Z-Deck by Steve Minty

[PipChick]

What in the sweet f^&* is "Merry Melodies"..?

It's another one of those old cartoons that isn't funny.

Yeah, I said it. Fight me, olds.

[flashcards]

The O.G.

[shermjack]

I always loved Marine Boy

[theCapraAegagrus]

What in the sweet f^&* is "Merry Melodies"..?

It's another one of those old cartoons that isn't funny.

Yeah, I said it. Fight me, olds.

BAN

[badpete69]

I wanted to mention that there are 2 Anime TV series I grew up with from 1969 into the early seventies. Both were dubbed in French (since I lived in Montreal)

The first one was "Le Prince Sapphire" or The Princess Knight which was the story of a princess pretending to be a boy so she could be in line for the throne instead of this evil duke. It was actually pretty good

The second one was "Mini Fee" or Sally the Witch which was one of the first ongoing anime series produced. Basically it is the story of a young witch living on earth. Supposedly this anime was inspired by the show Bewitched

In the end pretty tame anime but when you are 6 years old it was fine hehe

[theCapraAegagrus]

With Tom & Jerry being previously mentioned, I must say, that it is one of the most violent cartoons ever. I personally love(d) it. If it was created today it would never be aired for children lol. I hate modern society's "standards".

USPS is telling me that the Z-Deck is being delivered today. I can't wait to open it after work.

[rorschach]

If it's a 'secret deck', should it go onto P52?

[shermjack]

If it's a 'secret deck', should it go onto P52?

It’s really not that ‘secret’ anymore and since he did sell it to the public (albeit a limited group), I don’t see why it shouldn’t be added to P52.

[rorschach]

If it's a 'secret deck', should it go onto P52?

It’s really not that ‘secret’ anymore and since he did sell it to the public (albeit a limited group), I don’t see why it shouldn’t be added to P52.

Thought as much, but it somehow felt right to ask.

[flyers3003]

I actually reached out to Steve and he asked it not be put up, yet. He's trying to keep it low key for now. Might be good to take it down, considering.

[rorschach]

I actually reached out to Steve and he asked it not be put up, yet. He's trying to keep it low key for now. Might be good to take it down, considering.

Guess I should have waited a bit before uploading it to the site, I only have permissions to add decks, so i'll see if I can find someone to remove it.

[flyers3003]

I can edit it - to look like a duplicate, but I cannot delete.

[badpete69]

I am tempted to list mine auction style starting at cost and see where it goes...

[Bradius]

It sounds like Steve wants to keep them under wraps, so I would refrain from putting them up for auction. At least check with him first.

[sms69x]

It sounds like Steve wants to keep them under wraps, so I would refrain from putting them up for auction. At least check with him first.

Why?? He bought the deck, He can do what ever he wants with it!

Regarding listing the deck in P52 I also don't understand why Steve wouldn't want the deck there, unless he have something to hide... Eitherway, I belive that the deck should be there, he sure can't prevent us from putting it there...

[badpete69]

He's OK with everything so no need to worry.. Let's see how the auction goes

[Merlebird]

It sounds like Steve wants to keep them under wraps, so I would refrain from putting them up for auction. At least check with him first.

Why?? He bought the deck, He can do what ever he wants with it!

Regarding listing the deck in P52 I also don't understand why Steve wouldn't want the deck there, unless he have something to hide... Eitherway, I belive that the deck should be there, he sure can't prevent us from putting it there...

I have no idea what copyright and/or intellectual property law is like in the European Union, so maybe you are used to a more lenient/permissive legal climate for derivative and fan works. But in the US you can get in pretty hot water for selling products featuring someone else's trademarked characters/likenesses - provided the owner of said likenesses notices you're doing it and decides it's worth the time and money to sic their legal department on you. My assumption is Steve is trying to keep a low profile on these decks so he doesn't get smacked with a copyright infringement claim from licensees in the US (presumably Funimation and VIZ).

He can't prevent you from doing anything now that you've bought it; it's not like you had to sign an NDA to order the thing. It's more just a courtesy to help Steve avoid getting the pants sued off him.

[rorschach]

It sounds like Steve wants to keep them under wraps, so I would refrain from putting them up for auction. At least check with him first.

