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Title: BCG cards?
Post by: josem96 on March 30, 2013, 02:18:32 PM

Does anyone know this brand of cardsand their development some is selling me thiis and some chips for 10 bucks, so i want to know how this cards are

Title: Re: BCG cards?
Post by: MrMollusk on March 30, 2013, 04:42:55 PM

Oy Vey.

I've never been this deck before, but from the looks of it, it's a complete and shameless rip-off of Bee 92 playing cards.

(http://www.513ventures.com/ebay/pcp/images/bee92set.gif)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VINTAGE-BEE-NO-92-PLAYING-CARDS-PLAYED-52-CARDS-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/$(KGrHqZ,!igE9kYTFQ5(BP,7+u!deg~~60_35.JPG)

You can buy a pack of standard Bees for about $3 online. They're fantastic cards.
As for these, I'd say "stay away".

Title: Re: BCG cards?
Post by: Don Boyer on March 30, 2013, 09:07:39 PM

I can confirm that these are knockoffs of Bee decks made in China.  Yours is interesting - if the photo is the exact product, they're actually using the Cartamundi joker.  The quality is crap, they're useless for anything other than tricks that destroy cards.

Title: Re: BCG cards?
Post by: josem96 on March 30, 2013, 11:52:02 PM

thank for your advices im really grateful

Title: Re: BCG cards?
Post by: xela on March 30, 2013, 11:54:03 PM

I own a few BCG decks, they are toxic slime. Like Don said, China's rip-offs (one of many). Also, wrong board! (Moving now)

Title: Re: BCG cards?
Post by: Don Boyer on March 30, 2013, 11:58:03 PM

MrMollusk - I remember the company that you got that first Bee image from.  Stay away.  Modern Bee decks don't have monochrome faces, but many of the counterfeits do.  I was helping Bill Schildman about two years ago with tracking down people selling counterfeit Bees in my area.  USPC knows that shutting down the printer will be impossible, so they're trying to target the distributors.

The NYPD has an entire unit dedicated to retail counterfeiting - it's forced a lot of shops on Canal Street to get "creative" when trying to sell knockoff watches and Coach bags.  Some gave up and only sell legit goods, but it's hard to compete.

EDIT: wow, Alex - I didn't even spot that!  :))

Title: Re: BCG cards?
Post by: MrMollusk on March 31, 2013, 10:49:02 PM

Quote from: Don Boyer on March 30, 2013, 11:58:03 PM

MrMollusk - I remember the company that you got that first Bee image from.  Stay away.  Modern Bee decks don't have monochrome faces, but many of the counterfeits do.  I was helping Bill Schildman about two years ago with tracking down people selling counterfeit Bees in my area.  USPC knows that shutting down the printer will be impossible, so they're trying to target the distributors.

Whoops. I just Googled "Bee 92" and snatched up the first images I found.
Thanks!

Title: Re: BCG cards?
Post by: TheDespotes on April 03, 2013, 03:24:49 PM

I've handled these cards in the summer of 2012 and I thought they were great, but I didn't knew how a uspcc deck handled back then. I still want a real bee deck but international shipping is holding me of.

Title: Re: BCG cards?
Post by: Collector on April 03, 2013, 03:58:54 PM

good old China  :) "stay away"