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I only got one fantasma duplex. I need to speak to management.....

My latest TWI Patreon haul, plus a couple of extra Monolith Zodiac Prime decks I picked up. Both Zodiac decks are sweet.

Did your extra Prime decks come separately? I ordered some extra but they did not come with my Patreon package plus I have not heard anything yet about them shipping.

brownsl wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:58 am Did your extra Prime decks come separately? I ordered some extra but they did not come with my Patreon package plus I have not heard anything yet about them shipping.

My two extra Prime decks did come in with one of my Patreon packages.

I did get my extra decks a couple of days ago.

Bradius wrote: ↑Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:28 pm Another hole in my collection is filled an Onda BN finally found its way to my collection courtesy of kasuma99. Thanks man!
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That is a gorgeous tuck! I have a couple Onda, will have to keep an eye out for one of these.

Here is my packages from last week.

First up is a package from Jocu. My three Dram sets and two extra Dram decks. Also 2 gilded sets of Under the Moon. I did open one set and just love the deck and gilding. Also two forest green Fillide decks. One cool feature of the gilded Under the Moon decks is the seal is just half, so it isn't actually "sealed" and you can't break the seal to open the deck. You do have to cut the cellophane outside and the cellophane for the cards inside, but still a cool touch for those of us that just have a hard time mentally breaking seals.

Next is the Sanctissimus decks. A heck of a deal for 15-20 Euro each.

Finally, and not least is a set of goodies from Brad at Native Tongue. I am a new Patron, but he was setting me up with some nice stuff. I am so excited to be a Patron of his as well.

I received what is more like a crate from Gambler's Warehouse with my four Patreon rewards with Thirdway. Gio's Patreon package has always seemed too good to pass up. Of course a "few" extras to top off my tank.

Wow wow wow! I just scrolled through all six pages of this thread and lost count of how many time my jaw dropped. Congrats on a beautiful collection! One of these days Im gonna scoop a Damask Blue (just not at these current prices )

With TWI day events going on, I have picked up some things from the sale. Here are a few of the things from this year's haul:
I picked up a couple extra Zodiac Aurus decks. I don't think that deck has previously been available aside from part of a Patreon package, so that was nice, if a bit expensive. Also a few more coins at some nice prices. The stickers and pins was just fun. Also, Gio has/had a few damaged Eva statues for really cheap, so I had to pick up one as that was one thing I never got. It was damaged, but on the back and not that bad for my example.

Not shown were two of the new white and green empty TWI brick boxes to put some of my TWI booty. I also picked up a full set of The Order prototypes, which includes six uncut card sheets (3 versions with one sheet for front and another the back) as well as the three uncut tuck sheet prototypes printed by USPCC. It didn't include the B&N The Order Electus tuck. Those were all signed as 1/1 prototypes.

At the end of Gio's birthday sale, I noticed that the Galaxia tuck prototypes hadn't sold, so I picked those up to go with my prototypes for The Order. It is nice having that as a full set. The order and Galaxia are some of my favorites from Gio. That is probably because i am a science fiction nut.

Gio also sent over a number of cool uncut tucks printed by Boschiero & Newton. Boschiero & Newton is just off the hook good. I mean crazy good printers. When I compare their work to those USPCC tucks...it just isn't in the same universe.

Below is a bad photo of the new sins tucks they did. Having the uncut in hand...wow. Even if you have the cards, get this new tuck. It is just stunning. The photo does NOT do it justice. The foil just glows and the texture is unreal. The foils used includes a holographic foil that is just amazing. This is definitely the best work I have seen from them or anyone.

TWI first and second quarter 2024 Patreon package, plus a half brick of the SINS Legacy Mentis and Corpus.


My Cirque Luciole set:

I am transplanting this photo from the Kickstarter thread. Just back the new Pollock decks, but here is the brink from the first Kickstarter.

the borderless was my first “wow” of a deck in the pre-history for my collection

The edge printing effect of borderless does look pretty bloody good

Really just full bleed rather than edge print, but it is nice…. pics will do where words will not…

I should have emphasized "effect" as I knew it was not edge printing but at some angles it really has that 'effect'

I have a couple of sets that most have, but thought I would share anyway.

