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Bicycle Large Print
« on: January 13, 2013, 02:13:19 AM »
 

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The instant I saw these, they reminded me of the old Hoyle bridge decks with the huge indices that left no room for pips or court faces.  Same concept with a Rider Back.

http://www.shopbicyclecards.com/Bicycle-Large-Print-P182C42.aspx

All I need now is to know if these released last year or earlier this month...  It's not a collector's deck unless you must have ALL things Bicycle, but we're trying to compile a list of all of this year's releases from USPC and select other printers.  Anyone know the release date?
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Re: Bicycle Large Print
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2013, 06:41:08 AM »
 

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Don't know of the release date. Quick question though, wasn't this deck made for the same reason as the EZ See LoVision deck?
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Re: Bicycle Large Print
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2013, 08:55:16 PM »
 

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Don't know of the release date. Quick question though, wasn't this deck made for the same reason as the EZ See LoVision deck?
That's exactly what I thought. I like the simplistic idea, but I think they just wanted a new color scheme.
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Re: Bicycle Large Print
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2013, 12:50:23 AM »
 

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Re: Bicycle Large Print
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2013, 01:16:03 AM »
 

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Don't know of the release date. Quick question though, wasn't this deck made for the same reason as the EZ See LoVision deck?
That's exactly what I thought. I like the simplistic idea, but I think they just wanted a new color scheme.

Well, there are differences between the two.  The EZ See Lo-Vision deck is poker-sized and has both two-color and four-color designs for the pips on each card.  This deck appears to be two-color only, is bridge-sized and the indices are so large, two of them take up the entire face of the card - much bigger than on the LoVision.  As I stated, Hoyle used to sell a bridge deck very similar to this and I have a few examples of it at home.  This looks like USPC's Bicycle-branded version of that design, tweaked.
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Re: Bicycle Large Print
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2013, 02:21:01 AM »
 

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I bet those faces look amazing in a fan!
 

Re: Bicycle Large Print
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2013, 02:35:14 AM »
 

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I bet those faces look amazing in a fan!

Maybe from the back, but from the front, the indices are too huge.  You'd only see the slightest amount of each card unless you made a fan with them that was about six feet in diameter, and even then you'd only be seeing value letters and numbers, no pips, due to the pip placement on the cards.  Might as well fan a black-faced deck at that point...
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Re: Bicycle Large Print
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2013, 02:57:27 AM »
 

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