Paulson Chips coming back |
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Posted Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:29 pm GMT by MeridianFC
http://www.dice702.com/paulsonpokerchips.htm
I know someone had mentioned 5 Star bringing them back, but Dice702 (aka Apachepokerchips.com) have made an actual announcement. If the sample is acurate it looks like they've slightly altered their mold for the home market. I can't wait to see what the whole series look like. I was well pleased with the center art on the Apache ChipCos, though the edge spots were very weak.
Interesting development.
K.
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Posted Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:35 pm GMT by B_rock
Sweet! I'm glad I didn't shell some serious scratch a week ago! Lets hope the quality is still there.
Posted Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:44 pm GMT by MeridianFC
I know. My artist friend just finished the graphics for a custom job I was going to have done and I was preparing to drop some serious coin for two sets (ring and tourney). I was just going to get 1000 Crystal Oyster or somesuch for the tourney set but know I'll hold out and see what these are like. I imagine they'll be based on the same color scheme as the old Paulson fantasy sets.
Posted Fri Nov 26, 2004 3:30 pm GMT by warewulf619
Yeah, I heard about these. They look REALLY nice! Hopefully Paulson will accept custom orders soon. I wonder what the minimum is.
warewulf
Posted Fri Nov 26, 2004 3:35 pm GMT by B_rock
Whatever it is I'm in. Now can you say "group buy".
Posted Fri Nov 26, 2004 7:51 pm GMT by Guest
the question is though, will paulson use the exact same recipe for these chips as they do casino chips? if so then definately these are worth it. if they are the same quality as blue chips, then these are nothing special and i would stay away
Posted Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:05 pm GMT by slowplayray
sweet design.
*sigh* this could cost me.
Posted Fri Nov 26, 2004 11:03 pm GMT by Cyberhwk
If you want 'em you should probably get in now. I have no inside information but I'm guessing there's going to be a waiting list AT LEAST a month or two long for these things when they come out.
Look pretty damn sweet anyway. From the "Apache Casino" graphic, that would lead me to believe they'll be coming out with multiple lines. Sounds like they finally decided that the home market was too lucritive to pass up.
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:08 am GMT by ashVID
Too bad for all the people who have been driving up the price trying to peice meal a set from eBay at $2 - $3 per chip. Most of us knew that was silly and probably the most they will EVER be worth. When Paulson begins these new fantasy chips the value of the old ones will come back to earth, prolly under $1 per chip. IMHO, there is no fantasy chip worth more than $1. I am betting 5star may have a set of 500 for under $400
ash =o)
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:12 am GMT by Juliea344
Actually, I heard from a major wholesaler that these chips are going to be available to all resellers early next year. I'd say by February or March, once 9 or 10 different shops are selling them the price may really come down.
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:14 am GMT by slowplayray
| Juliea344 wrote: | | Actually, I heard from a major wholesaler that these chips are going to be available to all resellers early next year. I'd say by February or March, once 9 or 10 different shops are selling them the price may really come down. |
Yeah, that's what exactly I'm thinking. Just as happened with dice-style chips, the market will soon be virtually saturated with Paulsons. Yes, they are extremely nice chips, but considering they probably cost under $0.15 apiece to make, the price will start coming down drastically once resellers need to start pricing competetively. I'll be waiting patiently, using my new Casbah Clubs to hold me over for now. :D
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:39 am GMT by Juliea344
| slowplayray wrote: | | using my new Casbah Clubs to hold me over for now. :D |
 Don't rub it in
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:01 pm GMT by mindgame
(sigh)....
Owning about 2500 retired Paulson casino chips I have this sinking feeling that my net worth has suddenly altered for the worse.
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:04 pm GMT by MasterShake
| mindgame wrote: | (sigh)....
Owning about 2500 retired Paulson casino chips I have this sinking feeling that my net worth has suddenly altered for the worse. |
Dump em quick! :D
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:12 pm GMT by MeridianFC
| mindgame wrote: | (sigh)....
Owning about 2500 retired Paulson casino chips I have this sinking feeling that my net worth has suddenly altered for the worse. |
Retired casino chips are always going to be worth more as they're simply rarer. Sure used Paulsons of all stripes might have reached their peak price for now but unless you bought them all after September you should be ok. Plus you have 2500 kick ass chips, what's wrong with that?
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:48 pm GMT by Juliea344
| mindgame wrote: | (sigh)....
Owning about 2500 retired Paulson casino chips I have this sinking feeling that my net worth has suddenly altered for the worse. |
Nah, the chips that will be coming out won't compare to the ones you have. Nobody will be mass distributing any retired casino chips. However, you still have time to make your money back on eBay if you are really worried about it.
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:10 pm GMT by warewulf619
I emailed dice702: According to him, he had to buy VERY large quantities to get Paulson to budge. The chips are the exact same weight as Paulson chips.
