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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: CBJ on January 13, 2012, 06:01:53 PM
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Here's some pics of my miniature decks. I have my eye on 5 more I want to get, I'll post pics when they come in.
CBJ
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The lime green and baby blue deck looks amazing!
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The lime green and baby blue deck looks amazing!
i wish they would make a full size of that one.
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What are the 5 more that you have your eye on?
Those look pretty nice. :) The ones that I really want are the Stephen Rooks mini decks. They look pretty cool.
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nice the alchemist deck look really good
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Those are pretty sweet! I didn't even know that some of those decks came in the miniature size ???
What are the other 5 you're looking at?
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The other 5 I'm going to get are...
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/green.jpg)
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/tally.jpg)
and the yellow and green Hoyles out of this box
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/UntitledMedium.png)
And I really want to find this one...
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/looking.jpg)
CBJ
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Wow, where did you find the green minis? Also, how old are those Hoyles?
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Oh very cool! What comes in the holiday and halloween packs? Is it one deck or multiple?
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Mini Tally Hos!?!?? I want those! Do you know where to get them?
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Are mini decks plastic coated? I have a mini bike deck and it does not have those dimples
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I have a mini ghost deck and it's made in china and feels horrible in the hands... Can't say about the rest, though.
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Where did u get those from?
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Those all look really nice. Are they all made in China? because I have a Ghost Mini and a Bicycle Mini and they both handle bad and were made in china. I think an uncut sheet of a mini deck would be pretty sweet.
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Those all look really nice. Are they all made in China? because I have a Ghost Mini and a Bicycle Mini and they both handle bad and were made in china. I think an uncut sheet of a mini deck would be pretty sweet.
Sweet, but very small... :))
The mini Tally Ho decks are sold in Japan - they're VERY hard to get here, trust me, I've been trying. In Japan they're not exactly cheap, either. Lalita quoted me a price of something like US$13 a deck.
That's a sweet mini collection. The best use for minis is spelled out in the sheets the E mini decks come with; tricks that involve a card (or a deck) "shrinking" in the magician's hand, that sort of thing.
The Rooks decks are pretty cool - I have them in my briefcase. They probably handle better than my full-sized Rooks decks right about now! I got my set from eBay, from an Asian seller.
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Here it is. The link for a mini tally ho deck.
http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/mgm-gaming-fukuoka/95.html (http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/mgm-gaming-fukuoka/95.html)
In my opinion this is expensive. I don't own any of them.
But everything here in Japan is expensive in general.
Even the normal bicycle is around $8. T-T
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Here it is. The link for a mini tally ho deck.
http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/mgm-gaming-fukuoka/95.html (http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/mgm-gaming-fukuoka/95.html)
In my opinion this is expensive. I don't own any of them.
But everything here in Japan is expensive in general.
Even the normal bicycle is around $8. T-T
And this is the English translation of the same page!
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.shopping.yahoo.co.jp%2Fmgm-gaming-fukuoka%2F95.html
I get a kick over how "Tally Ho" translates as "Tariho"! Japan has many things, but an "L" sound in the native tongue isn't one of them!
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Well, Japanese people mostly couldn't distinguish the difference between "R" and "L".
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F**k, I'm going to hell because of laughing at sabacc's comment then liata's comment!!
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Those mini Tally-Hos look awesome! I'll definitely be looking to get them now. ;D
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The Tally-Ho's are easy to find.
Merz has them at his store.
I HATE promoting him, but he has both decks for less than $6USD together.
http://www.merz67.com/store/p/345-2-NEW-Decks-Tally-Ho-Mini-Red-Blue-Circle-Back-Playing-Cards-.aspx
Enjoy!
CBJ
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All the other questions...
"Wow, where did you find the green minis? Also, how old are those Hoyles?"
Mini greens: http://hobisulap.com/?menu=produk&task=preview&id=919&hal2=1&kategori=PRM&textsearch=&sorting_harga=#detail
I'm not sure about the age of the Hoyle's in my collection, but the other ones are current stock at USPCC.
