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I was one of the lucky Europeans that received a care parcel from Dentyne as well. Some classic looking cards for the game nights (and some Deliriums - can't go wrong with Delirium). Thouroughbreds are awesome. I only wish the jokers wouldn't be lackluster. But overall a great standard deck for poker nights. Same goes for the Valley Forge.
Old Ironsides finally made it into my collection. Nice standard as well, with some fun additions that made me love it on first sight - it's just a sailor's thing .
I'll have to pick up some USPC Old Ironsides as well. Maybe my overall favorite standard-ish deck of all time.
Despite not liking Mystery sales, I bought AoP mystery decks (the wrapper looks nice LOL) ended up with what I would call a decent pull. Lady Moon is a nice deck and was besides Messymod the one I aimed for, so Jackpot I guess. The rest I already own (Sons, Alphabet) or I don't care for (Standards, Tom's Town). Overall as expected a meh experience. I hope I can ignore nice wrapping paper in the future and stay true to my no retailers mystery sales mantra
I as well got the Acre cards but since Bacon already posted awesome pictures, no need to post more.

If you want to sell one of those Gold Standards let me know

hsbc wrote:If you want to sell one of those Gold Standards let me know

Would've loved to do that, but already promised them to someone else.

Just a couple of bits I added over the last couple of weeks.

Is that the Gemini Pollux set that Dentyne had for sale that I kept eyeing?

Bradius wrote:Is that the Gemini Pollux set that Dentyne had for sale that I kept eyeing?

It certainly is. Great price and Dentyne even posted it from the UK while on his travels so no import taxes... He's a gentleman.

Today we have some Mexican stamps for y'all . The Mexucan postal service seems to like to go wild with their stamp though.
Cards inside were a bargain, and a damn good offer even with shipping from Aztec-country. Both openend. The Redux are in almost mint condition and the White Reserve Note had some slight signs of usage but the cards are still prestine. I already have a White Reserve Note but since the seal is on the cello I never opened mine. Now I have another one to play with.
The texture of both tucks is really amazing; especially the tuck from the Blue Blood Redux. Oh bwoi.

Another day, another add to the collection. This time no stamps since, it was a parcel that arrived from the UK. Thanks to Timmargh's awesome prices, I could strike some great decks from my wishlist. Thank you very much Tim .

You're very welcome.

I forgot to check the Guardians in the end; were they from Ohio?

Timmargh wrote:I forgot to check the Guardians in the end; were they from Ohio?

No wories at all. They are Kentucky Guardians, but nonetheless very fine and I'm very pleased. Bicycle No.17 as well; such an awesome deck and both from the times where USPCC actually cared how their borders look .

Another small adition from Kirk Slater at 52 Ravens.

I love that tuck box of The Coven so much. It's on my wishlist since ages . Still undecided to get one though; the cards leave me a bit wanting. Can't put my finger on it since, they are great without a doubt, still I kinda wish for something different.

Maybe justplay makes me an offer too good to decline!?

Harvonsgard wrote:Maybe justplay makes me an offer too good to decline!?

I got these direct from Kirk. I couldn't find them anywhere. I really like the back design of the Sisterhood of Blood II. I did notice though it came runner up to Arabesque Gold in the DOTY's. So I guess that's not just my opinion .

That indeed, is a pretty dope card back. Just imagine it with red hot foil details ...

Another day, another parcels.

Stocked up on the Six Foot Five and since shipping one deck isn't eco-friendly and the prize was right I took a Black Reserve Note with it.

Oh bwoi am I underwhelmed. Can't grasp the hype around the original Black Reserve release and the prizes they fetch on eBay. Especially after Jackson released the overrun decks this deck is nowhere near the $200 (and above) mark for me. Even taking the rarity of the original release into account, I would advise everyone to never pay more then $100 for a OG released holo seal BR. And that only if you're a sucker for that deck.
Realistically this deck should be at the same price like White Reserve Notes. The card backs have such a bad contrast and the artwork get's totally swallowed. The red highlight doesn't pop at all and the edges will be banged up/look heavily used after an hour of normal shuffles and gameplay. White Reserve Note is far more superior. The only redeeming quality this deck has are the nicely inner red foiling and the diptych jokers; besides that... meh (compared to the WR of course - the court art is still awesome and this deck is still above 90% of the cards out there).

