In case you haven't seen, Black Lions, Blue Edition, $6 each, today (1/15) only.

Two Reserve, Three Regular for me.

These designers and companies frustrate me. Why they insist that I go through the trouble of actually ordering is beyond me. They know what I like, and they have my credit card number on file. They should just drive by my house, jam as many into the mailbox as they can, and then charge me accordingly. Simple.

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Thank you for the update. I'm a bit impatient, I suppose! :-)

Good work/posts, Don! Thank you!

I never received a response to my inquiry to the Blain store, but in the last hour, my tracking number has updated to a "Departed NTX" (USPS shipping center in TX) status with a delivery in 3 days.

No update on my tracking number...still the same "Picked up" that it's shown since the 4th. A "Hey we've had some issues, sorry for the delay" e-mail would have been nice. I'm anxious to get these and check them out.

I don't mind the dating, but the reference to Black Friday, one of the most ridiculous days in my opinion, is just plain weird. That said, I picked up a couple for the collection anyway.

I bought a quantity and completed checkout at 12:02. Went back to get a few more 2 minutes later, and they were showing as sold out.

I agree completely. I have been VERY satisfied with their last few releases. Very unique and the quality is definitely there as well.

As a collector, I agree wholeheartedly with Don. I already had examples of both versions, but decided not to buy any from this release. I checked the V2 selling prices (actual completed auctions where the item sold), and most decks were only a few dollars more that the price of this release, with a few decks even selling for the "new" price. If they are selling at list price before the "last ones ever/we found some in the warehouse/last of our stock/et cetera" group is released, then the value will remain flat at, or near, retail price. In  my mind, the new version released did hurt the value of the first version significantly. Based on selling prices, I'd say that it's a similar thing.

That's exactly what I was thinking as well. Although it didn't specifically say that all would be different, 5 decks a month would be 60 in a year, and that's a sizable number.

I use the UltraPros as well. The decks are a bit snug (Not to the point of any damage), and I wish that there was a click retention system for the front cover, but they work well. I probably have a couple of hundred for some of my most prized decks. I can't remember at the moment where I bought them, but I would buy in cases of 50 for the price break.