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"Oh very cool! What comes in the holiday and halloween packs? Is it one deck or multiple?"
Not really sure what comes in the holiday packs, but I do know it's multiple decks.
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"Are mini decks plastic coated?"
I'm pretty sure they are. They do not handle very well, and most of them say they are made in China.
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"Where did u get those from?"
Mostly Ebay. On occasion from a reseller
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CBJ
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I may pick up the green minis! Does it say the price anywhere on the site?
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Well, Japanese people mostly couldn't distinguish the difference between "R" and "L".
I know - I took Japanese for a semester, practice a Japanese martial art and used to watch a lot of anime. :))
F**k, I'm going to hell because of laughing at sabacc's comment then liata's comment!!
No you're not! I meant my comment in complete affection for Nihongo and all things Japanese.
The Tally-Ho's are easy to find.
Merz has them at his store.
I HATE promoting him, but he has both decks for less than $6USD together.
http://www.merz67.com/store/p/345-2-NEW-Decks-Tally-Ho-Mini-Red-Blue-Circle-Back-Playing-Cards-.aspx (http://www.merz67.com/store/p/345-2-NEW-Decks-Tally-Ho-Mini-Red-Blue-Circle-Back-Playing-Cards-.aspx)
Enjoy!
CBJ
I know... I've been dreading the day I'd be ordering from him... He also has Hoyle decks in some of the most atrocious color combinations I've ever seen on a deck - it looks like Walt Disney puked on them.
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I think I'll have to start collecting min decks too, love them! It'd be cool to see pics of your mini decks paired with the actual sized decks :D
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I really love the mini Tally-Hos, might have to pick some of them up. Now to find out if they also make them in jumbo so I can have all the sizes :P
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I really love the mini Tally-Hos, might have to pick some of them up. Now to find out if they also make them in jumbo so I can have all the sizes :P
I've never seen Tally Ho in Jumbo size - in fact, not even in Jumbo Index. Others, yes - I recently picked up some Bees and Hoyles in Jumbo Index, and I think there's Aviators in Jumbo Index as well. But Bikes were the only jumbo size "regular" deck USPC made, and they're out of print and very costly - imagine the work needed to make such huge cards on standard paper, how much extra paper it would consume, all the printer and cutter settings that would need to be changed... It would require CUSTOM cutting dies in a very big and unwieldly size. But a Jumbo size deck on Bike paper with an air-cushion finish would totally rock for magicians.
Just be careful when wandering around Merz67's website - there's a LOT of chaff mixed in with that wheat! ;D
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Just going through Merz's Ebay and store...
The prices are different on both! Make sure you check both if you're going to purchase from him.
Also, did anyone else notice that the Trace decks have dropped from $50 per deck to $60 for all 4??
And the Red, White, and Blues dropped too
CBJ
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Just going through Merz's Ebay and store...
The prices are different on both! Make sure you check both if you're going to purchase from him.
Also, did anyone else notice that the Trace decks have dropped from $50 per deck to $60 for all 4??
And the Red, White, and Blues dropped too
CBJ
Where else could they go but down? ;)
The eBay shop didn't have the mini Tallys, so I have to check his website.
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Yeah I agree with Sabacc. He probably just wants to get rid of them now. CBJ do you have the trace decks?
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No, I haven't purchased them.
I've stopped buying decks temporarily, while I decide which way I want to move forward with my collection. I'm considering focusing on vintage decks... I'm looking into a few leads.
If that doesn't pan out, then I'll be back to collecting the newer decks.
CBJ
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No, I haven't purchased them.
I've stopped buying decks temporarily, while I decide which way I want to move forward with my collection. I'm considering focusing on vintage decks... I'm looking into a few leads.
If that doesn't pan out, then I'll be back to collecting the newer decks.
CBJ
Vintage is very cool, but it can get expensive fast. You'll want to document and insure your collection, and the vintage cards often need special "care and feeding"... If you go that way, we won't forgive you if you don't post photos!