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The guys at Albino Dragon posted an update on the Bicycle Cthulhu decks...

"Alice in Wonderland Project

Shane has started on the artwork for the first card back of our Alice in Wonderland deck. It's still a work in progress but we wanted to share it with you."


"Black Deck – Looking Glass

Ace of Spades – Guy Fawkes mask
Jack of Spades – White Knight
Queen of Spades – White Queen
King of Spades – White King
Jack of Hearts – Red Knight
Queen of Hearts – Red Queen
King of Hearts – Red King
Jack of Clubs – Tweedle Dee – and Tweedle Dum
Queen of Clubs - The Tiger Lily
King of Clubs – Unicorn and Lion
Jack of Diamonds – Frog Footman
Queen of Diamonds – Alice the Queen
King of Diamonds – Wasp in a Wig
Joker #1 – Borogrove
Joker #2 – Jabberwocky Gaff – The Gnat

White Deck – Rabbit Hole

Ace of Spades – The White Rabbit
Jack of Spades – March Hare
Queen of Spades – Alice
King of Spades – Hatter
Jack of Hearts – Knave of Hearts
Queen of Hearts – Queen of Hearts
King of Hearts - King of Hearts
Jack of Clubs – The Mock Turtle
Queen of Clubs- The Duchess
King of Clubs – The Gryphon
Jack of Diamonds – The Duck
Queen of Diamonds – The Lory
King of Diamonds – The Dodo
Joker #1 – The Chesire Cat
Joker #2 – The Caterpillar Gaff - Dormouse"





CBJ

I was chatting with a few cardist last month on how cool it would be to do a Mad Hatter deck .....Guess my unoriginal idea is already in work hehehehe

Alice was a very young girl and here she looks like a teenager or older. She was also usually bewildered, upset or angry. This looks like a walk through the park.

All I can say is that Shane is a damn talented artist. I'm really looking forward to my Cthulhu decks and now getting ready to pledge once those Alice decks go up. This time I'll get in early too as I got very lucky landing one of their "limited" Cthulhu decks when somebody switched pledges.

A new pic





CBJ

CBJ wrote:A new pic



CBJ

Reminds me of this bit of verse from the 17th Century (I'm paraphrasing a bit):

The lion and the unicorn,
Fighting for the crown,
The lion beat the unicorn
All about the town.

Some got white bread,
And some got brown,
But the lion beat the unicorn
Round about the town.

There are a few variations out there, but I like this one best.

From Wikipedia:
The Lion and the Unicorn are symbols of the United Kingdom. They are, properly speaking, heraldic supporters appearing in the full Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. The lion stands for England and the unicorn for Scotland. The combination therefore dates back to the 1603 accession of James I of England who was already James VI of Scotland. The traditional legend of enmity between the two heraldic animals is recorded in a nursery rhyme...

Hope there will be more historical references

wow...this is going to be an amazing deck! ive been wanting something like this too, i hope they go for more of a twisted, grimm fairy tales approach though

If it's anything like the Cthuhlu deck, it'll be just as successful, if not more... I'm really looking forward to their next deck and whatever cool add-ons they come up with.

Looks good.

Not bad but he has a very aggressive style. It can be good for Cthulhu but for Alice…m-m-m…I don’t know…I think that's really too much. Less aggressive style will be better. Of course I don’t mean Devo’s unicorns

I guess he is inspired by the game more than by the book
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@Sharpie, thanks.

Here's another card




Also..
"Shane and I have targeted January 10th as the release date for our next deck project The Rabbit Hole."


So, I updated the name of the thread to the correct name

CBJ

I'm really looking forward to this one... does it bother anyone else though that the Rabbit's stopwatch is damn near right up against the edge of the Ace card???

More pics . It goes live on Thursday.








CBJ

This is nice and I am in on this one. One issue I have with these type of decks is they are a little to dressy for magic. I find most spectators are only familiar with Bike decks and often think these type of decks are gimmicked. Not that it prevents me from getting them, they go directly into my OCD collection. It is always possible to hand out the deck prior to any effect but I find this sometimes cheapen the effect.

CBJ wrote:More pics . It goes live on Thursday.

CBJ

Excellent! Do you know what time?

I´m in as well
Would loooove to get that Ace of Spades a T-Shirt Print *hint hint*

cosmicsecret wrote:I´m in as well
Would loooove to get that Ace of Spades a T-Shirt Print *hint hint*

Or some of that King of Clubs artwork

I'm looking forward to it as well.

The Tuckbox!





This deck will be launching sometime in the next 3 hours.


CBJ

CBJ wrote:The Tuckbox!

This deck will be launching sometime in the next 3 hours.

CBJ

Dammit i cant wait, hope its soon !!

Kickstarter is active.

Yikes no early bird, and pricing is pretty darn high such a pity..

edit: and no way to pledge for more decks to lower per deck cost (a max 2 deck as of now?!? this is gonna hurt them)

For those who need the link

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/146 ... ying-cards" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cards are now more expensive and shipping prices for internationals are raised too.
$21 for one deck shipped to Germany. Pretty expensive!

Max decks/person is 2, you can't be serious.

PlayingCardz wrote:Max decks/person is 2, you can't be serious.

Yupp, and they are implying that there will be no add-ons, i have a feeling this isnt gonna make it..

Correct me if im wrong, but it does not take $8 + US shipping ($2??) to ship a single deck out to the world right?!?

volantangel wrote:

PlayingCardz wrote:Max decks/person is 2, you can't be serious.

Yupp, and they are implying that there will be no add-ons, i have a feeling this isnt gonna make it..

Correct me if im wrong, but it does not take $8 + US shipping ($2??) to ship a single deck out to the world right?!?

That would be correct. Shipping 1 deck internationally would cost about $6.50 including a bubble pouch and a bubble envelope. Shipping to Canada and Mexico, except for CBJ, would be less.

Thanks!

Edited: $10 for a coin that probably nobody really wants is a bit much, wouldn't you say?

Edited 2: You are only getting a partial break on the combined shipping. He is making more money on 2 decks above the dollar back because of the savings he is realizing on shipping.

volantangel wrote:

PlayingCardz wrote:Max decks/person is 2, you can't be serious.

Yupp, and they are implying that there will be no add-ons, i have a feeling this isnt gonna make it..

Correct me if im wrong, but it does not take $8 + US shipping ($2??) to ship a single deck out to the world right?!?

This deck is absolutely going to make it... I would say in the next few hours... it's already at 28%.

They had one of the most successful KS deck campaigns ever.. and they can lean on those 2200+ backers from the last campaign to make purchase.. which they are.

CBJ

BMPokerworld wrote: Shipping 1 deck internationally would cost about $6.50 including a bubble pouch and a bubble envelope. Shipping today Canada and Mexico, except for CBJ, would be less.

Funny funny American...

CBJ wrote:

BMPokerworld wrote: Shipping 1 deck internationally would cost about $6.50 including a bubble pouch and a bubble envelope. Shipping today Canada and Mexico, except for CBJ, would be less.

Funny funny American...

Please stop double posting or you will be reprimanded by a moderator.

Thanks!