I was perusing this:
http://www.ellusionist.com/gaff-system-madison-morelli-jones.htmlWhen I found THIS:
When we took the finalised artwork to USPCC we were told that the Gaff System could not be made. The photo realism of some of the cards in the deck used too many colors for the printers to handle, and cards like the ‘Chaptrick’ had them worried - because it looked ‘so much’ like a real Chapstick it sent their legal department scurrying.
Undeterred, we found our own printer who not only matched the feel of the cards in the deck to those in the Artifice Deck - but printed with such high quality that even Mike Clarke, who created the graphics for the deck, was impressed.So, USPC did NOT print the Artifice Gaff decks... And the end result matched USPC, with HIGH QUALITY graphics as well... Interesting... Makes me wonder who did the work. Also makes me wonder if E will continue to use this new printer INSTEAD OF USPC.
Now I really want to get my hands on them!
There will actually be SIX decks. There's a "standard" pack of gaffs and a deck containing only gaffs for the "Angle Z" trick - they're meant to be given as souvenirs to spectators, plus Daniel Madison is releasing a separate DVD just to cover that one trick, though a basic handling will appear on the Artifice Gaff System DVD as well. Each deck will come in three colors - we know about green and v2 blue, but I thought purple was to be the third color, not Tundra. Could simply be that I'm forgetful.
The deck will initially ONLY come as a set with the DVD - at a $15 savings from regular retail for both, so it will sell for $69.90 instead of $84.90. Still, that's a LOT of cash for a gaff deck and a DVD - I don't recall the Arcane set going for anything that high. Then again, this is supposedly a bar-raiser in terms of the quality of the gaffs. Each item will be sold individually in 2014.
