An ODD pair of Bicycle Standards

[Card Player]

As attached, I saw this on eBay. Anyone notice anything ODD about them?

[Anthony]

Judging by the seal, are the tucks printed backwards? I don't think I've ever seen the back of the Standards, I'm assuming they have the card back design. But I'm sticking to the seals being the clue.

[CrankUP]

Any description on whether they are "normal" decks or misprints?

[Rob Wright]

Looks just like the one I have in my hand now. The only thing I see is the blue looks lighter than my deck. That could just be my computer.

[piegoesmoo]

Any description on whether they are "normal" decks or misprints?

These are normal. They sell these at my local Wal-Mart. On the other side is just a Bicycle logo in landscape.

[Card Player]

Any description on whether they are "normal" decks or misprints?

These are normal. They sell these at my local Wal-Mart. On the other side is just a Bicycle logo in landscape.

A tuck box usually opens from the back. These have the seal on the front and therefore open from the front. The eBay listing mentions nothing about a misprint. It looks like a tuck box printing error that USPCC had to seal from the front. It's backwards. USPCC does not want the seal covering the brand name.

[Rob Wright]

Any description on whether they are "normal" decks or misprints?

These are normal. They sell these at my local Wal-Mart. On the other side is just a Bicycle logo in landscape.

A tuck box usually opens from the back. These have the seal on the front and therefore open from the front. The eBay listing mentions nothing about a misprint. It looks like a tuck box printing error that USPCC had to seal from the front. It's backwards. USPCC does not want the seal covering the brand name.

I never noticed that, but the 2 pack I got from Walmart are the same. Mine doesn't have the landscape logo. it has a picture of a red and blue back along with 10H.
All of my custom decks are the other way, with the seal on opposite side.

[Don Boyer]

We have an OLD topic about this deck.  http://aethercards.com/discourse/playing-card-plethora/bicycle-standard-new-box-design/

For a brief time, Wal-Mart had an exclusive version of Bicycle Standards.  The "face" was on the back of the box.  The front of the box had the Bicycle logo shown in landscape in the appropriate color.  They were shrink-wrapped in a side-by-side, two-deck set, never sold individually - only one of the decks had the copyright info on it, the red one I think.  They were cheap and looked different, so people started making a fuss about them.  I bought some extras and was selling them here for a while.

After a while, Wal-Mart sold out of the exclusive version they were selling and offered the standard two-deck set you could find at drugstores and stationery shops all over the country.  You might catch a pair here and there that were dug out of the back of the stock room, but they're pretty much gone by now.

[Card Player]

We have an OLD topic about this deck.  http://aethercards.com/discourse/playing-card-plethora/bicycle-standard-new-box-design/

For a brief time, Wal-Mart had an exclusive version of Bicycle Standards.  The "face" was on the back of the box.  The front of the box had the Bicycle logo shown in landscape in the appropriate color.  They were shrink-wrapped in a side-by-side, two-deck set, never sold individually - only one of the decks had the copyright info on it, the red one I think.  They were cheap and looked different, so people started making a fuss about them.  I bought some extras and was selling them here for a while.

After a while, Wal-Mart sold out of the exclusive version they were selling and offered the standard two-deck set you could find at drugstores and stationery shops all over the country.  You might catch a pair here and there that were dug out of the back of the stock room, but they're pretty much gone by now.

Thanks for the info Don

Not the easiest OLD topic to find in the search.

[Don Boyer]

Thanks for the info Don

Not the easiest OLD topic to find in the search.

I know.  Just wish it still had the photos from the eBay sale...

[S. Carey]

My brother bought a pair of decks like this around Christmas time. I don't think they are sold out completely. They were located at Walmart by the checkout registers right around where they sell batteries, beef jerky and stress balls and the free aol discs. 

 

[Don Boyer]

My brother bought a pair of decks like this around Christmas time. I don't think they are sold out completely. They were located at Walmart by the checkout registers right around where they sell batteries, beef jerky and stress balls and the free aol discs.

As I said, there's likely to be odd amounts here and there - WalMart's got a massive warehousing operation, like the place they lost the Ark of the Convenant but on steroids.  But it doesn't appear to be something that's being regularly stocked any longer nor is it still being made by USPC.