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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #375 on: December 04, 2013, 07:40:37 PM »
 

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It's been a while ...
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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #376 on: December 04, 2013, 08:29:56 PM »
 

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A few of the decks that came in these past few days



 

Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #377 on: December 05, 2013, 12:09:05 PM »
 

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While waiting for my Black Friday stuff to reach me here across the ocean, I managed to get some decks today from two local sellers.
 

Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #378 on: December 05, 2013, 12:13:02 PM »
 

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Wow, nice haul there Nurul, Badpete and Firdawesome, well done guys  8)
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« Reply #379 on: December 05, 2013, 12:34:07 PM »
 

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Nice score on the DB gear.
 

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« Reply #380 on: December 05, 2013, 07:43:41 PM »
 

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The post office was very kind to me today.



A sampling of what's inside, not disappointed by any of them.

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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #381 on: December 06, 2013, 12:41:04 AM »
 

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Wow, nice haul there Nurul, Badpete and Firdawesome, well done guys  8)

Nice score on the DB gear.

Thanks guys! I've been eyeing the DB variety box but the prices on eBay are a bit high for me. Finally got a great deal from a nice chap selling off all his decks.
 

Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #382 on: December 06, 2013, 02:25:18 AM »
 

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More packages today?  :D




t11 in the house!




Off to Venice!





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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #383 on: December 06, 2013, 03:18:45 AM »
 

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Wow! Great picture of the Venexiana! Thanks  ;)

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« Reply #384 on: December 06, 2013, 06:20:02 AM »
 

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Gratz Rob!! I'm gonna start calling your cat Vanna  ;)
 

Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #385 on: December 06, 2013, 03:40:30 PM »
 

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6x Mystery decks...can't wait to get these guys

Please let us know what you got - we've been debating the value of this year's offerings.

Yes please let us know. I told asked my mother to pick me up a couple for Christmas. I'll let you know how I fare.

Punch to the gut, Denim - Eco - 2 Smoke Reprints - Bruce Lees - Fulton's Clip Joints...couldn't be much worse. oh wait, several of the boxes arrived damaged and I'm pretty sure I can't return them.
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Starting to get better...have to stay dedicated...can't lose any more cards in the middle of a trick.  Literally, completely lost a card.
 

Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #386 on: December 06, 2013, 04:49:56 PM »
 

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Chin up bukaroo, you tried and now you got it out of your system so to speak. Experiment didn't go as planned, no need to repeat it next year  :P
 

Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #387 on: December 06, 2013, 05:57:31 PM »
 

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Some recent packages. It's been a good week. I actually got the Streamlines at Walmart. Only a buck a piece!



The bottom row is from from Fanofyankees13. Awesome seller!
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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #388 on: December 06, 2013, 06:14:56 PM »
 

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Punch to the gut, Denim - Eco - 2 Smoke Reprints - Bruce Lees - Fulton's Clip Joints...couldn't be much worse. oh wait, several of the boxes arrived damaged and I'm pretty sure I can't return them.

Pretty much as a predicted, but it's more of a worst-case version.

If you receive decks in damaged condition, regardless of whether they were mystery decks or known up front, you should be entitled to replacements of the same decks.  So you should contact them - unless you don't care and plan to use the decks for practice or something like that, in which case, what the box looks like won't matter so much.  It's not exactly like it would be a problem for them to produce - every single deck you got is their own product and still in stock.

The plus is that of those six decks, only the Fulton's Clip Joint is a bit lagging in the performance department - the other five would likely be excellent to work with.  I keep semi-junky, "bang-around" decks in my pocket all the time - when I perform in public, I don't get heartbroken if they get trashed by a spectator.
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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #389 on: December 06, 2013, 07:51:45 PM »
 

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HandSkillz, just be glad you didn't get stuck with all the same deck. Last year, of the brick I bought, 4 were Ask Alexander decks. I found out I hate them.
The S&M reprints are actually pretty nice cards. I really enjoy practicing with them and my spectators love the way they look. Wouldn't pay ten bucks for one, but close.
 

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« Reply #390 on: December 07, 2013, 12:43:35 AM »
 

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Some recent packages. It's been a good week. I actually got the Streamlines at Walmart. Only a buck a piece!



The bottom row is from from Fanofyankees13. Awesome seller!

How are the Empire? I'm still waiting for mine, but I hope the registration on the cards came out really good.
 

Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #391 on: December 07, 2013, 12:51:22 AM »
 

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Some recent packages. It's been a good week. I actually got the Streamlines at Walmart. Only a buck a piece!

Damn.  Last WalMart I checked, they were out of stock on Streamlines.  Those are American-made ones, right?  Some recent older models were made in China, and before that some were made in Spain, most likely by Fournier.  The Chinese ones are TERRIBLE - making an Erdnase Exchange with them is a test of patience.

I might have to offer you a trade for some in the future, if your shop has more!
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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #392 on: December 07, 2013, 01:40:54 AM »
 

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Punch to the gut, Denim - Eco - 2 Smoke Reprints - Bruce Lees - Fulton's Clip Joints...couldn't be much worse. oh wait, several of the boxes arrived damaged and I'm pretty sure I can't return them.

