I want a minimum of two bricks of these!
I'm genuinely interested in knowing whether the cardstock and coating is going to be exactly the same as the V2 Legends, and whether there is going to be a difference.
Whatever the case, quality wise they are leaps and bounds ahead of USPCC, and so I'll be buying them anyway.
The Legends Playing Card Company and the Expert Playing Card Company both use the same printer in Taiwan to do their work now. Expert has used other printers in the past, but not Legends. Legends is also taking print jobs from deck designers, predominantly from Asia, in much the same way Expert works in North America. They appear to work together rather than as competitors.
In other words, rest assured they're likely to be using the same process and stock - or something improved!
Hey Don.
I'm fully aware of the fact that the Legends Playing Card Company and CARC/EPCC work together alot, and are not competitors -- I've always kept a close eye on anything LPPC related ever since the first teaser photo of the Legends V1 were released.
When talking about what to expect from stocks/finishes for this deck, I guess I wasn't too clear...
Although EPCC do work together with LPPC, the stock for the Exquisites is definitely different to the stock for say the Fatboy or Legends V2 decks. Yes, both are high quality... but they are NOT exactly the same in their handling -- some will prefer one to the other.
I personally prefer the V2 Legends -- the cardstock is definitely thicker, the I find them to have a better slip factor. Also, the Legends V2 last a heck of a lot longer than the Exquisites (for me, anyway). They're definitely not the same though.
I guess what I was trying to ask was which of those two stocks will this new version of Legends be using... or if it is something different (or an upgrade, kind of like from V1 to V2 Legends), which of the stocks (master or diamond) will the new stock be closer to?
