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Posted: **Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:06 pm**

The Smiling Back really takes me back to the 70s, when the yellow Smiley Face buttons first came out, and was EVERYWHERE.

Posted: **Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:43 pm**

OMG how dare they make a one way back don't they know the rules?

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:06 pm**

DukeBoy wrote:Like, totally! Ohh my gawd!

Know your decades! Those are expresions from the 80s or 90s!

I just checked. The song "Valley Girl" came out in 1982, and the film of the same name came out in 1983, so these are, like totally, 1980s expressions.

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:08 pm**

RSLancastr wrote:
DukeBoy wrote:Like, totally! Ohh my gawd!
Know your decades! Those are expresions from the 80s or 90s!

I just checked. The song "Valley Girl" came out in 1982, and the film of the same name came out in 1983, so these are, like totally, 1980s expressions.

I original put O-M-G (no dashes) and the filter changed it to OMG.

Posted: **Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:39 pm**

I have been picking up some cigarette decks these past few weeks. This one came in today. It was touted as having an original indian seal ...not sure if those were rare at the time. My deck is sealed of course but I am adding a pic to show what the cards look like

Posted: **Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:50 am**

badpete69 wrote:I have been picking up some cigarette decks these past few weeks. This one came in today. It was touted as having an original indian seal ...not sure if those were rare at the time. My deck is sealed of course but I am adding a pic to show what the cards look like

I bought this deck years ago. Mine has no seal.

Posted: **Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:07 pm**

Interesting, Sharpie!

Since my focus is on decks with custom courts, my favorite Cigarette decks in my collection are probably the Virginia Slims Cigarettes deck with the all-female courts, and a Camel Cigarettes deck where the courts are all portrayed by Joe Camel!

Posted: **Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:59 pm**

RSLancastr wrote:Interesting, Sharpie!

Since my focus is on decks with custom courts, my favorite Cigarette decks in my collection are probably the Virginia Slims Cigarettes deck with the all-female courts...

All female courts, but a male joker

Posted: **Sat Apr 27, 2013 3:38 am**

MagikFingerz wrote:
RSLancastr wrote:Interesting, Sharpie!

Since my focus is on decks with custom courts, my favorite Cigarette decks in my collection are probably the Virginia Slims Cigarettes deck with the all-female courts...
All female courts, but a male joker

I know, the nerve!!

Posted: **Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:10 am**

Well, we successfully moved into our new home yesterday. My entire collection is out in the garage, mostly in thirty or so big (80-deck) BCW boxes.

It was nerve-wracking, and I had to explain multiple times, to various friends helping us with the move, just what was in all of those "friggin' boxes", and how I wanted those boxes treated.

I hope to start going through those boxes in the coming days and weeks, cataloguing what is in them, scanning cards from some interesting decks, and showing those scans here.

Posted: **Mon Apr 29, 2013 12:44 am**

A limited edition Sukiyaki Django deck with artwork based on the 2007 Japanese western by Takashi Miike. The backs are the same as the front of the box.

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Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:07 am**

dazzleguts wrote:A limited edition Sukiyaki Django deck with artwork based on the 2007 Japanese western by Takashi Miike. The backs are the same as the front of the box.

Cool, dazzle!

I had not heard of the film, and wonder if the recent Django Unchained was basecd on it. (IMDB, here I come!)

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:43 am**

RS... Both films are based indeed based on the original Django movie

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:38 pm**

Django of 1966, and another movie called Fistful of Dollars of 1964, were both spaghetti westerns by Sergio Corbucci and Sergio Leone, and both were based on an earlier Japanese movie by Akira Kurosawa called "Yojimbo" of 1961. Yojimbo used the theme of a lone man (a ronin) happening into a battle between 2 gangs. So, this has come full circle with the Sukiyaki Django being a remake of a spaghetti western that was a remake of a Kurosawa. Japan and Italy playing tennis.

Posted: **Wed May 01, 2013 7:13 am**

dazzleguts wrote:Django of 1966, and another movie called Fistful of Dollars of 1964, were both spaghetti westerns by Sergio Corbucci and Sergio Leone, and both were based on an earlier Japanese movie by Akira Kurosawa called "Yojimbo" of 1961. Yojimbo used the theme of a lone man (a ronin) happening into a battle between 2 gangs. So, this has come full circle with the Sukiyaki Django being a remake of a spaghetti western that was a remake of a Kurosawa. Japan and Italy playing tennis.

