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a late night post. summer’s getting a lot better at the moment. shorter post. since . this deck is uninteresting to use.

Name: Broadway 288
Date: 6.22.2009

Front : Broadway Playing Cards Russel Playing Card Co. New York U.S.A.

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Ebay find. 5$. Not bad for stuff from the past.

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As such. They’re only good for collecting purposes.

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I like the ad card that comes with it. “how long should a pack of cards last?” Haha. But. Standards were different back then. How long ago? I… don’t know. Long enough to have tax stamps on it. And a statue of liberty thing for a joker. Neat. Unfortunately, its lacking a useable finish to this day. Oh well. Not a usable deck.

Faro: ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Oh dear. No faro for you here. Unless you like faro-ing clumps. And possibly splitting cards.

Back Design: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Kinda. Un. Interesting. It seems to be the Aviator brands ancestor of sorts. Quite. Now we know where Aviator gets it shoddy quality from. The past.

Being vintage : ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○

No way you’re using these for any sleights. Please don’t. But these do age well. They even have that yellowing stain. And water-like marks. Unfortunately, this specific deck I have some scratches and paper tears. But that’s fine.

Comments

-Broadway playing cards. They look like Aviators if you didn’t know any better. Not to be confused with say….Broadway seconds. Created apparently by the Russell Playing Card company, the one with that neat Ace of Spades with the R in the middle. It also was made in New York , says the Ace of Spades. Uhm. No good for XCM, magic, and the like. No good at all. I just like…random ‘treasure hunting’… haha…hunting. that’s what it is.

–Kudos ♪♫

Ah. Its finally Friday. Not that I’m doing anything over summer anyways besides tutoring other students…Spent the day learning from Lennart Green effects. As usual. Forgive me, I took the pictures later in the day than I usually do.

Name: Streamline “Rite Aid”
Date: 6.18.2009

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Streamline is supposed to be a ’budget’ type deck of cards. This cost me somewhere between 2 and 3$ at a Rite Aid. This was before I figured out it was a Streamline deck. Screw it.

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These are quite available. But why in the world would you even want them.

Life/Finish: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

If you had a choice between these and smooth alladins, You choose alladins. Not these. it’s a plasticky card. Which means slippery. No fanning for you. Spreads are uneven. Your well practice magic sleights are now crap. Etc. etc…yea…Life on the other hand is ok. Its plastic so it has higher sweat/heat resistance. Which makes these good for card counting and throwing and such.

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Nothing you can’t work with. I’m just going to be unfavorable towards the shoddy control quality on the printing though.

Back Design: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Streamline : Wow. Quality control please.

The really bad quality control on the printing. Makes this deck. One way. On the other hand, it’s a ‘solid’ one color design that comes in red and blue. it’s a flowery and flowery stemmy motif of some sort. Not my type of card. But whatever.

Card throwing : ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○
Throwing? You’re throwing your cards around? Shame on you. I mean. .. ..I was doing that card spin to bounce juggling thing where it keeps on bouncing off the back of your hand thing. Whatever that’s called. The cards popped some of my blood vessels or something. Oh well. So. They’re good for hurting ppl if you’re accurate..? Plastic does give it weight I guess.

Comments

-Aren’t you glad I write these posts. Now you know what to avoid. Streamlines. We’ll keep it short. You have better options out there. They’re plasticky cards. Not the best in terms of consistency. Not at all. You won’t get better using these. You won’t enjoy using these either. You’ll like that they’re available and have a long plastic life. Streamlines. They’re generic stick your brand on it cards. In this case. Rite Aid. That one pharmacy drugstore supermarket chain store thing. Uh huh. Whatever. I wouldn’t use these. But I do. Because. They were lying around

–Kudos ♪♫

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