Archive for June, 2010
Suckpax specialty cards, signatures
The Sucklord signing cards for each box. Taking a break from the hard work, he is shocked by what he sees on Ebay.
The Sucklord signing cards
Pulling base card sets
We have setup stacks of all the base cards (162). Task is to pull one of each to collate a base set. Rinse. Repeat.
We’re trying different methods to collate base sets. First method was to take a handful of one card, then deal out one into each box bin. Then pick up a stack of the next card, and deal that one out. Repeat 162 times. This second method, walk around pulling one of each, seems to be faster, which surprised me.
collating base card sets
Suckpax 1 sheet cutting
Found some pictures of slicing the sheets up into individual cards.
There are 50 cards to a sheet, and first task is to slice the sheets into strips, then into individual cards. I had a row of card boxes prepared to receive cut cards. A sample of each card was taped to the end of the box. This is very handy for managing the cards later, not having to open every box to find a certain card.
cutting up sheets
The first edge has been sliced off of these sheets.
Strips of cards
Wrapper printing for Suckpax 1
In the same week of card printing, we printed the pack wrappers. Great artwork from The Sucklord again, a vivid design with strong dynamic graphics. I had many meetings with the printer to establish a process to emulate the old 80’s wax wrapper look and feel using modern materials. Much more difficult than one would think. Recreating the old low quality printing and paper is hard today. The industry has moved far in improving resolutions, glossy stock paper, inks, and printing plates. Telling a printer that you want 80’s quality is like going to a current video game maker and saying you want them to design in 8 bit graphics so that it looks like Mario Bros. They hear the words you are saying, but are baffled by what you are telling them.
Anyway, I convince them to give it a try.
Paper comes off a roll like toilet paper, and is fed through sequential rollers. Each is a different color/plate, like wood block printing.
Wrappers are flowing
A cutter at the end slices out individual wrappers, which are stacked and packed.
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