Hello all,
First-time poster here, so please point me in the right direction if this isn’t the place to post this.
I have collected playing cards for over 30 years. I don’t play card games of any kind, and while I absolutely love card magic/illusion, I’ve never really attempted it myself. I’m a graphic designer and I love collecting playing cards solely for their unique designs and illustrations.
I have a question/rant that’s been bugging me for a while now.
I just received my order of Theory11’s James Bond 007 playing cards. They're beautiful, but I'm not here to review them. I bought multiples… you know… one to stock, one to rock, etc, etc. Just like every other Theory11 deck I’ve ordered, I crack one open to admire. I try to peel the sticker seal off and like many decks I’ve opened before it, it a) leaves behind a bunch of nasty residue, b) peels half the sticker off, leaving an unsightly white paper half-sticker behind or c) some combination of both.
I don’t know the history of sticker seals on playing cards. I assume it has to do with casinos? …when a dealer would open a new deck at a table the seal proved it was a new, untouched deck? I honestly don’t know. I would appreciate some knowledge on the topic.
Anyway, why do some card companies make these stickers with such strong adhesive? I imagine (but could be wrong) a lot of people buy these cards more for collector purposes than anything else. At the very least, wouldn’t a consumer want to enjoy the deck as it was sold to them on the website? Go to just about any card product page on Theory11’s site, or any other luxury card company’s site, and fully half of their photo marketing focuses on the beautiful tuck boxes they are clearly very proud of and put a lot of effort into designing.
Some card companies I’ve purchased from have very mild adhesive on their sticker seals, which I love. I can peel the sticker off, put it on a blank card to save, and the tuck box remains in perfect condition, so it can be appreciated in the way the designers clearly intended. I can’t show off the top of my 007 tuck box to friends and expect them to see the cool “Bond. James Bond” message the website proudly displays in their marketing photo. Instead, mine says “BonXXXXXXXXXond.”
Anyone else have the same issue with playing card sticker seals?
Thanks for reading my rant.
First-time poster here, so please point me in the right direction if this isn’t the place to post this.
I have collected playing cards for over 30 years. I don’t play card games of any kind, and while I absolutely love card magic/illusion, I’ve never really attempted it myself. I’m a graphic designer and I love collecting playing cards solely for their unique designs and illustrations.
I have a question/rant that’s been bugging me for a while now.
I just received my order of Theory11’s James Bond 007 playing cards. They're beautiful, but I'm not here to review them. I bought multiples… you know… one to stock, one to rock, etc, etc. Just like every other Theory11 deck I’ve ordered, I crack one open to admire. I try to peel the sticker seal off and like many decks I’ve opened before it, it a) leaves behind a bunch of nasty residue, b) peels half the sticker off, leaving an unsightly white paper half-sticker behind or c) some combination of both.
I don’t know the history of sticker seals on playing cards. I assume it has to do with casinos? …when a dealer would open a new deck at a table the seal proved it was a new, untouched deck? I honestly don’t know. I would appreciate some knowledge on the topic.
Anyway, why do some card companies make these stickers with such strong adhesive? I imagine (but could be wrong) a lot of people buy these cards more for collector purposes than anything else. At the very least, wouldn’t a consumer want to enjoy the deck as it was sold to them on the website? Go to just about any card product page on Theory11’s site, or any other luxury card company’s site, and fully half of their photo marketing focuses on the beautiful tuck boxes they are clearly very proud of and put a lot of effort into designing.
Some card companies I’ve purchased from have very mild adhesive on their sticker seals, which I love. I can peel the sticker off, put it on a blank card to save, and the tuck box remains in perfect condition, so it can be appreciated in the way the designers clearly intended. I can’t show off the top of my 007 tuck box to friends and expect them to see the cool “Bond. James Bond” message the website proudly displays in their marketing photo. Instead, mine says “BonXXXXXXXXXond.”
Anyone else have the same issue with playing card sticker seals?
Thanks for reading my rant.