odd. I hope this doesn't encourage the twins to continue releasing things on par with this.

Yeesh. I really hope D&D pulls themselves out of this designing slump soon.

The October deck really looked like it could be their first cool and custom deck in a long time, but reusing the court card art, joker art, and box art pretty much killed it's steam.

As much as I love Bruce Lee, there's no way I'm willing to smack down 15 clams for this. Sure, it's a neat tribute, but the lame faces, the one way back with the huge logo, the quotes, and the price tag suck the charm out of it. I must admit though, the seal and tuck box are really sweet.

Get it together, D&D!

[Joker and the Thief]

Strangely, it's starting to really grow on me...

[sr15]

I do like the back design despite being a one-way back, and I most likely would've gotten one if it was priced like a normal deck. For 15 bucks a deck I'll pass though

[Don Boyer]

Video posted on Youtube and apparently everyone but members of this forum are loving it. Very odd. I hope this doesn't encourage the twins to continue releasing things on par with this.

I wouldn't exactly call a dozen or so YouTube commenters "everyone".  It really pains me to say this, but Victor Miranda (VJose32 World of Cards, among his many aliases) seems to be in agreement with many on this board...  I can hear the ice crackling as Hell freezes over...  I guess even a broken clock shows the right time twice a day...

[ruicorreia]

I second every single opinion of the rest of you.
And I'm shocked: D&D pulled of a deck that can be more ugle and lazy than the most crapy Kickstarter projects. What happened D&D?

[Rob Wright]

I would buy the deck just to have the tuck, but not at $15. Fan is pretty cool. That's about it.

[KPopFever605]

These decks are cool in that it's a great homage to Bruce Lee, and the cards look actually pretty cool. However, the $15 price tag is killing me. Combine that with D&D's $5 shipping, the deck really isn't worth it.

[Benjam]

These decks are cool in that it's a great homage to Bruce Lee, and the cards look actually pretty cool. However, the $15 price tag is killing me. Combine that with D&D's $5 shipping, the deck really isn't worth it.

Oh noooooo!! $5 shipping, poor you

Come on man, that's nothing compared to what we pay outside the USA it's not even comparable haha
Regardless of the talk about this deck, I'd kill for the USA domestic shipping rate

[Phegget]

Think it's safe to say that this is potentially D$D's worst release yet. Don't think anything else tops it in terms of premium pricing, crappy design etc. Yes, even worse than the repeating courts in the October deck.

[Don Boyer]

I'm just saddened that there were some many other possible designs that could have been used for this homage deck and they chose one of the least attractive and least imaginative.  Even a "1970s-look" deck with pictures from Bruce Lee movies on the cards would have been better than this.  Stealing the back design from one of your own decks and slapping some initials on it - why?  An original design that's a proper two-way back could have been used here, like a silhouette Lee in a flying kick (as used on the FC:GoD deck jokers) on each deck half - that might have looked really cool.  This looks like a deck only De'vo could love - and only if Lee was kicking magician ass in it...

[Anthony]

I think this is the 1st deck I was excited to see, liked the concept and subject....who doesn't like Bruce Lee, and with each new pic, photo and detail I lost interest more and more. Like many of you have already mentioned, with Bruce Lee being the subject matter I would have expected something more exciting.

[crazyfandecks]

could be a rumors so i dont want to make new topic, my friend send me this pic in Instagram, what do you think  http://instagram.com/p/mVWqCBwgPn/

[Don Boyer]

could be a rumors so i dont want to make new topic, my friend send me this pic in Instagram, what do you think  http://instagram.com/p/mVWqCBwgPn/

That's the version 2 deck.  The email about it went out March 29th.

http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2713d2f121ae174063ba5a2e8&id=72fbab7f05&e=f96ff01b40