*grins*
CARD UPDATE!The deck from the third company, CDP, came in today! My camera messes up the colors, mind you, but here's a pic anyway.
http://gallery.virmir.com/main.php?g2_itemId=1881My first reaction was, "ugh, they printed these waaaaay too faded". And then I did a double-take and realized that, hey, it's not that they're too light... they're just not ridiculously dark like the other cards! I was just so used to getting things back waaaaaay too dark, it threw me for a loop.
I'm very pleased with how these turned out!
Points:
* Colors are very nice! In all my blasted adjustments to the coloration/brightness, I did not even bother sending them any unmodified, "pure" cards. By the looks of things, I may very well go with unmodified cards for them.
* I actually like the darker borders from the other cards. So I will probably send them darker ones. No big deal.
* Cards seem a bit thinner than the other contenders, but nice and sturdy still. I like them being thinner because they're more like real playing cards.
* No contender is safe from centering issues. This batch has them too, but not so bad. This is just something I'm going to have to accept moving forward. Looking through them, I'd have to say this is the best of the bunch so far, though.
* Corners are even more nicely round than the others. Cards are nicely cut too.
I will think about this some more, but I will very likely go with these folks. They cost a few dollars more than the others, but they clearly deliver a better product. This company is from Hong Kong (of course
), however I got the deck after two and a half weeks, which isn't bad at all.
Will keep you folks updated!
Also interesting, the three contenders side-by-side and how different the blasted things look:
http://gallery.virmir.com/main.php?g2_itemId=1884From left to right, CDP, TGC, SPOD. (The images printed on the TGC are adjusted, both front and back, but the other two are exactly the same-- just different printers).
