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Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:12 pm
by hsbc
Standard: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/16472
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Sitting by the fireplace in the cavernous lobby of a secluded Rocky Mountain hotel, you may just find a deck of cards that looks exactly like these.

The suspense of waiting for the River to be dealt is only heightened by the 100% custom artwork of these beautiful cards. Featuring totally original faces, a borderless back design, and a glorious double-foiled matte black paper tuck box (foil inside and out!), these cards must be seen to be fully appreciated.

Each deck also includes 2 custom jokers and 2 bonus gaff cards.

Printed on our signature Elite Thin-Crushed stock with an Air-Cushion "Magic" finish, these traditionally-cut cards are a dream to handle whether you're a worker or a player!

Available singly or in 6-packs with custom half brick boxes, Room 237 decks are printed by the United States Playing Card Company. The cards are printed using vegetable-based inks and starch-based laminates on FSC-certified paper sourced from sustainable forests. This means the cards not only shuffle, fan, and spread perfectly for all of your favorite games & tricks, they're made with the planet in mind!

All work and no play can make anyone dull, so step into Room 237 for your entertainment pleasure today.

$13

•Limited to 2500 decks
•100% custom artwork
•Printed by USPCC on Thin-Crushed Elite stock
•Air-Cushion "Magic" Finish
•Matte black paper tuck box with 2 colors of foil and a custom sticker seal
•2 colors of inside tuck foil
•2 custom jokers
•2 bonus gaff cards included
•Available as singles or 6-packs with collector's half brick box
Gilded: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/16524
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This is an ultra-limited Gilded edition of the Room 237 playing cards. Only 237 decks have been produced. Gorgeous metallic orange foil edges give a touch of spooky shine to the deck. The cards are housed inside a custom matte black paper tuck box with the minimalist design created entirely out of black foil, with embossing on the front logo. The deck is topped off with an individually-numbered hexagonal sticker seal.

Featuring totally original faces, a borderless back design, and two custom jokers these cards must be seen to be fully appreciated.

Each deck also includes 2 custom jokers and 2 bonus gaff cards.

Printed on our signature Elite Thin-Crushed stock with an Air-Cushion "Magic" finish, these traditionally-cut cards are a dream to handle whether you're a worker or a player!

Room 237 decks are printed by the United States Playing Card Company. The cards are printed using vegetable-based inks and starch-based laminates on FSC-certified paper sourced from sustainable forests. This means the cards not only shuffle, fan, and spread perfectly for all of your favorite games & tricks, they're made with the environment in mind!

All work and no play can make anyone dull, so step into Room 237 for your entertainment pleasure today.

$29.95

•Limited to only 237 decks
•Metallic orange foil edges
•Matte black paper tuck box with black foil & embossing
•Individually-numbered hexagonal sticker seal
•100% custom artwork
•Printed by USPCC on Thin-Crushed Elite stock
•Air-Cushion "Magic" Finish
•Traditionally cut
•2 custom jokers
•2 bonus gaff cards included

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:14 pm
by hsbc
I could have sworn there was a thread for these..... :?

Anyway these are sold out now which sort of surprises me with 2500 regular decks made!

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:16 am
by GandalfPC
Had a pair sitting in my cart at Penguin for the better part of a week - figured I had plenty of time - silly me.

I like the backs and the pips, but the courts didn’t quite hit me strong enough to rush to buy them

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:16 am
by rousselle
The courts are juuust subtle enough to be not over-the-top but still likely elicit some funny looks from my kids' friends at school. These are going to be stocking stuffers for my kids this Christmas. :lol:

I wanted to grab the foiled decks but somehow missed them. I don't think they were available when the standards were first released, and by the time I got the notice that they were available, they were already sold out. Oh, well. :(

Edit: GILDED. I wanted to grab the GILDED decks. Not foiled decks. Sigh.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:32 am
by vasta41
Very, very upset I missed these :(

