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Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:58 pm
by sms69x
Bikefanatic wrote:
... It's safe to say this deck passed but maybe a video of a card will do it more justice since it's already created.
There's a video on encarded's Facebook. Though is hard to see something else other than a full gold foiled back!

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:32 pm
by PrincessTrouble
Here are some pictures for those who are not on Facebook.

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Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:55 pm
by chewbrandon
This deck is simply exquisite. And it's still available I think.

Can't wait to get my hands on my order :)

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:02 pm
by Cbkimble
I was lucky enough to have seen this deck this weekend. These pics honestly do it no justice at all. To see the fully foiled back is magnificent. Unfortunately, due to shipping issue, this deck wasn't available at the convention but being able to see it was awesome.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded (wap

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:06 pm
by vincero
Has this shipped already?

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded (wap

Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:41 pm
by PrincessTrouble
vincero wrote:Has this shipped already?
Nope

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded (wap

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 10:16 pm
by badpete69
PrincessTrouble wrote:
vincero wrote:Has this shipped already?
Nope
When I chatted with Paul last, he mentioned that shipping would start next week

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:07 pm
by akicer
anyone get the decks yet? Saw Radia on ebay

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:28 pm
by shaitani
Got my decks today. The shipment included both what I pre-ordered and the additional order I placed at the 52+ con.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:35 pm
by akicer
hmm, checked my order on the website, no tracking no. yet :(

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:06 am
by Trungbreezy
Just checked my order also, no tracking as of nov. 10. Has anyone received their order?

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:19 am
by badpete69
only a few decks have gone out so far... I hear the bulk of them will start shipping this weekend.. We will have them in our hands very soon just a little more patience hehe

Edit: Just posted on Fb from Paul:

Packed up the first gross of Radia this afternoon. More are coming Tuesday and I'll be getting all of them on their way asap! Thanks for your patience everyone.

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Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:08 pm
by Stepchild
to any who like me may open a deck: do not touch the numbered seal as the numbering will rub off at the slightest contact with your fingers. Oop!

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 12:16 am
by Bikefanatic
I received my deck. It looks nice, the card backs is unique, my 3 of Clubs was bent, the diamond pips are a darker purple shade than the hearts, the cards have a smell to them and I think they were ok for the $30 price.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:27 pm
by PrincessTrouble
Stepchild wrote:to any who like me may open a deck: do not touch the numbered seal as the numbering will rub off at the slightest contact with your fingers. Oop!
I opened one of my mine. The number on the seal looked slightly blurred/smudged to begin with, but I ran my finger across it several times and it didn't get any worse.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 6:17 pm
by Cardician_82
So I received my deck. First thoughts were the packaging. For an international shipment I was quite shocked to only see a padded envelope with a piece of flimsy cardboard folded over the deck with some bubble wrap as a way to ship a "collectors deck" as Paul stated. Having to spend $40.55US for one deck it should be coming in a small box not a padded envelope. I'm not saying my deck came damaged, but a bit more protection is all I'm saying.

Second, being on his site at the time of launch/pre-order I would've thought I'd see a much lower number other then being in the 280+. I've been thinking about supporting Paul on his Patron as he offers the following.
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I want to know exactly what he means by "we will set aside the lowest serial number for all level 20 patrons". At what number does that start at cause I'm sure Paul keeps the lowest numbers for himself and/or for a private reserve batch. So does it start at 50,75,100?? Maybe Paul can shine some light on that.

I mean, if I support your work for years to come and give you a nice meal for $240/year I'd hope that I could continue to get the same serial number for all your future decks you release as a level 20 patron. Is that even possible considering you fulfill everyone's order yourself? Paul recently made a statement on FB regarding fulfillment and why he chooses to not use a fulfillment company.

So now on to the positives of the deck. As I don't open my decks I must say that Paul was right about the shine, the deck SHINES and definitely stands out within my collection. To me, it was worth the $30 that everyone was a bit nervous about prior to seeing pictures including myself.

What I would like to know is the handling. It was said the Chinese factory was the reason for the dislike to begin with as they were known to produce cards that didn't fan or spring well. Has anyone open their decks and worked the cards in to give an option? I'm really curious to this.

Cheerio,

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 4:43 am
by guru
PrincessTrouble wrote:
Stepchild wrote:to any who like me may open a deck: do not touch the numbered seal as the numbering will rub off at the slightest contact with your fingers. Oop!
I opened one of my mine. The number on the seal looked slightly blurred/smudged to begin with, but I ran my finger across it several times and it didn't get any worse.
It looks smudged to me as well....

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:14 am
by akicer
I opened one Radia to celebrate the black Friday, and I must say I'm both super satisfied and also disappointed

The deck is awesome - tuck box is well-designed, and holding the cards feels like holding a brick of gold.

At the same time, the handling of the deck is aweful. Not super surprised since the deck is made in the Taiwan factory, but little bit surprise that Taiwan factory + the new feature on the back design = not even able to fan smoothly.

