Custom Kings Crown Group Buy- Update |
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Posted Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:20 pm GMT by slowplayray
As most of you probably know by now, I am organizing a group buy of "semi-custom" clay chips from T.R. King. I refer to them as "semi-custom" because, while the chips will use T.R. King's stock "Kings Crown" inlay, they will all be dual edge-spotted with custom colors. The Kings Crown inlay is, in return, borrowed from the former Kings Crown Casino in Las Vegas. For those wondering, the reason I decided to re-use this inlay is two-fold: 1) It has the "classic" casino look I am trying to accomplish with these chips, and 2) I have discovered from experience that group-designing an inlay is a HUGE headache (just look how hard it was to settle on the color scheme!), so it is much easier to use something already in existence. There will be no modification made to the stock inlay, but T.R. King has agreed to not make the chips in these color combinations for anyone but us, so you need not worry about security in your home game. Also, it will allow those who wish to to mix and match with the two existing Kings Crown fantasy sets - the solid color chips sold by Dice702 and the single edge-spot chips sold direct by T.R. King.
Here is the set, approximately as it will appear in it's final form. Please note I made educated guesses for a couple colors AND all monitors display colors slightly different, so "actual results may vary." Also, the gray chip will probably not have a denomination printed on it, as it will act as a "filler" chip, unless the large majority of people want it as the $0.25:
$0.25 (non-denom) Gray w/ 4 double-wide Dark Blue
$1 Dark Blue w/ double-wide White/Light Blue
$5 Red w/ dual Gray/Black
$25 Green w/ dual Pink/Light Green
$100 Black w/ dual Red/Light Turqoise
$500 Purple w/ dual White/Orange
$1000 Yellow w/ dual Green/Dark Blue
The price for this group buy will be $0.85/chip + shipping and escrow fees (if any) - I need to get it up to 5,000 chips for this price. Please post or PM me if you are definitely interested in purchasing a set of these chips, and let me know your email address and how many of each denomination you want to purchase (even if you have already done so). Once I have an idea of the numbers, we can all discuss and decide how we would like to handle the payments. Basically, we can either set up an escrow account, or each pay T.R. King separately if that does not work out to be too cumbersome. Also, I have an offer from one of the participants who lives ~5 minutes from T.R. King to pick up the chips and handle the shipping with his business account at a cost of $10 per 500 chips.
You can follow the development history of this set here.
Any questions - fire away!
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Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:26 am GMT by Nugzy
How much does he charge for samples? I have never handled these chips, I would like a sample before committing to buying 2000 chips.
Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:35 am GMT by slowplayray
| Nugzy wrote: | | How much does he charge for samples? I have never handled these chips, I would like a sample before committing to buying 2000 chips. |
From what I can tell, he will usually send a couple out for free, and very quickly. Just visit www.trking.com and call the number listed. Tell him you are considering the custom Kings Crown group buy (he is aware of it) and he will probably shoot a couple out to you.
Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:01 am GMT by Nugzy
Cool thanks Im gonna call later.
Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:55 pm GMT by shn750
Is there a dead line date for making a decision of whether you are in or out?
Thanks
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:06 am GMT by pokerchipreviews
For what it's worth, got a big sample of his today in the mail. (After months of begging).
These are nice chips. Review will be up within a few days...but in a nutshell...these are really good chips. Put it this way...at the office today the Paulsons and the TR Kings showed up at the same time. Going head to head, more folks chose the TR Kings than Paulsons. (Granted...it was close.)
Cheers,
John
www.pokerchipreviews.com
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:08 am GMT by slowplayray
| pokerchipreviews wrote: | For what it's worth, got a big sample of his today in the mail. (After months of begging).
These are nice chips. Review will be up within a few days...but in a nutshell...these are really good chips. Put it this way...at the office today the Paulsons and the TR Kings showed up at the same time. Going head to head, more folks chose the TR Kings than Paulsons. (Granted...it was close.)
Cheers,
John
www.pokerchipreviews.com |
Cool, glad you agree. I always say they are my favorites. Honestly, after seeing the pics of the new Paulsons on your web site, I am even happier I am going with T.R. King :D
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:20 am GMT by Nugzy
Spoke with them yesterday, my sample is on the way.