Why?? He bought the deck, He can do what ever he wants with it!

Regarding listing the deck in P52 I also don't understand why Steve wouldn't want the deck there, unless he have something to hide... Eitherway, I belive that the deck should be there, he sure can't prevent us from putting it there...

I have no idea what copyright and/or intellectual property law is like in the European Union, so maybe you are used to a more lenient/permissive legal climate for derivative and fan works. But in the US you can get in pretty hot water for selling products featuring someone else's trademarked characters/likenesses - provided the owner of said likenesses notices you're doing it and decides it's worth the time and money to sic their legal department on you. My assumption is Steve is trying to keep a low profile on these decks so he doesn't get smacked with a copyright infringement claim from licensees in the US (presumably Funimation and VIZ).

He can't prevent you from doing anything now that you've bought it; it's not like you had to sign an NDA to order the thing. It's more just a courtesy to help Steve avoid getting the pants sued off him.

I'd tend to agree with this, I's rather not cause Steve any trouble with this. I would also much rather respect his wishes as he is one of my favourite deck artists. For the time being i've tried to replace the tuck art with generic placeholder images, but it seems P52 keeps art in it's cache for some undetermined amount of time.

[RandyButterfield]

I've been watching this very closely, as I've been thinking about doing a very similar release of the Big Lebowski Deck I had finished about 80% of, before switching it to Bowl-A-Rama.

I have a Midnight Cards booth at 10-12 shows a year, 2018 is my second full year of shows. A couple months ago was Indiana Comic Con and Chicago's C2E2 Comic Con. I sold a little over 300 Decks at each show, and about 10-15 Giclee Art Prints at each show. Most of the Giclee Prints sold were Big Lebowski Court Cards. I realized that selling non-licensed Intellectual Property items at Comic Cons are pretty much a given. Almost every artist is selling prints of characters from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Deadpool, Avengers, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, and so on. It's like the Wild West at those things!

So, I'm thinking of finishing up the Lebowski Deck, create a Rug Back Card, and print 1,000 Decks along with my next real release. I would save most of the Decks for Comic Cons, but I would offer a 1 or 2 Deck limit within the BackerKit of the real release (very similar to what Steve did with the Z-Deck).

So far, it looks like Steve is keeping everything under the radar very successfully!

Thanks, Randy

[badpete69]

The dude abides my friend.. Go start a new thread on that deck. i am in for sure

[flyers3003]

I'd tend to agree with this, I's rather not cause Steve any trouble with this. I would also much rather respect his wishes as he is one of my favourite deck artists. For the time being i've tried to replace the tuck art with generic placeholder images, but it seems P52 keeps art in it's cache for some undetermined amount of time.

Ctrl-F5 (windows), Ctrl-shift-R (macos) should help clear your local cache. I'm pretty sure anyone who hadn't seen the original listing yet will see the updated images. I like this solution better than removing it. Nice job rorshach!

[ICantShuffle]

White Russian gaff card?!?!

I'm in, please take all of my money now.

[Adonael]

I got mine today. I'm actually very happy and my expectations were exceeded! For anyone worried about the courts, oh boy, don't be. Because I open all my decks I have a picture to share:

[theCapraAegagrus]

I love this deck.

[Eric Lee]

Oh come on, that's it? Just 1 ace and 1 court? No joker and the rest? Don't tease us like that! Be kind, especially to the DBZ fans and show us the rest of the courts , power ace and jokers. Hope he's got more to sell at the next secret sale. Thanks BTW .

[Adonael]

That's it I'm afraid, just want to entice people enough to buy it themselves lol not give everything away, it is a secret deck after all. I will say this, Piccolo is easily the coolest court, as you would expect of course!

[PipChick]

Besides, it looks like this deck might be made soon available anyways:

probably here

[PrincessTrouble]

This deck is now released and available at Geek Thirst. I have reached out to them to see if the shipping charges are correct ($17.58 to ship one deck in the USA).

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[caniveski]

84 dollars all in to ship 1 deck to uk ......wow.

[PrincessTrouble]

84 dollars all in to ship 1 deck to uk ......wow.

Yeah, I'm thinking they have the weight entered wrong in their system and it's inflating the postage.