Bicycle Metalluxe Megathread
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
I don't understand why Bicycle, Art of Play, Theory 11, et. al. are so cagey about pricing. I dont see how this benefits the hype/promotion of a new deck.
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
I agree. But I don't think this is the case here. I think Dave is just giving us a "sneak peek" and needs to wait until Bicycle sells them on their own website before he can price and sell them himself.steampunk52 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 1:11 pm I don't understand why Bicycle, Art of Play, Theory 11, et. al. are so cagey about pricing. I dont see how this benefits the hype/promotion of a new deck.
If I'm not mistaken, I think he (or some other reseller) got a slap on the wrist a few years back for leaking a new release before it was "officially" sold.
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
Thank you for clarifying. Wrong of me to lump this effort in with the others without having more information. I think with all the recent black friday teases w/o prices, this one made feel "enough already!"
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
I thought this was done to prevent people from sitting on the (usually) inflated price and changing their mind on buying before release. I might change my mind too if I knew I was overpaying a week in advance, I’d have time to sleep on it and come to my sensessteampunk52 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 1:11 pm I don't understand why Bicycle, Art of Play, Theory 11, et. al. are so cagey about pricing. I dont see how this benefits the hype/promotion of a new deck.
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
These tucks are the best looking but there's been a bunch of previous metalluxe decks. Not too excited until I see the faces.
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
I'm positive they will be completely standard.Bikefanatic wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:20 am These tucks are the best looking but there's been a bunch of previous metalluxe decks. Not too excited until I see the faces.
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
I hate the tucks. They aren't very red or green. Need to be stronger colors. I wonder how bad the registration and bleed will be.Bikefanatic wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:20 am These tucks are the best looking but there's been a bunch of previous metalluxe decks. Not too excited until I see the faces.
Move on, nothing to see here.
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
I thought they would be available through the normal channels by now but I guess not. Message the guy (Dave) in the OP on FB and he will sell them to you.
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
Who is Dave and what are his credentials? Why or how does he have a bunch of unreleased Bicycle decks on facebook?
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
He has run an eBay store for about one decade now and most certainly has a lot of friends in low places. I don't know the range of his contacts but he is pretty good at obtaining bicycle playing cards, especially ones released in Asia.
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
I have bought probably over 100 decks from Dave Hofmeister over the years and can vouch for him 100%. I get almost all my Bicycle decks from him. Never any issue with any of my orders and he ships very quickly with great packaging.
You can contact him at thatbicycleguy1@gmail.com
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Re: Bicycle Red, Green & Gold MetalLuxe 2022
Ohh. I like me some Bicycle decks. Please share Dave Hofmeister name on eBay if you don’t mind.
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Bicycle Prototype Metalluxe - Magenta and Dark Silver
Magenta
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Limited edition runs of Bicycle Rider Back decks used to test our new foil processes that are released when we love the results, giving you a chance to own a piece of our history. Not every test makes the cut.
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Due to the nature of our testing processes, Prototype decks will be very limited. 345 of each color available.
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Re: Bicycle Prototype Metalluxe - Magenta and Dark Silver
I waited too long on the other 2 limited releases so I made sure to jump on these.
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Re: Bicycle Prototype Metalluxe - Magenta and Dark Silver
If you order 4, it's free shipping. Anyone want to pool together?
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Re: Bicycle Prototype Metalluxe - Magenta and Dark Silver
Those colors look gorgeous, especially the magenta. I wonder what they're testing? USPCC has been printing metalluxe decks in a bunch of colors for a while now
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Re: Bicycle Prototype Metalluxe - Magenta and Dark Silver
I got pulled away for work for a couple hours and missed it. Ah well, it's not a huge loss. Henry may pop up with some shortly too.
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Re: Bicycle Prototype Metalluxe - Magenta and Dark Silver
Same for me - work is really starting to get in the way
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Re: Bicycle Prototype Metalluxe - Magenta and Dark Silver
Plenty on ebay heading towards the same price - saw a new ebayer selling a few at 119, which is at least 70 dollars more than I am willing to spring for it - really more of a bike fan item than mine, and there are plenty of those
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Re: Bicycle Prototype Metalluxe - Magenta and Dark Silver
He did, but USPCC's fulfilment center still fell short again. Henry posted on SoCal IG the extent of the damage on the tucks for the 10 decks he got. He even did a packing demo on IG! Sick burn there. Let's hope USPCC pays attention.
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Re: Bicycle Prototype Metalluxe - Magenta and Dark Silver
Most likely just a marketing move. "Prototype" seems more like a collectable item than a regular metalluxe Bike .crazy_lazy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:02 pm I wonder what they're testing? USPCC has been printing metalluxe decks in a bunch of colors for a while now
A shame to see how much they care for there own products, seeing how often they fxxk up shipping decks properly.
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