Burning rare Suckpax 1 cards

Certain cards were deemed to be made “scarce”.  Four different base cards were selected to have fewer exist than the rest of the base set, and the three different chase cards were also reduced in quantity.  I suggested burning them, to ensure scarcity, and we proceeded behind the SideKick Lab facility to make a campfire and begin operation scarcity.  I was tending the fire, and a few half-burned cards fluttered out of the flames.  The Sucklord began picking them up to tuck back into the fire, and I saw a light bulb switch on over his head.  “These have got to go into the packs!” he said.   We imagined the WTF moments that would occur as collectors opened packs and found burnt remnants of rare cards in their hands.  They might think that there had been a fire at the packaging plant, or some kind of sleazy carny working in the assembly plant might have used a card to light his stogie, then tucked it into a pack to hide the evidence.

Suckpax 1 inserts

We had fun with preparing specialty “insert” cards for the Suckpax 1 series.  Taking the concept and twisting it a bit…

First came “splatter” cards.  The Sucklord selected small batches of cards from the base set, and hit them with paint in his own style.

suckpax 1 bullet hole cards

Pushing the concept further, small stacks of base cards were wrapped and shot with a .38 caliber pistol.  Video of  this was featured on Suckadelic.com.

The Art Hustle 1 boxes

A batch of finished boxes for The Art Hustle 1 series.  Cards have been attached to the tops, and corners glued.  They are shrink wrapped them to keep them safe from scuffing.

Found Art printed boxes

I have been studying packaging and boxes.  When I go into stores, I scan the shelves to see what I can find that is unusual or interesting.  I have been learning how to design die cuts for boxes as part of SideKick projects.

Here are two finds from Chinatown Montreal:

Front face of candle package

The graphics are cool, and the language wonderful.

Got me what Infusible means.

Admire the bravado!

I wonder if it knows to start assembling itself when you open the box, or if there is some other way to signal it to selfmake.