Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:15 pm GMT by xlhrider
Hi, great info on this board, this is my first post...
So, I'm obsessed with the horseshoe's WSOP chips. I really like the colors and the variety of designs/edgespots etc. Unfortunately, no one sells anything like them...
So, since I have nothing better to do, I DVRed a bunch of 2004 WSOP episodes on ESPN and spent a lot of time sketching out the designs of all the chips I could find based on still frames (recorded in HD, so I got a perfect view).
I have five different chip designs/colors sketched out and before I put in the time to create high quality EPS or TIF images that could be used to make custom chips, I'd like to know if anyone has experience with ordering FULLY custom chips like the ones on www.thechipstore.com. (Mind you that the borders/edges must be custom too and that the five different chips I want are different colors with different copy). How much should I expect to pay for them? Is there any better manufacturer that does totally custom chips? Is there a better way to get chips that are like the supercool ones used in the WSOP?
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Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:26 pm GMT by warewulf619
Don't go with thechipstore. Do a few searches on this forum and you'll see why. Go with homepokerchips.com if you want Chipco chips (same that chipstore uses).
Additionally, if you use a reputable company to do the chips, they wont let you use the WPT name or logo because it's copyrighted. You'll have to alter it in order to get them to let you use it.
warewulf
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:35 pm GMT by xlhrider
Yeah, I won't be using WSOP or horseshoe anywhere on the chips. I just want a generic center with the colors and designs I want. Also, if I create the designs, would anyone be interested in a group buy?
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:46 pm GMT by Buddha
possibly would be interested after seeing what they look like, where you buy them from, and how much they will cost. BTW, you have a PM
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:16 pm GMT by B_rock
Well a few of us were talking about doing a buy from TR King, so if you have a design that you want to take further this would be a great time. TR King, as to my understanding is the ONLY manu. that will do custom chips with multi coloured edge spots (not counting Blue Chip CO of course!) so they are a good bet. Post some images of what you have done and we'll get people together and get a good deal!
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:25 pm GMT by xlhrider
Ok, so I did some preliminary work on the TIFs that would be needed for production because I'd like to get others' opinions. Here are the first four I've worked on (these are just the border designs that are used in WSOP, the colors are certainly not exact and will need some tweaking and I haven't attempted any kind of center artwork). Let me know what you think!
http://moostreet.tripod.com/black.gif
http://moostreet.tripod.com/green.gif
http://moostreet.tripod.com/pink.gif
http://moostreet.tripod.com/yellow.gif
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:46 pm GMT by Buddha
if anyone has problems viewing when clicking on the links, just copy the link location and past into the addreess bar
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:53 pm GMT by Buddha
since i am bored, here they are in the post 
EDIT: Grrr, since tripod wasnt working, i moved them to my host.
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:32 pm GMT by xlhrider
Well, I've already noticed that the $500 hot pink chip is not exactly right (i did the prelims from memory, now I found my original sketches) so go easy on me, I'll put up some more polished pics and also the designs on the rolling edges soon.
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:55 pm GMT by Guest
WOW GREAT JOB THERE xlhrider!!!
this has also been a dream of mine to own chips exactly like the WSOP!! WOW unbelievable that someone else is on the same page as me! you are the first person i have found that wants this set as much as i do.
i started another post before. check it out. http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/forum/t6246/battle-of-the-9g-composite-chips
of course in a perfect world we would be able to go to bud jones directly and be able to buy these chips as customizable. let me just say that its goign to be hard to replicate the edge spots of these chips. check out this http://www.gpigaming.com/pdf/US_Chips.pdf
will help you with picking the right colors
I will DEFINATELY buy a set of 1000 chips if you make them.
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:04 pm GMT by Guest
another thing, the black chip has orange edge spots not yellow. in the WSOP they are worth 5000. in this custom set we can make them 100. and the $5 chips used in WSOP are just plain paulsons with hot stamp and no edge spots. we can make up something more fancy than that.
have u thought about the insert? i have some ideas myself, mimicking the WSOP design.
btw, the design on the black chip was also used for the WPT Bellagio championships where Martin deKniff won. the desing was used on all 3 chips onthe table. Orange/black, red/white, blue/white.
and one last thing. are you putting denoms on them? i would say no. the WSOP does not use denoms. so i dont want denoms!
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:21 pm GMT by Buddha
| Anonymous wrote: | in the WSOP they are worth 5000. in this custom set we can make them 100. a
and one last thing. are you putting denoms on them? i would say no. the WSOP does not use denoms. so i dont want denoms! |
If there are no denoms, we can make them whatever we would want, be it 100 or 5 or 1000000, etc
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:35 pm GMT by nicthestick
id for sure be interested. Let us all know when we get a buy happining.
Posted Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:37 pm GMT by Guest
denoms as in the $ sign
i thought thatas what it meant but guess not. in other threads they use the term denom to mean $ or no $ sign
definatetly put the value there. but no the $ sign. in WSOP they dont put $ sign. the chips say No Cash Value. i would be using thees chips for my home tournaments, therefore the denoms are useless. i use crystal oysters for my cash games.
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:55 am GMT by Geno
This was posted elsewhere but meant to reply here so I've moved it!
Guest:
WOW GREAT JOB THERE xlhrider!!!
this has also been a dream of mine to own chips exactly like the WSOP!! WOW unbelievable that someone else is on the same page as me! you are the first person i have found that wants this set as much as i do.
i started another post before. check it out. http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/forum/t6246/battle-of-the-9g-composite-chips
of course in a perfect world we would be able to go to bud jones directly and be able to buy these chips as customizable. let me just say that its goign to be hard to replicate the edge spots of these chips. check out this http://www.gpigaming.com/pdf/US_Chips.pdf
will help you with picking the right colors
I will DEFINATELY buy a set of 1000 chips if you make them.
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:47 am GMT by Buddha
| Anonymous wrote: | denoms as in the $ sign
i thought thatas what it meant but guess not. in other threads they use the term denom to mean $ or no $ sign
definatetly put the value there. but no the $ sign. in WSOP they dont put $ sign. the chips say No Cash Value. i would be using thees chips for my home tournaments, therefore the denoms are useless. i use crystal oysters for my cash games. |
I always assumed denoms as denominations, as in the 5, 25,100, etc
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:09 am GMT by xlhrider
Hi again, I've made a good amount of progress on the design. I created the last three chips, I spent a lot of time on the colors and border designs and I created the edge designs. I put a simple layout in the center, just to give you all an idea of what the overall chip would look like, I am certainly not married to the design or the copy/text.
Please give feedback on these designs and if anyone can give an estimate as far as the setup costs go, please let me know. If enough people are interested in a set like this, I'd really like to get an order going.
So, here is the preview pic of all seven chips (copy and paste the url):
http://moostreet.tripod.com/preview.gif
Buddah - if you can host this image so it can be in the post, that would be great! thanks
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:34 am GMT by Buddha
phenominal edges. now just to get something in the middle. like you put, nothing super fancy is needed, just something basic and I know that you were just putting in amounts, but for a typical game, we wouldnt need chips that big
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:56 am GMT by The Nutz
Geez... what are you guys doing?? Trying to make me go broke!?!?  Those look pretty kick a$$! I'd probably have to get a set of those too. 8)
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:01 pm GMT by DJ
These look great. But, the edgespots from Chipco never line up.
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:08 pm GMT by Buddha
| DJ wrote: | | These look great. But, the edgespots from Chipco never line up. |
I wonder if it would be possible to get edge spots like that from pokerchips.com or trking, although pokerchips.com seems to be taking about 4 months to get an order done.
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:41 pm GMT by xlhrider
Denominations - I'm not committed to the one in the diagram, however these are the actual demoninations that match up to the designs on the real chips.
Edge Spots - yeah, I figured that it would be unlikely we'd be able to get the edges to line up perfectly. But seems like the ChipCo route is the best way to go to get chips that are this "custom". Thanks for the feedback
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:50 pm GMT by pmc4osu
This is a great idea for a "custom" chip ... I would have been all for a group buy on these if I hadn't landed a great deal on 2000 Crystal Oysters
As far as edge spots go, I think that the ChipCo's not lining up is something you either hate or don't mind ... personally I feel it gives each chip it's own little piece of uniqueness. Just my .02!
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:23 pm GMT by warewulf619
| Buddha wrote: | | DJ wrote: | | These look great. But, the edgespots from Chipco never line up. |
I wonder if it would be possible to get edge spots like that from pokerchips.com or trking, although pokerchips.com seems to be taking about 4 months to get an order done. |
Pokerchips.com will only do the spots shown on their web site, wont do custom patterns unless you're a casino. TR King would be highly unlikely to do patterns like this also. I think Chipco is your only choice for these. RE: the edge patterns not lining up, IMO chips should be designed with this in mind. Try to match the colors on the edges, not the patterns. That way it doesn't look inconsistent. Nice chips btw, just too bright for me.
warewulf
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:12 pm GMT by xlhrider
Assuming that ChipCo is the way to go, is there anyone on this board who can (or can tell me how to) get a quote from a manufacturer on the setup costs?
Pending an agreement on the final design, I'd like to have the manufacturing process start right away. So if you're seriously interested in a set of these "inspired by" WSOP chips and want to get involved in a group buy, PM me ASAP. Thanks
Posted Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:39 pm GMT by Expunge
i thought the greens were 25 not 2000.
and the red black 25000 not 20000.
i think there is a little more space between the two close black spots on the 500 chip.
btw i found this site has a 2 really good pics of some chip stacks.
BB01380 and BB01415 are the good pics. obviously othe pics have chips in them too.
http://www.poker-images.com/search.asp?search=wsop+chips
Posted Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:39 am GMT by Fins
| xlhrider wrote: | Assuming that ChipCo is the way to go, is there anyone on this board who can (or can tell me how to) get a quote from a manufacturer on the setup costs?
Pending an agreement on the final design, I'd like to have the manufacturing process start right away. So if you're seriously interested in a set of these "inspired by" WSOP chips and want to get involved in a group buy, PM me ASAP. Thanks |
I like the idea but I might try to do some edge mock ups just because a large part of the appeal with those chips is that the spots match up... might not look right if they don't. Also, with regard to the text on the chip unless your from Las Vegas I'm not crazy about having it on the chip (I think that's what the text is at the bottom) and "tournament poker" is kind of plain IMHO... maybe having text split top/bottom more applicable/personal to you might be better... just my 2ยข worth of feedback.
For a quote try Dave at homepokerchips.com. Their service has been excellent to date and I can't say enough good things about their designer Patrick. My chips are due early to mid dec. You've probably missed the deadline (was Nov. 7th) for xmas but orders typically take 4-5 weeks.
They'll probably be your cheapest route and they are a Chicpo dealer.
