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Regarding international shipping I'm not sure yet since I actually haven't gotten to the campaign listing yet believe it or not. If you were okay with the last campaign you should be fine. I can't imagine Gambler's Warehouse changing their fulfillment rates drastically.

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5 PM central time, per Twitter

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Close to $15 per deck including shipping? Woof. Good thing Alex's artwork is amazing!
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Backed!

Is the Black label edition just the same deck, inside another sleeve? (i.e. is the tuck box the same?)
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slipperymistake wrote:Backed!

Is the Black label edition just the same deck, inside another sleeve? (i.e. is the tuck box the same?)
Yeah, the labeling style with engraving was something I knew I wanted for the theme but the factories don't have that capability. I went personal and you can see in the video that they are hand run. I'll be handwrapping and gluing each of these as well so I had to account for the labor. I think of it more as an upgrade of a single deck rather than trying to create two different decks.
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The deck is beautiful, the kickstarter page is great... but this is one of those projects I shouldn't have gotten excited about :|
$8 int shipping for one deck is too much for me. Randy's Rome project which is also fullfilled by Gamblers has just $3 int shipping. I'm guessing this is because you chose the tracking option?

Another issue: pledging for the pair totals $39 (of which $13 are shipping), while pledging for one deck is $22 (of which $8 are shipping) and adding on a deck ($15 in price) totals $37. wouldn't it be more reasonable then to have $11 dollars shipping for the pair pledge tier, so it is at least equal to the addon price for international backers?

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Tomorrow at 2pm CST I'll be revealing the deck how I originally imagined it to be with the world's first color-changing boxes. I've been working to try to get these to production for a while and was originally supposed to be for launch but took until now to release. (Boxes are step 1. Cards are step 2.) They truly do embody the term "touch inspiration" for this specific theme. They will be used to box gilded decks in silver for Insights and rose gold for Ponderings and differentiated with a lighter white theme to compliment the darker black themes. Until then enjoy the shine!

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IAmTheChin wrote:Tomorrow at 2pm CST I'll be revealing the deck how I originally imagined it to be with the world's first color-changing boxes.
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They will be used to box gilded decks in silver for Insights and rose gold for Ponderings and differentiated with a lighter white theme to compliment the darker black themes.
Will these be unlimited or at least likely to last a few hours?

Wasn't planning on getting up at 3am... :? ...but then again, it wouldn't be the first time. ;)
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Gareth wrote: Will these be unlimited or at least likely to last a few hours?

Wasn't planning on getting up at 3am... :? ...but then again, it wouldn't be the first time. ;)
Haha thank you for your dedication Gareth! There will be 200 White Cabinets of Curiosity that are limited in special tiers made specifically to connect and stack with the wooden ones. I might make a video for this since I don't think people are catching that they stack. The gilded decks themselves though will be available as a Kickstarter only item through the campaign. The true magic is really in the responsive design of the boxes though. I'm making a new video for the KS to show this so hopefully it'll translate well.

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So, it sounds like there will be 200 White cabinets of curiosity (that would house one gilded deck of Ponderings and one gilded deck of Insights). That means 200 gilded of each deck for the white cabinets. How many more of each deck will be available gilded beyond that for those who chose/choose to go without the cabinets?

Thanks. I will be there either way tomorrow no matter what the number. :)
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Wow 2 cabinets with all the decks for $120. Don't miss out still plenty left after 25 minutes
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Damn they look incredible but I'm backing too many decks now. :(
Move on, nothing to see here.
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Wow! Color changing ink! :drool: I'd love to have this but...$45. :shock:
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Was waiting for an update, had to check here to find out. Got in in time though!
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It was announced last night on instagram
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WOw. Unlike 1st EB, there's a very high cost associated with lack of promptness on this one!
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badpete69 wrote:It was announced last night on instagram
I don't use instagram, but I was looking for this. :ugdance:
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Yeah i do not use instagram either someone pinged me last night to tell me
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My guess is Alex forgot to post the update. =p
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Hi Guys,

Sorry there will be an update later today once I wrap up proper photos for the campaign. The "Early Bird" you're seeing was a mistake when Kickstarter glitched out submitting the tiers. It wasn't intentional. Lost some money on those. These White Label decks are supposed to be on for the full campaign with only the boxes being time sensitive so I wasn't too rushed for the update. I completely recreated the video last night so mistakes are expected to happen (to your benefit lol)

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But I hope you guys are seriously excited for this. Hand gilded decks WELL under $100. World's first color changing boxes. All for a ridiculously cheap price. Enjoy :)
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Beautiful work Alex..
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Amazing... Next step - color changing cards!
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So here's my issue: I think $44 for the color changing decks is a great price considering all it entails. HOWEVER if I pledge for these (which I think I might have to despite my mortgage) and see them on ToM someday cheaper than $44 I'll be livid. Hoping that doesn't happen.
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vasta41 wrote:So here's my issue: I think $44 for the color changing decks is a great price considering all it entails. HOWEVER if I pledge for these (which I think I might have to despite my mortgage) and see them on ToM someday cheaper than $44 I'll be livid. Hoping that doesn't happen.
I doubt that will happen, unless ToM pledge for a bunch of those in the KS campaign. Alex mentioned that these decks are KS exclusive, so I suppose he will only produce enough decks to cover the demand.
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sms69x wrote:
vasta41 wrote:So here's my issue: I think $44 for the color changing decks is a great price considering all it entails. HOWEVER if I pledge for these (which I think I might have to despite my mortgage) and see them on ToM someday cheaper than $44 I'll be livid. Hoping that doesn't happen.
I doubt that will happen, unless ToM pledge for a bunch of those in the KS campaign. Alex mentioned that these decks are KS exclusive, so I suppose he will only produce enough decks to cover the demand.
I think you might be right about the number of decks. I thought that it was a "read the fine print" kind of thing but everything I read seems to insinuate that the decks produced for the campaign are ONLY for backers of the campaign. I hope that's true anyway. But in regards to ToM that's not usually how ToM works- creators (such as T11, GW, and Alex in the past to name a few) sell ToM surplus inventory at a price in the after market once they're already produced. I have no problem with this EXCEPT if a deck like the White Labels ends up there after it was said to be "exclusive." But again, I think you're right and I don't think that will happen.
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sms69x wrote:I doubt that will happen, unless ToM pledge for a bunch of those in the KS campaign. Alex mentioned that these decks are KS exclusive, so I suppose he will only produce enough decks to cover the demand.
I agree, Alex is a man of his words, I'm all the way in! He might keep a few for giveaways and stuff but that's to be expected.

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ToM??? What is this?
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pstaehlin wrote:ToM??? What is this?
Touch of Modern. It's a website that sells different products for a certain discount. https://www.touchofmodern.com/ ;)
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4.of.Clubs wrote:
pstaehlin wrote:ToM??? What is this?
Touch of Modern. It's a website that sells different products for a certain discount. https://www.touchofmodern.com/ ;)

Oh DUH! :roll: I'm quite familiar with Touch of Modern. Just recently bought the Dan and Dave Strangers Ultimate Deck off the site.
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