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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: CBJ on November 24, 2011, 02:48:26 PM
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I like the fact I am forced to make a decision on what to purchase and keep a budget.
I have a great way to maintain a budget - I collect decks only from a certain series based on certain criteria. That way, I don't spend thousands on every deck possible. My current criteria is as follows:
MUST be of Bicycle brand
MUST have a Bicycle logo at top of the box
MUST have an AoS pip on front cover too!
That way, I know what to buy, unless I am experimenting on other cards, than that's another story. If i didn't have this system, I would probably be in the toilet $500 more than i am.
I also collect mostly Bicycle decks...
(http://aethercards.com/discourse/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=310.0;attach=102;image)
but, some of the other decks are sometimes too tempting. lol
CBJ
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O.O I have to ask you, what are the 4 decks next to the Split Spade trick decks?
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O.O I have to ask you, what are the 4 decks next to the Split Spade trick decks?
Split Spade prototype decks.
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O.O I have to ask you, what are the 4 decks next to the Split Spade trick decks?
Split Spade prototype decks.
He might have meant on the other side... idk
But those prototype decks... how did you get them?
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O.O I have to ask you, what are the 4 decks next to the Split Spade trick decks?
Split Spade prototype decks.
He might have meant on the other side... idk
But those prototype decks... how did you get them?
He got them from an eBay seller.
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O.O I have to ask you, what are the 4 decks next to the Split Spade trick decks?
Split Spade prototype decks.
He might have meant on the other side... idk
But those prototype decks... how did you get them?
Oh ok thanks! Ive never seen them before! I wonder if they're rare.. ::)
He got them from an eBay seller.
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They are rare. I've only ever seen a couple of other sets.
Here are some pics... the artwork on the packaging boxes is also different from the production set
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They are rare. I've only ever seen a couple of other sets.
Here are some pics... the artwork on the packaging boxes is also different from the production set
Wow those first decks look awesome!! I like that box (looks like the standard bicycle box) more than the new box. Pretty amazing collection
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May i ask how much do you paid for the 4 promo Split Spade Decks?
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May i ask how much do you paid for the 4 promo Split Spade Decks?
100 for the set (incl shipping)
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here's an article about them
http://www.magictimes.com/archives/2010/2010-09_30-spotlight.htm
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here's an article about them
http://www.magictimes.com/archives/2010/2010-09_30-spotlight.htm
Cool! You're pretty lucky you have them! Thanks for the info!
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That´s not too bad for rare cards like those.
I think i would had bought them for that price as well.
I doubt that there is a exact number of how many of those prototypes are made known.
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That´s not too bad for rare cards like those.
I think i would had bought them for that price as well.
I doubt that there is a exact number of how many of those prototypes are made known.
5 Gross. 144X5 = 720 sets
I was told this by a bicycle rep. She had no idea why they made so many prototypes... and neither do I.
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If so many prototypes were made, then why do we never see them on the market? We're most of them destroyed or something?
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WOW! those look sick!
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I do like them, especially since I have no prototype decks in my collection, I hope to obtain the set one day! ;) Thanks for the info on these CBJ!
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maybe its a mistake but D&D has them on their site with those box designs!
http://shop.dananddave.com/playing-cards/bicycle-split-spades.html
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maybe its a mistake but D&D has them on their site with those box designs!
http://shop.dananddave.com/playing-cards/bicycle-split-spades.html (http://shop.dananddave.com/playing-cards/bicycle-split-spades.html)
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Those picture seem to show the new decks from DB, the gimmicked decks. The prototype decks that CBJ owns kind of look similar but are definitely different. If you look to the immediate left of the prototype decks shown in CBJ's first pic, he has the new gimmicked decks there as well.
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those r the actual split spades. the ones cbj's got r the prototypes
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maybe its a mistake but D&D has them on their site with those box designs!
http://shop.dananddave.com/playing-cards/bicycle-split-spades.html (http://shop.dananddave.com/playing-cards/bicycle-split-spades.html)
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That's the production set... look at the pics
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Ahh yes!
Sorry...just saw the Split Spades on the box.
The difference is that the Split Spade is poitning up/down on the box design....which is very obvious when comparing the pictures.
Once again sorry. :)
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They have that awesome font that says "Split Spades" GEEZ! It takes me three tries to post a message because, "Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post." HAHA!
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They have that awesome font that says "Split Spades" GEEZ! It takes me three tries to post a message because, "Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post." HAHA!
That's funny because that happened to me a few good times last night during the Black Friday deals, lol..I was like, damn! People are on top of this sh!t. ;)
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What's the mini deck in the far bottom right with the green spade on the front?
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I would like to find out the full story on these prototypes one day. I got 2 sets of these off of ebay (traded one set last year). It was really weird. The seller I bought them from sold things like baby clothes, disney stuff, etc. not playing cards. She listed the set in some weird category with a weird title and I just got lucky and stumbled onto them. She said she couldn't remember how she came across them to sell. Weird!
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I would like to find out the full story on these prototypes one day. I got 2 sets of these off of ebay (traded one set last year). It was really weird. The seller I bought them from sold things like baby clothes, disney stuff, etc. not playing cards. She listed the set in some weird category with a weird title and I just got lucky and stumbled onto them. She said she couldn't remember how she came across them to sell. Weird!
I'm just saying this in case you didn't see, but there was a link posted above to an article about them: http://www.magictimes.com/archives/2010/2010-09_30-spotlight.htm
I think the general idea is that this was the original design for the decks. And the svengali deck came with two decks, one normal, and one all the same card, but slightly shorter. This allowed you to assemble your own svengali deck, and have two decks of it, both with the same force card. Seems kind of pointless though, which I'm guessing is why they only included one ready made svengali deck in the final edition.
Also, out of curiosity, how much did you pay for both of these sets?
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yeah I've researched the decks. My question was how the decks ended up in this woman's hands. Basically who did they send the prototypes out to? I payed less than $50.00 a set if I remember correctly.
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What's the mini deck in the far bottom right with the green spade on the front?
It's a deck I came across on ebay
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/mini/have2.jpg)
I've only ever seen 1 other.
Sorry
CBJ
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yeah I've researched the decks. My question was how the decks ended up in this woman's hands. Basically who did they send the prototypes out to? I payed less than $50.00 a set if I remember correctly.
Less than $50 per set is amazing!
There was a guy on UC who said he had 4 sets... but who knows. Here's the link to the thread
http://www.unitedcardists.net/uc/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3531&p=36715&hilit=prototype#p36715
CBJ
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I've only ever seen 1 other.
Sorry
CBJ
Wow. Very impressive! :P Do you have any idea of a name for it, other than 'mini'? And do you know what the cards inside look like? I'm not sure if that's sealed or not.
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I don't have a name for it... and the deck is sealed.
Here are some photos of these new style mini decks...
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/IMG_0055.jpg)
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/IMG_0056.jpg)
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/IMG_0057.jpg)
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/IMG_0058.jpg)
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/IMG_0059.jpg)
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/IMG_0060.jpg)
Sorry for the dark photos... the flash is busted on my camera.
Anyway, I hope this helps.
There is also a dark green one available
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/1rideout/mini/2.jpg)
but I don't have it yet.
Good luck
CBJ
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Ooh, these look really interesting. Are they rare or common? Like, will they be as readily available as the current rider back mini decks are?
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The color is kind of cute!
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Ooo, i really like those, although the color is a bit too bright, it doesn't matter much, I just don't like mini decks though, it's just something about it.