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:43 am
by MagikFingerz
If 2500 decks are sold out this quickly, perhaps it's time to update the standard printing runs to more sustainable ones.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:00 pm
by rorschach
No idea how these totally flew under my radar, but if anyone any extra of either i'd be willing to help take them off your hands.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:37 am
by STLBluesNut
i saw these plenty but there was nothing about the deck that made me want to buy them.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:49 am
by Reylek
MagikFingerz wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:43 am If 2500 decks are sold out this quickly, perhaps it's time to update the standard printing runs to more sustainable ones.
They were released on Oct 5, and sold out on Oct 23. Pretty reasonable timeframe, I think?

The Gilded ones sold out in about 5 hours.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:13 pm
by MagikFingerz
Reylek wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:49 am
MagikFingerz wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:43 am If 2500 decks are sold out this quickly, perhaps it's time to update the standard printing runs to more sustainable ones.
They were released on Oct 5, and sold out on Oct 23. Pretty reasonable timeframe, I think?

The Gilded ones sold out in about 5 hours.
Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of the release date, so that's a bit longer than I thought. From a business standpoint that seems pretty ideal to me, so I wouldn't expect a business to expand that since it would probably infer a lot of extra costs in terms of storage.

But the general impression I get here is that these perhaps weren't marketed that well, since several people (collectors, no less) actually missed them in that 18 day timeframe.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:19 pm
by Strag
If they sold out in that time seems like they must have been marketing ok, no. I mean I missed out as well but that happens. Can't really blame them on this one, not like the 52+J debacle.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:28 pm
by MagikFingerz
Strag wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:19 pm If they sold out in that time seems like they must have been marketing ok, no. I mean I missed out as well but that happens. Can't really blame them on this one, not like the 52+J debacle.
Absolutely, I wasn't trying to place blame, just finding out what happened and the factors involved.

Perhaps some of us just rely too much on this forum and too little on other avenues of information, for our deck news. So since it wasn't posted here, some missed out. I know I'm guilty of this, anyway :ugking:

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:45 pm
by Reylek
The decks (both versions) were promoted on our Penguin Magic and Penguin Cards IG accounts multiple times, and email blasts were sent to our subscribers.

An article was posted on Kardify, posts were made in multiple FB groups, I appeared on Deckin’ Around ahead of launch to promote the deck, etc.

If anyone is even a little interested in keeping tabs on the Penguin deck releases, the earliest & most thorough info will be to follow @penguincards on Instagram. 🙂

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 1:10 pm
by MagikFingerz
Reylek wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:45 pm The decks (both versions) were promoted on our Penguin Magic and Penguin Cards IG accounts multiple times, and email blasts were sent to our subscribers.

An article was posted on Kardify, posts were made in multiple FB groups, I appeared on Deckin’ Around ahead of launch to promote the deck, etc.

If anyone is even a little interested in keeping tabs on the Penguin deck releases, the earliest & most thorough info will be to follow @penguincards on Instagram. 🙂
Well then, I'm out of ideas. Chalk it up to incompetence on our part? :lol:

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:27 pm
by vasta41
Reylek wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:45 pm The decks (both versions) were promoted on our Penguin Magic and Penguin Cards IG accounts multiple times, and email blasts were sent to our subscribers.

An article was posted on Kardify, posts were made in multiple FB groups, I appeared on Deckin’ Around ahead of launch to promote the deck, etc.

If anyone is even a little interested in keeping tabs on the Penguin deck releases, the earliest & most thorough info will be to follow @penguincards on Instagram. 🙂
Sucks for those of us not on social media, aka me.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:45 pm
by rorschach
vasta41 wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:27 pm
Reylek wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:45 pm The decks (both versions) were promoted on our Penguin Magic and Penguin Cards IG accounts multiple times, and email blasts were sent to our subscribers.

An article was posted on Kardify, posts were made in multiple FB groups, I appeared on Deckin’ Around ahead of launch to promote the deck, etc.