I don't think people with Paulson chips have much to worry about. I think this will just make people a lot less likely to pay CRAZY amounts like 1.70+ per chip. I still haven't hit the point where I have paid over $1 /chip.
Anyone feeling the need to dump sets of Paulson chips, PM ME! :D
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 4:47 pm GMT by Guest
| slowplayray wrote: | | Juliea344 wrote: | | Actually, I heard from a major wholesaler that these chips are going to be available to all resellers early next year. I'd say by February or March, once 9 or 10 different shops are selling them the price may really come down. |
Yeah, that's what exactly I'm thinking. Just as happened with dice-style chips, the market will soon be virtually saturated with Paulsons. Yes, they are extremely nice chips, but considering they probably cost under $0.15 apiece to make, the price will start coming down drastically once resellers need to start pricing competetively. I'll be waiting patiently, using my new Casbah Clubs to hold me over for now. :D |
I don't think you can make a comparison with the new paulson chips coming out and the dice chips. The dice chips are mass produced in china for dirt cheap therefore "flooding the market" Unless paulson produces them in a similar fashion I don't think there will be THAT much of a price drop.
Posted Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:50 pm GMT by Guest
| warewulf619 wrote: | I emailed dice702: According to him, he had to buy VERY large quantities to get Paulson to budge. The chips are the exact same weight as Paulson chips.
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Right, but dice702 is a retailer. A wholesaler can purchase 100's of thousands of chips and resell them to retailers in lesser quantity.
Posted Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:06 pm GMT by Guest
Absolutely right, Meridain (and others). When I started buying them you could still buy Paulsons direct, and I liked the retired casino chips because I really believe they have collector value as well as poker cachet. But it was pretty cool when their value tripled.
If I didn't like them so much I would have sold them, I guess. I even wrote an ebay blurb...but when it came time to part with them....I just couldn't do it. Anyway, I challenge anyone to find a retired $500 or $1000 casino chip that isn't drilled or clipped! It won't be easy!
Sorry this was by mindgame--didn't realize I wasn't logged in. Tried to replace my name as author instead of "guest" but I can't seem to figure out how. Even the moderator has limited power here.... 
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:32 am GMT by Bravo Poker
| Juliea344 wrote: | | Actually, I heard from a major wholesaler that these chips are going to be available to all resellers early next year. I'd say by February or March, once 9 or 10 different shops are selling them the price may really come down. |
I doubt it. The demand for Paulson chips is much higher than supply. Why would they want to drop the price to lower their profit margin?
Of course this will all change when the China manufacturer(s) learned how to produce the true clay chips. By that time no one will be buying plastics chips any more.
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:19 am GMT by ashVID
The price is not going to plummet, just come back down to earth. I suspect $0.75 for the newer ones and more like $1 for the older collectible ones. Rare denoms will always go for more. Unless you spent a silly amount on eBay you have nothing to lose, even then, most of us are in this just for fun, big deal if the value falls, if you never sell them, you wont ever know!
ash =o)
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:01 am GMT by slowplayray
| ashVID wrote: | | The price is not going to plummet, just come back down to earth. I suspect $0.75 for the newer ones and more like $1 for the older collectible ones. |
exactly what i was getting at...! 
check this out...these look like they're gonna be sweeeeeet...bravo on the inlays, i'm already really wanting a set!
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:54 am GMT by HELO
Am i the only one that thinks they are UGLY? They would be OK without the ugly gradient.
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:13 pm GMT by Juliea344
| HELO wrote: | | Am i the only one that thinks they are UGLY? They would be OK without the ugly gradient. |
You're not alone.
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:30 pm GMT by Guest
| Juliea344 wrote: | | HELO wrote: | | Am i the only one that thinks they are UGLY? They would be OK without the ugly gradient. |
You're not alone. |
Ditto.......
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:20 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
I am not into the inlay style, but its much better than most of the Paulson Fantasy sets out there. Most of the fantasy sets out there are just ridiculous.
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:47 pm GMT by Grumbler
| Anonymous wrote: | | Juliea344 wrote: | | HELO wrote: | | Am i the only one that thinks they are UGLY? They would be OK without the ugly gradient. |
You're not alone. |
Ditto....... |
Looking at these chips I would think it would make the older Paulson chips even increase in value. 
Does the term "butt ugly" come to mind?
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:13 pm GMT by ashVID
Not a fan of the Apache chips in general. I like the old Isthmus fantasy set from Paulson...
ash =o)
Posted Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:31 pm GMT by MeridianFC
I think the Apache ChipCos that are available now are shit hot. While this design is not up to that standard, other than the weird gradiant thing that others have mentioned, it's not that bad. It could be tweeked a bit though.
