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Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:11 pm**

MJF wrote:
I think I'm going to start a new thread... 52 ways to destroy a Stealth Card... - Shoot me ideas folks!

bullet through the Ace of Spades.

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:17 pm**

Fezuke wrote:

But earlier today, something cheered me up, Found these 4 decks at walmart for 3.84$ each. Made my day.

where do you find them in wal-mart. I've never seen decks like that at mine.

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:37 am**

where do you find them in wal-mart. I've never seen decks like that at mine.

Usually in the toy section, there's a little bicycle stand with a bunch of bicycle products, not only cards. If you look closely at my collection, all the decks with translations on them were all bought at Walmart. I always go take a look once in a while, I got lucky a few times

And they sell them really cheap, so buying many copies isn't bad at all.

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:53 pm**

I have purchased a few Bikes at Walmart, and also at Target, for very reasonable prices. They don't carry a huge variety, mostly the ones of most interest to card players rather than collectors and cardistst - Standards (Rider Back), Pinochle, Jumbo Index, etc - and occasionally some of the custom decks they hope will have a broad appeal (I got my Dragon Backs at Target, IIRC).

I got the idea to check Target after learning that the Flirtatious/Bungalow/Rejuvenate/Twilight set of Bikes were originally created to be marketed solely at Target, but were discontinued there after not doing well.

And yes, in both Target and Walmart, the Bikes are in a special display in or near the Toy or Games section of the store.

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:19 pm**

Those 2 decks are Canadian decks.. that's why they say http://www.bicyclecards.ca" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; on the back

I was at Walmart today, and took these photos ( I live in Canada )

These were in the toy section

CBJ

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:41 am**

I didn't want the pink deck, but got it any way. Maybe I'll give it to my wife. I like the Heritage Series Nautic back way better, this one looks blurred

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:57 pm**

Got my confidence decks today

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:26 pm**

Magic_Orthodoxy wrote:I didn't want the pink deck, but got it any way. Maybe I'll give it to my wife. I like the Heritage Series Nautic back way better, this one looks blurred

Okay, you changed your story on what you plan to do with the pink one, right? Some of us notice things like that, you know...

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:37 pm**

Hello all,
Have been reading and buying for while and posted a few times and desided to share my finds with everyone, enjoy.

: These are single opened decks of these styles; untitle18.png (4.31 MiB) Viewed 3115 times

: Hope I can get the 4th deck; Garden 3.png (2.39 MiB) Viewed 3115 times

: All of these decks were purchased at my local Walmart; collection7.png (4.18 MiB) Viewed 3115 times

Thank you.
Jeff

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:50 am**

A close up pic of the garden 03 cards :

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:12 pm**

Growing my vintage Bike collection

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:42 pm**

Magic_Orthodoxy wrote:Growing my vintage Bike collection

Well... vintage reprint anyway

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:43 pm**

of course...

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:27 pm**

Way to harsh the buzz, MagicOrthodoxy.

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:43 pm**

Some new entries:

Early AA playing cards I believe from between the 1940

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Early Steamboat 999 playing cards with tax stamp

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From Greece around WWII the factory was destroyed during a bombing or so the story goes.

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All the decks were purchase on ebay. Enjoy.

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:11 pm**

Posted: **Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:17 pm**

I got....an interesting Black Fan 10 of Diamonds - just opened these and got this. I guess now I can do tricks requiring a short card....

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:33 pm**

got my 3 Ultraviolet decks today (one of them was free due the delayed shipping disaster)

Posted: **Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:30 pm**

Here are two decks I recently added to my collection, and one I've had since the 1990s...

==========[ Headings ]==========

==========[ BatailleDeNancy ]==========

A gift from a magician friend, this deck was published by Grimaud in 1977 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Bataille de Nancy (the Battle of Nancy). This deck has courts wearing outfits appropriate to the year of the battle (1477).

