Thankyou robcan for the feedback on the court cards! much appreciated!
. To answer your question on the printer for these decks, and to address the feedback of others on this post (thankyou to those also for your feedback and support), as well as provide everyone with some insight into MPC's production methods and myself as a playing card designer working on this Kickstarter Project....... MPC is the printer for these decks due to the custom requirments I will be needing for these decks, since the premier edition and private reserve decks contain 58+ cards each (as they include several additional cards for card magic and playing poker) and other manufactureres I was considering do not offer custom tuck boxes big enough to fit the required amount of cards that I would like to include in each deck. The private reserve decks are being designed primarily as collectable playing cards themed around wine bottle labelling from the 1900's and the premium card stocks that MPC offer is a combination of durability, performance and handling that is sufficient for collectable purposes though due to the durablity of the cards I understand that the decks take longer to break in which can make it difficult for card springs straight out of the box.....but despite initially requiring more dexterity to perform a card spring, over time the cards loosen up well and peform well in this aspect as well as fanning well straight out of the box. The cards also seperate into packets very nicely for cardistry and overall an MPC deck will last longer since their cards spring back into shape well without becoming bent or warped out of shape (another benfit for card magic also as this makes specific card maniplation techniques work more effectively when cards can continuously sit flush with eachother over an extended period of time of use). In all they are a good all round deck, perfect for beginners in card magic and the cards are durable and long lasting so you arent going through decks as quick, and over time the cards become easier to spring to practice flourishing. As for the future of my Vintage Label decks, future releases for the collection are going to being designed specifically to cater for experts in card magic and cardistry. The future editions of Vintage Label decks (Coming soon if I can generate enough support for my current deck to afford) will only be containing 54 to 56 cards and have standard USA card faces and will not require the added customisations that MPC offer in terms of deck sizes etc.....so depending on the amount of funding I have raised for these first limited edition decks being launched, I will then be looking at working with other manufacturers for the remaining decks for the collection to be able cater specifically to the card stock preferences of Cardists. I also have a top secret deck being designed specifically for cardistry as a side project that is completely unrelated to the Vintage Label Playing Card project, and just waiting to hopefully generate more support for my current playng card efforts to be able afford to start producing 100% cardistry tailored decks....since for my current time restrictions and funding restrictions, as I work 3 jobs (which is why I regularly seek the assistance of Kickstarter to help raise funding support to help produce all of my decks), MPC has been able to cater for my current work and financial situation as they offer the most in terms of a combination of both fast and reliable customer service, fast turnaround with production and fulfillment of decks to backers, zero startup costs, a high level of customisation of decks with no restrictions on deck sizes, offset and digital printing options, fast transfer of imaging files for preparing decks for manufacture and overall, for people just starting out as playing card designers, they are the best choice. If I was able to have say 400 to 500 backers regularly supporting my playing card projects, I would be able to start affording to take more time off working my 3 jobs that I need to help pay the bills and my childrens educations to be able to apply the extra time and money that is required to set up and work with other card manufaturers while developing decks through correspondance with them while also preparing Kickstarter campaign (all of which are very time consuming and more so with other manufacturers) so for now MPC is perfect to be able to develop and manufacture decks in between my busy work schedule and family commitments until I can hopefully generate enoguh support as a playing card designer to have enough funding to cut back on working 3 jobs and be able to dedicate extra time and funding to work with other card manufacturers. That is my goal at this present time, so wish me luck
and also, when it comes to my playing card projects everything evolves as I go based on feedback from people, so If anyone has preferences on card designs, card stocks, card manufacturers etc I am open to making development changes, design changes etc to suit the needs of people who want to get behind me and help support my playing card projects. With enough support I will be able to start creating decks perfectly tailored to suit the individual needs of card enthusiasts, cadists and card magicians
..... it all just comes down to support, so any support that comes my way for my creative ideas in deck designing will be greatly appreciated and with the added support I will be able to start offering more in terms of the decks I produce as well as being open to include more design elements suggested by my supporters etc as well as offering decks at more competitive pricing, as the more decks that are pledged for during Kickstarters for example the cheaper decks can be offered to backers, since production costs for print runs with manufacturers is greatly reduced when larger quantities of decks are ordered at once. The decks I design are never set in concrete so if anyone wants to offer feedback, I will be/and have always been very appreciative of peoples feedback, and you never know, I just might be able to take on all of your suggestions and create a deck that you can actually say that you helped to create!
Cheers in advance for any feedback and support everyone
Kind Regards,
Craig L Maidment
P.S. TMI? I can't help it, I talk alot! HAHA