Your looking at $0.98/chip < 1000 & $0.93/chip 1000+... you'll have to check their website for higher volume price breaks. This is without art charges, setup fees & extra chip costs ($30 per chip style after 4) and shipping/handling. If you went with 5 chip styles and your design qualifies for the $199 charge (looks like it) you can estimate "to your door" costs at approx.
$1.50/chip (500 Chips)
$1.32/chip (775 Chips)
$1.20/chip (1000 Chips)
FYI - Chipco International's (i.e. going directly to the mfr) art charge is $199 per chip style so 5 chips is $1000 in art alone 
One other thing to consider is the color pallet you are limited to with the Chipco style chips (82 colors). They might not match well to actual and probably won't be as vibrant. Check out Tabasco's posts on the "suit chips" group buy for a close scan of the color wheels to see what you'll have to work with if you haven't already. FYI - his scans were the closest (still not great) to the actual color wheels that I have seen. You can also PM me and I can send you the pic. The color chart pdf's are a joke as far as giving you the color. Better to work in CMYK colors as this is closer to actual. Look like you may have used PS to do up your artwork. If you can't do them up in a vector based program (ideally Adobe Illustrator) they'll have to be redone by the designer... not a big deal but that's why there's large art fees.
Hope that helps & feel free to PM me if you have any questions... might not be able to get back to you until Monday, just depends.
Just went thru the design/ordering experience & waiting on chips,
Fins
Posted Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:29 am GMT by xlhrider
Thanks Fins and expunge for the info. I'll fix the denoms on the green/yelow and red/black chips. The original design is in vector graphics format, that preview gif lost a good deal of quality...
I do need suggestions for the text on the chips. The layout and colors resemble the real chips, but the text is just there as filler for now. Obviously, it would be nice to come up with a cool casino name (can't use horseshoe) and some other, more interesting text other than "tournament poker". Las vegas can certainly be removed, I'm not from there and I just put it there to show the "look". I like the idea of putting "No Cash Value" like the real chips. Please, give suggestions!
Posted Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:40 pm GMT by Fins
| xlhrider wrote: | | <snip> Please, give suggestions! |
Bunion's Whoreshoe
Could use a red highheel shoe as the logo... 
Need a good pic of the face to go off of... the earlier pics were good for the chips & edge spots but couldn't read the text or see the layout real well... be nice to copy it as close as possible changing the text to get around any copyrights.... I'm still lauging at the Whoreshoe... just cracks me up for some reason - could probably get an actual hoe's shoe for a trouphy pretty cheap... or use an ankle bracelet LOL!
- Fins
Posted Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:35 pm GMT by Guest
i think our best bet is to see if RT plastics can make a custom set for us. The bud jones chips have such great edges because they are made by the same processes as 11.5g dice chips. bud jones just uses a better material. or we can try and manufacture these straight from China as 11.5g types. very cheap, but amazing to look at. i wouldnt mind that. i will be using these chips as solely for tournaments so the quality isnt as imortant as the overall design.
i would definately say NO to chipco though. the beauty of these chips is the edges and making them chipco would absolutely destroy this beauty.
Posted Sun Nov 21, 2004 5:01 pm GMT by warewulf619
These would probably look good on the new custom Nevada Jack composites. Probably be cheap too! Looks like they do the bright colors. To me they look similar to Chipco, but I don't have samples yet.
http://www.nevadajacks.net/custom_poker_chips.htm
warewulf
Posted Sun Nov 21, 2004 8:59 pm GMT by tabascojrc
| xlhrider wrote: | Assuming that ChipCo is the way to go, is there anyone on this board who can (or can tell me how to) get a quote from a manufacturer on the setup costs?
Pending an agreement on the final design, I'd like to have the manufacturing process start right away. So if you're seriously interested in a set of these "inspired by" WSOP chips and want to get involved in a group buy, PM me ASAP. Thanks |
Here's the deal
chipcos prices are outrageous unless you are "a reseller"
as a reseller here's the deal
minmum 20,000 chip order, 5,000 per additional.
at 20,000 you are looking at $.64 a chip
150 setup fee for the first chip $60 for each additional chip.
ps your edges won't fly with chipco. they have to be uniform top to bottom. I know that they can put text on them but i think that's a different proccess from what you are trying to do. So I would have a backup plan.
Posted Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:46 pm GMT by phat1542
| tabascojrc wrote: | | xlhrider wrote: | Assuming that ChipCo is the way to go, is there anyone on this board who can (or can tell me how to) get a quote from a manufacturer on the setup costs?
Pending an agreement on the final design, I'd like to have the manufacturing process start right away. So if you're seriously interested in a set of these "inspired by" WSOP chips and want to get involved in a group buy, PM me ASAP. Thanks |
Here's the deal
chipcos prices are outrageous unless you are "a reseller"
as a reseller here's the deal
minmum 20,000 chip order, 5,000 per additional.
at 20,000 you are looking at $.64 a chip
150 setup fee for the first chip $60 for each additional chip.
ps your edges won't fly with chipco. they have to be uniform top to bottom. I know that they can put text on them but i think that's a different proccess from what you are trying to do. So I would have a backup plan. |
I was reading this thread and was really excited about the prospect of having WSOP style chips, but I knew the price would probably be too high. But if this quote is accurate, $0.64/chip is definitely doable for me. As long as a bunch of people are involved to get the price break. Splitting the cost of set up would make it marginal.
Posted Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:47 am GMT by warewulf619
.64 cents is if you order 20,000. Don't count on getting the chips below .85 unless you get near 10,000 first.
warewulf
Posted Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:47 am GMT by phat1542
".64 cents is if you order 20,000. Don't count on getting the chips below .85 unless you get near 10,000 first. "
"I was reading this thread and was really excited about the prospect of having WSOP style chips, but I knew the price would probably be too high. But if this quote is accurate, $0.64/chip is definitely doable for me. As long as a bunch of people are involved to get the price break. Splitting the cost of set up would make it marginal."
Exactly
Posted Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:07 pm GMT by warewulf619
My point: don't count on it! I'll give you good odds if you want to bet on how low the chip price will get. What's the over under?
Based on the interest of the thread, you're looking at about .85+ per chip at best. No way are you going below .80! If you do, I'll eat one of the chips! :D
warewulf
Posted Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:28 pm GMT by MSPatton
Don't forget about the required shipping costs to organizer
The Graphic fees
The required 6 trays per 500 chips at $2.00 ea which adds .024c per.
The shipping costs from organizer to you
These are all added to the quote for the chip cost
Posted Tue Nov 23, 2004 8:20 pm GMT by Ryan
I would definitely go for a set of these...weird I was just thinking about this the other day.
Posted Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:25 pm GMT by burningyen
Hi, I asked about this very idea on another forum and was directed here. Very awesome that you've started this ball rolling! I'd be in for a set if you can tweak the designs to be closer to the actual WSOP chips. Here's a pic:
Notice that the 25 chip has 3 sets of edge spots and dashes, not dots. Also, the colors are generally a bit more pastel than the ones in your mock-ups. As for the insert text, I don't mind what you already have. I'd rather not have "Bunion's Whoreshoe," sorry. Hope this helps!
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:17 am GMT by burningyen
Another thing: I was just watching one of the final event episodes tonight (day 2 or 3) and it appeared that there's yet another kind of purple chip with white-grey-white edge spots. It would have to be somewhere in the vicinity of the yellow chips in value. Anyone know what they might be?
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:47 am GMT by juliea 344
Is it the dark purple chip that Howard Lederer only needed one of to call somebody's all-in with at Brunson's table?
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:53 am GMT by burningyen
OK, I just confirmed that what I thought was a "new" chip is actually just the 100 chip. For some reason on TV it looks like it has white-grey-white edge spots.
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:34 am GMT by KenNL
.....in a group buy for these chips. I second what someone else said--consider RT Plastics. Don't they make a similar chip to the Bud Jones/BG, who, if I recall correctly, actually made the WSOP chips? (see http://www.bgchips.com )
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:33 pm GMT by Ken
Just an update. I e-mailed RT Plastics. They responded that they do not resell to the general public and, in any event, are not able to manufacture the design we would want.
Posted Tue Nov 30, 2004 6:19 am GMT by NutTrips
i overheard in another thread that Paulson-Chips guy is going to start selling replicas of the WSOP chips. he claims that he buys directly from bud jones itself. but i would be weary to deal with this character. after following this board for a couple months, his only interest seems to be turning a profit at all costs. therefore, he will undoubtably put the price at a premium for these chips. if u are willing to get gouged (see his ebay auctions) then go with him. however, we as a poker communtiy should not stand for his tactics. i think the only reasonable choice we have is Chipco, and hopefully we can get over 20,000 chips to give us a huge price break. but, there will be the option out there, for those who have money to burn, to buy authentic bud jones and not have to compromise anything.
just my thoughts.
Posted Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:48 am GMT by Fins
| burningyen wrote: | Hi, I asked about this very idea on another forum and was directed here. Very awesome that you've started this ball rolling! I'd be in for a set if you can tweak the designs to be closer to the actual WSOP chips. Here's a pic:
Notice that the 25 chip has 3 sets of edge spots and dashes, not dots. Also, the colors are generally a bit more pastel than the ones in your mock-ups. As for the insert text, I don't mind what you already have. I'd rather not have "Bunion's Whoreshoe," sorry. Hope this helps! |
From another forum... WSOP Chip pics
Some older chips pictured. There's also another pic in his follow up post.
FYI - the chips change over the years and I haven't seen a good site for listing them.
From "Positively 5th Street" Jim McManus 2000 WSOP:
Denom / Qty / Color
$5,000 / 1 / Orange
$1,000 / 3 / White-Royal Blue
$500 / 2 / Black-Yellow
$100 / 7 / Slate
$25 / 12 / Green
25 Chips - $10,000
Gives the colors anyway and I was always curious about the starting chips breakdown... heres a link to the blind structure WSOP 2004 Blinds
- Fins
Posted Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:33 pm GMT by warewulf619
| Ken wrote: | | Just an update. I e-mailed RT Plastics. They responded that they do not resell to the general public and, in any event, are not able to manufacture the design we would want. |
Gamblers General Store www.gamblersgeneralstore.com is the vendor for RT Plastics chips. They do custom chips, will only sell the standard edges you see on their fantasy chips. Still might be close though. Chipco would currently be the best, but I don't believe they do the bright colors. You might even call Nevada Jack. Their new line of custom chips looks like they come in bright colors also.
Posted Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:08 am GMT by burningyen
I'd be happy with a "close enough" set for a good price.
