To quote the commercial, "Awesome sauce!" 

I figured out the marking system both the suits & numbers but I have no idea about the link.  Never been good at riddles, make my brain hurt.

Today was a good day for the collection. Got two packages in, one from USPCC with a few of their new offerings and the other is a deck that I found while shopping for a new 3-day pack for the car.  It's from Maxpedition which makes some high quality packs and tactical equipment.  Cards are full plastic and smell like PVC piping     .  They're a fun deck that will be able to withstand all sorts of abuse and I must say I really like the whimsical courts. I will be keeping a deck in my new bag (which I ended up getting from London Bridge Trading instead of Maxpedition).  If anyone's interested, cards can be bought for $3.99 here: http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/Tactical-Field-Deck-All-Weather-Playing-Cards-8p1860.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Quote from: Sparkz on March 03, 2014, 12:33:47 PM

Thanks HolyJJ....

....and very nice additions Verloren, I keep going back and forth on that Butterfly Deck, lol

Don't hesitate - it's a beautiful deck.  If I'm not mistaken, it was a Lotrek design, made for RSVP Magic in the UK.  The Timeless deck is his as well, from the same company, and another great design.  I'm also partial to the Dark Deco deck from RSVP, but it's not a Lotrek design.

Ha. I had just written over on UC that I really liked the Butterfly deck and considered it one of the more underestimated decks out there.  I didn't know it was a Lotrek design.

They're available for purchase now.  Picked up a pair of the Dark Diamonds and a set of the Question playing cards.  That 4-deck Bundle pack is a nifty deal too, but I already have a few of the fatboyeatallday cards. 

Damn, I would have loved to got that, but was busy playing skyrim and missed it.

I was looking at screen protectors for my new ipad and realized the time was just past noon central.  To quote the great super agent, Maxwell Smart, "Missed it by that much."

He posted pics of the AoS on his FB pag.  Looks like 4 decks so far, std and ltd editions of each one.   

I'm down for #3.

Put my order in for a few, well, after having to wait for their servers to come back online.  LOL  Don't think they were expecting that to happen.

I found them on eBay and I think I got a pretty good deal . The seller had several other auctions listed and they were very knowledgable about what they were selling, so I am guessing they may even be affiliated with this forum. Anyway, I was following several other auctions ending around the same time that I was outbid on; including an 1850 dougherty deck that skyrocketed in the last few hours, and this was the last one. I am interested in learning more about the deck, but I'm not going to research too much until my Hochman Encyclopedia and supplement arrives later this week (I finally sprung the money for them). Next up, a 52+ joker membership, but lets not be too hasty.

I thought it looked familiar, I was bidding on it too.  Guess you were the guy I cussed out for outbidding me.       So, do you want to trade, my dairy deck for the empress one?   

Picked up a nifty bridge size advertising deck today for Townsend West dairy products.  AoS is marked 1942, bridge pts card has copyright 1935, so that sounds about right.

My true feelings regarding Ho Chi Minh and anything celebrating him or his ways can not be voiced on a board such as this.  May he rot in hell.