First is my kickstarter rewards from Tails of Mischief. I purchase a brick and then another wooden set. That allowed me to open one set and have two sets in the custom carat cases, one set in the custom wooden box and one set opened. I am really pleased with how these came out. No mini decks or miniatures. I felt like I had spent enough...

The next is my set of Lotrek first year patron rewards. I was a manic tier member, so four Black Patron decks. I opened one and really liked the finished result.
I also managed to pick up what is to the best of my knowledge a set of unique signed prints from Lotrek of the Venexiana courts and the Grotesque courts and aces. I got this via Baconwise. Here is a link to a short video of the prints. They came in a nice leather folio cover.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfCcOI ... ASyag/view

Bradius wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:06 pm
I also managed to pick up what is to the best of my knowledge a set of unique signed prints from Lotrek of the Venexiana courts and the Grotesque courts and aces. I got this via Baconwise. Here is a link to a short video of the prints. They came in a nice leather folio cover.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfCcOI ... ASyag/view

Wow, I've been looking for those for some time. It's the first time I'm seeing them outside of their mention in their respective KS campaigns. Based on those mentions, it was assumed that there was a leather folio for each campaign but it looks like he may have also combined the two into one at some point. Absolutely incredible. Can't say I'm not a little envious! Congrats on this, Bradius. Glad it's in the UC family.

Lotrek wrote:Hand crafted by me, with gold foil stamp on the front cover. The leather is goat, coming from the last traditional leather workshop in Greece.

Thanks for that information Kevork. I didn't know that was an option. From what I see from the Kickstarter sales, only 3 of the Venexiana print sets were sold and only one of the Grotesque print sets were sold. TBH, I was mainly interested in the Venexaiana prints as they are just stunning. Still, I am excited to have the Grotesque prints as well. I also collect prints, maps and very old books and pages, so this has a nice overlap between my different collections. It is that there noted that few were even interested in that stuff back in the day.

Last week I received a package from Gio. During the Chaos Kickstarter, I purchased a set of the uncut tucks. They looked amazing, so sure. Well, Gio sent them to us early since they were ready and he had to ship them separately anyway. I think you have all seen better photos, but I still had to share. It was $120 for the set and it included not only the 8 different Chaos tucks signed, but also four others and a signed completed tuck. Last I looked, there wee four other sets available. If you don't get these, I would encourage you to consider doing them occasionally for a set you like. It really adds to your collection with something rather special and fun. The photos came out flat, especially when compressed. They really look great in person. Anyway, here you go:

Anyway, something to give a taste of what is to come.

Speaking of which, one more thing. My recent quarterly Thirdway Patron set:

One of my extra signed tucks was a signed SINS Mentis deck, which is gorgeous with the textured paper. If anyone is interested in it, please drop me a line.

Wow!!! - I had forgotten about those, vaguely remember him offering that in the original campaign. Those are gorgeous much better detail and presentation enlarged like that. Everyone of them signed too.

kevork wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:20 pm

Bradius wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:06 pm
I also managed to pick up what is to the best of my knowledge a set of unique signed prints from Lotrek of the Venexiana courts and the Grotesque courts and aces. I got this via Baconwise. Here is a link to a short video of the prints. They came in a nice leather folio cover.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfCcOI ... ASyag/view

Wow, I've been looking for those for some time. It's the first time I'm seeing them outside of their mention in their respective KS campaigns. Based on those mentions, it was assumed that there was a leather folio for each campaign but it looks like he may have also combined the two into one at some point. Absolutely incredible. Can't say I'm not a little envious! Congrats on this, Bradius. Glad it's in the UC family.

Lotrek wrote:Hand crafted by me, with gold foil stamp on the front cover. The leather is goat, coming from the last traditional leather workshop in Greece.