Monthly Archives: July 2009

Playing Cards, Promotional, USPC

You’ve come a long way, baby.

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ooh. back. 4 days out. AX takes a lot out of you in the form of walking. so. sore. back on track again today. this and a trick arrco tahoe arrived through ebay goods today. haha. fun. pondering magic texts to pick up. fun. drawing using computer media again. fun.

Name: Virginia Slims
Date: 7.06.2009

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Hmm. I’d imagine you’d only find these on Ebay at varying prices.

Virginia Slims : Ace of spades.
Virginia Slims : Ace of spades.

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They’re not in high demand on eBay though, so they’re easy to pick up. Keep in mind that these cards were made in 1985 though. Over 20 years ago. O   o

Virginia Slims : Jokers/Ad
Life/Finish: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○

Virginia Slims : Slick
Virginia Slims : Slick
Virginia Slims : Index Face Spread. Awesome.
Virginia Slims : Index Face Spread. Awesome.
Virginia Slims : Back Spread. Yuck.
Virginia Slims : Back Spread. Yuck.

Comment time. The finish itself feels closest to Streamline so far. Streamline is that plasticky coating on a card without air cushion dimples. Next note. These cards are really thin. Probably the thinnest covered by this blog so far. They even ‘feel’ thin. Like absolut deck. Though those feel heavy for being thin. This stock is light and crisp. If I had access to this stock. I’d use it. The stock basically bends to your will. Crimp it? All good. Just bend it back.

Virginia Slims : Bendable
Virginia Slims : Bendable

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○

Virginia Slims : Faro Up
Virginia Slims : Faro Up

Highly agreeable. Light.

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Virginia Slims : You've come a long way, baby.
Virginia Slims : You've come a long way, baby.

White bordered. Good. Odd back design choice. “You’ve come a long way, baby” written all over. Ew….Well. Got to love the faces though. Pips come in red and blue instead of black. Indices are well done. Court cards are one way faced of old time figures. Neatttt. This deck was well customized. Well decked out. 1 red/1blue joker. Check. Ad card for Virginia Slims. Check. Propaganda is good.

Virginia Slims : Aces are red and blue.
Virginia Slims : Aces are red and blue.
Virginia Slims : Court cards
Virginia Slims : Court cards

Tenkai Palm: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○

Well. Depends on your exact handling. But the lightness and stock basically contributes as a plus to the execution. And short timeframe. Yay.

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Virginia Slims : Smoking is in fact, bad for your health. Don't smoke. Children.
Virginia Slims : Smoking is in fact, bad for your health. Don't smoke. Children.

-2 decks come in a neat tuck in box. Cool. Virginia Slims. All four aces have VS engraved all over. Red and blue instead of red and black. Cool again. Crisp stock with awesome springs. Cool x3. Fugly back design and finish. Darn. Oh well. What are you going to do. Can’t perfect everything. 1985. 24 years. Good card technology/engineering back then. Someone bring it back please. Another deck for the collection. Promotional propaganda I suppose.

–Kudos ♪♫

Casino Cards, Playing Cards

Golden Mcnugget

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This blog is running behind schedule due to the other things I have planned during Summer. Like AX out in LA this Thursday through Sunday. I won’t be here of course.

edit: went and punched in more into Ranking Archives

Name: Golden Nugget ‘Tax Stamp’
Date: 6.30.2009

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Welcome back to Ebay. Please enjoy your stay. 20-40$ price range.
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Uh. Probably harder to come by than the more recent Golden Nugget decks ( the good ones ) without tax stamps. According to
http://unitedcardists.net/uc/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=256
The D on this deck’s Ace of Spades means the deck was created in 1962.…? Neat.

Golden Nugget : Ace of Spades
Golden Nugget : Ace of Spades

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No idea what finish it is. But how does the stock add up? I’ll say its thinner than a bicycle card. But strong as ever. Quite notably ‘crisp’. Would be nice to get a new sealed deck that didn’t have a slight bend to it.

Golden Nugget : Faces look like Bicycle Faces
Golden Nugget : Faces look like Bicycle Faces

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○
Surprisingly average. Faro quality is around the cheap bicycle deck range.

Golden Nugget : Faro
Golden Nugget : Faro

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Golden Nugget : Faro Spread
Golden Nugget : Faro Spread

Yayy its another white bordered casino back with the casino logo and stuff. Bright colors. This one is red and yellow. Kinda like McDonalds. Haha. I still like it. Its ‘vintage’.__.

Golden Nugget : What Ace of Spades should be more like.
Golden Nugget : What Ace of Spades should be more like.

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The stock is too light to make this any good.
What. What are you using Golden Nuggets for cardistry and XCM for. Shame on you. A deck better suited for card magic. Obviously. (also seen in Aaron Fisher’s The Paper Engine : P)

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Golden Nugget : > < again
Golden Nugget : > < again

-Took me awhile to actually get one of these off of eBay for a not ridiculous price of 20$. And then it showed up in my mailbox while I was in San Francisco. So then it stayed there eating heat for a few days. WTH. So now I’ve had to let it temperature regulate for a few days before deciding to do a post on it. Ramble ramble ramble . Its been … uhh.. neat using this deck for card magic practice. Thin cards. Nothing made today quite matches this deck. But again, wouldn’t be something I’d use (get to use) everyday. Not at the moment. Good for collecting purposes. Probably not a deck for everyone.

–Kudos ♪♫