Deck 12
DECK 12 / (scans: GrimaudTdM12)
Copyright: © . GRIMAUD 1963
All cards have a copyright
German and spanish titles
Background color: white
Modern cardstock that feels strongly like plastic
Yellow box with LE CHARIOT on both sides
REF. G 394 405
Cards: 63 mm x 120 mm (!?!)
Deck thickness: 27 mm
LWB: German and spanish
Copyright on the LWB: FRANCE CARTES © (without any date)
Copyright on the box: © France Cartes - France 1986
Comments:
I saw this deck in a huge bookshop in a big town in Germany.
It looks completely new and it is quite surely the actual available german/spanish version of this deck.
As I was intrigued to know how does a "new" Grimaud TdMs look like, I bought it.
But what a deception!
This is the worst Grimaud TdM I have ever seen!
Dont missunderstand me, it is a high quality deck, perfectly printed, that shuffles like a "dream", with an accurate glossy finish and so on and so on ...
But to me it does not have the feeling all other Grimaud TdM have.
It is similar to Lo Scarabeo quality (again I dont want to say Lo Scarabeo decks are bad, but they simply are not my taste)
The cards are smaller than all other decks.
The blue color is very dark too.
It has the 1963 copyright with the same placement scheme that leads to swords pointing down.
Now I realise that this 1963 copyright seems to be used only for foreign countries.
The deck comes with 2 advertising cards.
I sadly have to say it is a long way from deck 01 to deck 12.
Deck 01 feels almost handmade, this one ... is a perfect plastic product from now (2006).
But I guess, if I never had seen the older decks, I would maybe like it.
Though the pictures have been reduced and even changed, they still stay what they are.
On the box you can even read: Made in France.
And with such a plastic feeling they are probably even "waterproof"