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Off Topic Chat => The Conversation Parlor => Topic started by: phantom1412 on January 03, 2012, 11:10:45 PM
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I found this project and I think it's very interesting.
Check it out!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803756771/skallops-build-big?ref=search (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803756771/skallops-build-big?ref=search)
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Wow, that idea is just amazing. I can't believe that this project has already reached it's goal in only 12 hours. Although I love the product itself, I am hesitant on getting this because of my tight wallet. We'll see how it goes!
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I backed this!, there was a thread not long ago about what you do with old cards.... This would be ideal!
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That looks amazing, thanks for sharing! Now, if only I had a little more money... ::)
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me too i hope that i have more money i spent too much on the blue crown when they have the new years shipping
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Wow!! I'm glad you posted this! I wouldn't have wanted to miss out on these. I'm thinking of getting the starter pack and making the circle with some vortex decks, and then hanging out one of my walls. I think it would be some of the coolest art (if I do I'll send you a picture Alex) :)
These are so cool, I feel like a little kid with legos again ;D
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Wow, that idea is just amazing. I can't believe that this project has already reached it's goal in only 12 hours. Although I love the product itself, I am hesitant on getting this because of my tight wallet. We'll see how it goes!
you will be able to get it kpop, im getting $70 worth of merch from you
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These look pretty awesome! Some of the stuff they built was really impressive, and it's a great idea.
But again, I'm pretty tight for cash right now, and I'm unlikely to get anything that isn't a deck of cards.
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These look pretty awesome! Some of the stuff they built was really impressive, and it's a great idea.
But again, I'm pretty tight for cash right now, and I'm unlikely to get anything that isn't a deck of cards.
But every set comes with at least one pack of cards! 8)
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But every set comes with at least one pack of cards! 8)
Haha, how did I know that someone would say that? But if I'm just getting it for the cards, that would mean dropping $30 on some standard bikes. :P
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Wow, that idea is just amazing. I can't believe that this project has already reached it's goal in only 12 hours. Although I love the product itself, I am hesitant on getting this because of my tight wallet. We'll see how it goes!
That should do! I have a few more orders & pre-orders coming in too! I'm exited to be backing this in the future.
you will be able to get it kpop, im getting $70 worth of merch from you.
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looks great but im not going to get it.
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That's actually pretty cool but a bit expensive for what it is, in my opinion.
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Appearantly, this project's funds are going to skyrocket because D&D AND Ellusionist have published media output about it.
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Nah for me. I agree with Victoria, with the prices I rather buy Lego sets and have more fun with them.
Why make a Tie fighter out of cards when I can make a Tie fighter out of legos? Just IMHO of course.
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Nah for me. I agree with Victoria, with the prices I rather buy Lego sets and have more fun with them.
Why make a Tie fighter out of cards when I can make a Tie fighter out of legos? Just IMHO of course.
Playing cards do look cooler than Legos, but for the price, give me Legos!
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I actually came across these not long after their release on my search for "Playing cards" on kickstarter and thought of what an awesome idea they are.
Sadly my wallet is also a bit tight at the moment and can't afford items like this especially at the price they are. Great idea though
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Appearantly, this project's funds are going to skyrocket because D&D AND Ellusionist have published media output about it.
Yeah this project is getting big media attention from both the big magic companies and the blogosphere! I think it's pretty cool to see this thing grow so quickly. It really is one of the those brilliant ideas. Takes me back to my lego days
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I really hope to pick some of these up!
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Appearantly, this project's funds are going to skyrocket because D&D AND Ellusionist have published media output about it.
Yeah this project is getting big media attention from both the big magic companies and the blogosphere! I think it's pretty cool to see this thing grow so quickly. It really is one of the those brilliant ideas. Takes me back to my lego days
Aside from curiosity factor, I'm having a hard time picturing why the magic sites are so into this. Maybe they think more people will want to make stuff out of their decks, adding up to more sales for them... But still, should that alone be enough?
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Appearantly, this project's funds are going to skyrocket because D&D AND Ellusionist have published media output about it.
Yeah this project is getting big media attention from both the big magic companies and the blogosphere! I think it's pretty cool to see this thing grow so quickly. It really is one of the those brilliant ideas. Takes me back to my lego days
Aside from curiosity factor, I'm having a hard time picturing why the magic sites are so into this. Maybe they think more people will want to make stuff out of their decks, adding up to more sales for them... But still, should that alone be enough?
I know why Ellusionist is in on it. The project is practically promoting their Ghost decks with one of the rewards.
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I know why Ellusionist is in on it. The project is practically promoting their Ghost decks with one of the rewards.
A ha! I hadn't given the rewards a good look in a while - was that a more recent addition?
Anyway, that explains E - what's D&D's excuse?
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I know why Ellusionist is in on it. The project is practically promoting their Ghost decks with one of the rewards.
A ha! I hadn't given the rewards a good look in a while - was that a more recent addition?
Anyway, that explains E - what's D&D's excuse?
If i had to guess it could be something they could sell at magic con.
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At a handsome markup, I'm sure... Anyone buying it at Magic-Con and not at the Kickstart is a fool, IMO, and soon to be parted from his money.
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looks great but a bit to much money.
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Here's the new update for this project!! Some awesome news!
"It's been wild lately, thanks to all of you! We shot past $25,000, then $40,000, then $50,000, all in the last week. Many of you found us through the Kickstarter weekly email, and so we wanted to give a big Thanks! to Kickstarter for mentioning us and also to you for clicking through, watching our video, and backing us.
Since we've gotten so far past our initial goal, we've been looking into things we can do with the increased funding. One of our crazy ideas when we first came up with the Skallops was to include a deck of playing cards where every card featured a different construction technique. 52 different ways to build—it would be way cooler than any instruction booklet we could include. But we shelved the idea because of the large minimum order we would need for quality custom cards
Now that we've gotten so far beyond our original goal, we called up Bicycle and checked the details. And it turns out that because of all your support, we're close to being able to do it!
So what do we need? If we can raise $75,000 before the project ends on January 30th, then we will be able to create and print the Skallops Construction Guide deck of cards. We'll send one with every pledge, for no extra cost, in addition to the card decks that are already a part of your pledge.
We can do it with your help! Send a link to our project to your friends who might be interested, post to Facebook and Twitter, and help us get the word out. If each of you finds one additional backer, we'll be there in no time at all and we'll be sending you a sweet custom deck.
We're starting to talk to a graphic designer about the card images, but here are some simple mockups we've done of a few of the most important shapes we use when we're building structures: the equilateral truss, the two clipped together Skallops, and the simple card house tee-pee. As we get more (*ahem*) professional assistance in the diagrams, we'll post updates, including our ideas for the backs.
Designingly,
Evan, Marshall, and Mike
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/projects/63194/posts/166908/image-88065-full.jpg?1327636405)"
So it looks like this one could end up coming with a custom USPCC deck!! Pretty awesome and maybe that makes those who weren't interested at first think twice haha.
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The idea of getting a custom deck with my pledge is certainly very attractive...
But with the minimum pledge being $30, I think I'll give this one a miss.