Posted Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:14 pm GMT by whiskeytown
hey guys....followed this from another thread...
some of the chips you guys are looking at have exact clones at Canterbury Park, MN, but in different colors (the Bud Jones speed chip variety) - but some of the designs I've seen don't match up right...
if you want to be sure of your proportions for the $100/500/5000 chip, go here...
http://www.chipguide.com/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?id=mnshcc
pax
RB
Posted Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:38 pm GMT by messenger309
I have samples of these chips, they are very similar to Bud Jones chips. I believe that this company makes the 'Murphy's Card Room' chips you see on ebay.
http://www.matsui-gaming.co.jp/e/menu_e.html
Rob
Posted Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:11 pm GMT by leetpants
That would be a great place to have them done if we can get some of the edgespots pretty close.
I'd like to know some pricing for that site, cant find any on it.
Posted Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:14 pm GMT by warewulf619
I called their US number -- They are in the process of starting a Las Vegas, NV office. The guy that answered gave me his email address. I emailed him asking if they make custom chips, minimum order etc. I'll post if/when I hear something.
Posted Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:58 am GMT by burningyen
Another custom place but with a limited selection of center design and unknown quality:
http://www.dolphinproducts.com.au/02_products/023_gaming/0232_design.htm#Tour
Posted Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:39 pm GMT by Guest
any new ideas for this set? i think the only option is to go with Chipco. the set wont be perfect because chipco cant make marking on the edge like circles and rectangles. but it will be close enough. and if chipcos are in stacks u cant notice the edges dont line up anyways, except for the top chip.
Posted Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:39 pm GMT by Guest
any new ideas for this set? i think the only option is to go with Chipco. the set wont be perfect because chipco cant make marking on the edge like circles and rectangles. but it will be close enough. and if chipcos are in stacks u cant notice the edges dont line up anyways, except for the top chip.
Posted Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:37 am GMT by Cusa86
In the next month or so, the Official WSOP branded chips will be released, keep checking out worldseriesofpoker.com's store and excaliburelectronics.com to see if they've been released yet or not, the chips look like this:
They're available in various colors and they're 11.5 gram
Posted Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:17 pm GMT by Deakon
Hey Fins, I like the link to the WSOP blinds schedule. I was wondering if you happen to know what chip amount and denominations they started with?
Posted Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:20 pm GMT by leetpants
Anyone still interested in going through with this? Im interested in it still.
If we cant get this going, im gonna order some custom chips myself with the designs, as i kinda like them alot.
Posted Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:07 pm GMT by duma
ya i would definately want to be in on this. most likely this is going to be a chipco chip because its the only option we have that lets us customize to our liking. the edges wont be perfect but they will be close enough. im looking into getting atleast a 500 chip set for touraments and possibly even 1000 if they turn out good.
i have been using 9g Las Vegas composits. looking to upgrade and ultimately i would like chipcos for tournaments and paulsons for cash games.
Posted Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:57 pm GMT by Deakon
| Quote: | | i have been using 9g Las Vegas composits. looking to upgrade and ultimately i would like chipcos for tournaments and paulsons for cash games. |
Hey duma, I have seen someone post something along those same lines before and I was wondering what the reason's would be to use one type for cash games and the other for tournaments?
Posted Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:31 pm GMT by warewulf619
One reason: If both games are going at the same time. You don't want people sneaking chips out of one game and into another (even if they're not going on at the same time). I know at most of the tourneys I go to, as soon as there's enough people busted out of the tourney, the cash game starts.
The tourney set is not usually cash value whereas a cash set is cash value. If you have $100 tourney chip, you don't want to cash it in for $100 in the cash game.
Posted Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:06 am GMT by Deakon
Ahh, gotcha. That makes sense now. I wasn't thinking clearly about the cash game. Thanks!
Posted Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:27 pm GMT by saper88aa
Wow i'd def but a set of this if i had the money right now. I love the look also of the wsop chips. I'm kind of fond of the 03 wsop chips . They just look more old school like the 90's ish poker chhips. Post more images man.
On more thing. Arent the 04 wsop's red chips worth 25000 not 20000.?
Posted Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:20 pm GMT by Expunge
| saper88aa wrote: | Wow i'd def but a set of this if i had the money right now. I love the look also of the wsop chips. I'm kind of fond of the 03 wsop chips . They just look more old school like the 90's ish poker chhips. Post more images man.
On more thing. Arent the 04 wsop's red chips worth 25000 not 20000.? |
Yes 25k for the reds, and i believe the greens were really 25's (
Posted Sat Jan 01, 2005 6:14 pm GMT by punxnotdead
I just have a question for the person who designed these outstanding WSOP chips. What program or website did you use to design these chips?
They're great. Ever since I saw the 2004 WSOP on ESPN I have wanting a set of these chips. I looked everywhere to try and find them and finally someone has acted upon this. Thank You. I would really like to know where you designed these so that I can design a set of chips myself.
Posted Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:21 pm GMT by lweber
Has anyone gone through with this yet. If not I am willing to set it all up. I can give the people of this forum a very good price with a Chipco Design.
Posted Sun Jan 02, 2005 1:40 am GMT by ott
| Ken wrote: | | Just an update. I e-mailed RT Plastics. They responded that they do not resell to the general public and, in any event, are not able to manufacture the design we would want. |
Maybe instead of going straight to RT Plastics, you can go through one of their resellers or customers.
http://www.kpgaming.com/
This company sells gaming supplies and do business with RT Plastics. It may be possible to get the design through them and have them deal with RT Plastics.
Posted Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:23 pm GMT by duma
Chipco can do designs on the edges! this means we can do these edge spots! So who is willing to set this group buy up?
Posted Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:26 pm GMT by Fins
Posted this in the "Questions about custom Chipcos" thread... for those that don't read all the threads... duma's right this can be done.
Regarding edge design...
| Fins wrote: | I just e-mailed Patrick at Homepokerchips.com. I'll let you know if he gets back to me.
- Fins |
Here's my e-mail & replies...
| Fins e-mail to Patrick @ homepokerchips.com wrote: |
>Fins wrote:
>Hi Patrick,
>Don't know how busy you are but this has come up several times in the
>forums. The general way it arises is from someone wanting to design a set
>around the WSOP chips. The question arises about using dimonds, dots etc...
>in the edge design. I was under the impression that as Jeremy put it "the
>spots have to be uniform top to bottom" but text is possible as well as
>gradients. A few good points were brought up regarding the custom art
>gallery at HPC specifically #'s 50, 54, 109, 115 & 131 using suits & dots.
>Also, #39 & 47 have diagonal edge spots. Thought you might be able to
>clarify the limitations with edge spot design... if there are any. Also I
>remember you were against edge text but since I wasn't interested in that I
>didn't inquire as to why (imagine that  ).
>
PM Response:
Some of the limitations of edge printing stem from the mechanics of
the printing process. When they print edges, they do it to a stack
of 20 or so chips. What feeds the printer is 20 copies of the edge
design, stacked vertically.
For stripes (including diagonal stripes), the edge design is extended
so that it can print on the full edge. For any other edge graphic
(text, card suits, geometric designs), the height of the graphic is
limited to insure that it will print on the edge. There's enough
variation in the thickness of the chips that the alignment of the
text or graphic will not always be centered vertically on the edge.
This limits text to 5 or 6 point size, which is pretty small.
Gradients are possible, but only if they go left-to-right, not
bottom-to-top. If you think about it, you will realize this is
another manifestation of the alignment issue for text. Since they
usually don't have as much space to work with, gradients tend to not
work quite as well as on the faces.
The other restrictions and limitations of the edge printing has to do
with bleed issues. In addition to the bleed from magenta rich colors
(Red, Orange, Purple, and some Blues) on the faces, there is an
additional bleed problem with Black and Charcoal colors on the edges.
If you use white (or light colored) text on Black, the result will be
a smudgy grey in many cases. If you want to use white text on a red
edge, you can't use a thin black stroke to avoid the bleed, since the
black will bleed as well.
Since many designs include a red and/or black chip, I try to
discourage edge text due to the bleed problems.
The bottom line for text or other graphics on the edges: It needs to
be a simple design or font (sans serif fonts work well), and it's
best if it is black or dark color on a light color.
--Patrick
HomePokerChips.com
Oakleaf Designs
>Fins wrote:
>To clarify... so I gather you could design a WSOP Bud Jones style chip with the
>main concerns being bleed issues (i.e. color selection). I guess there's
>not much that can be done with regard to alignment issues other than sizing
>right & crossing your fingers.
PM Response:
Yep... Sometimes the edge graphic is perfectly centered, and
sometimes it is closer to the top or bottom of the edge... With the
existing equipment, that's the best that can be done.
--Patrick
HomePokerChips.com
Oakleaf Designs
|
- Fins
Posted Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:25 pm GMT by lweber
I will set this buy up and sell the chips to everyone on this group buy for my price. .64 + .02(Chiprack) + Artwork Fee+ Shipping. The only thing is I would want is to have them avaiable for resale after the buy. I can front the money up front. and take orders from the people from the forum.
Posted Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:32 pm GMT by lweber
I already have some artwork from Chipco
http://edit.store.yahoo.com/lib/cardroomsupply/chipco
Posted Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:30 pm GMT by leetpants
I may be interested in about 500 for the price of .64 +.02.
Let me know if you ever get this done, also, your link doesnt work to the chipco proofs.
leetpant(at)gmail.com
Is my email if you go through with this.
Thanks alot.
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:42 am GMT by Mechanic
option 3 looks great.... i'd be in for 500 for that price if that option gets picked
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 3:05 am GMT by drinkup
Option 3 looks great to me also. Count me in definitely for at least 600 (if this goes through).
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:46 am GMT by Nate PT
Count me in for 500 at that price. I like option 2 best, dont we want these to be almost exactly like the WSOP chips?? Option 3 doenst look as much like the WSOP chips, when do you think this order will go in? Id like to see more chip designs, can chipco not do the dots like the 5000 chip has on the edge?
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:43 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
I am down for 1000 chips. I like OPTION 1 since the whole point of this is to mimick the WSOP.
I am not into the glossy designs of #2 and 3. This is the same reason that I do not like Rounders Chipco, it looks like a printshop design and no real casino chips look like that.
And Pleave avoid the word "POKER" on the chip if possible. This is what makes the Buypokerchip chips so unattractive.
Change it to "World Championships" or anything but poker on it!
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:14 pm GMT by leetpants
I'd prefer Option 1 becsause they look the most like the wsop's. They were a peach color, not a gold.
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:55 pm GMT by lweber
I am waiting on some designs from Chipco to come back. I am having them do few more options. I will post them once I get them to see what people think. The price is going to be .70 + Shipping this price includes artwork fees.
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 3:26 pm GMT by Mechanic
I am not gonna close the door on anything til I see the final options. .70/chip is appealing for WSOP copies.....
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:26 pm GMT by Ken
lweber,
Are you planning on using the different face designs and chip colors as in Buddha's post on the first page of this thread? Or, will all the chips have the same face design as, say, your option 1, even if the chips are different colors?
My $.02--the text on option 1 looks most like the WSOP chips.
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:46 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
I would only want the 1000 chips if it is OPTION 1 with the faces mimicking the WSOP chips! (different for every chip!)
