Dutch Card House Company "Paisley" product line - thoughts? (1 Viewer)

[SetToBean]

EDIT: I’d recommend PCFers hold out on buying these until an issue I’ve found with the set I bought has been resolved. Details to come after seeking the manufacturer’s comment.

EDIT 2: Unfortunately the issue is one that means I can't recommend these. My decks arrived quasi-marked (at the very least) with signs of very sloppy manufacturing. I don't know if it was just mine or a batch-wide issue.
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Couldn't find much specific discussion of this brand and there's the confusion with the KEM product, so looking in here.

Australia just got a limited shipment of these for JacksPoker, at AU$45 a deck (!).

I love that colourful back art and the giant ace pips from the pictures, but haven't been able to find any reviews on all the other important factors. Seems they've been around for a little while, so anyone around here had any experience with them? The lack of attention on them has me concerned that there's a risk of them turning out to be all flash and no substance buying from a relative unknown (from my perspective, that is).

Paper variants
https://www.dutchcardhousecompany.com/paisley-playing-cards
https://www.dutchcardhousecompany.com/product-page/paisley-playing-cards-red-poker-edition
https://www.dutchcardhousecompany.com/product-page/paisley-playing-cards-blue-poker-edition

Plastic variants
https://www.jackspoker.com.au/paisley-poker-blue-playing-cards

 

[SaleFin]

Very interesting! I haven't even heard. So these are plastic? As someone who lives in Europe, it's always a shame when from the USA, but there are more customers there. I have to consider if I would order, although the price for the deck will probably be high. If someone has one, could you post pictures and experiences!

 

[surfik]

I am not confused at the slightest.....

 

[SetToBean]

Very interesting! I haven't even heard. So these are plastic? As someone who lives in Europe, it's always a shame when from the USA, but there are more customers there. I have to consider if I would order, although the price for the deck will probably be high. If someone has one, could you post pictures and experiences!

Yeah they're PVC plastic, and apparently this product line has been around for a few years in a few variations since a Kickstarter project, but despite that there's still basically no chatter about them I could find.

 

[mipevi]

So the Paisley line does have plastic cards, but do note that the two linked in the OP are paper (Cartamundi, apparently). The plastic ones prolly come from China though.

 

[SetToBean]

So the Paisley line does have plastic cards, but do note that the two linked in the OP are paper (Cartamundi, apparently). The plastic ones prolly come from China though.

Gotcha. The shipment in Australia is definitely the plastic variety, so all good there.

Might take the plunge if I can't find any other reviewers over the next few days to fill out my collection a bit since I actually don't have any plastic decks with the traditional simple face card art, having first gotten all the recommended fancy decks discussed on PCF.

I'll have to share my feedback here. Hoping they are PVC in the way that Angel's PVC cards are, as those are just about my favourite bridge cards at the moment.

 

[SetToBean]

So finally found some (very old) content on an earlier Paisley product on youtube. More here. And more.

Enough positive feedback on these other products for me to take the plunge and report back later, even though there's a whole world between manufacturing paper and plastic.

If all else fails, it's only a 250-deck print run so I can say I'm special.

 

[GeeOhVee]

They look pretty cool but it would be just under $31 total to get one deck to California.

 

[Machine]

I like these better!

 

[SetToBean]

I like these better!

I love that design too, particularly the white deck and the use of negative-like colouring for face cards, but can't find any 100% plastic listings for them

Seems that the Paisley limited 250-deck run is the only time they've made any plastic cards.

 

[SetToBean]

I have gotten a setup of these plastic Paisleys, but will be waiting before I get a chance to use them before giving out any first impressions.

 

[at_the_third_place]

Available in the US via 52Kards:
red: https://shop.52kards.com/products/p...red-playing-cards-by-dutch-card-house-company
blue: https://shop.52kards.com/products/p...lue-playing-cards-by-dutch-card-house-company

Expectations are low, but it’s a tasteful design …worth a try

 

[SetToBean]

I’d recommend PCFers hold out on buying these until a potential issue I’ve found with mine has been resolved, as it may be a batch-wide problem. Details to come after seeking the manufacturer’s comment.

 

[SetToBean]

So, some critical issues with this deck. JacksPoker (the vendor), always having excellent customer service, promptly refunded the price after seeing photos.

The manufacturer has not replied to my inquiry, so here’s the issue.

The white borders on the back have been cut unevenly, leading to variation across the long and short edges from none at all to extremely obvious and the deck being quasi-marked at the very least as a result. It would take a trained eye to exploit this, but the vulnerability is theoretically there and that’s enough. That's besides the real issue which is that it's just sloppy.

Don’t know if it’s a batch issue or just the ones I got, but an unfortunate result for decks I was quite keen for. The art turned out pretty nice.

Some examples: