Amazon Bicycle Guardians

LakerFan4life · Aug 28, 2009

The pictures of the Guardians on this site look so awesome and graphic...the pictures of the Guardians on Amazon look dull. Are the guardian cards they sell here the same as Amazon? Because I ordered them from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-10201...e=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1251501838&sr=8-1

Nino · Aug 28, 2009

Those look like the guardians I bougth at HEB.

LakerFan4life · Aug 28, 2009

Nino said:
Those look like the guardians I bougth at HEB.

And are they legit ?

Undialer · Aug 28, 2009

I was at Wal-Mart last week when I stumbled upon T11's guardians. There was even the T11 ad card included with the double backer. Needless to say I bought what they had left.

frostchew · Aug 29, 2009

Those on Amazon and Wal-Mart are the USPCC runs. Guardians have 2 versions, normal bicycle stock printed by uspcc for their own sales, and T11 thicker stock for the T11 guardians.

they can be differentiated by the fronts and backs.

USPCC guardians front: the words "Playing Cards/ Cartes A Jouer" instead of Rider Back
USPCC box back: Advertising
T11 guardiansfront: the words "Rider Back"
T11 box backs: back design

LakerFan4life · Aug 30, 2009

frostchew said:
Those on Amazon and Wal-Mart are the USPCC runs. Guardians have 2 versions, normal bicycle stock printed by uspcc for their own sales, and T11 thicker stock for the T11 guardians.

they can be differentiated by the fronts and backs.

USPCC guardians front: the words "Playing Cards/ Cartes A Jouer" instead of Rider Back
USPCC box back: Advertising
T11 guardiansfront: the words "Rider Back"
T11 box backs: back design

Are the backs of the cards different? Is the T11 guardians better quality ?

frostchew · Aug 31, 2009

The backs are exactly the same, only you don't get a double backer. The decks sold off T11 are of a better and thicker stock I suppose, and the Uspcc guardians have normal bicycle stock.

xaykogeki · Sep 1, 2009

LakerFan4life said:
Are the backs of the cards different? Is the T11 guardians better quality ?

backs are the same, but as for the quality, I liked the t11's better. For some reason, I threw mine in my cabinet as soon as I opened the USPC version. It didn't feel like "guardian" enough.

praetoritevong · Sep 1, 2009

From memory, I believe that it was said at time of release that the USPCC version was of a lower quality.