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The Conversation Parlor / Possible meet up Week of June 22, 2014 1/2 way between Buffalo and Toronto?

« on: May 24, 2014, 10:51:17 AM »

Hey guys,

I'll be up in the Buffalo, NY area the week of June 22 for some training. I know it's not exactly in Toronto, but it's 2.5 hours away. Any chance any of you Torontonians or Northern NY'ers would want to meet up that week? I'd love to put some faces to names and meet you guys. Maybe we could meet half way?

I know it's a stretch, but thought it might be cool.

Let me know.
J

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Playing Card Plethora / Roulou - Playing Cards (KS)

« on: April 17, 2014, 04:22:44 PM »

Didn't see anything about this one...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/733086294/roulou-playing-cards

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Playing Card Plethora / Start 'em young!

« on: March 29, 2014, 11:09:44 PM »

Here's a couple of pics I took tonight of my 6 month old son, Connor. His onesie has a bowtie on it and thought it'd be fun to see him "perform"....

In the blurry one, he almost got them into his mouth! LOL

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Playing Card Plethora / Cards in Advertising

« on: March 24, 2014, 09:08:33 PM »

I was at the store the other day and saw these bottles. It got me to wondering how often have playing cards been used in advertising?

I've seen plenty of decks that have a companie's name on that back of the card or on the tuck, but what about just a picture or drawing of a card/cards in the advert?

Thought this might be a fun topic to share what you've seen.

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The Pasteboard Bazaar - Sales, Trades & In Search Of (STISO) / Can be deleted/trashed

« on: March 18, 2014, 08:07:04 PM »

Cards have been found, no longer ISO.

Thanks!

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Playing Card Plethora / The Minimalist Deck: Helvetica (KS)

« on: February 18, 2014, 03:05:06 PM »

Searched before posting. Didn't see anything, so... Just saw this:
http://kck.st/1eNx7uC

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Playing Card Plethora / Sealed or Open

« on: February 07, 2014, 08:23:01 PM »

So, I'm struggling mightily with too many decks I'd really like to add to my collection, and no where near enough money to buy them all.

When I first started collecting, and I really liked the deck, I'd try to buy two decks if they were available. One to keep sealed for the "display" collection (even though they are all currently in boxes, I have plans!

) and one deck to open and handle.

As time has worn on, and funds have depleted, I am cutting way back, even on the decks I want to open and handle. So, my question to you all is:

Do you open the decks you collect or leave them sealed? This obviously only applies to decks you've bought that were sealed to begin with. Do you buy an extra deck (or brick?) to have decks to handle?

Just curious.

I think in the end, I will likely open the singles I have at some point, and just enjoy the cards. I'm not in this to make money, so I think i'll be ok with that line of thought. My only caveat may be when it's an expensive deck.

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Introduce Yourself / Hello everyone

« on: January 26, 2014, 10:58:25 AM »

Hello.

James here. I'm originally from Philadelphia, PA and now live in the suburbs of the city. I'm foremost a collector, and am also dabbling with flourishing and magic. But I only aspire to get good enough to impress my 2 kids

I have a few collections of different things, but came to cards while browsing Kickstarter one day for technical projects. I think it was the Americana deck that first caught my eye and started me down this path. I tend to get a little obsessed when I find something new that I like, and cards have not been any different.

I was lucky enough last year to win a contest to help co-develop a custom deck of cards and am excited about that. I've also been working on the development of a couple of my own decks for more than a year. That has been a long road, and the first deck is slowly, but finally, coming together.

Thanks for reading if you made it this far

James

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