I'm not sure why he didn't launch under Fat Panda like he did his first project. It's a revamp so there's no shame in running the project again. Second, why is his goal $6,500? He's not using USPCC the same as last time and there he only had a goal of $1,000. His last decks seem to be mostly delivered (with mixed reviews...what did people expect??). I do wish I had ordered a copy of the deck to see the actual quality he got, my guess is that he went with a flat finish which is why people don't like it (surprisingly not because of the artwork).
I agree with Froggo, the designer spent some serious time on this deck. But if you build a house with cardboard, expect that it'll fall over in the rain. A poor analogy to say that he needs better material to build a deck with, he needs to take the concept and have the art reworked to the quality currently on KS.