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:14 pm GMT by leetpants
I am with Paulson, only if they are like the mock ups posted. No added stuff to make it look different (opt. 2+3). Just like the original designs.,
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:42 pm GMT by ncskiier
I want the Liko's Lounge chips. Those edge spots are sweet.
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:18 pm GMT by duma
i prefer Option 1 as well !
But why cant u have egdges with circles or diamonds? on the homepokerchips examples there are clearly edges with circles, diamonds, and suits.
also there needs to be more work done on the inlay. "No Cash Value" should be in ther somewhere.
how many denoms are you getting? $25, $100, $500, $1000, $5000, $10,000 are my suggestions.
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:11 am GMT by Nate PT
I too will only buy if they mimick the WSOP chips well, I dont really care about the denominations and I agree there should be some more work done on the face of the chip.
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:51 am GMT by lweber
I am having Chipco do a mock up of option 1 and 2 with different looks. I plan on using the different edge spots. I am really open to about anything. My thing is personally I really don't care for denominations. But if that is what most people want I will go with it.
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:53 pm GMT by jalsing
OK, either I'm stupid or blind, but I don't see where these OPTIONS are anywhere in this thread...also the link in lwebers post a few pages back doesn't seem to work for me (downloads and octect/application stream??)
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:44 pm GMT by pie taster
| jalsing wrote: | | .also the link in lwebers post a few pages back doesn't seem to work for me (downloads and octect/application stream??) |
http://edit.store.yahoo.com/lib/cardroomsupply/chipco
Right click and save the link above it to your hard drive (Save Target As, or Save Link As).
open windows explorer and double click the file that gets downloaded, when it says that to select a program. Use IE.
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:44 pm GMT by leetpants
Denoms dont matter to me that much, but if we do have them, i would like them to be the ones from the WSOP.
I think that is a good mockup of what we should use, just change the denoms to what they really are (2000=25, 20000=25000)
They are a good representation of what the realy WSOP ones look like, and i think they would look the best. Although, also change poker to championship or somthing else like Paulson said.
Also i didnt make these, they were posted on pg 2 of this thread.
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:02 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
Everything looks great, but I would change the word "casino" to something else. Kinda tacky.
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:56 pm GMT by Deakon
Those are starting to look pretty damn good. Do you know how much they will cost after the presell for the group buy and what denominations are you going to try and get?
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:04 pm GMT by Imajica1975
I'm interested as well.
Great looking chips!
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:22 pm GMT by Mechanic
I agree that the closer to the original WSOP the better!! Also, I cringe when I see the word 'casino' on custom chips....PLZ don't add that!!
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:39 pm GMT by pokerchipreviews
FYI...I got in some injection molded, fully licenced, WSOP chips in today for review. They have the WSOP logo on both sides, and look pretty darn good. The chips I have are from the initial manufacturer's pre-production test runs, so I don't know when they will be available for retail purchasing yet. Have an email into the supplier about that.
I'll have their review up within the next couple of days. I think a lot of folks are going to gooble these up.
Cheers,
John
www.pokerchipreviews.com
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:06 pm GMT by Deakon
| pokerchipreviews wrote: | FYI...I got in some injection molded, fully licenced, WSOP chips in today for review. They have the WSOP logo on both sides, and look pretty darn good.
Cheers,
John
www.pokerchipreviews.com |
WOW, I am getting excited to see that review. BTW, it was your review that helped me into buying my NJ chips. I can't get enough of em. I have 300 of em now and can't wait to get some more.
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:43 pm GMT by Mechanic
| pokerchipreviews wrote: | FYI...I got in some injection molded, fully licenced, WSOP chips in today for review. They have the WSOP logo on both sides, and look pretty darn good. The chips I have are from the initial manufacturer's pre-production test runs, so I don't know when they will be available for retail purchasing yet. Have an email into the supplier about that.
I'll have their review up within the next couple of days. I think a lot of folks are going to gooble these up.
Cheers,
John
www.pokerchipreviews.com |
I hope they do better than the 'official' WPT chips.
Any chance of a sneak peak pic? :D
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:02 pm GMT by leetpants
I made a mockup here of what i think the inlay should look like.
The text can be changed at anytime so let me know what you would like to put there.
I tried to make it as best i could from the 04 WSOP chip.
Let me know what you think.
Posted Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:11 am GMT by djriley
Nice work on the inlay leetpants, I like the format of your inlay best so far, very similar to the 2004 wsop chips. I'd be in for 1,000+ chips if these chips end up being this similar to the originals.
Posted Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:00 am GMT by pokerchipreviews
No sneak peek pics.
Lots of stuff getting added to the site this weekend. Custom chips + the new WSOP chips.
*****NO PAULSON REVIEW YET*****
Just had to add that in, since I'm getting hammered with emails about that right now.
I'll let you guys know when the update it up.
Cheers,
John
www.pokerchipreviews.com
Posted Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:44 am GMT by Ken
John, re: having to wait until this weekend to see the pics of the WSOP chips--you are killing me. :x
I'm very curious as to how these chips compare to original Bud Jones chips and to, say, thepokerchipcompany.com's 1006s.
Posted Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:30 pm GMT by duma
nice job leepants!!
what text font is this?
i would like to see World Series somewhere on there if its possible. they cant copyright just World Series can they?
cash value should be smaller.
if i had a editing program i would make my modifications but i dont have one. otherwise this is looking pretty damn close to the real thing.
Posted Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:41 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
I like the high denominations. It should be as close as possible to the real thing.
Word Series=High stakes
I have so many sets that are low den. I want HIGH STAKES!
Posted Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:42 pm GMT by Mechanic
| PaulsonChips wrote: | I like the high denominations. It should be as close as possible to the real thing.
Word Series=High stakes
I have so many sets that are low den. I want HIGH STAKES! |
I agree completely!!!!
Posted Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:53 pm GMT by Fins
| PaulsonChips wrote: | I like the high denominations. It should be as close as possible to the real thing.
Word Series=High stakes
I have so many sets that are low den. I want HIGH STAKES! |
How high do they go?
So what denoms?
$25
$100
$500
$1,000
$5,000
$10,000
$25,000
$100,000
$250,000??
If they don't have them already they'll probably need $500k & $1MM chips with all the entries expected this year!
FYI - I've read they started with the following in the 2002 WSOP:
Denom x Qty (Color)
$5,000 x 1 (Orange)
$1,000 x 3 (White / Royal Blue)
$500 x 2 (Black / Yellow)
$100 x 7 (Slate)
$25 x 12 (Green)
Total = $10,000, 25 chips
From "Positively 5th Street" Jim McManus
Posted Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:17 pm GMT by leetpants
THey only went up to $25k last year, but it should get bigger this year.
The font i used is called cowboy and i just shrunk it a little because its a fatter font. Looks really good for the WSOP chips.
Any text on the image can be changed. Im willing to do it for all denoms if the person who is organizing this wants me to.
Thanks for the comments guys.
Posted Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:44 pm GMT by Mechanic
I think to date, Buddah's post on page 2 (Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:34 am) is the closest match to the WSOP colors / edge spots. Is that what we will be using?
Posted Sat Jan 08, 2005 3:59 pm GMT by duma
guys i just read on another post on this forum that BG ceramic chips are able to line up the edge spots! is it at all possible for them to custom make us this set or are we pretty much stuck with chipco? thx.
Posted Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:04 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
BG is under the same GPI umbrella.
Thanks to Regan, corporations have been merging like crazy. Its going to be ONE BIG company soon. (Kems too) We can buy custom Paulson chips from either Walmart or Microsoft in the future.
Posted Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:01 pm GMT by leetpants
Has anyone sent anything to a company yet?
I wanna see what some of the proofs are gonna look like so i can decide on what set i want.
Posted Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:40 pm GMT by Nate PT
It seems like the majority agree that these should mimick the WSOP chips exactly (design, denominations, edge spots). Lweber seems to be in charge of this so I think since most have agreed you should just send in the design that was posted with all of the chips on it. Everyone seemed to like leetpants' design for the inlay as well. I think instead of "TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP" it should maybe say "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP" or something because it says tournament below the denomination. So unless anyone disagrees why don't you just send in the designs that were previously posted (I know there are a few denomination mistakes but Im sure someone knows how to fix those)? I dont see why we need chipco to change the design.
Posted Sun Jan 09, 2005 3:01 am GMT by PaulsonChips
well said Nate......well said......
Posted Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:25 pm GMT by djriley
I agree with Nate PT that the word tournment is a little redundant in the inlay. Maybe "CHAMPIONSHIP POKER" instead of "TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP", I generally agree with Paulsonchips that the word poker shouldn't be on chip, but I think this would be subtle. Leetpants inlay is great, the only change I would make is to the top line:
championship poker
no cash value
5000
TOURNAMENT
Las Vegas, Nevada
The general design and color of the chips are great!
Posted Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:22 pm GMT by Nate PT
Whats going on?? Lweber hasnt posted in a while, you still in contact with chipco??
Posted Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:04 am GMT by lweber
http://edit.store.yahoo.com/lib/cardroomsupply/wsop
I am going to use Buddah's edges but I had Chipco do some diffrent centers for me. I am just trying to figure what the center should have. Tell me what you think of the centers.
Posted Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:30 am GMT by dirty moose
this is looking good, im interesting in gwetting in on this deal
Posted Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:02 pm GMT by honestbleeps
I am interested as well... any idea what the price will be, and if we'll have our own choice of chip quantites/colors etc?
Posted Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:09 pm GMT by lweber
I have not been on the forum for a while I really like your mock up leetpants. Do you mind if I have Chipco use that for the center and I will use Buhdaโs edges and have them come up with a design. I am thinking
$25
$100
$500
$1000
$5000
$10000
$25000
As Denominations
Posted Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:21 pm GMT by leetpants
No problem for using it.
Although, i dont know im im going to be in on the buy at the time you do it, as i am out of money right now, but would it be possible for me to purchase some at the group price at a later date?
Would you like me to mock those denoms up?
Just let me know. Thanks.
Posted Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:42 pm GMT by Nate PT
Leetpants, is there anyway you could put that inlay over buddhas picture to show what the chips will look like with the inlay, just want to get a sneak peek of it. Thanks
Posted Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:55 pm GMT by leetpants
I can do that, i'll do it now with all the denoms to see how people like them.
Posted Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:56 pm GMT by leetpants
I can do that, i'll do it now with all the denoms to see how people like them.
Posted Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:28 pm GMT by leetpants
here we go:
Let me know what you think. Thanks.
Posted Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:35 pm GMT by Nate PT
I think that looks really good leetpants. What was the final word about the designs on the edge spots?? I was also trying to figure out a good starting stack amount and blind structure. They dont break out the 10,000 and 25,000 chips til pretty late in the tourney obviously as more and more people get knocked out. If youre just doing a 10 person tourney you would have no use for the 10,000 and 25,000 chips and you really would hardly need the 5,000 chip. So is the alternative to start with a lot more in chips? I was just wondering what people were planning on doing.