I think if we pay 35 dollars for each deck, Paul should be able to print the deck in USPCC and make some good amount of money even it's a 1000 print run. After Deco every deck is printed by this aweful factory, to me this is kind of an insult to Paul's great desgin.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:41 am
by Cardician_82
Thanks for the review akicer. In other words, not a deck for magicians.

Sad to hear the cards being produced overseas is of such poor quality considering the price point of this deck specifically.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 2:05 pm
by PlanisViator
When can we expect these to arrive?

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 2:33 pm
by bigskybaby
Probably USPCC cannot print the shiny material on the deck? I am not too sure. But, I agree that EPCC's deck is shit and is kind of an insult to Paul's design.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 11:11 pm
by Trungbreezy
I received my decks the other day, I was about to email them regarding one deck was missing the top part of the cellophane. However, I forgot that I asked for one of them to be signed, oops.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:46 pm
by PlanisViator
I STILL have not received my order.
Anyone else still waiting for theirs?

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded (wap

Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:50 pm
by vincero
Still waiting for my order...

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 5:55 pm
by Bradius
I have been in contact with Paul and was advised that the manufacturer is evidently sending the decks in two shipments. He has sent out as many orders as he could with the first shipment of decks, but is waiting on the second shipment of decks to finish the orders. I have been advised it will be sent soon, but the fulfillment of the orders is out of Paul's hands. I am stuck too. So much for being one of his Patrons.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:51 am
by theCapraAegagrus
I haven't received my order, either.

I'm disappointed as I have been really looking forward to receiving them. I usually have a NYE party and play a decent amount of poker. Would've loved to play this deck then...

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:37 pm
by Cardians
Paul has not commented on this page since September 29th.

He could give us the courtesy of knowing what is taking so long and what is the holdup/reason for such delays. For a 1000 deck print run, there is no reason why the printer couldn't finish this deck in one shot. Most do! So now why would a printer stop printing after 500 sheets?? Why only ship half 500 and delay the rest for 2-3months.

I don't mind waiting, I just hate when creators go silent without giving their supporters a clear transparency as to why production was haulted in the first place. So most (including myself) have to now wait until Mid-January/February to receive a paid deck that should've come wayyy before New Years.

As much as Paul has great artwork and creativity his fulfillment dates are horrible.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:34 am
by sms69x
Cardians wrote:Paul has not commented on this page since September 29th.
You can always go to his facebook and read the sparse updates he posts in there... But since Paul didn't thought his costumers are worth an email explining the why of this delay, I'll also not copy and paste those updates here...
He could give us the courtesy of knowing what is taking so long and what is the holdup/reason for such delays. For a 1000 deck print run, there is no reason why the printer couldn't finish this deck in one shot. Most do! So now why would a printer stop printing after 500 sheets?? Why only ship half 500 and delay the rest for 2-3months.
This can have a simple explanation, probabily Paul paid for a part of the production to get the things moving, and expected to pay full once he started the pre-orders, but something must went wrong along the way and of course the factory suspended the printing of the decks.
Paul is going away from KS but he is using the same principle for his pre-orders, he just found a nice way to save on fees (not that is reflected on the final price of the products, but after all we're just costumers)
I don't mind waiting, I just hate when creators go silent without giving their supporters a clear transparency as to why production was haulted in the first place. So most (including myself) have to now wait until Mid-January/February to receive a paid deck that should've come wayyy before New Years.
I think Paul is kinda going the same path as JR, for the lack of posts from him after his fiasco with this deck, I guess he must feel that there's too much negativity here, because this forum is only good to promote your decks and get your ego grown. When you start get too much criticism (most of it self-inflicted) then the best thing to do is go away (there are very few creators here that can stand it).

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:47 am
by badpete69
Saw this on facebook a few minutes ago

Radia update: EPCC tells me that despite them pushing the factory everyday, they missed the 20th completion date and are trying to get them done asap.

This is crazy annoying all the way around, because I have literally zero control over it and have made people wait for an exceedingly long time. I am waiting and hoping they finish up this week so I can get these out during Christmas break. This is highly unusual and I haven’t had a situation come up like this in the past 6 years, so I fully understand your frustration.

On the plus side, I am going to guess that Radia is going to be a rarer item than we originally thought in the sense that this process is so hard to do for the factory that they might not want to do it again. Radia may end up the only deck of its kind!

I’m really sorry fo the wait and am going to try to give some little perk to folks that have had to wait.

Re: RADIA, The Spiritual Successor to AURUM by Encarded

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:40 am
by Gareth
Thanks Pete for the info. I continue to be disappointed with Paul not manning up and posting here tbh.

It seems UC is a good place to push your decks, but not to admit delays or issues. As I have (probably monotonously) said about JR - it's not his art or decks which let him down as much as his Customer Service. Hoping Paul doesn't go the same way.