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by dleiber
Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:54 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Introducing Learn A Language While Playing Cards
Replies: 6
Views: 883

Re: Introducing Learn A Language While Playing Cards

I love languages and playing cards, so I love your idea. (I've studied French, Italian, German, Russian, and Spanish.) However, I am a bit dismayed that even in the sample cards you show, there appears to be a misspelling. (Jack of spades has "quierro" when I'm pretty sure it should only h...
by dleiber
Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:45 am
Forum: Deck Reviews
Topic: [vid] Ask Alexander - Conjuring Arts
Replies: 3
Views: 843

Re: [vid] Ask Alexander - Conjuring Arts

Magic_Orthodoxy wrote:Ivory finish (ie smooth) means "no linen waffle pattern" (ie air cushion)

cambric is code for air-cushion on Bee stock
That really wasn't my primary question. What's the Limited Edition version? How is it different?
by dleiber
Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:42 pm
Forum: Deck Reviews
Topic: [vid] Ask Alexander - Conjuring Arts
Replies: 3
Views: 843

Re: [vid] Ask Alexander - Conjuring Arts

How many variations of the "Ask Alexander" deck are there? Dan and Dave seem to have one ($7.95) and it's unclear which finish. Penguin Magic shows three items: -- one in Ivory finish ($4.49) -- one in Cambric finish ($4.49) -- and one called Limited Edition ($5.99) Is there really a Limit...
by dleiber
Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:39 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Piff the Magic Dragon Playing Cards - live on KS
Replies: 38
Views: 32505

Re: Piff Playing Cards

Piff was on America's Got Talent recently and was absolutely hysterical!!!
by dleiber
Thu Jun 25, 2015 2:07 pm
Forum: Portfolio52 Discussion
Topic: [ *** P52 Help: Add/Edit Guidelines *** ]
Replies: 35
Views: 15459

Re: [ *** P52 Help: Add/Edit Guidelines *** ]

Guidelines for adding and editing to Portfolio52 (the playing card database) WHAT TO ADD / HOW TO ADD A NEW DECK * New decks are best added by first going to the proper category (Custom Brand) and from the bottom of the listing use the available fields to create a stub entry * Once created, locate ...
by dleiber
Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:48 pm
Forum: Portfolio52 Discussion
Topic: [ *** P52 Help: Portfolio52 FAQs *** ]
Replies: 17
Views: 6820

Re: [ *** P52 Help: Portfolio52 FAQs *** ]

Just a formatting note: your question for exporting a collection shows in the wrong color as the HTML color tag has a typo in it (so shows also just as text).
by dleiber
Fri Jun 12, 2015 5:46 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Cards!
Topic: [dleiber] My Collection
Replies: 16
Views: 4485

Re: [dleiber] My Collection

Collector wrote:I hope all those Jokers and aces aren't glued to a wall :)
Ha. Fortunately digital technology made it possible without my having to do that!!
by dleiber
Wed Jun 10, 2015 4:07 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: PRISM: Night playing cards; Christmas sale - coupon inside
Replies: 43
Views: 6270

Re: PRISM: Night playing cards; NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!

I am sad to see this campaign cancelled, but glad it will be relaunched. I realize I'm new at collecting cards, but this (to me) is one of the most beautiful decks I've seen. I'd rather have one of these than two or three decks of some others out there that get all the hype, have people slobbering a...
by dleiber
Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:36 pm
Forum: Support Requests / Bug Reports
Topic: OBSOLETE: DEFECT - P52 Forum unviewable on Firefox & Chrome
Replies: 6
Views: 1674

Re: DEFECT - P52 Forums unviewable on Firefox and some Chrom

FYI, it looks like the OP's screenshot on the Kindle Fire HDX tablet (which uses an Amazon-proprietary OS based on Android), too (i.e., unusable).

