Hive 2 - Kings Wild Project

[CostlyAxis]

Just got my two decks in the mail (60/750 on the LE version), and man do I regret not getting more. They're terrific looking cards (and tucks). I think I was too concerned with the pledging platform to get my usual quantities.

[Bikefanatic]

The limited edition are already going for double on ebay, they could be worth more as time goes on.

[shermjack]

Hive 2 Standard Edition (green) available on collectableplayingcards.com for 13.95...get 'em while they last!

[bamabenz]

Got back from 10 day/3500 mile road trip to find a brick of Hive 2! No green yet, maybe USPS will deliver those tomorrow.

Love the art, and lighter characters, blacker indices -- much better for play.
The light ivory background is much better than the Hive 1 gray too.
Didn't really notice that gray before, but the contrast between the two decks is striking.

Can't wait to see what Brendan does next.

/bama

[rousselle]

Got back from 10 day/3500 mile road trip to find a brick of Hive 2! No green yet, maybe USPS will deliver those tomorrow.

Love the art, and lighter characters, blacker indices -- much better for play.
The light ivory background is much better than the Hive 1 gray too.
Didn't really notice that gray before, but the contrast between the two decks is striking.

Can't wait to see what Brendan does next.

/bama

For what it's worth, I received both green and LE in the same shipment. You may want to drop KW a line.

[Marcus]

I think it depends on how you pledged. I pledged on three separate occasions and mine was shipped in three separate packages.

[badpete69]

Got back from 10 day/3500 mile road trip to find a brick of Hive 2! No green yet, maybe USPS will deliver those tomorrow.

Love the art, and lighter characters, blacker indices -- much better for play.
The light ivory background is much better than the Hive 1 gray too.
Didn't really notice that gray before, but the contrast between the two decks is striking.

Can't wait to see what Brendan does next.

/bama

So Bama the only brick you could buy I thought was the green deck brick in the pledge levels.. You got a brick of the limited for $240?

[EvanEssence]

Hive 2 Standard Edition (green) available on collectableplayingcards.com for 13.95...get 'em while they last!

Thanks for the heads up...ordered one

[doobybrain]

These came in today! They look great!

[bamabenz]

So Bama the only brick you could buy I thought was the green deck brick in the pledge levels.. You got a brick of the limited for $240?

I lied, or actually I misled you in an attempt at brevity. I pledged for 6 LE decks right away, and then looked at the images again later and regretted not pledging for more so I ordered another 8.

I pledged for the brick of Green separately. As many of you know, the brick got interpreted as a single deck in the fulfillment center, so I only got a single deck today. Brendan sent out a note to backers saying that this is being addressed.

The four unique jokers are pretty cool!

/bama

[Bikefanatic]

An uncut tuck of the limited edition would've been great!! I would've got one instead of always looking inside of the tuck.

[rousselle]

So, BHong's latest (and possibly last) project update for Hive 2 said that he wasn't sure if or when he'd have another big project rolling out.

I can only imagine that there's a great deal of work behind creating a completely new design for a deck of cards, but given how well he has been honing his craft, I hope we get a chance to see more from him. He brings an interesting voice to the language of playing card design.

[Honeybee]

I finally found Hive that I can still get new from a retailer for a mere $13us but without the hives on the back, these green decks look so ordinary compared to the V1's

[Eric Lee]

You did? OK to share the retailer who still has Hive 2 in stock?

[Honeybee]

see this thread I started on the weekend Eric

viewtopic.php?t=23925

[Honeybee]

Hey Eric, as well as the couple of tucks pictured a little up this page, do you remember this one? A different Ltd Edn to the black tuck?
Henry/SoCal labelled it 'Kings Wild Project: The Hive 2 Limited Edition Gold (Inverted Tuck, #227/750) '

[Honeybee]

I have the Limited v2 Gold Hive now and this is what you see inside the tuck

I figure somebody just took one of these decks and carefully peeled off the seal, disassembled the tuck and reassembled it to create the yellow looking tuck that I attached to the previous post - that is after all the definition of an inverted tuck

[JazzBaloo]

Looks like foil on inside but not outside.

[Honeybee]

Yes, the earlier pic looks like yellow ink rather than foil but I am supposing that is simply a trick of photography

Nowhere can I find the suggestion that there was ever a yellow tuck version so I cannot come up with any other explanation (plus we have the description 'inverted tuck')

[Honeybee]

Henry/SoCal confirmed that someone carefully removed the seal, disassembled the tuck and reassembled it inside out.

[JazzBaloo]

Cool camera tricks