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"Reflections" Playing Card Deck (KS)
« on: September 14, 2013, 02:38:57 PM »
 

Rob Wright

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Project by: Mike Dawdy and Joshua Hulsebosch
First created, $20,000 goal, $10 per deck, non-branded

"Designed by two young dreamers, produced by Bicycle and The USPCC, comes a new luxury line of playing card."
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Re: "Reflections" Playing Card Deck (KS)
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2013, 06:43:03 PM »
 

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The mirrored courts are an interesting idea.  The tuck box is, well, bland - and has nothing to do with the designs inside.  Same for the deck back.  They could have used both to better portray the mirroring concept.

And am I the only one who thinks they're trying too hard with the hidden features?  I mean look at this:

What’s Under the Hood?

The Reflections deck by Classics Features:

52 beautifully designed cards
Mirror Effect
Embedded Gears
Hidden Morse Code
Shattered Suits on all Face Cards
Printed on Bicycle stock
Coated with Bicycle’s Patented Finish
Limited Edition – a Canadian Kickstarters Special!

Control the Finished Project

Stretch Goals

•   150% - Shatter the Suits of Every Card

•   175% - Custom Gaff Cards

•   200% - Custom Mirrored Jokers


Gears?  Morse code?  Is this stealth steampunk/gearpunk?  And does it really cost 50% above project goal to "shatter" the suits on all the cards?  It's a cut-n-paste job, nothing more!

Someone forgot the K.I.S.S. principle...
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Re: "Reflections" Playing Card Deck (KS)
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2013, 06:50:33 PM »
 

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At least it's using the mirror concept better than The Mirrored By Design Deck   http://kck.st/13R29Dt
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Re: "Reflections" Playing Card Deck (KS)
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2013, 07:38:53 PM »
 

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At least it's using the mirror concept better than The Mirrored By Design Deck   http://kck.st/13R29Dt

A five-year-old could use the mirror concept better than Mirrored by Design!  That's not exactly the highest bar to vault...
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Re: "Reflections" Playing Card Deck (KS)
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2013, 05:26:12 AM »
 

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The back design is very disconnected from the faces of the cards. The courts are interesting though. The concept seems to have promise and interests me. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of the execution.
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Re: "Reflections" Playing Card Deck (KS)
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2013, 08:40:25 AM »
 

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Well the deck is by "two young dreamers" but is it just me or is this not a Bicycle deck?  I'm confused.  I figured out the morse code bit, (that wasn't hard).  And while it's not terrible, I'm not quite digging on it either.  I don't get a feel of Dorian Gray and I don't really feel like I'm looking in a mirror.  I hate the shattered suits, I think the shatter design they did in their other image mimics more of what shattered glass would look like.  It's just not what I'm looking for.  Come on Canada, give us something more than Hokey and comedians!
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