Posted Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:01 pm GMT by Schetti
Hello everyone, I am a new member. I joined because I stumbled across this web-site while looking for some real Paulson poker chips. After seeing this forum discussion I got my hopes up that I would be able to own a set of Paulson's. (at a resonable price.) I really want a set of the "James Bond Chips". I saw the Apache set on dice702.com. They did not look to appealing to me. I am more into the classic clay style with 2-3 edge spots. Hopefully they will come up with something better than those Apache chips. I know that there was a big merger between Paulson/Bud Jones and Bourgogne et Grasset and they said they were getting out of the home poker chip market. I guess the explosion in the home poker chip market has them second guessing, who knows. I just hope they will put out a clean classy design, with edge spots of course. There is a new Paulson web-site. urlwww.gpigaming.com /url
Posted Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:06 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
Welcome to the forum!
Posted Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:15 pm GMT by MeridianFC
| Schetti wrote: | | I am more into the classic clay style with 2-3 edge spots /url |
you and me both.
Posted Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:46 pm GMT by tabascojrc
I am pretty sure about 90% of the people here want a good clay chip with multicolor edgespots and a solid classy inlay design. The Bonds fit the bill except blue chips quality is slightly off.
I don't understand why it is that everything new coming out is gaudy.
The apache design isn't bad, just a bit corny to me. The thing i like about the bond chips is there is no blatant icon on the inlay. the design is subtle.
Posted Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:50 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
I agree with tabasco.
It would be nice to see some Paulsons come out a decent price like the good old days. I remember I used to complain about the Paulson chips @ .70 each. I hope Paulson can keep thier quality control with the high production.
I have heard recently even ASM cant keep the quality anymore.
Posted Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:07 pm GMT by Lumpy
I would love to see new Paulson's come out that look like the original Bond's or the Scandia Casino fantasy line. Both had very nice edge spots with a simple, clean inlay.
Tabasco only a couple more weeks until the chips arrive!! I'm still waiting for the purple horseshoe design. :D
Posted Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:25 pm GMT by Schetti
I was wondering if anyone here has used the Blue Chip - James Bond poker chips? I have a friend sending me some samples, but I was looking for some feedback from other chip connoisseurs. I have not yet used any ChipCo. chips either, but was also interested in the Crystal Oyster line. Third on my list were the Modern Clay chips from buypokerchips.com. At first glance I like them, but when I look at them closer, the center inlay is to generic. Most of the time the inlay's are to corny for me, they seem to have gone the other direction. Since the center inlay is so generic, you can really notice when the inlay is off center. I know that the off center inlay is a possibility when dealing with a clay chip, but there's is really noticeable. I am also not to crazy about there "Courts and Numerals" design on the outer edge of the chip, it looks like something out of Sesame Street to me. Last, the A-Mold chip from Kardwell. Clean looking chip, not sure if you can get double or triple edge spots, but a minimun order of 1000 for custom chips is steep and I am not crazy about the "Horsehead" style chip. If anyone knows of any other chips to check out, please let me know.
I sure hope that Paulson comes out with a line of home poker chips again. Even if they just produced the "James Bond" chip I would be a happy camper. The home poker chip market stinks and Paulsons on EBay are absurd. Am I asking too much or just crazy?? Don't answer that.
Posted Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:00 pm GMT by Grumbler
PokerChips.com also makes the ASM chips that you saw at Kardwell and you can buy lower quanities. I love the horsehead chips but each to his own. Check out PC.com and their "clay" chips.
Posted Wed Dec 01, 2004 4:19 pm GMT by B_rock
Now I know how many of you feel about the Apache version of the new Paulson chip… I don’t mind them so much. I like the logo design a lot, but I am not such a fan of matching the inlay colours to the outer chip colours. Has anyone seen or heard what the 5star design is going to be?
PC- Amidst the fury of some past posts you mentioned that you had two styles coming out. Do you have any initial designs for these? What are your chips going to look like? And when are you getting them?
Posted Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:26 am GMT by tabascojrc
| Lumpy wrote: | | I would love to see new Paulson's come out that look like the original Bond's or the Scandia Casino fantasy line. |
Not likely to happen, in my opinion, as the endy family probably owns the rights to the bond chips now. Not unless paulson buys it back. Oh well.
Posted Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:49 pm GMT by Guest
Where's the pics of the new chips?
Posted Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:49 pm GMT by Guest
Any new updates on the paulsons? And are they still scheduled for early January despite the design change.
Posted Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:04 pm GMT by Guest
PICS!
Posted Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:04 pm GMT by Guest
PICS!
Posted Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:34 pm GMT by leetpants
Guest, what do you mean? Are there pics, or are you asking for some?
Posted Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:11 pm GMT by claychipsrock
better yet why dont you register like evryone else?
Posted Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:36 pm GMT by Guest
when are they going to show us the new design?
Posted Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:36 pm GMT by Guest
when are they going to show us the new design?
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