Production updates in this strange times...
almost 4 years ago – Mon, May 04, 2020 at 09:51:49 PM

Hope you are fine and safe. 

The coins

First, the good news. I moved on with coins production and found a maker in Greece! We are working on prototypes and I needed to adapt the design as there were too detailed. Here comes some of their past production and how I needed to change my design.

Lockdown is supposed to end, in France, in a week - on May 11th. After being hard to stay inside, it is now hard to go outside! I send around 15 orders (from my shop) on April 22th, and since then the tracking device is « on hold » position - Frustrating. Hope it will change soon. Everything is still unsure and it is hard to plans... 

I will try to resend the tucks cases (printed in France by Studio Pression), to manufacture in Ukraine (who print the cards and will finish them) in the coming days. I took the risk to send them at the start of lockdown but they came back after some weeks. So now I will send them in 2 times and hope there will be no more customs problems.

The special sleeves

The printing of the sleeves is on hold too. Studio Pression should start the printing soon, hoping to be delivered of the paper needed. There will be double, triple and quadruple sleeves. So, as some of you asked details, here is the plan :

2 decks: double sleeve

3 decks: triple sleeve

4 decks: quadruple sleeve

5 decks: 1 double + 1 triple

6 decks: it will depend on the decks : 3 doubles / 2 triple / 1 double + 1 quadruple

You see the idea... 

Deluxe box set

It is sadly on hold too. I want to make it in wood, and Thibault Malet who made the first edition box set can not get wood! Everything is complicated, but it is just a question of time. 

Thanks for your support! 

Fabien

www.mr-cup.com

A quick note...
about 4 years ago – Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 10:19:48 PM

I hope you are safe and you live in this situation the best way possible. I hope it does not hurts your jobs or business too much too.

As you can imagine, it changes plans and it is hard to have all the info I need to do an accurate estimate for shipping... It will not be april of course, I hope May but it is more accurate to say June as lockdown for France is officially announced until May 11th... for now... 

I know I am over late with this project, and some of you do not understand why. I really think april would be a busy month sending all these rewards but I did not, as nobody could, expect the current state of our world. I will do all I can to have these items sent as soon as possible. 

I wanted to send this update for a long time but I have the bad idea to get a toothache and this is really bad timing as everything is on lockdown in France. I won't go into detail but this fu*%¨°.? tooth hurts me fu%$*`% badly...

The most important is to stay safe!

Thank you all for your support.

Fabien

www.mrcup-shop.com

Last days / Standard edition reprint / Stay safe
about 4 years ago – Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 05:03:14 AM

First of all, in these strange days of our lives, I hope you are fine and safe with family. The actual situation in France is that we have to stay home and go outside only with information paper to explain why we are out. It changes so fast during the last days... but it is for the good and I hope we can go back to our normal life very soon. 

That being said, support over the new edition of the cards brings so much joy to me and I thank you so much for keeping support. The project is now in its last hours and I have some good news for you. 

As the project is over my expectations, I decided (wisely) to reprint a small set of the original Standard Edition. It will come with a blue seal to the difference from the first edition. 

How to get this deck ?

3 options here : 

1 - If you support the new collector's edition, just add 10€ to your pledge. 

2 - If you do not support the new collector's edition, just do it at 10€ and you will get it when you get your package form this campaign, without any extra post costs.

3 - If you support the project here with rewards over 100€, you will get it for free, nothing else to do!

I am also working on extra things like a pdf to explain all the creative process and the amazing adventure of this project. 

Check the new campaign here

SHOUT-OUT

Here are some very cool decks currently available : 

"Lock & Load" Playing cards

The United States is a country build on giving power to the people. It has a long and proud history behind it. A very important part of American history is the Second Amendment. In 2021 the Second Amendment will be 230 years old. In celebration of that right, we created two decks that will accurately capture a piece of American history and the right of every American citizen.

Check and support Lock and Load here

Arcadia Signature Edition

Only a few hours left to get the Arcadia Signature edition and reach their target. 

Check and support here

Thank you all for your support, this community is awesome. I will send a production update soon.

Stay Safe !

Fabien

The sleeves and stamps !
about 4 years ago – Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 05:17:49 PM

With the success of the collector's edition, almost sold out, here are how it improves the project and rewards. Thanks again for your patience in the making of this. 

Check the new campaign here.

I am pleased to improve the project with:

- extra numbered seal on the bottom of collector's edition decks, they will be hand-numbered!

- I always love tax stamps, I design and will print varied stamps/seals to improve the project.

As planned I will do double, triple and quadruple sleeves! I can now improve them with stamps! It shows you how I plan to use the stamps.

Also, the collector's edition 4 shades of Grey set will come with a special grey sleeve. There are a very few sets left! 

All multiple orders will come with sleeve, double, triple...

NEXT STRETCH GOAL: 350 %

A lot of you asked me about the Standard edition. It is sold out but I think about doing a reprint if we reach the 350% goal with a different seal. What do you think? Post in comments.

You can see the new campaign here. And again, YES, everything will be sent together in April. I still did not found the solution for the coins, but I am working hard on it, I have 2 news possible solution and I am waiting for estimates. 

Check the new campaign here

Thanks for support

Fabien

Collector's editions updates / Timing
about 4 years ago – Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 01:37:55 AM

Thank you so much for the amazing support of the new collector's edition. As I said before, this project is done to have all editions sent at the same time. 

The Magnificent 7, the Ultimate bundle and the Holo/Cream duet are all gone. It means the holographic edition is now sold out, sorry for all those who did not get it. But will keep the idea for my next deck!

So on I update the project with new options to get the Cream edition.

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Timing

The deck from the new editions and the Previous editions will arrive at me all at the same time. The estimate for shipping is now April for the decks. For the box set, it is still hard to say as the production of the coins is still started and do not know how much time it would take. 

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Shout out : The Keymaster Marot

Lorenzo / Stockholm17 launch his new Tarot deck if you did not see it yet. What an amazing project and inspiration...

You can support the project here 

Thanks to be part of the great playing cards makers community !

Enjoy life !

Fabien