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:10 pm GMT by slowplayray
| Nugzy wrote: | | Spoke with them yesterday, my sample is on the way. |
Yeah, I had him send me a bunch more samples yesterday so I can decide on the colors for sure (i.e. am i looking for purple or lavender, yellow, or light gold, light green or signal green, etc).
Posted Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:56 pm GMT by Nugzy
When are you planning on placing this order? Im debating which chips I want, these, the new Paulsons, or the WSOP ChipCo group buy. Ahh screw it, I'll prolly get all three.
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:20 am GMT by slowplayray
| Nugzy wrote: | | When are you planning on placing this order? Im debating which chips I want, these, the new Paulsons, or the WSOP ChipCo group buy. Ahh screw it, I'll prolly get all three. |
I would like to set the final order commitment deadline at February 11, with the order being placed on February 15th.
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:50 am GMT by slowplayray
To clear up any confusion, the way we are working this buy is we are going to be placing individual orders directly with T.R. King for what is essentially going to be a "limited edition" run of chips. You can pay for shipment of your quantity directly from them.
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:17 pm GMT by PocketRocket
So just to get this through my aging decrepit mind, all orders for these chips would be placed directly with Dennis at TR King, and they will be at the .85 price, plus shipping? Is there a reference that we should use?
Note to others: Dennis is incredibly fair and cordial with shipping, pretty much just the UPS charges, rounded off (which is a little high for a 100 chip shipment at a UPS minimum of $6, but he shipped me 600 for only $10).
| slowplayray wrote: | | To clear up any confusion, the way we are working this buy is we are going to be placing individual orders directly with T.R. King for what is essentially going to be a "limited edition" run of chips. You can pay for shipment of your quantity directly from them. |
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:03 pm GMT by slowplayray
| PocketRocket wrote: | | So just to get this through my aging decrepit mind, all orders for these chips would be placed directly with Dennis at TR King, and they will be at the .85 price, plus shipping? Is there a reference that we should use? |
Correct. I suppose there will need to be some sort of reference, yes. However, if you plan on getting in on this, please let me know, so that I may keep track of who's getting how many (need to get up to the 5k minimum). I will then coordinate with Dennis on what to expect for orders and in what timeframe.
P.S. There is a good chance the $5 edge spots are changing, probably to gold/black, light gold/black, or green/black.
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:46 pm GMT by ledavatar
Is there a minimum order quantity? I would want to get 10 of each denomination, so that makes 70. When should we place the order w/ T.R. King? I assume he has to have enough orders to start making them?
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:47 pm GMT by slowplayray
| slowplayray wrote: | | I would like to set the final order commitment deadline at February 11, with the order being placed on February 15th. |
I don't know what the minimum will be. Since we are placing them directly through T.R. King, he may want to set a reasonable limit to make it worth his effort. I will check with him before the order date and let you know. At the moment, though, he is sick of hearing from us...:D
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:05 pm GMT by ledavatar
I called him today and told him I'll be in on the group buy to beg for a sample. At first I was confused. I thought he had already made samples of these exact chips for the group organizer to inspect but he said he would need orders of hundreds of chips to run them to the printers. He was nice enough to still send me a regular Kings Crown chip.
We also had a little chat about the whole order process. He said T.R. King has never had a large custom group buy like us. I was trying to assure him that this thing will most likely go through, but he chuckled and said "I'll believe it when I see it."
Dennis is a really nice guy. I don't see any problems with minimums as long as he gets enough orders from all of us together. Ray, what's the total #chips interest up to now?
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:19 pm GMT by PocketRocket
Just tell him it's the same bunch that got rid of his Casbah Club chips, so in a sense we're repeat customers 
| ledavatar wrote: | I called him today and told him I'll be in on the group buy to beg for a sample. At first I was confused. I thought he had already made samples of these exact chips for the group organizer to inspect but he said he would need orders of hundreds of chips to run them to the printers. He was nice enough to still send me a regular Kings Crown chip.
We also had a little chat about the whole order process. He said T.R. King has never had a large custom group buy like us. I was trying to assure him that this thing will most likely go through, but he chuckled and said "I'll believe it when I see it."
