Maestro III by Oath

[Harvonsgard]

Not to forget what "standard" means for Lotrék, haha.

[hsbc]

MAESTRO playing cards, featuring our new Maestro III finish will be available to the public on Thursday 30 June at 10:00pm Eastern European Time! ... €12 plus shipping.

[Bradius]

Reading Lotrek's latest Instagram post, i am expecting these cards to glide like they are on an air hockey table....

[rousselle]

Friends, I love Lotrek. I've been backing his work since waaaaay back. Way, way back. Love his work to pieces. (His delivery times, not so much.)

But.

When he says, "this time, I have a varnish so perfect you will go back in time," I'm going to have to put on my skeptical face.

Because... he's made that promise before.

I'm just sayin'.

[Harvonsgard]

Lotrék's recent decks handle quite awesome, one might even be inclunded to say exceptional - for what they are; multiple hot foiled decks on your not everyday standard paper stock without a company backing him. That itself is a huge achievement in my book!
That said, I'm a hundred with Allan, haha. Lotrék likes to exaggorate in the handling regard. I'll believe it when I've handled it, period.

[Smocito]

Decks are already available for non patreons on Oath playing cards site

https://www.oathplayingcards.com/shop

[Bradius]

What? Did l leave a few for plebe non-patrons????

[rousselle]

When are these orders supposed to ship out again? May? Of 2027?

[Harvonsgard]

They always seem to wait for the public release until they ship the decks ordered at the Patreon release. Plus it's Oath, maybe he made the fulfiller sign a "ship not too fast, I got a reputation to take care of"-contract.

[shkorc]

I used to laugh at such jokes in the past. Now they are starting to sting a little bit.

[rousselle]

I used to laugh at such jokes in the past. Now they are starting to sting a little bit.

+1

[Lotrek]

I sent the preorder list about 10 days ago. Last time I checked (Friday, July 1st) they said that the orders are being packed.
The public orders will go to 52Wonders after they ship the Patrons decks. I hope they do it on Monday or Tuesday the latest.

[Harvonsgard]

I used to laugh at such jokes in the past. Now they are starting to sting a little bit.

For me it's kind of the other way around, it stings a little bit, so I make jokes about it.

[Strag]

I used to laugh at such jokes in the past. Now they are starting to sting a little bit.

I have to agree. I have been paying for Patreon for almost 2 years now and so far have only received Moresque decks that I had to pay extra for. There was a lot promised but so far not much received. I know it's the Lotrek joke about always being late, but yeah it's starting to be more than a joke now. €38 a month since Oct 2020 is quite a lot of money.

[Lotrek]

Just got a notice from 52 Wonders that shipping is scheduled for Thursday. I don't know why it took them that long, probably other decks in the line.

I know that some (if not many) are tired of the delays and I'm one of those people. Maybe I'm the first... However, after completion of the Royal Silk (in a few days) production-related delays will be a thing of the past for good. I have already 2 other decks (OATH standard) completely finished and one (ICONS Anniversary) just waiting for tuck cases. I am printing ahead so that in the future any possible delays will be related to logistics and will only be a matter of days.

As for PATREON, I have finished CMYK printing of the PATRONS decks and in September I will be ready to fulfill 1st Year. In late October I will fulfill 2nd Year.

You'll miss my delays, trust me...

[bdawg923]

Wait, did you even announce the second year deck yet? Did I miss it

[Lotrek]

Wait, did you even announce the second year deck yet? Did I miss it

No, not yet! I will do it soon but I want to have real printed samples to show instead of mockups that I HATE!

[kevork]

Just got a notice from 52 Wonders that shipping is scheduled for Thursday. I don't know why it took them that long, probably other decks in the line.

I know that some (if not many) are tired of the delays and I'm one of those people. Maybe I'm the first... However, after completion of the Royal Silk (in a few days) production-related delays will be a thing of the past for good. I have already 2 other decks (OATH standard) completely finished and one (ICONS Anniversary) just waiting for tuck cases. I am printing ahead so that in the future any possible delays will be related to logistics and will only be a matter of days.

As for PATREON, I have finished CMYK printing of the PATRONS decks and in September I will be ready to fulfill 1st Year. In late October I will fulfill 2nd Year.

You'll miss my delays, trust me...

Love this news. Thank you, Lotrek!

[Harvonsgard]

You'll miss my delays, trust me...

Just because you repeat it doesn't make it true. Trust me when I say delivery times don't have to balance out your exceptional decks. The universe won't implode just because you deliver in a timely fashion .

[Lotrek]

I am still waiting to hear from 52Wonders... They said that the decks were scheduled for Thursday but they also said that they have a lot of projects to fulfill in July...

[Harvonsgard]

Thank you for keeping us updated.

[Lotrek]

Seems that the decks are already sent out since I saw the Patrons test deck on Ebay... Has anyone gotten a notice or tracking number?

[Harvonsgard]

Not me.

[brownsl]

Not I

[bdawg923]

Nope

[PiazzaDelivery]

Me neither

[steampunk52]

Nothing here

[kevork]

Not yet. Looks like the seller on eBay is from the Netherlands, so I wonder if US shipment hasn't gone out yet.

[rousselle]

Nothing here. (Seattle, WA, USA)

[Adamthinks]

Nothing here. (Seattle, WA, USA)

It shouldn't be, but it's always surprising to me when I encounter people online that live near me (I'm in the Seattle area too). It's like my brain somehow thinks people online exist in some alternate dimension.