Fuego! Day of the Dead Playing Cards [KS Live]

[HankMan]

"The Fuego! Playing Cards is the debut deck of Cellar Window. It will have a limited print run through LPCC (Legends Playing Card Company). These cards are inspired by the works of Mexican political printmaker José Guadalupe Posada and his Calaveras and the Latin phrase "Memento Mori". Each design are all illustrated in-house in a very colorful and detailed style. The tuck case will feature the classic long flap, perforated custom stamp seal, inner calavera motif print and exterior embossing to further accentuate the design and to give added texture."

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1445131985/fuego-day-of-the-dead-inspired-playing-cards/?ref=kicktraq

[HolyJJ]

That's a somewhat weird design... and the court characters or cute (in a weird way).

Right then, I'll head over to KS and pledge for a few decks

[HankMan]

That's a somewhat weird design... and the court characters or cute (in a weird way).

Right then, I'll head over to KS and pledge for a few decks

it is cute haha 
and the fact is going to be printed by LPCC it is even better 

[Justin O.]

I thought the Fuego retail chain was making a deck of cards for a second, reinforced by the cute style and color palate. These are charming, and I'm glad they don't seem to have any connections to the tacky hipster tchotchke store of the same name.

[HolyJJ]

That's a somewhat weird design... and the court characters or cute (in a weird way).

Right then, I'll head over to KS and pledge for a few decks

it is cute haha 
and the fact is going to be printed by LPCC it is even better 

Absolutely brother, gotta love Legends!

It's interesting that in the past month a few kickstarter projects have chosen to go with LPCC's Emerald Finish. I liked the Serpentine deck very much, and so I was looking forward to seeing more decks with that stock/finish.

I'm confident that this project will get funded, and I look forward to receiving my brick ‎

[HankMan]

Absolutely brother, gotta love Legends!

It's interesting that in the past month a few kickstarter projects have chosen to go with LPCC's Emerald Finish. I liked the Serpentine deck very much, and so I was looking forward to seeing more decks with that stock/finish.

I'm confident that this project will get funded, and I look forward to receiving my brick ‎

Now that is something that I have to experience. I never had the serpentine yet, at least for now.

[Don Boyer]

I thought the Fuego retail chain was making a deck of cards for a second, reinforced by the cute style and color palate. These are charming, and I'm glad they don't seem to have any connections to the tacky hipster tchotchke store of the same name.

Never even heard of the store until you mentioned it.  http://shopfuego.com  It's definitely more for the female end of the hipster spectrum.  At least they don't cost an arm and a leg - the stuff's pretty cheap, considering what it could sell for in a real hipster store here in New York.

But yeah, no relation.  Fuego is simply Spanish for fire.

[Justin O.]

Never even heard of the store until you mentioned it.  http://shopfuego.com  It's definitely more for the female end of the hipster spectrum.  At least they don't cost an arm and a leg - the stuff's pretty cheap, considering what it could sell for in a real hipster store here in New York.
But yeah, no relation.  Fuego is simply Spanish for fire.

You're not missing anything, in Portland fuego is english for crappy trinkets and cliche T's' but we don't have any lack of expensive boutiques that pull up the higher end of the Hipster spectrum either, so every income bracket of fixie riders is covered.

It's interesting that in the past month a few kickstarter projects have chosen to go with LPCC's Emerald Finish. I liked the Serpentine deck very much, and so I was looking forward to seeing more decks with that stock/finish.

How many different finishes does LPCC have?

[HolyJJ]

Justin,

LPCC offer 3 types of cards -- diamond finish (just like the master finish by EPCC) and classic finish, both of which are produced in Taiwan, and finally the Emerald Finish which is produced in PRC.

[HankMan]

Justin,

LPCC offer 3 types of cards -- diamond finish (just like the master finish by EPCC) and classic finish, both of which are produced in Taiwan, and finally the Emerald Finish which is produced in PRC.

Wait is the emerald finish the same as EPCC global Titan deck finish?
What would you say the difference between the emerald finish with classic finish?

[HolyJJ]

The EPCC Global Titan finish (which is the same as HOPC's Nautical deck) is actually very different to the Emerald Finish. Although both are printed in China, the Emeral Finish utilises an imported European card stock.

Also, the coating is very different... the Global Titans had something of a drier coating, where as the Emerald Finish uses more of a slick, varnish-like coating.
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LPCC describe the Emerald Finish as having flexibility that is somewhere between the feel of the Diamond Finish and the Classic Finish... and I think that is fairly accurate. The card stock is very thin (thinner than even the Legends V1 and the Bee Erdnase 216 deck by CARC), and has really good snap to it.

Like all LPCC and EPCC‎, it outlasts USPCC decks a few times over.

‎I like it very much, and for those who haven't tried using the Serpentine deck yet, I highly recommend it -- at the price that Legends are selling it at, with low cost worldwide shipping, you can't go wrong!

http://legendsplayingcards.com/products/serpentine
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[Collector]

Several modest words about Fuego Playing Cards by Cellar Window:

http://playingcardcollector.net/2015/06/09/fuego-playing-cards-by-cellar-window/