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Just received the set and ... already a little bit disapointed
As there are already quite a lot of positive feedback, I thought I could add some less positiv comments.
Set
It is really a lot of stuff for this price: 2 books, one full of wonderfull pictures of Pamelas art, and even if the books cover is not very well bounded, the pages are well bounded and the pictures are very well printed.
The box containing the set is incredibly well made and even the additional pieces inside the box placed to hold the deck are made of real cardboard, no plastic!
To me the big box alone is worth the price
Colors
But the colors of the deck!
I would almost call it: the Greeny RWS!
All the cards with a yellow background have a kind of yellow-olive-greenish shade, and the other cards have a grey-brown-dirty shade!
To my taste it is too much artificial aging (if this was the aim of this coloring)
Though the Original Rider also has some overall color shade it looks like a paradise bird with brilliant colors compared to the centennial set
I compared the colors to my Pam D, which is I believe the Pam with the badest color.
And go figure, even the Pam D is a little bit lighter!
And when I compare it to my Pam C, then the Pam C has really much brighter and clear colors and it shines!
To be fair, this deck is probably nearer than others to the overall look of an original Pam deck, but the contrast of the pictures suffers a lot, and the overall in my opinion too dark shade ist certainly not to the taste of everyone.
printing
In the copy I got, 35 cards (almost all majors) are completely out of center resulting in a thin white border on the left and a large white border on the right.
The US Games copyright is MUCH BIGGER than the one on the Original Rider (fortunately I do not have any yellow box RWS with copyright but only without copyright, so I dont know how big the copyright is on the yellow box)
This copyright adds nothing, absolutely nothing to Pamelas art!
Cardstock
Someone mentioned that the cardstock would be similar to the Yellow box RWS made in Switzerland!
In no way!
The cardstock of the centennial has absolutely nothing to do with the smooth and almost organic feeling of the Müller cardstock.
The cardstock is indeed thick but I dont like it very much.
It does not feel to me like paper but rather like plastic, it is also quite stiff and the edges are so sharp that you could almost cut yourself if you are not carefull!
But the fact that it is very thick is to me a very positiv thing.
Finish
I find the finish OK and not too glossy, but it has again absolutely nothing to do with the nice waxy finish of the Müller printing.
Line Drawing
I am perplex about the lineart of the drawings.
Though I am aware that some pictures of Pamela have thick line drawings and other a thin line drawing, I have an undefinable feeling as if some cards are much less defined than others.
Conclusion
Well not much positive feedback, sorry.
I love the big box, I thought I could use it for my Pam D, but the Pam D is thicker.
The Pam C fits well in the box, but it already has a box
Joke aside, I really think you get a lot for a very fair price.
Everything is really well done.
But it simply cannot suit each taste, and even less the suit of some fanatical collectors
Best regards
As there are already quite a lot of positive feedback, I thought I could add some less positiv comments.
Set
It is really a lot of stuff for this price: 2 books, one full of wonderfull pictures of Pamelas art, and even if the books cover is not very well bounded, the pages are well bounded and the pictures are very well printed.
The box containing the set is incredibly well made and even the additional pieces inside the box placed to hold the deck are made of real cardboard, no plastic!
To me the big box alone is worth the price
Colors
But the colors of the deck!
I would almost call it: the Greeny RWS!
All the cards with a yellow background have a kind of yellow-olive-greenish shade, and the other cards have a grey-brown-dirty shade!
To my taste it is too much artificial aging (if this was the aim of this coloring)
Though the Original Rider also has some overall color shade it looks like a paradise bird with brilliant colors compared to the centennial set
I compared the colors to my Pam D, which is I believe the Pam with the badest color.
And go figure, even the Pam D is a little bit lighter!
And when I compare it to my Pam C, then the Pam C has really much brighter and clear colors and it shines!
To be fair, this deck is probably nearer than others to the overall look of an original Pam deck, but the contrast of the pictures suffers a lot, and the overall in my opinion too dark shade ist certainly not to the taste of everyone.
printing
In the copy I got, 35 cards (almost all majors) are completely out of center resulting in a thin white border on the left and a large white border on the right.
The US Games copyright is MUCH BIGGER than the one on the Original Rider (fortunately I do not have any yellow box RWS with copyright but only without copyright, so I dont know how big the copyright is on the yellow box)
This copyright adds nothing, absolutely nothing to Pamelas art!
Cardstock
Someone mentioned that the cardstock would be similar to the Yellow box RWS made in Switzerland!
In no way!
The cardstock of the centennial has absolutely nothing to do with the smooth and almost organic feeling of the Müller cardstock.
The cardstock is indeed thick but I dont like it very much.
It does not feel to me like paper but rather like plastic, it is also quite stiff and the edges are so sharp that you could almost cut yourself if you are not carefull!
But the fact that it is very thick is to me a very positiv thing.
Finish
I find the finish OK and not too glossy, but it has again absolutely nothing to do with the nice waxy finish of the Müller printing.
Line Drawing
I am perplex about the lineart of the drawings.
Though I am aware that some pictures of Pamela have thick line drawings and other a thin line drawing, I have an undefinable feeling as if some cards are much less defined than others.
Conclusion
Well not much positive feedback, sorry.
I love the big box, I thought I could use it for my Pam D, but the Pam D is thicker.
The Pam C fits well in the box, but it already has a box
Joke aside, I really think you get a lot for a very fair price.
Everything is really well done.
But it simply cannot suit each taste, and even less the suit of some fanatical collectors
Best regards