So after the red gatorbacks fiasco...
Fiasco? I think that's a bit premature.
And the odds of someone else buying all of his red Gatorbacks are not very good. I'd hope he knows that such an act would alienate many of his fans, or at least the fans who collect his playing cards.
David has about 800K followers on Twitter in comparison to about 17K of theory11. What do you think would have happened to David's website had he released only 1000 Red?
I think that the fraction of that number who actually collect cards would be trying to scoop them up, no different than any other previous Blaine Productions release. Did the world end when they released Variety Boxes in quantities of only 250?
...or the decks were defectuous; or he's a prankster and he's laughing his head off!
One thing I'm sure: DB is an enterpreneur, he seeks profit of course, so I guess sooner or later there will be news.
All we can do is wait!
The word you're looking for is "defective", and yes, it's not beyond believability that a defect was found and they're trying to fix it.
Entrepreneur, perhaps - but he's a performer first and foremost. Nearly all of his deck designs were originally created for his own personal use before he decided to make public releases of them. The White Lions Black Label decks were among the last released of that series because it was David's color - none of the publicly-released gaff cards came in black, just red and blue. I was fortunate enough to purchase a set of cards that was mailed to Hecrob from Blaine and it contains some of those unreleased black gaffs, and many others - cards that I theorize were printed with the Stealth Cards "short deck" but pulled for David's personal use. Remember, the released version of that deck contained only 35 out of a possible 56 cards.
Per Google, Blaine's Net Worth is about 12 million. Copperfield's Net Worth is about 800 Million. Entrepreneur or Not, DB is not getting rich selling playing cards.
I'd have to agree. It's income, but for him, it's not "break the bank" income. It's a nod to his fans more than anything else, I believe. Copperfield's got more money than he and his family (does he have a family?) could spend in a lifetime unless he became incredibly foolish with his money management. David's got a cushion that, with proper investment, will keep him and possibly his children well-off into his golden years, but it's not what some refer to as "fuck you" money - the kind of money that let's you tell pretty much anyone trying to thwart your dreams or run your life, "fuck you" and you do what you want, within the bounds of law and decency. Copperfield's stash is more like "fuck you" money. Of course, this all assumes that the numbers are fully accurate in the first place, and whether or not it accounts for certain non-liquid assets, like perhaps investments, property owned or collections of magic memorabilia, fine art, etc.