If anyone is even a little interested in keeping tabs on the Penguin deck releases, the earliest & most thorough info will be to follow @penguincards on Instagram. 🙂
Sucks for those of us not on social media, aka me.
Same. Irks me even more knowing they were up for sale for so long and I was totally oblivious to it.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:37 am
by Cardamon
I got half a brick f the normal ones.
Might be able to spread the love once they finally get through customs. (Netherlands)

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:08 am
by brownsl
I heard about the decks through an email from them. Signing up for their emails is easy to do.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:26 am
by STLBluesNut
i am sure all the posts i saw were not from penguin but i saw this deck on instagram so much i was actually getting irritated. I KNOW ALREADY!! lol

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:14 pm
by Reylek
Uncut sheets have just been released, only 25 made.

https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/16561

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:23 pm
by rousselle
Thanks for sharing that information here! :)

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:28 am
by Strag
MagikFingerz wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:28 pm
Strag wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:19 pm If they sold out in that time seems like they must have been marketing ok, no. I mean I missed out as well but that happens. Can't really blame them on this one, not like the 52+J debacle.
Absolutely, I wasn't trying to place blame, just finding out what happened and the factors involved.

Perhaps some of us just rely too much on this forum and too little on other avenues of information, for our deck news. So since it wasn't posted here, some missed out. I know I'm guilty of this, anyway :ugking:
Sorry, looking back my comment was a bit snarky and wasn't intended to be. I do like this deck and I wish I had picked up a couple.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:23 pm
by GandalfPC
These are available from PlayingCardDecks site and they have some on eBay as well - pretty close to original penguin price depending on how you slice it…


https://www.ebay.com/itm/353722883498

https://playingcarddecks.com/products/r ... ards-uspcc

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:49 pm
by hsbc
They must have added more - I checked there right before I posted this thread :lol: Thanks for the heads up!

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 5:08 pm
by hsbc
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Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:25 am
by vasta41
vasta41 wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:27 pm
Reylek wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:45 pm The decks (both versions) were promoted on our Penguin Magic and Penguin Cards IG accounts multiple times, and email blasts were sent to our subscribers.

An article was posted on Kardify, posts were made in multiple FB groups, I appeared on Deckin’ Around ahead of launch to promote the deck, etc.

If anyone is even a little interested in keeping tabs on the Penguin deck releases, the earliest & most thorough info will be to follow @penguincards on Instagram. 🙂
Sucks for those of us not on social media, aka me.
Turns out I have have a short memory. These were talked about earlier this year: https://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.ph ... 34#p198234
I'm glad I was able to order these from PCD because I think they're way better than the AoP version. Penguin has been KILLING it lately! Now if only they can get their website updated as promised.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 6:48 am
by laitostarr777
vasta41 wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:25 am Turns out I have have a short memory. These were talked about earlier this year: https://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.ph ... 34#p198234
I'm glad I was able to order these from PCD because I think they're way better than the AoP version. Penguin has been KILLING it lately! Now if only they can get their website updated as promised.
Second that! This deck and that AoP exclusive deck makes great companion for the fans of Stephen King.
As well, talk bout all those juicy foils, and the famous Hicks Hexagon!

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 1:52 pm
by Cardamon
Cardamon wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:37 am I got half a brick f the normal ones.
Might be able to spread the love once they finally get through customs. (Netherlands)
The postal service in Holland managed to lose the package.
Sadly penguin has no backups so it’s a total loss on the decks. They refunded my money so they handled it fine.
Sadly no decks for anyone. And the total decks is now 2494.

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2023 2:53 am
by Strag
Was browsing the site and noticed these are back in stock at Penguin Magic. Go get em whilst you can! My order has already shipped (btw how cool are the boxing up videos?)

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2023 8:26 am
by shunterino
Thanks for the heads up. 45 in stock when I checked.