Kings Wild "Vintage Reimagined" Subscription

[hsbc]

Crow Brand tucks, planned for this month

[hsbc]

The September 2022 deck, formerly the Oriole deck, is now just The Bird

[PrincessTrouble]

Any pics of The Bird deck?

[hsbc]

Any pics of The Bird deck?

(September 2022)

[hsbc]

Crow Brand (Limited), July 2022

[hsbc]

And finally, some info from the Kings Wild Discord I haven't seen here - this is NOT final!

So a heads up for next year's Vintage Reimagined Subscription. It's looking like the structure will go to something like this: (not in stone yet)

Standard $12
Limited (300 Slots) $25
Gilded (200 Slots) $35 [We loved doing the leather boxes but they proved to be a quality control nightmare]

...

WIP list for next years Vintage Reimagined
Jan - Atlantis (Lost Cities of Gold Series / El Dorado Follow up)
Mar - Cibola (Lost Cities of Gold Series / El Dorado Follow up)
May - 1890's era Crayon Box
July - Some Type of Patriotic Deck
Sep - Gentleman Hunter
Nov - Mystic Goat

They will continue where El Dorado left off and complete a new deck series of the "Lost Cities of Gold" which started with El Dorado, then you will see Atlantis and the third deck is called Cibola. Both are very cool have a similar tuck as El Dorado and feature my other two daughters as the falling star that is sitting on the moon jokers

[GandalfPC]

Arrived last night on mass:

[brownsl]

Very nice! I got a big box from them yesterday but did not have time to open it. Looking forward to these!

[Harvonsgard]

Thanks for sharing the infos @hsbc. Printer for the $12 standards?

[EvilDuncan]

I believe all of these are printed by USPCC.

[Harvonsgard]

If so, KWP is heading into the right direction again.

[hsbc]

I believe all of these are printed by USPCC.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but none of next year's vintage decks will be printed by USPCC

... Printer for the $12 standards?

Probably their mystery printer in China

[Harvonsgard]

Thanks for clarifying @hsbc. I figured, but was ready to be surprised in a positive way, haha.

[EvilDuncan]

Yeah I think his experience with the Oriole deck really pushed him away from USPCC unfortunately. But he's also cutting his prices a lot next year so .

[hsbc]

Marines, November 2022 - limited

[hsbc]

We have restructured a few of our Subscription tiers for 2023 and wanted to pass that info along to you. The good news is (1) we're lowering the prices and (2) you don't have to do anything to take advantage of the restructuring.

The first question is most likely, "Why change it all again?". The simple answer is, as most of your know, we ran into several very frustrating production delays this past year, and we are trying our hardest to eliminate any and all bottlenecks in our production line. We have already begun to implement these changes! You may have noticed that with December's subscription, "Noel", we were able to fulfill ALL the subscription tiers at the same time. For the majority of our decks moving forward, we have eliminated the gilding delay!  

Additionally, we are transitioning the Limited Editions of both the Table Players and the Vintage reimagined to a Standard Subscription. We believe this will allow even more people the opportunity to enjoy collecting these fine decks, and of course, will provide you with some extra cash. 

Another piece of production that really set us back in 2022 was the book boxes that we included with the gilded No. 13 Club and Vintage Reimagined subscriptions. We found that particularly with the "leather" slipcases, the delays and amount of waste due to shipping damages was something that we simply could not continue to produce at the quality we hope to achieve. So in 2023, we are no longer including book boxes in the gilded subscriptions. It is possible that we will offer stand-alone "a-la-carte" purchases for some releases, but as a whole, we are getting rid of the book boxes. We believe that ultimately this will alleviate a huge bottleneck in our production line. In addition to this, this will allow our production costs to be drastically reduced which means we are drastically lowering the costs of our 2023 subscriptions across the board, but most notably in the Gilded Subscription tiers.

In order to take advantage of the new pricing and structures you need to do absolutely nothing. We will handle all the restructuring on the back end! So for example, if you currently subscribe to a LTD Table Players, an LTD Vintage Reimagined, and a Gilded No. 13 Club, you are currently paying $109/mo for those three subs. In 2023 you will be automatically transitioned to the STD Table Players, the STD Vintage Reimagined, and the GLD No. 13 Club, and we will automatically reduce your subscription to $54/mo! You will retain all your current subscription numbers for all Gilded subs and the LTD No. 13 Club.

You of course can always add more subscriptions. The new subscriptions will be available on December 16th!

You can see the 2022-23 price comparisons below.

[hsbc]

January 2023, Atlantis

The colors on the back design change dramatically in the light, it's hard to capture! Are they nice? Yes. Do I wish they were printed by USPCC? Of course

[hsbc]

Just a heads up! We will make these three PU Leather Slipcases available for the first three Vintage Reimagined decks for preorder on Wednesday. You won't have to be a subscriber or anything they will be available to anyone who wants to preorder them. They will match the specs of last year's Vintage Reimagined slipcases for those that want to continue the sets.

These are comps so the final colors may differ slightly. We will be doing something similar for the Book Boxes for the No. 13 Club decks. We will being launching those preorders in Feb

The Slip cases will be $25 individually and $20 ($60 total) if you preorder all three.

[kevork]

Now that the book boxes are gone, this might be something that has caught my eye. How many other PU Leather decks are there so far? I believe Mistborn was in this type of case as well but that wasn't Vintage Reimagined.

[hsbc]

How many other PU Leather decks are there so far?

Stolen from cdub on the KWP Discord:

[shermjack]

I worry about those PU leather cases as they tend to deteriorate (cracks, peeling, etc) over time (as little as 1 1/2 years) if not properly cared for...I can just image someone spending a lot of money on these decks only to be disappointed much later down the road.

[Harvonsgard]

...

Great news on the price front. All decks are PRC printed now going forward? How does the Atlantic feel. Still thicker as Cartamundi/USPCC?

[hsbc]

How does the Atlantic feel. Still thicker as Cartamundi/USPCC?

Yes, and the fanning still isn't great either IMO

[Harvonsgard]

Appreciate the infos. Now I can go back to my sleeping beauty slumber in regards to KWP.

[EvilDuncan]

Yeah I get why he stopped printing stuff with USPCC, especially after their response to the Oriole deck, but it just doesn't seem right to have these decks printed by anyone else.

[Harvonsgard]

Absolutely understandable. The bigger companies grow, the more dick-ish they seem to become. Adidas, Nike, Lego, Cartamundi/USPCC, ... list goes on and on. You rarely hear small business and owner run stores have a good word for them. It's good that Jackson flips them the bird - quite literally with Oriole, haha - in that regard and moves on. That's why I don't hesitate to support e.g. his Lord of the Rings Kickstarter. But as you mentioned it just feels weird not having the vintage ones printed with USPCC. Weird sense of nostalgia on my part I guess.

[Adamthinks]

Overruns of the El Dorado deck went up for sale today for $15 on the members page. https://kingswildproject.com/collection ... VC_OEtqUJx, There's currently still some available.

[Harvonsgard]

Thanks for the heads-up. Since I love the original El Dorado - which will be way harder to obtain, haha - I picked one up, at the price they should've had from the get go. I still don't understand who would buy a deck like that for $30!?

[hsbc]

SoCal: Empire Playing Cards by Kings Wild Project, $14.80

[vasta41]

I know this isn't the right forum but since we're taking about KWP sales, there's another overrun one going on now: https://kingswildproject.com/collection ... flash-sale