I just figured that area was still under development.
by dleiber
Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:32 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Contraband by T11
Replies: 98
Views: 15157

Re: Contraband by T11

Very interesting interpretations! I'm going to have to look at my deck again more closely. Thanks.
by dleiber
Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:32 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: AVERNUM - limited deck from Passione
Replies: 94
Views: 10884

Re: AVERNUM - limited deck from Passione

chach wrote:
montecarlojoe wrote:I clicked the link a few minutes early and it seemed to work and filled everything in. Then the link went down again until the official launch time. Hopefully my reservation counted!
Yeah same happened here.
Same for me.
by dleiber
Sat May 30, 2015 4:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Playing Card-related silver art
Replies: 0
Views: 623

Playing Card-related silver art

My last post about the new Perth Mint silver aces coming out made me think of other card-related silver art. Here are pics of the four .999 fine silver one-ounce ingots minted in the 1970s by Madison Mint: Coin972(1).jpg Coin973(1).jpg Coin977(1).jpg Coin978(1).jpg (Bear in mind, these are shiny sil...
by dleiber
Sat May 30, 2015 3:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Fine silver ingots of the four aces by Perth Mint
Replies: 0
Views: 631

Fine silver ingots of the four aces by Perth Mint

Perth Mint is coming out with a Limited Edition set of four aces in elaborate one-once .999 fine silver ingots next month. More info can be found here for anyone interested: http://www.perthbullion.com/shop/detail/fouracessco4/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick=&...
by dleiber
Fri May 29, 2015 4:23 pm
Forum: Support Requests / Bug Reports
Topic: OBSOLETE: LOST FEATURE - V2 virtually unusable with IE9
Replies: 2
Views: 1377

OBSOLETE: LOST FEATURE - V2 virtually unusable with IE9

A huge "lost feature" for me is that V2 of PCDB is virtually unusable with my go-to browser. Unfortunately, I'm using a once-state-of-the-art PC with Windows Vista 64-bit OS and IE9 is the highest version of IE it will supposedly support. I can do everything I need to do with my PC (quad p...
by dleiber
Fri May 29, 2015 1:01 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Hello, new here!
Replies: 7
Views: 1050

Re: Hello, new here!

I agree with what others said once you start browsing eBay and Kickstarter, not to mention the posts here! It's catching! This thread also reminded me that I have a couple of tarot and Oracle decks that I should add to my collection record (and show off in my collection thread here), too, so I'll po...
by dleiber
Fri May 29, 2015 12:34 pm
Forum: Portfolio52 Discussion
Topic: PCDB v2 Progress Update
Replies: 37
Views: 7690

Re: PCDB v2 Progress Update

ecNate wrote:Knowing who has gotten in and who hasn't would help in identification for Rhu.
I have gotten in.
by dleiber
Thu May 28, 2015 6:02 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Cards!
Topic: [dleiber] My Collection
Replies: 16
Views: 4485

Re: [dleiber] My Collection

Very cool, good stuff! I'm also in IT and even had to take COBOL in college (this was late 90s mind you, not sure why!). I also fly quads and am looking to build my own FPV quad soon. I have an arduino kit, but haven't found much time to play with it between all my other projects (including finishi...
by dleiber
Thu May 28, 2015 5:10 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Cards!
Topic: [dleiber] My Collection
Replies: 16
Views: 4485

Re: [dleiber] My Collection

My database is a mySQL database and my display pages and entry/edit pages are done in PHP. I wanted also to keep track of cost, extra cards, tuckbox features, etc., so with my own DB, I can have whatever fields I want. I'm sure I have a lot that no one else would want, like a rating from 1 to 5 for...
by dleiber
Tue May 26, 2015 11:37 pm
Forum: Show Us Your Cards!
Topic: [strangeseraph] My Playing Card Collection
Replies: 11
Views: 2879

Re: My Playing Card Collection

Fun to see your cards; thanks for sharing. I never imagined the bunny cards would be in the same shape as the tin! Wild! And you're right about those eyes on those eerie courts. Looks like the artist got a little heavy-handed with the black ink. Cute kitties in that Artist Collection. I just may hav...
by dleiber
Tue May 26, 2015 3:15 pm
Forum: Portfolio52 Discussion
Topic: What else do you collect?
Replies: 16
Views: 2623

Re: What else do you collect?