Dennis is a really nice guy. I don't see any problems with minimums as long as he gets enough orders from all of us together. Ray, what's the total #chips interest up to now? |
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:56 pm GMT by slowplayray
| ledavatar wrote: | | Dennis is a really nice guy. I don't see any problems with minimums as long as he gets enough orders from all of us together. Ray, what's the total #chips interest up to now? |
If I can count PocketRocket's number as "official" (can I??) then we are up around 2,700-3,000, with a whole bunch of "maybes" and "hopefullys" still. Once people start getting their samples in over the next week or so, we should be able to get up there pretty easily. It's hard to get definite answers though, let me tell ya!
Posted Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:08 pm GMT by pencilsmasher
I sent you a PM tonight that I'm in for 600 chips as well.
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:02 am GMT by shn750
| slowplayray wrote: |
Yeah, I had him send me a bunch more samples yesterday so I can decide on the colors for sure (i.e. am i looking for purple or lavender, yellow, or light gold, light green or signal green, etc). |
Depending on these color samples that you receive, can these "final" colors change?
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:48 am GMT by slowplayray
| shn750 wrote: | | slowplayray wrote: |
Yeah, I had him send me a bunch more samples yesterday so I can decide on the colors for sure (i.e. am i looking for purple or lavender, yellow, or light gold, light green or signal green, etc). |
Depending on these color samples that you receive, can these "final" colors change? |
Yes, but only slightly, basically to get what's closest to the mockups (i.e. is it light green or signal green? purple or lavender? yellow, light gold, or gold?). Also it looks as though the gray spots on the $5 are probably changing, most likely to a green.
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:49 am GMT by slowplayray
| pencilsmasher wrote: | | I sent you a PM tonight that I'm in for 600 chips as well. |
I did not receive your PM.
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:52 am GMT by Prez2032
| Quote: | | Also it looks as though the gray spots on the $5 are probably changing, most likely to a green. |
I like most of the other colors, but red really needs to go with gold. See the Monte Carlo chips for proof. Their New Year's $5 chip is GORGEOUS in my opinion. Red, gray and black is ok, but... Red and green just isn't cool. I've watched this project from the first post on 2+2 and I think everything looks great, just make sure everyone really wants green on their $5. Good luck, I know you've put a ton of work into this.
-Steve
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:13 am GMT by slowplayray
| Prez2032 wrote: | I like most of the other colors, but red really needs to go with gold. See the Monte Carlo chips for proof. Their New Year's $5 chip is GORGEOUS in my opinion. Red, gray and black is ok, but... Red and green just isn't cool. I've watched this project from the first post on 2+2 and I think everything looks great, just make sure everyone really wants green on their $5. Good luck, I know you've put a ton of work into this.
-Steve |
Thank you for your kind words. I agree that the gold looks good on the $5, and it may end up being the final color when I get the samples (should be today). Do you have a link for the Monte Carlo chip you are referring to; I am not familiar with it?
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:57 pm GMT by warewulf619
I'm leaning towards black/gold spots on the $5 chip too. On the original $100 chip, the dark brown/gold looks really good together. Black or brown with the gold would look good.
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:11 pm GMT by PocketRocket
| slowplayray wrote: | | If I can count PocketRocket's number as "official" (can I??) then we are up around 2,700-3,000, with a whole bunch of "maybes" and "hopefullys" still. Once people start getting their samples in over the next week or so, we should be able to get up there pretty easily. It's hard to get definite answers though, let me tell ya! |
Yeah, I'm in. The 500 number that I gave you would be a minimum, I may want more. If you don't get enough for the 5,000 minimum to secure the price, I'd be interested in a group buy for their stock Kings Crown chips as well. Dennis quoted me .80 for quantities of 1000 or more, and their standard .75 for 5000 or more.
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:56 pm GMT by Prez2032
Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the Monte Carlo New Year's 2005 $5 chip. Dangit, I knew I should have kept one.. Brand new, too... However, the following link shows a similar one, though the picture appears a bit dark in relation to the chips I saw.
http://www.oldvegaschips.com/montecarlogo.JPG
-Steve
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:07 pm GMT by PocketRocket
You mean this one?
| Prez2032 wrote: | Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the Monte Carlo New Year's 2005 $5 chip. Dangit, I knew I should have kept one.. Brand new, too... However, the following link shows a similar one, though the picture appears a bit dark in relation to the chips I saw.
http://www.oldvegaschips.com/montecarlogo.JPG
-Steve |
Posted Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:07 am GMT by Prez2032
Yep, that's it! I love the look of red and gold together.
