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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: CBJ on November 01, 2011, 11:35:23 AM
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One of four new decks from the creator of the Bicycle Pirates decks, Eric Duan aka mloong
Bicycle Rosefinchto be released sometime next month.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DLIetZE3-S4/TrA58Q701MI/AAAAAAAAAO0/vrUW4kUBRLU/s1600/rosefinch+ad.png)
CBJ
Bicycle Green Dragon and Bicycle White Tiger still to come.
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why all these cards?!!?!? man i need to be rich.
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Any pics of this deck yet?
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UPDATED with pic
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Cool! Is there a website for these?
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Wow, that's... not pretty.
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The court cards are quite interesting, the back however...
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It looks good except for the back design. And its a one way back.... ewww
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Is that 7 of Clubs a gaff card, or the design for the whole deck?
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Is that 7 of Clubs a gaff card, or the design for the whole deck?
The whole deck is like that. ???
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The whole deck is like that. ???
I think all of his decks are like that.
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The black one is better for me.
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...Yikes.
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The split colours on the number card pips is interesting,court cards look to busy and miss coloured and the backs....yuke!
Billy.
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seems not that great. do we know if it will be a limited run?
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seems not that great. do we know if it will be a limited run?
2500 of each color
CBJ
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no reprints? i might get some. depends on if we have a release date.
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This is ugly...
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I'm gonna buy some and put them with my beyblades
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Kudos to Kete Moon.
So apparently this deck, along with the Black Warrior, has passed its production stage, should be on its way to the designer (Eric Duan).
Promotion video for the Rosefinch and Black Warrior:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H5c-8NH7lbA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H5c-8NH7lbA)
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@sxjy0109, hahaha... you know it's really difficult to express the names of these 2 decks in English, but they decided to produce these 2 decks first :P :P
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@sxjy0109, hahaha... you know it's really difficult to express the names of these 2 decks in English, but they decided to produce these 2 decks first :P :P
Lol yeah I know. It's the more difficult two out of the four.
But I think he should've came up with a better name than Black Warrior. It misleads those who don't know the story behind the series.
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@sxjy0109, yes, so do I think. "Black Warrior" is a poor translation.
I found these pages, they provide better explaination of "The 4 Celestial Animals" in ancient China:
http://www.sempai.org/~felicia/myth.html#genbu (http://www.sempai.org/~felicia/myth.html#genbu)
http://www.thefengshuiconcept.com/4_animals.jsp (http://www.thefengshuiconcept.com/4_animals.jsp)
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Something I think that's important to consider is that Eric is an artist from the east and caters to that market. Funny enough the eastern market is booming just as much as the western market. Each culture is going to relate to art types differently.
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Hmm, similar to my post on the black warrior deck, they look really unique but then again, it looks really complicated and cluttered up. And i'm still not a fan of those fully red cards.. :-*
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This series has most profound Chinese style so far. Even Chinese, not everyone can well explain these 2 animals and unfortunately I think the names, "Rosefinch" and "Black Warrior", are both poor translation that might mislead people.
@sxjy0109, do you really think "朱雀" means "Rosefinch"? Wasn't it "Phoenix" in ancient China? How could a little bird match the dragon and tiger ???
"玄武" is very very difficult to be expressed in other languages (even in Chinese it is hard), but obviously "Black Warrior" is far away from its original meaning.
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Wow, what a nice deck!
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@sxjy0109, do you really think "朱雀" means "Rosefinch"? Wasn't it "Phoenix" in ancient China? How could a little bird match the dragon and tiger ???
"玄武" is very very difficult to be expressed in other languages (even in Chinese it is hard), but obviously "Black Warrior" is far away from its original meaning.
I did a little search, and many seem to disagree with Phoenix. Despite the reliability of wiki, this is what showed up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermilion_Bird
玄武 is even harder. I don't know where to begin with this... Black Warrior isn't even close. At least the Rosefinch got the species right. o.O
Wow, what a nice deck!
Nathan, this isn't constructive at all. You've asked your fellow member to be so, for what you yourself have not done.
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Really not a fan of the name on this one.
