Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:25 pm GMT by HELO
More photos coming soon.
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Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:01 pm GMT by yeltzen
AHHHHH CLAMSHELLS!!!!!
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:02 pm GMT by gpc
At first I was disappointed because I didn't see the denominations... very subtle. I like them. Nice Job
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:05 pm GMT by circlencircle
Where did these come from? Please post close ups if possible.
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:35 pm GMT by 777
long time lurker
i have ordered 550 nexgens and am considering custom lables. i am very impressed with you design and am wondering if can use you cross guns and spade image on my chips i will not make any relation to the desperado clud or card room and will not use any similar fonts.
PM me or post here and what not
justwondering
sevensevenseven
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:35 pm GMT by leetpants
I know you got them from blue chip, and i LOVE them, but how did you get those colors? I thought they only had like 10 or so?
Amazing chips, i'd love to get a set like that some day.
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:53 pm GMT by HELO
| 777 wrote: | long time lurker
i have ordered 550 nexgens and am considering custom lables. i am very impressed with you design and am wondering if can use you cross guns and spade image on my chips i will not make any relation to the desperado clud or card room and will not use any similar fonts.
PM me or post here and what not
justwondering
sevensevenseven |
We are selling these poker chips, so im inclined to say No. Go to cardroomsupply.com and buy some if you really like them, they will be up for sale in a couple of days or so.
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:55 pm GMT by 777
thank you anyway
how much are we thinking here for these rad chips
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:25 am GMT by Dick Danger
Firefox doesn't like your site.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:25 am GMT by ott
Yup. Firefox doesn't like cardroomsupply.com.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:28 am GMT by PaulsonChips
Really sweet chips. I LOVE IT!
I think you need a purple chip!!!
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:19 am GMT by The Nutz
I really like those! Nice work HELO! 8)
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:43 am GMT by PinataUT
I guess there are benefits to the (I'm hypothesizing) end of the non-compete betweeen Blue Chip and Paulson. Home release by P, dual edge-spots in non-traditional colors by Blue Chip...
Good stuff.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:39 am GMT by tabascojrc
| PinataUT wrote: | I guess there are benefits to the (I'm hypothesizing) end of the non-compete betweeen Blue Chip and Paulson. Home release by P, dual edge-spots in non-traditional colors by Blue Chip...
Good stuff. |
I am guessing they would do this for anyoone who was ordering enough to make resale a viable option, Look at buypokerchips and nevada jacks
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:27 pm GMT by HELO
Thanks, I really like these too. Cant wait to get my FREE set.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:40 pm GMT by yeltzen
The design of those chips is just freaking awesome.
My only concern is whether the chip is the same Clamshell chip as the BlueChip JBs. If so, that just kills these.
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:47 pm GMT by Nickmast
they look to be the same as the Grand Island and James Bond chips from Bluechip
Posted Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:54 pm GMT by yeltzen
| Nickmast wrote: | | they look to be the same as the Grand Island and James Bond chips from Bluechip |
Then that makes me sad. The feel of those chips is awful. 
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:49 am GMT by HELO
Blue Chips feel awesome. I thought the gripe with Blue Chips was the inlay being slightly off center on some of the chips. Personally it doesn't bother me. It sorta shows the craft nature of the construction. After all, a chip really is crafted. - The mold is sorta blah... but thats not a deal breaker for me.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:37 am GMT by Dick Danger
| HELO wrote: | | I thought the gripe with Blue Chips was the inlay being slightly off center on some of the chips. Personally it doesn't bother me. It sorta shows the craft nature of the construction. After all, a chip really is crafted. |
My brother-in-law makes his living making and selling custom cowboy boots. Each pair is made by hand only after the buyer has his/her feet measured and traced. It doesn't matter if you buy $500 work boots or $5000 full gator dress boots, no boot will leave his shop until he feels its as perfect as he can make it. That is the nature of hand crafted work, it's not an excuse for putting out a half-assed product. I can't believe we're bastardizing the term just to make an excuse for a company that can't seem to get a freakin inlay centered.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:41 am GMT by PaulsonChips
One thing you have to give credit to BC for is speed.
Any clay chip maker takes months to get a chip produced at any quantity.
Blue Chip can crank out 40,000 chips and have them delivered in 6 weeks.
While ASM (highest quality Id say) takes 3-4 months for 1000 chips.
TRKING isnt far off either with thier long lead times and high prices.
Blue Chip is the cheapest, and fastest way to go, kinda like McDonalds.
But you're not getting quality.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:01 am GMT by The_Manimal
Not to hi-jack the thread....
From reading here, I'm aware Blue Chip makes chips for many casino's, private re-sellers (NJ), as well as some of the fantasy sets that are out there. I also believe that Blue Chip can/does cater to the home market, and does do custom orders, but what about to the single customer, who wants a custom clay multi-color edge spot set? They don't have any online site/info that I know of to research this, other than contacting them directly.