-Steve
Posted Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:36 am GMT by pencilsmasher
I resent my order on PM - did you get it?
Posted Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:51 am GMT by pocket snowmen
when will we see real chip pix of these?
Posted Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:58 am GMT by slowplayray
| pencilsmasher wrote: | | I resent my order on PM - did you get it? |
yes, sorry - I have been away snowboarding for a few days, need a little time to catch up on everything.
| pocket snowmen wrote: | | when will we see real chip pix of these? |
not until the order is placed and the chips are made and sent to us!
Posted Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:31 pm GMT by pocket snowmen
yeah i know that, but how long of a time frame will that be?
Posted Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:35 pm GMT by warewulf619
They're exactly like the stock Kings Crown chips, but with different edge spots. Get samples of those if you want to see what these will be like. If you wait until the chips are made, it will most likely be too late to get some unless someone buys extra.
Posted Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:37 pm GMT by slowplayray
| pocket snowmen wrote: | | yeah i know that, but how long of a time frame will that be? |
8 weeks from the order date. But like warewulf said, it will be too late to buy any at that time.
Posted Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:50 am GMT by slowplayray
*shameless bump* 
Posted Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:33 pm GMT by gpc
Have the color combinations been finalized?
Posted Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:18 pm GMT by slowplayray
| gpc wrote: | | Have the color combinations been finalized? |
I believe so; looks like it's going to be:
25¢ - Gray w/ 4x double-wide (Dark) Purple
$1 - Dark Bue w/ opposing double-wide White/Light Blue
$5 - Red w/ Black/Light Gold
$25 - Green w/ Pink/Signal Green
$100 - Black w/ Red/Light Turquoise
$500 - Lavender w/ White/Fire
$1000 - Yellow w/ Green/Dark Blue
All chips will be marked w/ denominations. I will post final mockups sometime soon.
Posted Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:57 am GMT by PinataUT
bumpity bump bump
good chips
Posted Sat Feb 05, 2005 3:25 pm GMT by pencilsmasher
What quantity do we have our order up to, and what number do we need to reach to place the order?
Posted Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:13 pm GMT by PinataUT
5k and we were at 4700 give or take.
I think we may go higher than that by a bit. I'm looking at my mockups and really like these chips.
Posted Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:42 pm GMT by warewulf619
New mockups? Might get more interest.
Posted Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:51 am GMT by tastic
Hi,
I've just discovered the forum and noticed this group buy...I am looking for 500 chips (25, 100, 500, and 1000 only) and was wondering what the tentative cost would it be for me including delivery to Alberta, Canada?
Posted Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:26 am GMT by warewulf619
.85 cents per chip, plus shipping.
Posted Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:48 am GMT by slowplayray
| warewulf619 wrote: | | New mockups? Might get more interest. |
Here are the latest (and hopefully FINAL) mockups, based on the couple color changes we made and a couple color adjustments based on the samples I received:
And Tastic, as for shipping to Canada, you will have to check with T.R. King on that cost. We already have one guy in from Canada, and they said it wouldn't be a problem shipping there. They are very fair with shipping; it should pretty much be exact cost.
Posted Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:38 am GMT by slowplayray
Feb 11 is the deadline for commitment, folks!
Posted Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:21 am GMT by pencilsmasher
About the shipping to Canada thing - I placed my order with TRK today and it came to $545 US with shipping to Vancouver included for 600 chips.
Extremely reasonable I think.
Posted Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:29 pm GMT by warewulf619
Just got off the phone with Dennis, everyone's orders are shipping out TODAY! My order will be finished last since I had some last minute changes, but will most likely be ready today. I'm going to take a taxi and pick them up, he's less than a mile away.
Will post pics later!
Posted Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:42 pm GMT by ledavatar
YAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Posted Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:57 pm GMT by B_rock
YESSSSSS!!!! :D :D
Posted Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:39 pm GMT by warewulf619
Dammit! Mine wont be ready until tomorrow! All yours ship out today still though.
Posted Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:42 pm GMT by B_rock
Too bad. What did you change on your order?
Posted Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:45 pm GMT by warewulf619
More $1 chips -- from 200 to 300.
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:47 pm GMT by warewulf619
The pics you have all been waiting for:
Slight problem: As you will notice in the pics, the $1 is not correct -- double spots instead of double wide. All of the chips shipped yesterday and went out like this. We need to decide what to do. Dennis said he will work with us -- we can send them back, or get a discount. I REALLY like how they turned out, haven't decided what I want to do. I got 300 of the $1 chips.