CBJ
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any idea where i can buy this cards?? and also the promotion video has being taken down
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Interesting...
I'll see if I can contact the designer and see what's going on.
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any idea where i can buy this cards?? and also the promotion video has being taken down
We will have these available on our website shortly.
Thanks!
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any idea where i can buy this cards?? and also the promotion video has being taken down
We will have these available on our website shortly.
Thanks!
Do you have a price that you can share with us? Thanks
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This deck is now available from PokerStud52
1 deck
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-DECK-Bicycle-Rosefinch-playing-cards-NEW-/300676118042?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4601b1761a
2 decks
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-DECKS-Bicycle-Rosefinch-playing-cards-NEW-/251013586155?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a71935ceb
(click pics for larger view)
CBJ
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2 more pics
(click pics for larger view)
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CBJ said on Facebook that they did a bad job scanning the cards.
They made the cards look horrible and really makes me not want to get them.
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I meant ... it looks like PokerStud52 did a really bad job scanning these cards
I wish he'd re-scan them
CBJ
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Personally I'm really disappointed in the Joker (and I'm pretty sure @digipunk would too).
Glad the court cards are customized, but I don't like how he put the suits again next to the pip.
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i only like the court cards .. beside that everything look like crap .. the card design i dun really like it i prefer the bicycle pirates design
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Are the cards pink? Or are they red and just look pink because of the scans?
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I actually hope they're pink, it would change from all the red everywhere. ::)
The court cards look beautiful, not exactly full custom but still a lot more than just a recoloration. I don't understand the scans though, I see an ace of spades that isn'T the same color as the rest...? :-\
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Personally I'm really disappointed in the Joker (and I'm pretty sure @digipunk would too).
Glad the court cards are customized, but I don't like how he put the suits again next to the pip.
hahhaa, my problem is I don't see the back of the cards. There are only box and faces. :-\
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It should be the design on the back of the box. Also, if you look back to the first post by CBJ, it does seem like the case.
This needs to be confirmed though.
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It should be the design on the back of the box. Also, if you look back to the first post by CBJ, it does seem like the case.
This needs to be confirmed though.
Thanks, I see now. And that's why the seller didn't scan the back... one way design. I have to reconsider this deck... ::)
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They're still very pretty though, I'd definitely want them in my collection regardless. I might not use them too much, but I would love to see them in person. They could be good inspiration for future projects, too. ;)
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Thanks, I see now. And that's why the seller didn't scan the back... one way design. I have to reconsider this deck... ::)
Take it as a piece of art that resembles our culture. That should make it easier. ;)
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Thanks, I see now. And that's why the seller didn't scan the back... one way design. I have to reconsider this deck... ::)
Take it as a piece of art that resembles our culture. That should make it easier. ;)
Now it's the only reason that may convince me to get the deck. This is not the designers' first deck, I don't understand why it is one-way back again (the Bicycle Pirate deck is already one-way).
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Lol I know it is, and that's why I'm saying it to convince you.
He's just a designer right? I'm not sure he knows much about magic or even playing cards itself.
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I just purchased a couple of these from the Ebay seller. I don't see myself using them very much, but I like the Chinese mythology background and the style fits well with it. If I was going to frame some single cards for their aesthetics, I think this deck's Ace of Spades would have to be in there.
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Yeah I kind of like the design (it's grown on me) but I'm still unsure. I would love to see a good video review of this one. That way I could really get a good look at the cards and make up my mind on them. I'll be crossing my fingers for a review I guess ::)
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Is this deck going to be sold only by resellers? Does the designer have a website where he sells them?
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Guys, I have to admit, when I saw these images, I wasn't happy with this deck. It looks like someone dropped transparent playing cards on some samples in a wallpaper store and used that for the inspiration. And now it's not just different-colored pips, but half-outline pips? Why? It makes no sense. And having jokers and an Ace of Spades that doesn't match with the rest of the faces is a big turn-off for me.
I'm even considering selling my Pirates. Two sets, one opened, one sealed. That's how much I don't like them.
They're better as Linguist put it - to hang on the wall rather than play cards with.