Posted Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:37 pm GMT by leetpants
Me personally, am just gettin the higher denoms, 1000-25000.
I like the way the chips look better compared to the others, and im just gonna make up my own blinds and schedule.
Posted Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:27 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
What abuot the words "Tournament" ON TOP
and the Denomination on the bottom?
I think thats how Binions Touney chips are.
Posted Sat Jan 15, 2005 10:21 pm GMT by leetpants
If you look here, the denoms are on-top.
I tried to make it look like that inlay as best as i could
Posted Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:58 am GMT by PaulsonChips
Good! Thanks!
Posted Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:30 pm GMT by stevcha
These chips look great!!! What's the cost? I may be interested in 1000.
Posted Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:02 pm GMT by Nugzy
Nice job with the design. The denominations look alittle off center compared to the real picture. Like maybe you could lower the whole denomination, Las Vegas, etc, down a tiny bit so the denoms are centered.
Posted Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:00 pm GMT by twintowers
It looks like the font on top (World Championship-No Cash Value) needs to be just a little bit larger. Maybe its a computer to computer thing, but the actuall picture and the design look just a bit different on my screen.
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:44 am GMT by PaulsonChips
This is taking too long!
Did you guys want me to go ahead and do the Chip order? I can probably get the chips next month!
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:49 am GMT by Nugzy
Whats the price going to be?
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:52 am GMT by PaulsonChips
prob around .7-.8 a chip
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:18 am GMT by Berggren
Is there a reason why you go with dots on the $25 chip edgespots instead of the dashes as burningyen pointed out on page 3 of this thread?
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:47 am GMT by Deakon
| PaulsonChips wrote: | | prob around .7-.8 a chip |
I like that price :D . Anyway, once the final design is authorized, I think I would be down for a set. Let's get this thing moving, I am all worked up for some of these.
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:29 pm GMT by leetpants
I think the owner of the store that was going to sell these said they were gonna be somewhere around .55 or .6 a chip.
I think that was lweber.
To whoever it was, if/when do you plan on placing the order for the set?
Thanks.
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:38 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
At 20K chips, the price is around .60 cents. This doesn not include shipping nor artwork, that is the lowert pricepoint.
I can make the order this weeks.
No more "slowplaying"! Lets get this going!
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:51 pm GMT by leetpants
| PaulsonChips wrote: | At 20K chips, the price is around .60 cents. This doesn not include shipping nor artwork, that is the lowert pricepoint.
I can make the order this weeks.
No more "slowplaying"! Lets get this going! |
Totally agree!
He said he was going to get alot so that he could sell them at his store.
I believe he is the one that also sells the 'Club Desperado' chips.
BTW: Paulson you HAVE to post some more pics of you other chip sets, they are amazing!
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:56 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
So would the "owners" of this design authorize me to go through with it?
I already have an account with Chipco so I can get started fast!
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:08 pm GMT by leetpants
Hmm, i havent seen Buddah post since the design, so i dont know if he would.
Im perfectly fine with you doing it with my inlay. Is there anything that i should change on it?
Also, will chipco provide you with some proofs right before they go into production, like Ten got with his egyptian ones?
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:19 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
Chipco will supply proofs. now just waiting on Bhudda!
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:52 pm GMT by Deakon
Well Paulson, I am in if you get behind this and get it moving. I totally agree, no more messing around. 
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:03 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
The moment Buhdda answers, I will make the phone call.
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:09 pm GMT by Nugzy
If Chipco could figure out a way to line up edge spots, I would DEFINATELY buy a large amount of these chips. I just dont think they would look right without the edge spots lining up.
Posted Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:48 pm GMT by duma
Paulson:
thanks for getting the ball rolling on this order. However, i still feel that the quality of these chips are far from being ready. the designs need to worked on some more to get the extra attention to detail that is needed with these chips.
Colors need to match
The inlay needs to be perfect
the chip designs need to be exactly similar to bud jones chips
(note the 25 chip is not the same design as the WSOP chip)
and the edgespots need to have dots, circles, rectangles
(this is definately possible because i have seen chipco samples with these very designs on the edge)
so please consider this before you place the order. for .60 cents a chip i am definately willing to buy 1000 of these maybe even more if they meet my expectations. but we need to put just a little more effort into the design. i have contacted someone on the 2+2 forums who is a photoshop expert and hopefully he can help us out in perfecting these chips. thanks!
edit:
here is a picture i captured from one of the episodes on ESPN.
Please make the inlay look like this! if we cannot use the exact name then instead of Horsehoe should be Tournament. and instead of World Series of Poker it should be World Championships of Poker!
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:46 am GMT by PaulsonChips
Hey everyone, send me pics of the chips on ESPN and I will just make them exact! (wiht names changed)
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:19 pm GMT by Deakon
Is this something close, ignore the font type and some alignment issues, but is this what you had in mind.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:26 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
someone try to get ahold of BUdhha!
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:58 pm GMT by lweber
Here is Chipco's Mock up. I really like these and if enough people want them I may move on these. Like I said before I can do it for $.70 + Shipping. Tell me what you think.
http://edit.store.yahoo.com/lib/cardroomsupply/Final
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:08 pm GMT by ott
I like those designs.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:10 pm GMT by leetpants
Those designs are awesome!
Only thing i would do is make the purple on the 10000 and the red on the 25000 a little brigter. Other wise, awesome stuff!
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:11 pm GMT by leetpants
Also, lweber, will they be available in your store when you have them in hand? I may want to add on to my set afterwards.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:49 pm GMT by lweber
Yes they will be on my store afterwords.
I will start a presale for these chips on the store. To purchase them you can either email me at cardroomsupply@yahoo.com
or purchase them through the store and mention in the comment section of checkout of my store that you are from this forum and I can go back and charge you the price of .72. This price will include freeshipping. I will post it as soon as I can at my store. www.cardroomsupply.com. Once I finalize the proofs I can get this going. When I did the Club Desperado chips it took about 4 weeks to get them to my door.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:01 pm GMT by Fins
Hi lweber... nice job.
Can you post the colors used?
Tabasco posted some nice scans of color wheels to compare awhile back.
- Fins
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:27 pm GMT by tabascojrc
| Fins wrote: |
Hi lweber... nice job.
Can you post the colors used?
Tabasco posted some nice scans of color wheels to compare awhile back.
- Fins |
I am a little concerned about how similar those pinks are going to come out.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:36 pm GMT by duma
nice job there. i do have some concerns:
the $500 pink needs to be day glo pink.
and it has squares on the side and edge, not circles.
the $25 chip is absolutely wrong! totally wrong design altogether!
the $100 chip colors does not look similar to the actual one.
the $1000 chip does not have diagonal lines on the side edges, they are straight. (note the mockup i have supplied)
the text needs to be changed. it should match the mockup that is shown in this post)
i have contacted someone on the 2+2 forums and here is the mockup he made. it is amazing!
courtesy of Johnny5
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:45 pm GMT by duma
please note the colors are very bright!
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:48 pm GMT by Deakon
This chip is more accurate than the ones Chipco has done up. The black edges spots seems to flare a bit outwards toward the edge. It is supposed to be a straight black line all the way to the edge. Short of the wording, I think the designed that duma found seems to be right on the money. I was also wondering if the mockup from Chipco is incorporating the outer white space along the face edge. The actaul chips doesn't have that space there.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:56 pm GMT by duma
obviously the wording would have to be changed on the mockup that i provided. hopefully i will be getting the mockups for the other denominations soon and will post them as soon as i recieve them!
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:12 pm GMT by leetpants
I agree with duma the 25 design needs to be fixed.
And the colors on the 100, 500, and 10000 need to be brighter. Along with the 25000 beeing less washed out.
Will chipco do revisions for you?
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:15 pm GMT by Deakon
| duma wrote: | | obviously the wording would have to be changed on the mockup that i provided. |
I wasn't trying to be smart about the wording.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:34 pm GMT by MeridianFC
I've sort of been following this from a distance but thought I would pip in and say that the color palate has to follow what ChipCo offers which I think might be a bit more limited than what Bud Jones has. If the color wheels I have are correct it's a range of 80 colors (+ black and white). This includes 5 shades of gray/silver and a very crappy gold.
I thought the mock up on the page proceeding this was pretty good. Not sure about accuracy, but it looked nice. The only thing I noted early on is there were three chips that were pretty close in shade (pink/lavender -ish colors).
Just my .02
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:42 pm GMT by Nugzy
I dont really like the ChipCo pictures. Like mentioned, the 1000 chip is a bit off. Also, I dont like their "TOURNAMENT", something about the text doesnt seem right. I dont know if its the font, the boldness, or the box around it seems off.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:21 pm GMT by duma
from Johnny5 on the fonts used for his mockup
WORLD SERIES OF POKER / 1000
FONT: Old-Town
This was the best match I had.
NO CASH VALUE / LAS VEGAS, NV
Any standard sans-serif font should do here (arial etc..).
Note: I played around with the height/width/spacing of the fonts to try to match them to the actual chip.
Posted Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:36 pm GMT by duma
for the pink i think we should use this color. stands out and its bright.
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:32 am GMT by Fins
Thought this might help.
For reference from Tabascojrc...
The Chico Color Wheel Chips... the monitor distorts the colors somewhat but they are much closer than using the color chart pdf.
- Fins
PS - There's obviously black & white also... so 82 colors available
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:59 am GMT by MeridianFC
As it happens I have my ChipCo color wheels here today. The colors representation, at least on my monitor, is good relatively speaking, but everything is coming across a bit dark, so keep that in mind.
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:07 pm GMT by djriley
Just a couple quick comments - all based on the artwork from chipco. The 100 and 500 base colors are too similar. From the chipco color wheel, the 100 should be more like 9822 and the 500 should be more like 9814. This may just be my monitor making the colors look so similar though. The only other thing I would consider changing is the top line. The text is too large on the top line. On the actual wsop chips the top line is World Series of Poker, and on the chipco artwork World Championship is in larger text to fill the same amount of space. Maybe World Championship Poker would make the text smaller and not so overwhelming. Just my .02
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:46 pm GMT by duma
a more accurate mockup.
personally i like the drop shadow on the other mockup i posted it makes it look a tad better.
o and btw, here is closeup of the actual chip
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:55 pm GMT by Nugzy
Thats a nice pic duma, only thing I noticed was that the 0's are closer together on the actual chip.
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:20 pm GMT by ott
| duma wrote: |
a more accurate mockup.
personally i like the drop shadow on the other mockup i posted it makes it look a tad better. |
If Chipco will be making the chip, maybe you should change the BJ to CI.