I wanted to get a picture of Dennis, he wouldn't let me take one.
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:16 pm GMT by gmunny
| warewulf619 wrote: |
Slight problem: As you will notice in the pics, the $1 is not correct -- double spots instead of double wide. All of the chips shipped yesterday and went out like this. We need to decide what to do. Dennis said he will work with us -- we can send them back, or get a discount. I REALLY like how they turned out, haven't decided what I want to do. I got 300 of the $1 chips.
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I didn't get in on the group buy, but I really like how the $1 chip turned out. My favs are the $1 and the $500 chips. All look sweet, though!
G$
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:44 pm GMT by ledavatar
| warewulf619 wrote: | The pics you have all been waiting for:
Slight problem: As you will notice in the pics, the $1 is not correct -- double spots instead of double wide. All of the chips shipped yesterday and went out like this. We need to decide what to do. Dennis said he will work with us -- we can send them back, or get a discount. I REALLY like how they turned out, haven't decided what I want to do. I got 300 of the $1 chips.
I wanted to get a picture of Dennis, he wouldn't let me take one. |
How much discount would we get? I only ordered like 10 of the $1 ones so it probably doesn't apply to me much. Does he allow reorders on these custom kings crowns or is it just a one time thing? It's been so long I forget everything.
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:22 pm GMT by warewulf619
I emailed him to ask about the discount. I'll post when I hear. I'm pretty sure these chips are now out of production. I would think if enough want additions, he will probably do them, but only for people like yourself who already ordered some.
If many want additions, we should also do it as a group buy.
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:46 pm GMT by PanthersHUTCH15
They turned out great. Congrats to everyone who will be receiving them!!
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:10 pm GMT by MeridianFC
That $5 chip is hot. I realize the $1 is not right, which is a shame, but what is the exact color (using TRKing color terms) scheme for all chips
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:16 pm GMT by warewulf619
| MeridianFC wrote: | | That $5 chip is hot. I realize the $1 is not right, which is a shame, but what is the exact color (using TRKing color terms) scheme for all chips |
25¢ - Gray w/ 4x double-wide Purple
$1 - Dark Bue w/ opposing double-wide White/Light Blue
$5 - Red w/ Black/Light Gold
$25 - Green w/ Pink/Signal Green
$100 - Black w/ Red/Light Turquoise
$500 - Lavender w/ White/Fire
$1000 - Yellow w/ Green/Dark Blue
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:16 pm GMT by ott
I think the $100 is off too. The light turquoise make it too much like a light blue. Should've been a darker turquoise like in the mockup.
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:26 pm GMT by warewulf619
I'm pretty sure there's only one tourquoise.
copied and pasted:
Also should be noted before more ask -- the tourquoise on the $100 does not look right in the picture. It is definitely NOT the same as the lt. blue spots on the $1. The purple on the .25 is dark purple, not blue.
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:37 pm GMT by ott
So the pictures' colors are off a bit. Get a new digital camera.
Posted Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:08 pm GMT by johndsoares
wow those turned out great! I tr kings and those are awesome! I wish I had gotten in on that group buy =. If anybody ever wants to sell some let me know I would like to get a set of like 300 of these!
-John
Posted Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:47 pm GMT by Midnight Sun
Those chips just look awsome, very very nice. I envy you guys who got them chips.
Posted Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:39 pm GMT by warewulf619
$1 chip update:
I got two emails from him -- one saying he would give
"25 cents credit for each $1 chip".
A later email that day said
"if a person bought 100 $1 chips, he would have a credit of $20.00"
I asked him to clarify, haven't decided what I want to do, but since I bought 300, were talking about a difference between $75 and $60. For $60, I'd rather get them redone.
Posted Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:17 pm GMT by gpc
I did not receive mine yet. Hopefully Monday or Tuesday. I didn't order the $1 chips because I didn't care for them but after seeing these error chips, I would like to get some. I will gladly take those off your hands for 0.85 plus shipping.
Posted Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:03 pm GMT by groton
They Look real good.
when i order my first set of chips i might Think of His Company.
