Bee "Dark Diamond" from Coterie1902

[Mike Ratledge]

Bee Dark Diamond Playing CardsSimple. Stealthy. Elegant. Quietly Brilliant.


We are proud to introduce the Bee Dark Diamond Playing Cards, the debut release byTriplus, which is a platform in China formed by playing cards collection and cardistry enthusiasts for high end customized playing cards.
 
The Dark Diamond design concept originated from an extraordinary inspiration to reinterpret the classic Bee Diamond Back, making it realistic and shining.
 
After over a year of hard work and collaboration with an ingenious designer from Italy, the Bee Dark Diamond Playing Cards is finally here! No detail is left out: Simple yet elegant card back design, customized pips and court cards, gaff cards using QR code and website to achieve impossible prediction card magic effect, printed on finest Casion Quality Bee Playing Cards Paper Stock with Q1 Quality Control by USPCC.

5000 decks run for 1st Edition
Casino Quality Bee Playing Cards Paper Stock and Finish
Real Diamond Back
Customized Pips and Faces
Two QR Code Gaff Cards with infinite applications
Release at 03:33 a.m. (UTC+08:00) 3rd March on
Coterie1902.com (Hong Kong time, 4:33pm today EST)

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Interestingly enough, I already purchased a pair of these that I paid $9 each for... I bought them from someone in Hong Kong.

[rousselle]

Mike, how do you like the faces? The back pictured looks okaayyy, but doesn't make me think I'd pay more than $6 for it....

[Mike Ratledge]

My pix:

[Mike Ratledge]

Mike, how do you like the faces? The back pictured looks okaayyy, but doesn't make me think I'd pay more than $6 for it....

Pretty much standard, but I am one of those people who does not open my decks in general. I suppose I might get a few more so I can have one to play with.

See the pix above that I just posted...

[MagikFingerz]

I'd like these a lot more if they were borderless. White borders around a stealth design doesn't really make much sense

[montecarlojoe]

Is it me or did a year's work with a world class designer just come up with a black Diamond Cut?

Can't say I'm a fan.

[cosmicsecret]

judging by the pictures : so far not impressed at all - thick borders, the back design isn´t very eye catching rather boring compared to whats been released on decks the few months ago.Hearing that the deck has standard courts makes my intereste level go to zero.
The Questionmark deck by Coterie however is a nice designed deck!

[sinjin7]

I'm not even tempted to add this to my collection. This reminds me of that Kickstarter deck that had diamonds on the back design that failed miserably. That designer kept on changing the back, and these Dark Diamonds remind me of one of the iterations. Boring, one-way back design, huge wide borders, minimal customization of courts and pips, bland tuck box - what is there to get excited about? Novel gaff cards won't be enough to carry this deck.

Didn't Zenneth sing the praises of that new overseas card manufacturer? I think it is located in Taiwan. I find it interesting that the last two offerings that Coterie rolled out (Question and Dark Diamond) are USPCC decks and not the supposedly awesome overseas manufacturer.

[chach]

These are up and available on the Coterie website. Zenneth did say that he wouldn't partner with USPCC but I believe that he's just involved with marketing and selling these overseas. The design and production is entirely by another company. Also, this was probably in the works before USPCC screwed Zenneth over.

[vjose32]

Wouldn't it have made more sense to release these at the same time as the other deck a couple days ago?

[Mike Ratledge]

A couple more pix from Zenneth's website:

[vasta41]

I like the back design and for the first time ever, I have to agree with Neo- these would look better borderless. The tuck is one of the most borring looking things ever. And since I don't open most of my decks, this is a hard pass for me.

[MagikFingerz]

I like the back design and for the first time ever, I have to agree with Neo- these would look better borderless. The tuck is one of the most borring looking things ever. And since I don't open most of my decks, this is a hard pass for me.

You haven't agreed with me before? Aww

[vasta41]

I like the back design and for the first time ever, I have to agree with Neo- these would look better borderless. The tuck is one of the most borring looking things ever. And since I don't open most of my decks, this is a hard pass for me.

You haven't agreed with me before? Aww

Hahaha I agree with your avatar but not on the subject of borders! I like 'em! For the most part..

[MagikFingerz]

I like the back design and for the first time ever, I have to agree with Neo- these would look better borderless. The tuck is one of the most borring looking things ever. And since I don't open most of my decks, this is a hard pass for me.

You haven't agreed with me before? Aww

Hahaha I agree with your avatar but not on the subject of borders! I like 'em! For the most part..

Well, I'm not generally opposed to borders. The thickness, on the other hand...

[Widdee]

I'm not even tempted to add this to my collection. This reminds me of that Kickstarter deck that had diamonds on the back design that failed miserably. That designer kept on changing the back, and these Dark Diamonds remind me of one of the iterations. Boring, one-way back design, huge wide borders, minimal customization of courts and pips, bland tuck box - what is there to get excited about? Novel gaff cards won't be enough to carry this deck.

Didn't Zenneth sing the praises of that new overseas card manufacturer? I think it is located in Taiwan. I find it interesting that the last two offerings that Coterie rolled out (Question and Dark Diamond) are USPCC decks and not the supposedly awesome overseas manufacturer.

Have to agree with you and comicsecret, to me this is a boring deck made worse by standard faces. It does remind me of the second System6 deck with the prismatic theme, which I didn't like either. (Really liked their first deck though) I like a lot if Zenneth's work but this just leaves me flat.

[Mike Ratledge]

Undskyld, guys? Did you read my first post? It was done by Triplus, a Chinese card collecting group.

[Bikefanatic]

Is it me or did a year's work with a world class designer just come up with a black Diamond Cut?

Can't say I'm a fan.

The Diamond Cut deck crossed my mind too. I wonder if anyone on here or the guy's haters has his deck.

[volantangel]

No one mentioned the one-way back ? Pretty obvious imo.

I actually really like the box, a v different bee deck

[Mike Ratledge]

Is it me or did a year's work with a world class designer just come up with a black Diamond Cut?

Can't say I'm a fan.

The Diamond Cut deck crossed my mind too. I wonder if anyone on here or the guy's haters has his deck.

Another one that I went all in on. I still have not received my deck.

[Zenneth]

These are up and available on the Coterie website. Zenneth did say that he wouldn't partner with USPCC but I believe that he's just involved with marketing and selling these overseas. The design and production is entirely by another company. Also, this was probably in the works before USPCC screwed Zenneth over.

Exactly the case here...

Bee Dark Diamond wasn't conceptualized or designed by me, it's by Triplus.
My involvement is limited to sales and promotion of this deck, making them available on Coterie1902 for sales outside China.

With regard to USPCC, they still make high quality playing cards and I still use/collect USPCC made playing cards,
it's just that I had too much frustration working on customized deck projects with USPCC and indeed absolutely not interested in doing branded deck with USPCC again.

[Zenneth]

Hey guys,

I have made two videos with Triplus to show some basic applications of the QR card that comes with the Dark Diamond Playing Cards.
Here's the performance video of one of the easiest magic applications.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ZkbAR ... e=youtu.be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In the explanation video there is more detailed introduction of the system and 1 more application.

Thanks,
Zenneth