badpete69 wrote:Wassup Dale.. Nice to see you on .. Good luck with the project

Thanks my friend....

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dalemathis/dale-mathis-2nd-edition-metal-mechanized-3d-playin https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/004/976/650/4ad5b52a0d4c84a563e7dc84be343d74_original.png?v=1448429951&w=680&fit=max&auto=format&lossless=true&s=51dd8c4591b709ce617f98192a0034aa h...

Cool...

I'm still waiting for my deck to arrive, and it didn't have any add-ons like a frame or crystals to slow it down. Should I start to worry yet? Not sure of your handle on KS or Backerkit so I cant do a normal follow up on your order but if you paid for a deck or 2 then it will come when your name co...

@Dalemathis - So, what is next on the list? You have proven yourself. Got anything working in the future? Any tidbits you want to share? You can't just be a one hit wonder. You know us, we always want more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-hit_wonder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI Hahah...

Well I was planning on doing a bigger fancier photos of my masterpiece deck to show off but have run out of time while. So here it is in a basic shoot. Dale seems nice enough to have upgraded the deck to include crystals. I am having an issue determining the type as it does not seem to match the on...

DukeBoy wrote:And with any luck my Frame will arrive the same day as Pete's.

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They truly one of a kind decks.

Awesome.....! First batch of frames arrived today so you and Pierre's should arrive sometime next week along with a few others out there.

@dale - I wish that you become the impossible bottle with a deck of cards. I'm sure if you and JR (Jackson Robison) I'm only doing this once; hooked up you can come up with something amazing for card collectors. He is playing with tuck boxes right now as we speak... It has crossed my mind on more t...

Exciting....! Looking forward to seeing this come to fruition. Good luck.

Did anyone else get a backerkit invite? I was thinking about.grabbing a deck through. Looks like the backerkit is about to end. There was an issue with Backerkit or my lack of knowledge that allowed folks to come in after the campaign and sign up but was not allowed to purchase anything but there w...

Got confirmation yesterday that the decks are done at USPCC and are ready to ship to me in Vegas. Hopefully they should arrive sometime next week or the middle of the following week. Once they arrive we will start shipping them out to you patient folks....! We are close to the finish line people......

Got confirmation yesterday that the decks are done at USPCC and are ready to ship to me in Vegas. Hopefully they should arrive sometime next week or the middle of the following week. Once they arrive we will start shipping them out to you patient folks....! We are close to the finish line people.......

Let's not forget the upgrade from paper to a metal plaque for the Certificate of Authenticity that Dale decided to do to compensate for the delays. This deck is turning out better than I expected, it may end up being one of the most unique decks in my collection. This deck should be a strong candid...

Latest Update from Dale: Hello Backers, a Quick update. All items from Asia have arrived and are being assembled, calibrated and crystalized if needed.. My assistant Victoria has placed crystals in all Die orders except the Blacker the Berry the Sweeter the Juice pledges.. That's about 10,000 or so...

The problem is, the lock down date has passed and people who backed the project on KS have already been charged. I consulted Brendan and he says that BackerKit has not perfected the pre-ordering system so pre-orders for projects that have already locked down arent locked. When you go to the pre-ord...

I just spent about 30 minutes writing this long reply and when I hit submit it deleted everything I wrote by making me sign back in.... WTF......! Lol...! Anyway I don't have time to do it all over again so what I said simply was I want to re assure you all that the decks are coming. I know its take...

I'm glad that my comments were taken in good humour! :) I love the mechanical sculpture - even that without the playing card aspect is pretty much unique. I'll be thinking long and hard about pledging - because where else am I going to get a piece of kinetic art like this again for such a price? Lo...

volantangel wrote:

montecarlojoe wrote: Outside it looks like an Enzo, but under the hood... it's a Mustang. High quality, but pretty ordinary.

This is very well said.

Id rather it be compared to a Mustang any day versus a 1971 Ford Pinto..... Hahahahahahaha...! Ill put more muscle in it on the next one.. for sure.

Dale.

It's a fine piece of sculpture, no doubt about that, but the deck seems almost incidental... Edit - I do realise this is by design and it's all about the tuck box, but it seems such a shame not to apply your obvious talent to the whole of the deck. The description also says that the aim is to make ...

Regime wrote:I really like it! If I can swing it, I'll probably get it. Would you be able to create a card sleeve, and attach it to that? So, the tuck box isn't destroyed.

I have something better and original. I will update that later.

walrus wrote:I guess I was curious to see the time you invested developing it.

Well I can tell you I have been working on this project off and on for the past 3 months. That's Autocad designing, R & D.

Hey Dale, The Tuck Box looks gorgeous! Have you thought about using a high-quality straight on photo of the Tuck Box piece and using that as the Back Card? Making the photo two-way wouldn't be a big deal in Photoshop. Another possibility with the back Design is to do a hi-res Render of the 3d Model...

Thanks for indulging me, Dale. I'm disappointed (though not surprised) to hear of the high cost of the metal edition. Seems realistic though. Great idea making the more affordable plastic one! Regarding the back design matching the back of the box; I don't think it has been discussed much before, b...

walrus wrote:Beautiful, how long does it take to produce one of these.

They will be produced on a production level. I don't have an exact amount of time associated with it yet.

DukeBoy wrote:Simply amazing. Will it be able to be removed from the box?

Yes you can remove it from the Tuck Box but it will destroy the Box.

volantangel wrote:Crazy sick, so you do every case/box by hand ?? How is the 'super embossed metal' attached to the tuck box ?

No I wont do every case/box by hand. I will have it outsourced. It will be glued to the surface of the Tuck Box.

Atemus wrote:Okay so when can I throw my money at you

Soon my friend.... lol... Im pushing to launch my Kickstarter in 3 weeks.

Can you give us a ballpark number on how much this stuff will cost for us? No doubt many will buy this for the box alone (and I can't blame them), but I have to critique the back design. - It is a very obvious one-way design due to several elements, if it was just the middle logo it wouldn't be too...

Hello Tom, appreciate your input. After making the prototype mechanism and actually fitting it with the Tuck box, the DM 1972 will probably Be so small you wont really be able to see it anyway. So it will more than likely be dropped from the design. DM 1972 is my initials obviously and my Birth year...

Here is an update on my Mechanical Playing Card. Just got the final relief in. Its made of Steel. The gears are Gold plated and yes its functional. I will have a link to see the video of the deck in action. I'm still set to launch this project on Kickstarter next month. Looking forward to its recept...