I love pressed pennies, but gave the half-dozen or so that I had collected to a young nephew years ago. As for other collections, though, I collect golf balls, dolphins (not live ones, though that would be awesome if I had an aquatic resort), Smurfs, and silver art (e.g., the one-ounce rounds and ba...
by dleiber
Tue May 26, 2015 3:07 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Contraband by T11
Replies: 98
Views: 15157

Re: Contraband by T11

I just read through all 5 pages of this thread to try to see what symbology of "contraband" I was missing in these cards, but it appears that there really isn't any or very much. There is Latin, Italian, and a bunch of everything else insofar as designs go, but I guess it was misnamed just...
by dleiber
Mon May 25, 2015 4:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Cards order in decks and Uncuts
Replies: 8
Views: 1123

Re: Cards order in decks and Uncuts

Thanks for taking this out of my thread (on something else), but I'm glad it came up. I'd never thought about the order on the uncut and how it pertained to the order in the tuckbox. (I guess I thought it was all magic! LOL)

Very interesting!
by dleiber
Mon May 25, 2015 4:44 pm
Forum: Magic / Illusions
Topic: Mnemonica Miracles DVD set -- Quality?
Replies: 8
Views: 2696

Re: Mnemonica Miracles DVD set -- Quality?

The quality is in the same ballpark as the Penguin video (little less contrast, less bright, hollow/tinny sound but certainly watchable). Should note that in the first few minutes he recommends the book outirght (although he says the video is still "good"). The last volume is on memorizin...
by dleiber
Mon May 25, 2015 3:15 am
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: New From Canada :)
Replies: 5
Views: 855

Re: New From Canada :)

Hi everyone. I'm Jenny, an avid tarot and oracle card collector and I'm interested in custom created playing card decks now, (for cartomancy and the odd solitaire game!) and I found this forum while googling information. I'm looking at decks on kickstarter and the collections of people on here and ...
by dleiber
Sun May 24, 2015 1:25 pm
Forum: Magic / Illusions
Topic: Mnemonica Miracles DVD set -- Quality?
Replies: 8
Views: 2696

Re: Mnemonica Miracles DVD set -- Quality?

I'm not familiar with the DVD, so I will let someone else comment, but the Tamariz Stack is still popular, I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I think David Blaine uses it even on his recent decks (AKA "mnemonic" stack). You're right. I've gotten a couple of decks in the ...
by dleiber
Sun May 24, 2015 12:50 am
Forum: Magic / Illusions
Topic: Mnemonica Miracles DVD set -- Quality?
Replies: 8
Views: 2696

Mnemonica Miracles DVD set -- Quality?

Hi. Has anyone here seen Juan Tamariz' DVD set "Mnemonica Miracles"?? What are your thoughts about the quality? I'm only asking because the set isn't cheap ($150+) and even in the promo video for it, the fact that the recordings were made over ten years ago is mentioned and a comment is ma...
by dleiber
Sat May 23, 2015 2:18 am
Forum: Show Us Your Cards!
Topic: [dleiber] My Collection
Replies: 16
Views: 4485

Re: [dleiber] My Collection

They look less artistic this way, but they are easier to see as a grid:
cardbacks_files-smaller.jpg
by dleiber
Sat May 23, 2015 2:14 am
Forum: Show Us Your Cards!
Topic: [dleiber] My Collection
Replies: 16
Views: 4485

Re: [dleiber] My Collection

Here are my cardbacks. (Anyone, feel free to let me know the actual, technical name for the back design of a card, if there is one. "Cardback" is probably not correct.)
cardbacks-smaller-pile.jpg
by dleiber
Fri May 22, 2015 1:52 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: PRISM: Night playing cards; Christmas sale - coupon inside
Replies: 43
Views: 6270

Re: PRISM: Night playing cards; NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!

I like these a lot. I didn't make it in time to be the first level early-bird backer, but with the pledge I did, I'll have extras for gifts. Nice job! Good luck with the campaign!
by dleiber
Wed May 20, 2015 12:14 am
Forum: Show Us Your Cards!
Topic: [dleiber] My Collection
Replies: 16
Views: 4485

Re: [dleiber] My Collection

My decks:
tuckboxes-smaller.jpg