UnitedCardists.com - The forum for Cardistry, Magic, Custom Decks and All Things Playing Cards.

shadowkat wrote:Just curious if anyone has the David Blaine Split Spades Tally Ho deck and how it compares to the regular Fan back or Circle back from Ohio. Thanks for any input.

I've got about a brick of those 2 blues, 4 reds and 4 black decks. I'm hawking them on ebay right now, they tend to go pretty often for around $35 a deck. They are not easy to find (any more).

When I bought the last 1/2 brick (3 black & 3 red) I paid $9 each for them, but that was one of the first non-vintage decks I ever bought in maybe 2007 or 2008?

What do the numbers on the bottom right hand corner signify?

Norbie wrote:What do the numbers on the bottom right hand corner signify?

IHNI. I'll have to look.

Posted to FB a bit ago. I like.

Whoa, he's re-doing the circle back! I like the color combination and the thin, irregular back borders, should make for some great looking fans and spreads.

Really nice, cant wait for these.

Yeah - these will be my first Tally-Hos I think.

Looks great. Just recently I've started to really appreciate kings wild designs. You can see that a lot of thought goes into the design. I didn't back the federal series or the sherlock series but I am going to work to acquire these decks. Starting with the moriarty v2 on KS.
It's a shame Jackson isn't the best at communication though. I've pm'ed him and messageD him on KS but not had any reply. It's a fairly straight forward question regarding combined shipping/backing etc.
Does anyone else have a problem communicating with him or is it just me?
I'm getting paranoid!!

You may want to try commenting on the project and asking your question. Jackson may be busy fulfilling Sherlock Holmes orders and can't answer KS messages as quickly as he'd like. I'm sure his crew members will be able to help you.

Wilko wrote:Looks great. Just recently I've started to really appreciate kings wild designs. You can see that a lot of thought goes into the design. I didn't back the federal series or the sherlock series but I am going to work to acquire these decks. Starting with the moriarty v2 on KS.
It's a shame Jackson isn't the best at communication though. I've pm'ed him and messageD him on KS but not had any reply. It's a fairly straight forward question regarding combined shipping/backing etc.
Does anyone else have a problem communicating with him or is it just me?
I'm getting paranoid!!

I try to answer as many questions as I can, I usually get about 8-9K emails per project so its tough to get through them. I also try to answer global questions like combined shipping within updates, as many people are usually asking the same thing. You can also try messaging Brendan Hong if I'm not getting back to you soon enough as he speaks for Kings Wild Project.

Yikes that alot of emails.

FAO Jackson.
Wow. I can't imagine having that many emails to deal with. I understand your busy and can't answer all emails & PM's.
Thanks for putting things into perspective.

I have no sympathy! Jackson is a game-changer and that's what happenes. I don't mean to sound rude or callous but rather complimentary. Bravo, Jackson! You've earned those e-mails. BTW I am more excited to get my hands on this deck than almost any other deck ever. That is NOT just a KW Tally-Ho deck in my pocket.....

vasta41 wrote:BTW I am more excited to get my hands on this deck than almost any other deck ever. That is NOT just a KW Tally-Ho deck in my pocket.....

Oh, I didn't know Jackson was making KW Tally-Ho mini decks. I kid, I kid! I'm eagerly awaiting this deck as well. I hope he will produce the blue and red versions at the same time.

montecarlojoe wrote:Yeah - these will be my first Tally-Hos I think.

Mine too, Joe, blows away the past ones.

Now that Jackson has several themed decks under his belt, the one thing I've come to expect from him is that ALL of his decks (tucks too!) look a heck of a lot better printed. His artwork is great and the mock-ups are fantastic, but the real thing looks 10x better. So, even marginally exciting decks are going to look amazing when you get the real thing. Just my two cents.

btw...my average spend on each series he releases is around $1000+. My wife hates Jackson. Just saying.

Darn, you outpace me. That's saying something! I'm in about $2k total...

As someone not from the US, I was actually surprised to see the Tally-Ho (circle back and fan back) when I started card collection as we don't have them in widely available in Canada (ie. Wal-Mart, Targets, etc.)

But back to the deck, I can't wait to see this printed for real. It's got a nice luxury remix/feel to the classic circle back.

Damn I thought it was bad when I went a few hundred in. Few thousand, that's a lot of money I could put into cars, cameras, guns or tools, I.e. My other hobbies

I'm gonna try and make two versions a lower price point version for cardists and such and a more kings wild standard limited edition version for the collectors. The tucks are the most expensive part.

Looking forward to them. Phenomenal work as always, sir.

JacksonRobinson wrote:I'm gonna try and make two versions a lower price point version for cardinals and such and a more kings wild standard limited edition version for the collectors. The tucks are the most expensive part.

Thought you were just messing with our minds with that first pic, Jackson, glad to see you weren't!

I was in a Google "Hangout" with Jackson, Paul Carpenter, Jay ("CBJ"), Tony ("Sparkz"), Justin Michaud and several others last night for several hours watching Jackson doing some design work with these and they are just going to be epic, and I don't use that word very often! Simply put: it's a new standard for Tally Ho decks, and without spilling anything that I shouldn't (jeez, I hope none of this is "G2 Classified") he's planning two versions, one for playing with and one for collectors. The design of these is more than a tip of the hat to the old Cinci Circle Backs, it's a modernization and completely revamped fresh look at what can be done these days with the tools we have that just weren't available "back then". He has a lot of things on his planning schedule, so it's not going to be next month, but surely before the end of the year and I expect with the buzz that these are already generating they might slide a little closer than originally intended. "I'm just saying"... Watching him work with the intricate design elements and gracefully, quickly and perfectly build his precise designs was simply amazing! If you ever get a chance to drop into the Hangout with him do so: almost always it's streaming on Youtube as well (I think - I wasn't on that side), so you might not get a front row seat with a mic, but the precision with which he works is something I've never seen, and I've seen a lot of people working in advanced tools like PhotoShop (mine's CS6, but it's a bit out of date and there are plenty of others) was just simply amazing! (and yes, I am repeating myself...)

Since its usually O'dark thirty here when Jackson does his hangouts, was there a mention of new custom courts, or something close to standard?

Oh i really hope these have the Kings Wild Signature court cards. That would be amazing.

I'm planning on releasing my Kings Wild Standard Courts with this deck. They will be very traditional but completely new and custom.

And there goes all my disposable income for that month

Are there any images posted somewhere for the Kings Wild Standard Courts yet?