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There are no bottles that have been made new in NZ in the last few months (that I know of –
other than one Mamaku Blue bottle shown later) so our cover this time features two new
Card bottles from China. The cover shows the two jokers and the four aces are shown here
but this is a full pack so you will find the rest of them pictured later in this edition.

Years ago I bought a set of 6 Chinese Card bottles modelled on the pack of cards the US
troops were issued with when they invaded Iraq for the second time. I was fearful that I was
looking for another 52 (The pack the troops
were issued with had 58 cards in total) but
the Chinese seller assured me that there
were only six. It would have been nice if
there were 58 but horribly expensive! The
bottles are made by a company called Elk.

There are some great bottles coming out of
China, it is a pity it is not easier to buy them.
All the Chinese sites that I have seen selling
minis (other than collector sites) are purely in
Chinese and do not respond to emails. I
spent ages trying to buy one of several sets
of Mahjong minis (see miNiZ 109) but got
nowhere. If anyone does know of any
commercial Chinese sites that will respond
please let me know and I will pass the information on to all our members.

I have only received one article from any of you. With a 100+ membership this is not good
enough. This is the reason this edition is late and that it is smaller than the last few editions.
Everyone has something to contribute – so do so or miNiZ will continue to get smaller. My
thanks to Frank Wynn for the one article and David Spaid and Frank Wynn who sent me
some photos – the only members who did. Enough said.

Due to David Spaid having been indisposed, I only have a few photos from him to show you
this time so I will incorporate them here, rather than the usual separate article. All are bottles
that are new to the market in the last few months and all hail from Canada.

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