Second row: Since the pips on the courts are not custom, I scanned in some pip/number cards as well, to show their custom pips. The second joker and the back of the tuck round out the row.

==========[ JacobsBibleCards_Modern ]==========

Published in 1969 (note the "69" cleverly formed by the monkey tails on the Queen of Hearts) by Lion Playing Cards of Israel,

The courts represent various persons from the Bible.
The Joker is the Serpent wrapped around the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden.
The back includes symbols of the Twelve Tribes of Israel (Judah, Simeon, Levi, Naphtali, Isaacar, Asher, Dan, Zebulun, Gad, Benjamin, Judah, Joseph)

The deck is a 1969 reimagining of the earlier version of the deck, shown below.

==========[ JacobsBibleCards_Original ]==========

Published in 1965, again by Lion Playing Cards of Israel, the deck was designed and drawn by famed Israeli artist Ze'ev Raban of the Bezalel School of the Arts.

The courts are the same Biblical persons as were later used in the 1969 version
The Joker is the demon Asmodai.
The back again includes symbols of the Twelve Tribes of Israel (Judah, Simeon, Levi, Naphtali, Isaacar, Asher, Dan, Zebulun, Gad, Benjamin, Judah, Joseph)

And even THIS deck is a reimagining of an earlier deck, the 1920 deck "Palestine Play-Cards", also designed and drawn by Raban.

That deck (not shown here) contained single-ended versions of these same courts, and had a suit-system using symbols meaningful within Judaic art: Stars of David, Menorahs, Leaves and Pomegranates.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:08 pm**

Finally got my HORNET Deck, and I love it. Circle City is the BEST! Definitely pick this deck up if you don't have it.

deck count: 258

Posted: **Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:44 pm**

Rather than subject you all to grids-scans from all of my Penuts Miniature decks, here is a scan of all of their boxes:

I believe these were all published by Hallmark Greeting Cards in 1968/69.

All have the same custom courts, with Linus, Lucy and Charlie Brown as the Jacks, Queens and Kings, and with Snoopy as the Joker and on the Aces (as the Word War I Flying Ace, of course!).

Posted: **Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:50 pm**

hmmm, one of those decks looks "wrong"

Posted: **Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:15 pm**

No, the "Wrong" deck had Snoopy dressed as a referee.

I did not include it in that post because I don't have the original box.

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:12 pm**

I really don't post in this thread often enough. I have a lot of new additions since the last time I posted in here.

Anyway, this package arrived for me today.. and I'm VERY happy.

Yes, I have them early. No, I can't tell you how.. sorry guys.

CBJ

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:56 pm**

I will name my 1st born after you if.....

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:35 pm**

CBJ wrote:I really don't post in this thread often enough. I have a lot of new additions since the last time I posted in here.

Anyway, this package arrived for me today.. and I'm VERY happy.
Yes, I have them early. No, I can't tell you how.. sorry guys.

White Truth Garden? Privileged connections?

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:46 pm**

Collector wrote:White Truth Garden? Privileged connections?

This time I guess it was about who you know

CBJ

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:24 pm**

CBJ wrote:I really don't post in this thread often enough. I have a lot of new additions since the last time I posted in here.

Well, get that camera busy!

Anyway, this package arrived for me today.. and I'm VERY happy.

Congrats on the scoop!

I was going to say that they don't interest me that much, but who am I kidding - they have the Bike logo on the box, so I'm interested!

Posted: **Fri Apr 05, 2013 3:44 pm**

I know you'e all jealous. I only have one extra and I'll be giving it away to only one lucky person

Posted: **Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:06 pm**

I'm working on a giant deck stitch.. here's 300 of my bikes... all different.

I still have to scan the rest of them. It's a long process.

You can see a MUCH larger version of that pic here:
http://www.closr.it/show/KMJR5sXcn0l" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Then you need to go full screen, let it load, and then you can zoom in

What do you guys think?

CBJ

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