Pretty much as a predicted, but it's more of a worst-case version.

If you receive decks in damaged condition, regardless of whether they were mystery decks or known up front, you should be entitled to replacements of the same decks.  So you should contact them - unless you don't care and plan to use the decks for practice or something like that, in which case, what the box looks like won't matter so much.  It's not exactly like it would be a problem for them to produce - every single deck you got is their own product and still in stock.

The plus is that of those six decks, only the Fulton's Clip Joint is a bit lagging in the performance department - the other five would likely be excellent to work with.  I keep semi-junky, "bang-around" decks in my pocket all the time - when I perform in public, I don't get heartbroken if they get trashed by a spectator.

Yeah, if they don't do a return I'm pretty excited to at least try the Bruce Lee Deck, I've heard that they handle quite well from a friend of mine that got a pack yesterday.  The clip joints don't handle well? - too bad.  Maybe I'll trade the rest of the S&M decks for duplicates other people got haha.  Who wouldn't want a smoke, denim, and eco for a vintage plaid, fulton's october, and a deck to be named later? fml

Side question Don: if someone said you could only use one deck for the rest of your life, for practice AND (feel free to answer or too) performance, which deck(s) would it be?

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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #393 on: December 07, 2013, 02:04:47 AM »
 

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Yeah, if they don't do a return I'm pretty excited to at least try the Bruce Lee Deck, I've heard that they handle quite well from a friend of mine that got a pack yesterday.  The clip joints don't handle well? - too bad.  Maybe I'll trade the rest of the S&M decks for duplicates other people got haha.  Who wouldn't want a smoke, denim, and eco for a vintage plaid, fulton's october, and a deck to be named later? fml

Side question Don: if someone said you could only use one deck for the rest of your life, for practice AND (feel free to answer or too) performance, which deck(s) would it be?

-B

That's a tough one, and I think we've had a topic along those lines before.  I'm going to start a fresh topic for it.

The Fulton's Clip Joint decks were a nice design with nice stock, but something about the finish caused it to wear out quickly.
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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #394 on: December 07, 2013, 02:54:02 AM »
 

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Some recent packages. It's been a good week. I actually got the Streamlines at Walmart. Only a buck a piece!

The bottom row is from from Fanofyankees13. Awesome seller!

How are the Empire? I'm still waiting for mine, but I hope the registration on the cards came out really good.

They're AWESOME. The USPCC really nailed the registration. Perfectly even.



The only problem I have with it is that the inside of the box was scuffed up pretty bad. Hope it's just that deck.




Some recent packages. It's been a good week. I actually got the Streamlines at Walmart. Only a buck a piece!

Damn.  Last WalMart I checked, they were out of stock on Streamlines.  Those are American-made ones, right?  Some recent older models were made in China, and before that some were made in Spain, most likely by Fournier.  The Chinese ones are TERRIBLE - making an Erdnase Exchange with them is a test of patience.

I might have to offer you a trade for some in the future, if your shop has more!

Yup! I was ecstatic when I saw them. Walmart had a rip-off of the Streamlines about a month ago, but these are the real deal!





My camera isn't good enough to get a picture of the bottom of the box, so here's the USPCC seal.



I'll swing by Walmart tomorrow. If there's still some left, I'll clean them out and tell you.
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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #395 on: December 07, 2013, 02:58:00 AM »
 

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More packages today?  :D




t11 in the house!




Off to Venice!





Khloe approves!



How are the exquisites? I'm thinking of picking up the red/blue combo.
Starting to get better...have to stay dedicated...can't lose any more cards in the middle of a trick.  Literally, completely lost a card.
 

Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #396 on: December 07, 2013, 06:05:47 AM »
 

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How are the exquisites? I'm thinking of picking up the red/blue combo.

They're absolutely fantastic.  Vintage faces, thin but firm stock and a fantastic coating and finish.  Fresh out of the box, they perform like a broken-in pack of Legends v1.
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« Reply #397 on: December 08, 2013, 01:23:47 AM »
 

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Some new acquisitions.  Probably the best Black Friday deal I got in on, mystery brick from Sharpie on UC.

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Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #398 on: December 08, 2013, 09:47:34 AM »
 

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Hey guys,
I just got back from Hong Kong where I went a bit crazy buying decks because they can't be found in Australia.
Here's a picture of each unique deck in my haul (I also got duplicates of some that I didn't include in the picture).
What do you guys think?
I can't even say which one of those decks was the best find (Note: the jerry's in the photo aren't real, the shop keeper was upfront about that - I just bought one to feel what the handling of fake jerry's are like then I remembered I've never handled real Jerry's so... I can't compare XD. But scarily enough they handle well, they fan like crap but riffle beautifully.)

This image is a compressed one because the full one kept giving me an error :S
 

Re: Post Your Collection / Your Newest Acquisitions
« Reply #399 on: December 08, 2013, 10:02:26 AM »
 

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Nice stash there MrMollusk, chach  and Jonathan you did go crazy, lol. Nice additions everyone, Gratrz!