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:29 pm GMT by tomb1
Yeah, please don't put BJ on them. There's enough confusion out there already (especially with some of the things that eBay sellers claim!) that we don't need any more. You're already stretching things a bit by copying the Horseshoe and WSOP logos, maybe you shouldn't push your luck! :D
But they really look great!
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:48 pm GMT by lweber
I am going to have some changes made and come back with the mock up.
Changes
1. Change wording to World Championship Poker (making text smaller)
2. Change Las Vegas, Neveda to Las Vegas, NV
3. word Tournament with the black dropshadow
4. 100 color 9822 and the 500 to 9814.
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:58 pm GMT by Tracer21
Dont mean to be a hassle but:
The $500 chips have squares and not circles on the edges.
Look
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:36 pm GMT by leetpants
Also i think the 10000 needs to be more towards purple then pink as seen in the pic here:
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:35 pm GMT by Deakon
The 10000 looks like the hardest to match. The 9812 is about the closest and even that is reaching.
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:40 pm GMT by leetpants
I think 9822 is a little more close because it has that purpleish color to it, unlike 9812 which is more pink.
Posted Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:18 pm GMT by Deakon
9822 is already going to be used to match the 100's.
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:21 am GMT by duma
| tomb1 wrote: | Yeah, please don't put BJ on them. There's enough confusion out there already (especially with some of the things that eBay sellers claim!) that we don't need any more. You're already stretching things a bit by copying the Horseshoe and WSOP logos, maybe you shouldn't push your luck! :D
But they really look great! |
My intention was never to use this as the chipco chip! nobody else in all the 12 pages made anything close to resembling the real thing. so i post what the real thing is. and then we aspire to that look. obviously we dont need BJ on the chips because they arent making them. i have never contacted chipco and dont plan to. i have no doubt that they will reject us using the WSOP name and horeshoe logo. i am trying to get lweber or whoever is in charge of this group buy some more information to make the chips as perfect as possible. obviously i would like to own a chip that comes as close as it can be to the real thing. if i sit here and do nothing then the chips will turn out substandard in my opinion and it will be wasted money. im here trying to help out and make these things as authentic as possilbe!
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:34 am GMT by Deakon
| duma wrote: |
if i sit here and do nothing then the chips will turn out substandard in my opinion and it will be wasted money. im here trying to help out and make these things as authentic as possilbe! |
Thanks for the vote of confidence for those that have tried to help as well. Apparently, you are the only one that can get these chips made, otherwise, they will suck. Is that the message?
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:40 am GMT by Nate PT
| Deakon wrote: |
Thanks for the vote of confidence for those that have tried to help as well. Apparently, you are the only one that can get these chips made, otherwise, they will suck. Is that the message? |
Thats not what he was trying to say, and even if it was hes right, the design so far have not been that accurate, his are accurate Im glad hes been helping out and dont care if he feels like hes the only one who can make them right.
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:02 am GMT by duma
| Nate PT wrote: | | Deakon wrote: |
Thanks for the vote of confidence for those that have tried to help as well. Apparently, you are the only one that can get these chips made, otherwise, they will suck. Is that the message? |
Thats not what he was trying to say, and even if it was hes right, the design so far have not been that accurate, his are accurate Im glad hes been helping out and dont care if he feels like hes the only one who can make them right. |
Thank you Nate. the first post was started on Nov 18. 2 months ago! its is aparent that noboy has the ability or was willing to get this thing done. i have been following this thread since day 1 and am trying to get this thing finished. the process seems to be moving ahead now. yes i am a perfectionist so anything less than that and i will be disapointed. when paying this high of a price for chips, i better get what i want!
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:24 am GMT by djriley
After looking at the chipco color wheel tonight, I think 9823 is the best choice for the $100 chip. The 9822 seems a little too washed out. The 9822 on my color wheel is a very pale purple while the 9823 is a bolder purple and would seem to match the rest of the set better (as well as the original wsop $100 chip). My comment earlier today regarding 9822 was based on the color wheel posted, and this post is based on the actual chipco color wheel (I have these sample chips as well).
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:31 am GMT by djriley
Just to add to my color change recomendation, as MeridianFC wrote, the posted color wheel came out a little darker than the actual color wheel is. 9823 on the actual color wheel is a much better match.
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:40 am GMT by Deakon
I think you're right, that does look a bit closer. Since you have the sample chips, what would you recommend for the 10K chips?
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:08 am GMT by djriley
The $10,000 chips are tough, its either 9822 or 9812, but I would say 9822 is closest. If the $100 chips end up with 9823, then 9822 could be used on the $10,000. I really haven't seen a good picture of the $10,000 chip. The chipco draft $10,000 chip is actually fairly close as far as I'm concerned. I wonder what color chipco used, it might be 9822.
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:37 am GMT by djriley
After further review, I think the chipco draft is using 9812 and may be the correct choice. 9822 might make the chip a little too purple. I do think chipco did a decent job on this chip. The $100 and $500 chips were the only chips where I thought chipco might need to revise the color scheme.
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:10 am GMT by lweber
This is the email I sent Chipco so I will see what they come back with.
Changes
1. Change wording to World Championship Poker (making font slightly smaller)
2. Change Las Vegas, Neveda to Las Vegas, NV
3. word Tournament with the black dropshadow (See Attachment)
4. $100 Chip Main color 9822 and the 500 to 9814.
5 ON the $500 chips put squares instead of circles on the edges.
Thank you guys for all the help. I think after this it might be as close as we can get.
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:16 am GMT by MeridianFC
As I mentioned earlier, everyone would do well to remember that this project is limited by the ChipCo color wheel which most likely will not exactly match any of the Bud Jones colors. Close is as good as it's going to get.
Posted Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:42 pm GMT by Mechanic
I have been supr busy and couldn't get by but wanted to say thanks for all of you who are working HARD to make these VERY close!!
Posted Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:19 am GMT by duma
new mockup for Chipco. I would ask them if they could do world series of poker first and then if they cant then we go with this design. i wouldnt think there is rights on the term "world series" otherwise the binions would have never been allowed to use it since the MLB has been using world series for 125+ years!
Posted Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:56 am GMT by Deakon
That looks sweet. Would be nice if they would let the top line stand as World Series, but this is an awesome alternative.
Posted Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:17 pm GMT by Nugzy
You know what would be really cool? If we could get this design finalized so we can order them
That pic looks good, I agree it would be better with World Series of Poker, but it will be cool anyway. The only thing Im having trouble with is the edge spots not lining up, but Im trying to get over that.
Posted Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:35 pm GMT by Nickmast
I thought everyone decided that the word POKER shouldnt be anywhere on the chip.
Posted Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:48 pm GMT by djriley
The word poker is on the actual World Series of POKER chips.
duma, that mockup looks awesome!
Posted Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:11 am GMT by duma
i agree guys we need to get this order finalized!! this is waaay overdue. we should have put a group buy together sometime in july or august around the time the wsop 2004 was airing for the first time on tv.
my fear now is that these will get outdated quickly since the WSOP 2005 is just around the corner. hopefully they use the sames chips as last year, seeing that there is no year or date on the chips. harrahs should keep chips on a 5 year rotation, and if they were smart, market and sell replica chips to the public and make huge amounts of cash in the process.
who is going to step up and make the order?
there are very minor things left to take care of.
for example the width of some of the edge spots need to be extended and very minor tweaking issues need to be done. other than that, i think if we use the mockup that i have provided for the inlay, it will the the absoulte closest thing to the real WSOP chips that the public can buy. im guessing the masses will gobble these up like hot cakes!
Posted Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:18 am GMT by lweber
Duma, If you don't mind I can have Chico use your mock up to modify the ones they have given me and we can get this started early next week.
Posted Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:47 am GMT by Wooderson
Why are you going with ChipCo? Isn't isn't everyone stinking over making the chips as authentic as possible? Why not call Bud Jones?
There also seem to be too many cooks in the kitchen.
Posted Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:59 pm GMT by MeridianFC
| Wooderson wrote: | Why are you going with ChipCo? Isn't isn't everyone stinking over making the chips as authentic as possible? Why not call Bud Jones?
There also seem to be too many cooks in the kitchen. |
Bud Jones (GPI) does not sell to the public.
Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:29 am GMT by drinkup
what about matsui, they are the closest I have seen to bud jones.
Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:02 am GMT by duma
hey if they can use "World Series of Poker" and "Horseshoe" then why cant we?
Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:51 am GMT by Buddha
| PaulsonChips wrote: | | The moment Buhdda answers, I will make the phone call. |
Sorry, I havent visited the forum for a while, and now I see there are 14 pages to this topic. I was not the one that created the chips, it was xlhrider. I was simply a hosting operation. BTW, when you are trying to get a hold of someone, try sending a PM, quick way to I don't think xlhrider has posted for a while, so it would be his permission that you would have to get.
Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:52 am GMT by Buddha
| duma wrote: |
hey if they can use "World Series of Poker" and "Horseshoe" then why cant we? |
well they misspelled Binion's as Binyons, so i dont konw if that makes a difference or not
Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:28 am GMT by lweber
Here is Chipco's last mock up for me.
http://edit.store.yahoo.com/lib/cardroomsupply/version5
What do you think
Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:43 pm GMT by ott
Looking good.
Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:53 pm GMT by Nugzy
Chipcos latest mockup dont look so good. Yellow chips edge spots still arent fixed. I dont like the text, and the numbers and word Tournament still dont look right. I'll prolly get down on the buy anyway though
Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:59 pm GMT by djriley
They look great! I thought you had requested squares on the $500 chip though, not rectangles (the actual chips have squares). I understand the edgespots won't line up, but I wonder why the edgespots are different dimensions than on the face of the chip? For example, the $25K chip has 8 EQUAL sections on the face, but on the edgespot the red is larger than the black. May be intentional because they won't line up? When can we order!
Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:52 pm GMT by dirty moose
when will the group but start?
Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:24 am GMT by tabascojrc
| djriley wrote: | | They look great! I thought you had requested squares on the $500 chip though, not rectangles (the actual chips have squares). I understand the edgespots won't line up, but I wonder why the edgespots are different dimensions than on the face of the chip? For example, the $25K chip has 8 EQUAL sections on the face, but on the edgespot the red is larger than the black. May be intentional because they won't line up? When can we order! |
this is most likely due the overlap when the edge is wrapped. I don't know what the exact details are, but I fought with chipco alot about getting my edges the right proportions in the end it wasn't worth the effort, the edges will look great anyway.
Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:06 am GMT by lweber
I am going to have Chipco try one last time to get this right. I am telling them the same stuff that you guys are posting they just don't seem to come back with the correct look. I still think they will look really good. I am going to try and have them fix the font and a few of the other things.
If you want to get in on the buy please email me at cardroomsupply@yahoo.com
tell me how many and what denom you want.
Thanks
Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:32 pm GMT by stevcha
Just wanted to find out how much everyone plan's on getting and the breakdown of denominations. I plan on getting a set of 1000 but not sure what denominations to get. Any ideas? I usually have games of 10 people and normally 50 - 100 buy in tourneys.