The other parcel... titty time

Today's haul from Wounded Corner, mostly Bicycle decks, but super pumped on all of them, especially the Espionage Deck. Also a second Blood and Beasts gold deck not pictured

Mail was a bit large today due to the holiday backing up deliveries.
ROW 1
Kem Egret Red & Blue Set
Star Wars Light & Dark Side (Theory 11)

ROW 2
RAVN Purple Haze Mini (Lorenzo Gaggiotti Stockholm17)
RAVN Purple Haze (Lorenzo Gaggiotti Stockholm17)
Requiem Winter (Lorenzo Gaggiotti Stockholm17)
Requiem Autumn (Lorenzo Gaggiotti Stockholm17)
Devastation Limited Edition (Jody Eklund)
Devastation Standard (Jody Eklund)

ROW 3
Club Pitch v2.1 Blackjack Edition (Pitch)
No.17 v.02 (Lorenzo Gaggiotti Stockholm17)
Innovation Black (Jody Eklund)
Innovation Standard (Jody Eklund)
Ascension Golden Lions (Steve Minty)
Ascension Silver Wolves (Steve Minty)

ROW 4
Chronos Players Edition (Lotrek)
Makers Original (Dan and Dave)
Top Aces of WWI Limited (Jody Eklund)
Alloy Copper (Blackout Brother)
Alloy Cobalt (Blackout Brother)

ROW 5
Nouveau UC2016 (Bona Fide)
Fable Craft Edition (Lotrek)
Standards Gold (Kevin Cantrell Studio)
Svngali Forbidden (Alex Pandrea/Edo Huang)
Avant-Garde Blue (Edgy Brothers)
Avant-Garde Green (Edgy Brothers)

Nice additions to the collection.

Got a parcel with better padding than bubble wrap - dealersgrip scarf

Harvonsgard wrote:Got a parcel with better padding than bubble wrap - dealersgrip scarf

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Very cool looking deck! How you liking them so far? And can we get a pic of the scarf?! Looks warm

Brush is, together with Sepal, definitely my favourite dealersgrip deck. Chrushed Bee stock and at the recent restock, at the dealersgrip site, available for retail with free shipping to Europe. I couldn't resist that offer.

The scarf is nothing special, your normal black and white scarf, but I like that weird slogan. Definitely cosy and defininetly warm.

Got a new bookshelf with built-in magazine racks for displaying decks. Inspired from a post on Reddit I saw a couple of weeks ago. The bookshelf is 31.5” wide and the magazine rack will hold 11 decks wide and 3 tall per rack. They are rated for 24 lbs. each I believe. They can also be lifted (they are hinged) so you can store stuff on the shelf below / behind the rack as well. It’s an IKEA “Billy” bookshelf.

Mail for the week. Digging the non-USA Bikes for sure.

Nice

kem-collector wrote:Mail for the week. Digging the non-USA Bikes for sure.

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Very nice! How do you like the Deep Forest deck so far? Waiting on mine to show up. And love that Chicago Skylines deck! Where did pick up most of the Bikes?

CollectADeck wrote:Nice

kem-collector wrote:Mail for the week. Digging the non-USA Bikes for sure.

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Very nice! How do you like the Deep Forest deck so far? Waiting on mine to show up. And love that Chicago Skylines deck! Where did pick up most of the Bikes?

Well I only ordered one deck of the Deep Forest but I can say with certainty that it feels real nice to hold it in my hand! Ha! I don't know why I only got one - wasn't paying attention I suppose. As for the other Bikes, there is an eBay seller that seems to have a lot of them for a decent price. Check out pokerstud52 on eBay and also Kompletegroup (which is just another name for playingcards.net/Gamblers Warehouse).

Uh, Erfworld. I'm always looking for them as well. Missed out when Will had the set on sale .
Nice grabs.

robcan0630 wrote:Got a new bookshelf with built-in magazine racks for displaying decks. Inspired from a post on Reddit I saw a couple of weeks ago. The bookshelf is 31.5” wide and the magazine rack will hold 11 decks wide and 3 tall per rack. They are rated for 24 lbs. each I believe. They can also be lifted (they are hinged) so you can store stuff on the shelf below / behind the rack as well. It’s an IKEA “Billy” bookshelf.

Exactly my setup a few years ago when I had space for it. Here's a photo from that time:



I tweaked how much of an angle the shelves were set at, to maximize visibility. I had most at pretty low angles, with some slight variation on the top and bottom ones.

Your set up is more like mine. Here is my latest display set up.

I checked, and that photo I posted was from 2011...

My current setup is definitely more like Brad's, but smaller scale of course.

Bradius wrote:Your set up is more like mine. Here is my latest display set up.

More like this I imagine...