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RichK wrote:Looks like Gio designed the coin. Cleavage! [emoji38]

Lol. They do kind of look like Gio boobs yeah

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Well, not to leave the topic of boobs. Did anyone check out Lorenzo's Queen of Hearts in the House of the Rising Spades deck?

Bradius wrote:Well, not to leave the topic of boobs. Did anyone check out Lorenzo's Queen of Hearts in the House of the Rising Spades deck?

Aye ( ♡ )( ♡ )

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We have a pouch now, that you can use to keep your coins. Now, if you get five coins, you get the pouch for free (and the coins themselves are discounted).

You might want to check

My Pinocchios Sapphire and Vermilion arrived today - a very pleasant, very beautiful surprise. I tried to take a couple pictures but deleted them in frustration; there is just too much subtlety in the colors to do them justice in a digital photograph. The Taiwanese printers and Cartamundi may be gaining on them in other respects, but for metallic inks you really can't beat USPCC.

Some thought has obviously been put into the non-metallic inks as well. Vermilion's palette could easily have come out feeling too harsh for its fairytale theme if a "true" red was used; instead the red suits are done in a rose red, ever-so-slightly tinged toward pink. If my eyes do not deceive me, the "black" suits of Sapphire are not a true black either: in contrast to Vermilion, they appear to be brown-black. (I had to take the ten of clubs out of both decks to compare them.)

There are a couple rough spots in the English text on the cards, most noticeably on Vermilion's ace of clubs. But it doesn't detract from them too much; hell, if anything it might add a bit to their retro charm, though I admit I've got a soft spot for cute Engrish. Definitely a pair of decks I'm happy to add to my collection.

Very pleased with mine as well! The book/tuck case enclosure is excellent and we'll detailed.

I just couldn't back these at the time but I really wanted to. I am happy they turned out well. I will probably seek these out aftermarket at some point.

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Damn, can't believe I missed this. If anyone picked up extras please let me know!

I received my double-deck set yesterday. Just one set though.

Bradius wrote:I received my double-deck set yesterday. Just one set though.

Are you holding out on us, old man?

Not this time. Just one, but love it all the more.

Hmmm, here's hoping mine will be here soon. Rule of thumb is, 10 days after Brad gets his I seem to get mine *crosses fingers*

Full Deck Scans:
Vermilion - https://www.flickr.com/photos/167981955 ... 0174358208" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Sapphire - https://www.flickr.com/photos/167981955 ... 8199294045" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Personal Note: These decks are insane. The foil is perfect and sadly the scans dont due this deck the justice it deserves.

Well, maybe I was holding out after all. I guess I got another double deck set on another account because one showed up at home. Not sure I want to part with it though. Dentyne or someone else here might have one for sale. The creator also might have a few up on their website eventually.

Merlebird wrote:My Pinocchios Sapphire and Vermilion arrived today - a very pleasant, very beautiful surprise. I tried to take a couple pictures but deleted them in frustration; there is just too much subtlety in the colors to do them justice in a digital photograph. The Taiwanese printers and Cartamundi may be gaining on them in other respects, but for metallic inks you really can't beat USPCC.

Some thought has obviously been put into the non-metallic inks as well. Vermilion's palette could easily have come out feeling too harsh for its fairytale theme if a "true" red was used; instead the red suits are done in a rose red, ever-so-slightly tinged toward pink. If my eyes do not deceive me, the "black" suits of Sapphire are not a true black either: in contrast to Vermilion, they appear to be brown-black. (I had to take the ten of clubs out of both decks to compare them.)

There are a couple rough spots in the English text on the cards, most noticeably on Vermilion's ace of clubs. But it doesn't detract from them too much; hell, if anything it might add a bit to their retro charm, though I admit I've got a soft spot for cute Engrish. Definitely a pair of decks I'm happy to add to my collection.

Thank you very much for your kind words! As for the English, we had to use the official translation of the Collodi Foundation... I don' t know why it was wacky maybe it was done intentionally..

Just to be informative: Sapphire and Vermilion are now sold at Murphy's (that is the only approved reseller) and will be sold at the same price on our store very soon. We will have, in addition, some cool bundles with the Collodi Edition.

Conturbia wrote:As for the English, we had to use the official translation of the Collodi Foundation... I don' t know why it was wacky maybe it was done intentionally..

I wondered if it might be something like that. Strictly conjecture, but my guess would be that the "official" English version sanctioned by the foundation is one of the earlier English translations produced, possibly the earliest, and perhaps one approved by a close surviving relative of Collodi's. That seems to be how these things usually go, and I would understand a certain sentimental attachment to a particular translation under such circumstances. But I at least wish they would fix the grammatical errors...

Conturbia wrote:Just to be informative: Sapphire and Vermilion are now sold at Murphy's (that is the only approved reseller) and will be sold at the same price on our store very soon. We will have, in addition, some cool bundles with the Collodi Edition.

Good news for the folks who missed the KS campaign!

Just checked the outstanding tracking I have on 2 numbers. I'm guessing that Pinocchio is one of these. Both decks have cleared Customs, so should be here Friday.

If I were to get one, it'll be the red.

Bikefanatic wrote:If I were to get one, it'll be the red.

My personal opinion is that the blue is better (brighter flash on the metallic backs, more interesting color scheme, stronger designs, etc.). But the red's no slouch by any means.

Picked mine up today. The double deck was a much darker shade of purple than I was expecting (this is not a bad thing). Bit disappointed these weren't signed and numbered at the base of the tuck like Acheronte. Might have been nice.

Now that's some news. Thanks for the heads-up @hsbc.

are they new cards as well or just new tucks?

Seeing how things are on the card market the cards will be the same besides the coloured edges on one version and the gilding on the other.
Post explicitly mentions freshly designed tuck boxes, I'd say you would definitely mention it when the cards are new designed as well.

STLBluesNut wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:28 am are they new cards as well or just new tucks?

The cards are the "classic" ones, @Harvonsgard is right. I have always wanted to make a gilded edition of the Pinocchio decks for a bunch of reasons. On the one hand, the gilded edition was just never made. As the Vermilion and Sapphire tuck boxes are the first I have ever designed (*my first time designing packaging items and my very first time with hot foil), I had the strong desire to reinterpret them again, after 3+ years of experience with packs in general and playing cards in particular.

Before the Bold decks, I had never used gilding. I am working closely with an Italian company that is open to new techniques and pays a lot of attention to details. It is very stimulating for me on the creative side. I sent some decks to a "new" company in the USA to see if they were able to make what I had in mind, but no way: playing cards are a super technical product (that is one of the reasons why I love them <3). In the end, I made some complicated customs operations and imported the decks.

Getting back to the point, if you are interested in the faces of the playing cards, they are the same. I don't think I'll ever design them again.

Sneak peek at the 35 with black seal

Wow! So cool!

very cool!

Red, €32, https://shop.elettradeganello.com/colle ... -ii-ed-red
Silver, €58, https://shop.elettradeganello.com/colle ... -ed-silver
Black, €92, SOLD OUT https://shop.elettradeganello.com/colle ... i-ed-black

Can't lie, $100 is sort of insane but that gilding.......