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:51 pm GMT by duma
PLEASE
Tell chipco to make them exactly like this!
These are the real designs used!!
If you want authentic looking replicas, you MUST use these exact designs!
The font used is Old Town
it is still a little off tell chipco to fix it up a bit to make it look like this....
notice the 2 vertical spots are wider spaced apart on the real chip. Wider than the other denoms. Notice that its distinguishable from the others...
the $100 design
the $500 design
the $1000 design
the $5000 design
the $10,000 design
the $25,000 design
PLEASE
Tell chipco to make them exactly like this!
These are the REAL CHIPS!!
If you want authentic looking replicas, you MUST use these exact designs!
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:42 pm GMT by cougar239
Wow.
i think some people here need to chill out. I believe this posts been going for months, and if people keep quibbling about every tiny detail no-one will ever get any chips.
I believe for copyright reasons your replicas aren't going to be identitcal to the real thing anyhow, so given they're not true replicas to begin with why worry if a line is a dash when it should be more hyphen shaped, or it two lines are 1/64 of an inch closer than they should be.
wouldn't surprise me if this year's chips are different anyhow. Chill out people, they are cool as they are.
Jase
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:23 pm GMT by lweber
http://edit.store.yahoo.com/lib/cardroomsupply/wsop
Here is the final mock up. I am going to keep the 25 chip the same because I think I like it the way Chipco has it. I am not going to be able to please everyone on such a design. This is a chip with a WSOP feel not a perfect match. Chipco is not going to take designs right off of a real casino chip. They don't want to be sued.
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:50 pm GMT by Nugzy
Good now lets started with the order
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:52 pm GMT by djriley
Agree
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:12 pm GMT by lweber
http://www.cardroomsupply.com/cardroomsupply/topoch.html
This is where you can place the order. I will keep this link up until next Monday. You can place it online if you want or you can call 319-400-4068. When ordering online please put QTY and then please note denomination breakdown in comment section of checkout.
The price will be .72 This price includes shipping and 1 100pc chip rack per 100 chips ordered.
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:36 pm GMT by Nugzy
When are you actually gonna put the order in to ChipCo, and when would the actual chips be ready for shipment?? Also, if I dont order by Monday, will I still get that same price if I decide to order in two or three weeks?
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:40 pm GMT by duma
Bah! :x
the only way to get something done properly is to do it yourself!
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:45 pm GMT by Nugzy
I agree with you duma, would be better if the little details were fixed. But Im so tired of waiting I almost dont care anymore, I just want to buy the chips. The 1000 chip stripes bother me, since Im only buying 1000 and 5000 chips.
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:35 am GMT by lweber
I am going to put the order in on Monday. I would really like to know the amont I have to order for people of this forum by then.
They say about 4 weeks from then. They will be shipped to me and I will have to reship them to you. So I would Say 4-5 weeks.
I will be selling them afterwords but I plan on selling them for more.
As far as the design goes I would have been back and forth with Chipco 100 times. I really think they are going to be a sharp looking chip.
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:52 pm GMT by Mechanic
will the final chips be richer colors or is the mock up accurate as to how they will look? Thanks!!
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:45 pm GMT by honestbleeps
i can't type a number greater than 999 in the quantity on your site... I also can't pick denominations?
72 cents a chip eh? Any idea on the cost of shipping 2000 chips? 1000?
How about cases?
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:18 pm GMT by Nugzy
| honestbleeps wrote: | i can't type a number greater than 999 in the quantity on your site... I also can't pick denominations?
72 cents a chip eh? Any idea on the cost of shipping 2000 chips? 1000?
How about cases? |
I believe he mentioned that price as including shipping.
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:13 pm GMT by djriley
If you enter an amount less than 1,000 chips, you can edit it (add more than 1,000) on the next screen.
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:45 am GMT by ledavatar
Sigh, I just wanted some sample chips. I went from 2 of each chip to 10 of each denom and then finally wound up ordering 20 of each denom for a total of 140 chips. $100.80. I guess I qualify for free shipping and a rack, woohoo! :D
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:10 pm GMT by b21bballer
I can't figure out how to get different denominations.
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:37 pm GMT by lweber
.72 is a very good price. Seeing that I have to pay .64 a chip + art work fees+ Chip Tray + Shipping from Chipco to me + Shipping from me to buyer. + Transaction fees. I probably should be charging more.
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:10 pm GMT by lweber
I changed the checkout process. I broke it down into each denomination. I have it in 50 chip increments. If you would like a different chip breakdown please either purchase the amount you want and state what breakdown you want in the comment section of the it checkout page. The comment section is on the last page of checkout.
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:00 pm GMT by hachkc
Is it possible to order just some singles? I would simply like some for a collection.
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:43 pm GMT by duma
so u cannot buy 1 of each anymore? why no samples?
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:05 pm GMT by lweber
I am just trying to make it as easy as possible to order. After the order is put in I will set up a regular order form and have samples available for purchase.
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:53 pm GMT by irishlax2
I'm also very interested in these chips and plan on buying a 600 chip set once I get to feel some samples. I've always liked chipcos in the past though, so i doubt I'll have any gripes. 2 Quick questions though, are the chips already made or are they still be produced by chipco? Does any1 have any pics of the actual chips yet?
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:04 pm GMT by lweber
This is a presale. These chips have not been made. I don't have any samples. Once I place the order I am not going to be giving the price of .72 a chip I have quoted on here or on my site. They will then be a retail chip at that point. So no you will not be able to get samples and then buy them at .72 a chip They will probably be around $1.1 - .90 a chip depending on the size of the order. Once the chips get here the only people that will get the price of .72 will be people that put the order in before I placed the order with Chipco.
Posted Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:05 am GMT by ledavatar
I put in the order before the webpage is changed and simply put in an order for 140 chips and stated 20 of each denom in the comments section. Is that ok? I saw the new checkout page and it goes in 50 chip increments.
Posted Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:12 am GMT by Nugzy
I would most definately like to order some, but I cant order until Tuesday or Wednesday, hope I can still get in on the .72 price. Are you definately putting the order in on Monday??
Posted Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:40 am GMT by lweber
I will wait until Wed to put the order in. I still have a few people who want to get in on the order.
Also I have two order forms on the site now.
1. http://www.cardroomsupply.com/topoch.html
This is for people who want to buy large qty.
2. http://www.cardroomsupply.com/topoch1.html
You can enter small qty then state the desired denomination breakdown in the last page of checkout in the comment section.
Posted Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:59 pm GMT by b21bballer
Those chips are so tempting at that price.
I doubt I will be able to order by Weds. though.
Posted Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:32 pm GMT by Todd the Mc
| lweber wrote: | I will wait until Wed to put the order in. I still have a few people who want to get in on the order.
Also I have two order forms on the site now.
1. http://www.cardroomsupply.com/topoch.html
This is for people who want to buy large qty.
2. http://www.cardroomsupply.com/topoch1.html
You can enter small qty then state the desired denomination breakdown in the last page of checkout in the comment section. |
How long will it take to ge them in.
Posted Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:31 pm GMT by david
If we place a presale order but would like to ad chips to the set, will the price remain at .72 or will it be the retail price ?
Posted Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:38 pm GMT by wiggie77
Any new information on this? Did the order get put in? How long should it be until we get the chips?
Posted Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:00 pm GMT by pokeraces23
If you play at a wsop event isint there anyway you could just take one chip and put in your pocket to bring it home as a souvenir or something?
Posted Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:27 pm GMT by ledavatar
| Quote: | | If you play at a wsop event isint there anyway you could just take one chip and put in your pocket to bring it home as a souvenir or something? |
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I would imagine that since the tournament entry fee is $10,000, the chip amounts you're starting with are dollar to dollar. It would be quite expensive to take even a $25 chip home if you just want to slip it into your pocket or something.
Posted Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:31 pm GMT by gmunny
| Quote: | | If you play at a wsop event isint there anyway you could just take one chip and put in your pocket to bring it home as a souvenir or something? |
You can, but I think most tourney's have rules against hiding chips which may result in disqualification.
G$
Posted Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:47 am GMT by lweber
I have placed the order and I am going to leave the link for a couple more days. The last order I placed like this took about 4 weeks.
Posted Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:37 pm GMT by the ocho
I am considering on purchasing as many as 500 of these chips, but am unsure of how many in each denom that i should get. Any suggestions?
Posted Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:13 am GMT by lweber
Chipco told me scheduled due date is 3/2/05.
Posted Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:10 pm GMT by ott
Does anyone know if Chipco still doing the linen finish on the chips or just satin finish?
Posted Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:15 pm GMT by ledavatar
| ott wrote: | | Does anyone know if Chipco still doing the linen finish on the chips or just satin finish? |
Wondering about that myself. I have some ceramic chips from the "El Tropico Casino, P.R." that have the "linen finish" and I don't know if they are from Chipco because I've never seen any aftermarket Chipco chips with linen finish. I like the raised cross hatching finish, but the chips don't stack well (100 chips makes it unstable), especially when new.
Posted Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:43 am GMT by ott
You really want to stack 100+ chips per stack on the table when you're playing poker?
Posted Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:47 pm GMT by ledavatar
| ott wrote: | | You really want to stack 100+ chips per stack on the table when you're playing poker? |
Not that I would, but nice to know I could.  A nice solid column of chips feel much better than a wobbly one.
Posted Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:31 pm GMT by tonysopran0
I am new to this forum and was wondering if this chip order is still going? I want to order 1000-1200 of these right now from the yahoo store, but don't want to get ripped off. Any help would be appreciated, thanks guys....
Posted Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:48 pm GMT by Nugzy
You can still order them from
http://www.cardroomsupply.com/cardroomsupply/topoch.html
The guy in charge of the custom order said he has placed the order with ChipCo and the expected arrival date is 3/02/05. I highly doubt you will be ripped off.
Posted Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:45 am GMT by Nate PT
Lweber, when is the last day to order these at the $.72 price. Thanks
Posted Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:11 pm GMT by EvilFett
Any word on date of completion and shipping date? I'm anxious to get my hands on them.
Posted Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:25 pm GMT by ChkDeezNuts
The price went up to 1.10 a chip....for those that have come to this late.
Posted Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:44 pm GMT by pocket snowmen
when can we see real pics of the chips?
Posted Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:57 am GMT by EvilFett
Any new info yet?
Posted Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:16 pm GMT by stevcha
I believe these are scheduled to ship from Chipco around 3/2.
Posted Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:38 pm GMT by EvilFett
Any pics yet 
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:45 pm GMT by Todd the Mc
| lweber wrote: | | Chipco told me scheduled due date is 3/2/05. |
Make me a happy man and say they are done.
I am excited about getting them.
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:35 pm GMT by yeltzen
I'm excited about the edges not lining up!