You also should mention "Last man standing" with Bruce Willis

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2013 1:00 am**

Only 2 players in a game of tennis

There are probably many more movies influenced by this particular Kurosawa film. Many of his films have had that kind of influence and are still very watchable and enjoyable today, rather like Shakespeare's plays.

Back on topic: The Poop Deck! This is a repro of a 16th century satirical deck from Germany by Peter Flotner. There are many poops in the deck and one of them is on a pillow in the foreground of the top left card. Some images in this odd and often disgusting deck are too rude to show here. Sorry for the poor photo.

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Posted: **Sun May 05, 2013 3:20 am**

Here are two decks I received in yesterday's mail:

==========[ PontMeyer ]==========

A Dutch advertising deck for Construction/HomeBuilder company PontMeyer, this deck was a gift from a Dutch Bridge-playing friend.

She (the friend) knows that I am obsessed with decks having non-standard (custom) courts, and with the color purple.

So when she saw this deck, with its courts of construction workers (Jacks), office workers (Queens) and executives (Kings), and its purple Spades and Clubs, she immediately thought of me.

The faces of the pip/number cards (not seen here, other than the Spade Ace) have construction-related background patterns (wood wall panelling, stucco, parquet wood flooring, brick wall)

A lovely advertising deck.

Thanks, Venka!

==========[ KodakExpressSkat ]==========

Another advertising deck, for Kodak Express. - . Not a gift, I bought it on eBay.

I don't know what ducks have to do with Kodak Express, but the ducks on the deck's courts are each holding a Kodak product (a camera, a slide, a photograph, etc)

Posted: **Mon May 06, 2013 10:18 am**

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Posted: **Tue May 14, 2013 8:07 pm**

oh why didn't my relatives just buy me the cards that were on my wish list?

Posted: **Wed May 15, 2013 3:23 am**

Beautiful ! Only one of each left in stock

Posted: **Wed May 15, 2013 10:38 am**

New 3 additions!

Posted: **Thu May 16, 2013 4:27 pm**

Two for me... and two to give away to one lucky subscriber

Posted: **Thu May 16, 2013 7:05 pm**

Magic_Orthodoxy wrote:oh why didn't my relatives just buy me the cards that were on my wish list?

Hey Magic Orthodoxy, thanks for posting these! I just ordered a Deck for myself from eBay. Lots of fond memories playing Atari when I was a kid!

Thanks, Randy

Posted: **Fri May 17, 2013 7:37 am**

just FYI - they are paper stock - no finish. Super cheap, My relatives picked them up at a science museum. But they are cool just to "have"

Posted: **Fri May 17, 2013 8:37 am**

Magic_Orthodoxy wrote:just FYI - they are paper stock - no finish. Super cheap, My relatives picked them up at a science museum. But they are cool just to "have"

That's too bad, looks like they could have made some sweet fans. Maybe fanning powder would work though.

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2013 12:24 am**

==========[ Abraxas ]==========

Published in 2012 by the Abraxas "coffee house" in Amsterdam, Netherlands, this deck commemorates the 20th anniversary of the coffehouse's existance.

the coffehouse's mascot or logo is evidently a raven (or perhaps a crow), and all of the courts are portrayed by ravens/crows, dressed in exotic royal costumes and partaking of - ahem - some of the coffeehouse's smokable merchandise (sometimes via a hookah/waterpipe, sometimes just from a joint.

There are two different jokers. One (in my display) shows yet another black bird, sitting in a lotus position, with a joint in one hand/wing, a marijuana leaf in the other. The other joker shows the black bird as an ominous figure..

I first learned of this deck in this very thread (I forget who posted about it, but thanks!

Here are two web pages where it can be ordered from the Abraxas Souvenir store:

A single-deck version:

http://webshop.abraxas.tv/miscellaneous ... -deck.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A double-deck version:

http://webshop.abraxas.tv/abraxas-playi ... k-set.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The double-deck version is what I got. I am surprised (but only mildly disappointed) that the two decks in the double-deck version have identical backs (similar backs with contrasting color schemes would have been preferable).

The shipping costs on the above linked pages are steep, so I asked a friend who lives near Amsterdam to pick me up a set the next time she was in town, and she did!

All in all, a very cool deck!

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2013 4:15 pm**

dudes and dudettes how all are you guys displaying your cards?

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2013 4:32 pm**

Fluffykitten wrote:dudes and dudettes how all are you guys displaying your cards?

There is a UC thread with displays.

Thanks!

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2013 4:43 pm**

Top 2 from my Mom in California for my birthday, bottom 2 from myself to myself.

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2013 8:04 pm**

Happy birthday, M_O!

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