Posted Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:45 pm GMT by ledavatar
I got my 100 kings crowns chips today in the mail. It was pure joy. I think I really regret not getting a full set of these, because T.R. King chips beat every other chip samples I've gotten. First reaction is everything - They looked beautiful with the classic design. IMHO the chips look and feel way better than the New JB Paulson home chips that I recently bought from the other group buy.
I'm not sure exactly , but if there's enough interest I say we get another group buy on these, and we can fix that $1 chip mishap.
Posted Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:00 pm GMT by sgtjocelyn
I'll join in for 500 if another group buy is set up. Will be waiting for it!
Posted Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:17 pm GMT by slowplayray
FINALLY! They came in. They look even better in person. Ray's psyched. I'm so glad I didn't bail on this idea when the new Paulsons came out - these chips rock!
Posted Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:57 pm GMT by warewulf619
| slowplayray wrote: | | FINALLY! They came in. They look even better in person. Ray's psyched. I'm so glad I didn't bail on this idea when the new Paulsons came out - these chips rock! |
Glad you FINALLY got them! 
Posted Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:48 pm GMT by B_rock
AAAARRRRGGGG!!!!!
I WANT MY CHIPS!!!!
I may be the ONLY one to not get them yet.
I need more pics from you guys, you need to help a brother out.
Tomorrow is the day.......I know it. 
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:12 am GMT by gpc
you're not alone B Rock. I haven't received mine yet either. I am hoping they are delivered today.
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:02 am GMT by slowplayray
| B_rock wrote: | | I need more pics from you guys, you need to help a brother out. |
I tried to take pictures last night, but my camera decided to sh!t the bed. It's too bad too, because they look awesome all lined up in the mahogany case! Can't wait to use them tonight.
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:02 pm GMT by Engineer51
I recieved mine yesterday. Unfortunately, even though I made a special trip home in order to hide them from my girlfriend, they showed up while I was gone and she found them. BUSTED! She was pissed, but these chips are worth it. I am pleasantly surprised how well the lavender chip turned out. I can honestly say that T.R. Kings are the nicest clay chip I have ever put my hands on. I don't know why some people have said they don't like T.R. Kings. Oh well. BTW, are any of you guys going to oil your chips? It's weird because the rolling edge is the only part of the chip that needs to be oiled at all.
Thanks for putting this together Ray.
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:08 pm GMT by warewulf619
| Engineer51 wrote: | I recieved mine yesterday. Unfortunately, even though I made a special trip home in order to hide them from my girlfriend, they showed up while I was gone and she found them. BUSTED! She was pissed, but these chips are worth it. I am pleasantly surprised how well the lavender chip turned out. I can honestly say that T.R. Kings are the nicest clay chip I have ever put my hands on. I don't know why some people have said they don't like T.R. Kings. Oh well. BTW, are any of you guys going to oil your chips? It's weird because the rolling edge is the only part of the chip that needs to be oiled at all.
Thanks for putting this together Ray. |
Glad you were able to put your hands on the chips, sounds like you wont be putting your hands on your girlfriend anytime soon though! 
I'm not going to oil mine -- like you mention, only the edges are rough. Will probably be great after a little use.
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:13 pm GMT by johndsoares
I love TR King and I love this group buy! I WANT MORE PICTURES PLEASE!!! LETS SEE THESE HOTTIES! 
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:26 pm GMT by warewulf619
| johndsoares wrote: | | I love TR King and I love this group buy! I WANT MORE PICTURES PLEASE!!! LETS SEE THESE HOTTIES! |
Here's one of my NASTY badbeat! DAMN RUNNER RUNNER CLUBS!!! :x
Not a good first game with these! Mostly because of this hand, about $50+ lost.
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:13 pm GMT by slowplayray
| Engineer51 wrote: | I recieved mine yesterday. Unfortunately, even though I made a special trip home in order to hide them from my girlfriend, they showed up while I was gone and she found them. BUSTED! She was pissed, but these chips are worth it. I am pleasantly surprised how well the lavender chip turned out. I can honestly say that T.R. Kings are the nicest clay chip I have ever put my hands on. I don't know why some people have said they don't like T.R. Kings. Oh well. BTW, are any of you guys going to oil your chips? It's weird because the rolling edge is the only part of the chip that needs to be oiled at all.
Thanks for putting this together Ray. |
You are very welcome. :D
I do not plan to oil mine. It took too damn long to do my Casbahs, and it made the chips smell funny for too long. I am going to let nature do it's thing this time.