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Honestly I like most of the decks by Merz more than these. I hate this deck and hopefully the other 2(or was it 3?) decks in the series are nice.
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I don't like the design at all.Everything looks so rushed and not well thought of. 10USD for this design...well some people gonna pay that price.
:karrit:
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I don't like the design at all.Everything looks so rushed and not well thought of. 10USD for this design...well some people gonna pay that price.
:karrit:
I'm not trying to convince you to like this deck, but I don't think it's completely "rushed and not well thought of". It's got custom court cards, jokers and AoS. Regardless of whether you appreciate the design or not, you have to say more work has been put into the deck than many decks out there where only the back is redesigned, or simply put together using clip arts.
As for the $10USD price, I personally think we couldn't blame the designer for it. It's the trend of the custom decks nowadays. Most decks don't even start off low like the old days in $6.
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I'm not trying to convince you to like this deck, but I don't think it's completely "rushed and not well thought of". It's got custom court cards, jokers and AoS. Regardless of whether you appreciate the design or not, you have to say more work has been put into the deck than many decks out there where only the back is redesigned, or simply put together using clip arts.
As for the $10USD price, I personally think we couldn't blame the designer for it. It's the trend of the custom decks nowadays. Most decks don't even start off low like the old days in $6.
I will grant you that some work was put into this deck. But there's a difference between working hard and working smart.
This deck wasn't really designed by someone who is into playing cards, at least based on what I'm seeing. Having solid indices for black cards but outlined ones for red is not conducive to easy use at the card table, nor is it good for magic. The face cards are not all that custom - they're standard Bicycle faces with unusual colorations and patterns in them. Anyone with just a little skill and a fair amount of time could erase sections of a court card and put in those funky patterns. And having a different, darker color face for the Ace of Spades makes it easily spotted within a shuffled deck.
I understand that this is based on some very old Chinese traditional stories, but they could have been much better executed than this. These cards are practical for art, maybe as a collector's piece, and possibly for flourishing - and not much else. I have enough impractical playing cards in my collection, some of which are much better looking that these, and as art they're just not my cup of tea. Sentinels, Artifice, Infinity - those are art to me and as an added bonus they're actually practical.
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I don't like the design at all.Everything looks so rushed and not well thought of. 10USD for this design...well some people gonna pay that price.
:karrit:
I'm not trying to convince you to like this deck, but I don't think it's completely "rushed and not well thought of". It's got custom court cards, jokers and AoS. Regardless of whether you appreciate the design or not, you have to say more work has been put into the deck than many decks out there where only the back is redesigned, or simply put together using clip arts.
As for the $10USD price, I personally think we couldn't blame the designer for it. It's the trend of the custom decks nowadays. Most decks don't even start off low like the old days in $6.
It wasn't rushed. The points about the design that zero made are correct and we've known about this deck for a while and it was just printed recently.
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The1eyedjack uploaded a review of the Bicycle Rosefinch deck. Now we can actually see what the cards look like! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DMJ-ODwYF6Q
In my opinion, this deck has its ups and its downs. The back design is interesting and very unique... I don't like the center design and that it is a one way back. But I love the designs that are around the center and they look beautiful in a fan with the different colored corners. The number cards are eh... they are creative but I don't love how they look. The court cards on the other hand, look pretty awesome. They look like they have some sort of floral design around them which I think is really cool and I like how it looks. :)
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Here the review MagicAddictz's talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMJ-ODwYF6Q&list=UUwIEVz_FZqL8xf9ty_-kjpQ&index=1&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMJ-ODwYF6Q&list=UUwIEVz_FZqL8xf9ty_-kjpQ&index=1&feature=plcp)
And a picture of the cards if some are too lazy to watch. Sorry for the size, it's what I got from The1eyedjack's website.
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We now have these in stock.
Thanks!
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The court cards are beautiful, the back design could've been much better but is still pretty nice, but the number cards look stupid to me. They're different for the sake of being different. And what's with the different colored ace of spades? That is one of the most ridiculous ideas I've ever seen. I wouldn't even use it for flourishing because of that one card sticking out. Better luck next time.