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:13 pm GMT by EvilFett
| yeltzen wrote: | | I'm excited about the edges not lining up! |
Go crap on another thread.
Next week might be a reality for the arrival of these chips 
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 7:06 pm GMT by pocket snowmen
nobody has received their chips yet?
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:05 am GMT by EvilFett
Where are my chips?
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:57 am GMT by HELO
The chips where shipping from Maine (Chipco) on the second. I don't think that Lee has received them yet. So, it will probably be a coupe of days still.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:25 am GMT by Buddha
| HELO wrote: | | The chips where shipping from Maine (Chipco) on the second. I don't think that Lee has received them yet. So, it will probably be a coupe of days still. |
Yea, that would be my guess. The estimated ship day from Chipco was the 2nd. Now assume that it takes 2-5 days to get to Lee, and then he has to ship from there, so you are looking at the 10th or so of march before i would expect people to see them at their door, assuming chipco gets them done when they stated.
Posted Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:45 pm GMT by EvilFett
Any day now 
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:52 am GMT by CreatureX
No pics yet of the actual chips? 
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:51 am GMT by pocket snowmen
bump.....for people who forgot to post their pics of the new chips they just received....
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:40 pm GMT by lweber
The chip are getting in on Weds. I am oing to ship them out as soon as I can. Hopefully I will get them all out by Thru.
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:44 pm GMT by Todd the Mc
| lweber wrote: | | The chip are getting in on Weds. I am oing to ship them out as soon as I can. Hopefully I will get them all out by Thru. |
Thanks for the update.
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:13 am GMT by pocket snowmen
post pics lweber!!!!
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:00 pm GMT by duma
PICS
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:13 pm GMT by EvilFett
I need my chips
Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:40 am GMT by pocket snowmen
bump
Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:52 pm GMT by ledavatar
Anyone notice the last episode of Tilt had a WSOP mockup tournament called "World Poker Championship?" Almost the same as our text - "World Championship Poker."
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:07 am GMT by Ford69
yea i noticed this even tho im not in the group buy but i do browse this topic a lot.
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:02 am GMT by Mechanic
$1.10/chip...they better be sweet to compete with Paulsons:
http://www.cardroomsupply.com./topoch1.html
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:15 am GMT by EvilFett
Thursday and still no pics :x
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:03 am GMT by lweber
Sorry guys I don't get on the forum as much as I would like. I am pretty busy. I am getting them all out today. It took me a little longer to get them all sorted out. They look great.
Here is a link to a pic of them.
http://edit.store.yahoo.com/lib/cardroomsupply/Tournament
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:06 am GMT by lweber
Here is a pic of the 25
http://edit.store.yahoo.com/lib/cardroomsupply/tournamnet25
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:11 am GMT by pocket snowmen
they came out pretty good, the colors look good, and the edge spots dont look half bad...
can you take some side pics of the ones with the diamonds and dots on the edges?
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:14 am GMT by EvilFett
They look sweet to me, cant wait to get mine.
/img
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:16 am GMT by fcuk
If the edgespots actualy lined up, they would be an awsome chip, but they dont look that bad. I like them
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:49 am GMT by yeltzen
They coulda been a contenda.
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:57 am GMT by The Nutz
Wow... Those turned out great! I like 'em!
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:38 pm GMT by HELO
These look Awsome! Well Done!
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:42 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
very very nice!
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:59 pm GMT by Buddha
Yea, know I can see everyones gripe about the Chipco edgespots not lining up.
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:05 pm GMT by CreatureX
These chips are beautiful! :D
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:19 pm GMT by Always_Bored
wow, those turned out exceptionally well. I would be proud to own a set of those.
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:35 pm GMT by spartan96
WOW! Those turned out great! Congrats to those of you who ordered some. They look almost identical (well as close as can be expected) to WSOP chips.
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:22 pm GMT by MattyFatty4
They look pretty good. Nice job.
Posted Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:06 am GMT by ledavatar
and now we play the waiting game... (for those of us that ordered some...)
Posted Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:32 am GMT by ram1962
Those chips turned out awesome! You developers should really pat yourselves on the back for a job well done. I wish I was in the market for a set, but I recently ordered a set of custom chips from PC.com
Posted Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:33 pm GMT by jdiesel
I agree with everyone, that all of your hard work paid off. However, am I the only person that can't stand the white ring that shows up along the edges of all Chipco chips. I just think it looks really tacky on an all black chip to have a white ring around the outside edge. Man if only Chipco could manage to eliminate that and have edgespots lined up.
Posted Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:28 pm GMT by yeltzen
| jdiesel wrote: | | I agree with everyone, that all of your hard work paid off. However, am I the only person that can't stand the white ring that shows up along the edges of all Chipco chips. I just think it looks really tacky on an all black chip to have a white ring around the outside edge. Man if only Chipco could manage to eliminate that and have edgespots lined up. |
I think ChipCo chooses to keep the white ring. I'm positive they could eliminate it... Nevada Jacks ceramics don't have it. As for the edge spots lining up, ain't gonna happen.
Posted Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:31 pm GMT by ram1962
The white ring can be eliminated if you chose to do so. See example:
http://www.holdempokerchips.com/proddetail.asp?prod=CASJ&cat=26
It's usually there because the graphic will typically wear over time on the edge of the chip. To reduce the wear showing, most Chipco designs include the white ring where most of the chip wear occurs.
Posted Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:51 pm GMT by yeltzen
| ram1962 wrote: | | It's usually there because the graphic will typically wear over time on the edge of the chip. |
At the expense of the chip looking ridiculous.
Posted Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:10 pm GMT by EvilFett
Did anyone get them yet?
Posted Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:18 am GMT by gmunny
| EvilFett wrote: | | Did anyone get them yet? |
I just got mine in the mail today. :D
Even though I only bought a sampler set of 10 of each chip, they are sweet.
G$
Posted Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:54 am GMT by EvilFett
where are you located? I havent recieved mine and I placed an order.
Posted Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:41 pm GMT by gmunny
| EvilFett wrote: | | where are you located? I havent recieved mine and I placed an order. |
Los Angeles CA.
Posted Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:50 pm GMT by wiggie77
I got mine today, but I haven't seen them yet since I'm at work.
Posted Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:00 pm GMT by JHile31
anyone get pics of their chips yet??? cardroomsupply.com finally has real pics up, so you can atleast check them out their until someone can get some good pics....
not bad based on the pics from cardroom but until chipco decides to start lining up their edgespots i wont be getting chipcos... good design though
Posted Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:13 pm GMT by david
Are the chips shipped by UPS? I am in Los Angeles too but did not receive my chips today.
Posted Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:19 pm GMT by EvilFett
Mine were shipped via UPS and are scheduled for Friday delivery :D
Posted Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:18 pm GMT by stevcha
I just got my chips today via UPS!!! I'm in Tampa, FL.
Posted Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:39 pm GMT by circlencircle
Where's all the pictures!? I can't stand all this suspense. 
Posted Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:09 pm GMT by leetpants
Any pics from anyone yet?
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:53 pm GMT by stevcha
Hope this works. Here are my chips:
http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeANnLJwxbNGzi4
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:59 pm GMT by Nickmast
HEY!! somebody posted pics finally. Look pretty nice!!
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:07 pm GMT by Always_Bored
just beatiful chips. I envy you.
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:17 pm GMT by PanthersHUTCH15
Those turned out great. They look awesome stacked!
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:47 pm GMT by leetpants
Awesome stuff.
Only thing, in the album i cant enlarge any of the other pics.
Kinda sucks
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:07 pm GMT by stevcha
I'm really happy with the way the chips turned out. I think I may like them better than my customs. Here are some better pics of my chips:
http://steveschips.bravehost.com/
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:31 pm GMT by B_rock
Those chips look great!
The colours look pretty damn good considering they were drawn from still images captured from TV. They look much better than I had thought they were going to be.
They are the ULTIMATE touney chips, just being able to say "I raise $150,000! Too cool.
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:55 pm GMT by pocket snowmen
yeah those would be sweet if you could get enough people for a tourney. what was your denom breakdown?
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:36 pm GMT by stevcha
Here's the breakdown:
25 = 150
100 = 175
500 = 200
1000 = 200
5000 = 175
10000 = 50
25000 = 50
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:43 pm GMT by pocket snowmen
thats awesome, so how many people do you think you could fit in for a 10,000 starting chip stack wsop-style tourney
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:14 pm GMT by stevcha
Well, if we're playing at my place the max will be 14 people since that's all the seating I have. :D
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:18 pm GMT by tomb1
Damn, those are sweeeeet chips!
Good luck playing 'em, and may you win a million!
Posted Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:00 pm GMT by Biglickn'Bigslick
First off the chips are AWESOME. I was just watching some 2004 WSOP reruns and was in awe how close they look to the BJ Binions chips.
Second I was wondering what kind of blind structure you guys are going to use for the chips.?
I might be a total geek for writing this, but I was thinking of getting 500 of the high denoms for tourney play with some million chip bets alot like the final tables at the WSOP. ie pokernerd.
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:35 am GMT by The Nutz
I love those chips!
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:26 am GMT by Todd the Mc
| Biglickn'Bigslick wrote: |
Second I was wondering what kind of blind structure you guys are going to use for the chips.? |
First tourney with these chips is this weekend
I start with 10k and use this for 30-35 people 20 minute levels
I only got up to the 5k chips, but I think the 25k look awesome.
Level Blinds Ante
1st $25 - $50
2nd $50 - $100
3rd $100 - $200
4th $150 - $300
5th $200 - $400
6th $250 - $500
7th $300 - $600
8th $400 - $800
9th $500 - $1,000 100
10th $600 - $1,200 100
11th $800 - $1,600 200
12th $1,000 - $2,000 200
13th $1,200 - $2,400 300
14th $1,500 - $3,000 400
15th $2,000 - $4,000 500
16th $3,000 - $6,000 1000
17th $5,000 - $10,000 2000
18th $8,000 - $16,000 3000
19th $10,000 - $20,000 4000
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:01 am GMT by pocket snowmen
todd- thats sounds cool, let us know how it works out
Posted Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:22 am GMT by Todd the Mc
| pocket snowmen wrote: | | todd- thats sounds cool, let us know how it works out |
It will be fun to actually play with other people beside myself with the chips. I will let you know what everyone things. Those are the levels I have used for a year now and works good.
Posted Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:45 am GMT by Todd the Mc
| pocket snowmen wrote: | | todd- thats sounds cool, let us know how it works out |
Everyone liked them and it was a nice improvement from the Dice cheapos. The denominations really help out. We had 32 players so we go good use of teh 5k chips as well. Even better at the end of the night all 1500 made it back into the racks.
Posted Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:54 am GMT by Always_Bored
| Todd the Mc wrote: | | Even better at the end of the night all 1500 made it back into the racks. |
over time im sure they wont all make it back.
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