I am going to try and get my camera back in working order and post some more pics after work.
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:08 pm GMT by slowplayray
Okay got some pics:
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:25 pm GMT by PanthersHUTCH15
Wow, those are awesome. Nice pics.
I actually like the $1 chip the most.
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:12 pm GMT by B_rock
Ray.....you just made my day my friend :D
Now my longing is, well, longer.
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:01 pm GMT by warewulf619
Just makes me wonder how much they'd be worth if TR King stopped making them and Dennis decided to use a mold that says "TR KING CHIPS"...
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:28 pm GMT by ledavatar
According to Dennis, these chips will be available for reorder, but unless we can get a 5000 chip order to get the original $0.85/chip price, it will be $0.95/chip. He says it takes about 3-4 weeks. Anyone else interested?
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:20 pm GMT by ahopen78
| ledavatar wrote: | | According to Dennis, these chips will be available for reorder, but unless we can get a 5000 chip order to get the original $0.85/chip price, it will be $0.95/chip. He says it takes about 3-4 weeks. Anyone else interested? |
Can someone who wasn't in on the original order get in on this repurchase?
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:29 pm GMT by warewulf619
| ahopen78 wrote: | | ledavatar wrote: | | According to Dennis, these chips will be available for reorder, but unless we can get a 5000 chip order to get the original $0.85/chip price, it will be $0.95/chip. He says it takes about 3-4 weeks. Anyone else interested? |
Can someone who wasn't in on the original order get in on this repurchase? |
This was an exclusive deal for security reasons. Only people that went in on it to get the numbers around 6000 were allowed.
Btw, ahopen was at my game when the bad beat pic above was taken. He probably wants to get some and cash them in at the game Sunday!!
Posted Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:32 pm GMT by pencilsmasher
I haven't even gotten my order, but I'm green with envy of anyone who got the $1 chips. If I can't pick up any returns, I'll be in for a few hundred ones.
Posted Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:28 pm GMT by Nate PT
If you guys decide to open this up which you will almost for sure have to do if you want to get 5000 chip order again I may be in.
Posted Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:55 pm GMT by warewulf619
| Nate PT wrote: | | If you guys decide to open this up which you will almost for sure have to do if you want to get 5000 chip order again I may be in. |
It's not going to be opened up again. Only people who ordered in the first place will be allowed. Feel free to start a new one with different colors.
Posted Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:10 pm GMT by Nate PT
I was thinking about doing a cutom inlay with the Casbah Club theme but a buddy of mine backed out on the order so I dont know for sure if I want to now, Ill obviously post if I decide to do it. I still dont get why you guys are so worried about security with this set....
Posted Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:59 am GMT by pencilsmasher
I decided that it would take years for the edges to look good, so decided to oil them. A little research and I found that Johnson and Johnson Baby Gel, not oil, was a good choice.
I just finished - they look amazing and aren't too oily. In total it took about 3 hours for 600 chips, watching TV as I did it.
I'll post pics in a few days. Highly recommended though.
Posted Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:13 am GMT by slowplayray
| pencilsmasher wrote: | I decided that it would take years for the edges to look good, so decided to oil them. A little research and I found that Johnson and Johnson Baby Gel, not oil, was a good choice.
I just finished - they look amazing and aren't too oily. In total it took about 3 hours for 600 chips, watching TV as I did it.
I'll post pics in a few days. Highly recommended though. |
definitely need to see pics, please.
i noticed with my casbahs that they didn't really hold the oil. after a month of use, they pretty much looked like they did out of the box again.
Posted Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:39 am GMT by Midnight Sun
Just curious, anybody know if TRK does shaped inlays and to what price?
Posted Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:33 am GMT by slowplayray
| Midnight Sun wrote: | | Just curious, anybody know if TRK does shaped inlays and to what price? |
They don't have the manufacturing capability to do shaped inlays anymore.
Posted Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:36 am GMT by Nate PT
Ray- same thing happend with my casbahs too, I dont really mind the look though.
Posted Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:43 pm GMT by pencilsmasher
The first game with them is tomorrow night - I'll take lots of pics then and post them shortly after.
Basically, they all have a deep vibrant colour on the edges. The $5s, $100s and $1000s seemed to improve the most dramatically. The $25s are the only ones that didn't look a great deal better.
Stay tuned.
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