"some additions to your collection enclosed"

  reveal!

Oh, nothing too ridiculous.  A couple of the 130 decks, a Zombie, a Club 808 Joker deck, the Craft Beer deck, and one of the 2008 election decks.  A couple there that I didn't have, so all in all, an awesome reply!

I was just about to pledge for these and then I saw that back design,

It kind of looks like a unicorn puked on a playing card.

Sweet. That is a neat back design.  I feel like someone needs to put together a vintage back design web page (non-Bicycle). 

Nice find!  Any idea on manufacture date?

Your information on both the Play Rights and the Studs are extremely welcome.  Hopefully we'll see a lot more of you around here - the majority of people on this message board are very friendly.

Agreed. 

(And I just narrowly managed to pick up the last 25 decks of Studs from my local Walgreen's...)

Streamlines rule!  And for a buck, you can't beat 'em.   

Oh I didn't notice they were bridge size. Why would they do that? Who in this community uses bridge size over poker size..... pretty much no one. 

Perhaps they were designed for and intended to be sold to ACTUAL CARD PLAYERS and not "the community."

I did confirm with USPC that these are a limited retail release through the BJ's Warehouse Club, just like last year's "Heritage Design' series.  Unfortunately, none of the BJ's locations near me have them (at least not yet).  However, I did score 6 more of last year's sets for $11.99 each- not bad for 5 decks plus the latest version of "Official Rules of Card Games."   

My apologies to anyone who may have tried to open the website in Internet Explorer.  I just opened it with IE for the first time and found a ton of freaky-deaky html artifacts.  But I have cleaned those up, and in the process, made a few revisions.
http://www.jimknapp.com/Cards/Bicycle.htm

I have also added a little bit more info and a couple more backs at the end in the section dealing with some of the more modern backs.  If anyone has any suggestions for USPCC-issued non-Rider backs, or any corrections generally, please feel free to message me and let me know.

Thanks!

Really?! I didn't hear about the "Big Gun" reprints. Were they good quality?

I honestly haven't opened mine yet.  But if you'd like a pair, you can find them from the usual resellers on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TWO-DECKS-Bicycle-Big-Gun-playing-cards-NEW-/250803692652?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a6510a46c

I can't enforce copyright claims unless they are legal. My advice is to upload all your images with a Creative Commons license. Just use http://deviantart.com for that.

Legally, copyright inheres in the creator at the moment the work is created, and becomes enforceable.  You can also take the additional step of registering your copyright with the appropriate governmental body, which provides additional protections, but it is not necessary to do so for the creator to have a valid, legally-enforceable copyright.

I'd say the Congress brand (bridge size) court cards, followed by the vintage ones on the Angel-back Squeezers.  You can keep your deathy, gothy court cards and their crossed-out eyes!

Plus they smell weird.

I often play cards with my old decks.