I know some other folks have had BC create their chips, with the intent to markup/resell them. I know some folks have had group buys to place orders on a large scale. Again, what about the single customer looking to create a custom set?
I'd be interested to hear from other folks regarding this.
-The Manimal
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:41 am GMT by HELO
| Dick Danger wrote: | | HELO wrote: | | I thought the gripe with Blue Chips was the inlay being slightly off center on some of the chips. Personally it doesn't bother me. It sorta shows the craft nature of the construction. After all, a chip really is crafted. |
My brother-in-law makes his living making and selling custom cowboy boots. Each pair is made by hand only after the buyer has his/her feet measured and traced. It doesn't matter if you buy $500 work boots or $5000 full gator dress boots, no boot will leave his shop until he feels its as perfect as he can make it. That is the nature of hand crafted work, it's not an excuse for putting out a half-assed product. I can't believe we're bastardizing the term just to make an excuse for a company that can't seem to get a freakin inlay centered. |
I'm glad your brother does nice work. I was talking about the fact that clay looks like clay and feels like clay because its CLAY and not plastic. As an artist having an inlay a little left of center doesn't give me a headache and keep me up at night so much. thats all. and as for $5000 Cowboy boots, They better Fit!
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:54 am GMT by HELO
| PaulsonChips wrote: | One thing you have to give credit to BC for is speed.
Any clay chip maker takes months to get a chip produced at any quantity.
Blue Chip can crank out 40,000 chips and have them delivered in 6 weeks.
While ASM (highest quality Id say) takes 3-4 months for 1000 chips.
TRKING isnt far off either with thier long lead times and high prices.
Blue Chip is the cheapest, and fastest way to go, kinda like McDonalds.
But you're not getting quality. |
I don't think you can say that Blue Chip is White Castle, Or MacDonald's, Chinese Plastic is MacDonald's. These are not Lobster from a nice restaurant, They're more like a steak sandwich at a deli. Costom made to order. They are quality. They are extreemly durable, and look good.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:55 am GMT by PinataUT
| tabascojrc wrote: | | PinataUT wrote: | I guess there are benefits to the (I'm hypothesizing) end of the non-compete betweeen Blue Chip and Paulson. Home release by P, dual edge-spots in non-traditional colors by Blue Chip...
Good stuff. |
I am guessing they would do this for anyoone who was ordering enough to make resale a viable option, Look at buypokerchips and nevada jacks |
DOH. Right.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:30 am GMT by galderon
When I showed a TR King sample to some of my friends, they replied, "Kinda crappy craftsmanship". I'm guessing that was their response that the edge spots were irregularily shaped and there were little flecks of other colors in the main color.
I guess people now-a-days are used to the plastic world we live in. Everything has to be vibrant colors and exact geometric shapes.  It's the little imperfections that give hand-crafted things their character. An off-center inlay is a little much though. I have a Blue Chip James Bond sample, and on both sides, the inlay isn't a circle...on one side it's squashed to the right, and on the other it's squashed down.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:33 am GMT by yeltzen
The flecks of color on the chip and the messy edgespots never both me. I think they're kinda cool. But the inlay... is it seriously that difficult to corrent this problem? I mean, if it's one or two, I can understand. But it's just about EVERY chip on the Clamshell mold. The NJ mold that Blue Chip makes, the inlays are 100x better than on the Clamshells. There's a few that are a little off center, but NOTHING like on the JBs or Grand Islands.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:05 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
Blue Chip is indeed McDonalds!
China chips are AMPM and 711 food!
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:07 pm GMT by ott
I think China chips are food from the Roach Coach.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:34 pm GMT by HELO
China = Dumpster diving.
Posted Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:24 am GMT by pokerchipreviews
NJ has two molds that he's got the rights on. More power to him. They are *by far* the best molds out there for Blue Chip chips.
Since Paulson has come back into the consumer market, I hope that Blue Chips gets their butt in gear and starts making *quality* consumer chips at CASINO weights...not the lame 'consumer' weights they are doing now.
Hint hint...nudge nudge.
Any of you big Blue Chip dealers want to pass this along???????
Sorry....venting a bit tonight.
John
www.pokerchipreviews.com
Posted Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:29 am GMT by Wooderson
HELO -
I love your original Desperado design. I just wish you ahd a $1000 chip with the set. We have a regular 20 person tourney game and play with 25, 100, 500 and 1000.
Posted Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:42 am GMT by HELO
| Wooderson wrote: | HELO -
I love your original Desperado design. I just wish you ahd a $1000 chip with the set. We have a regular 20 person tourney game and play with 25, 100, 500 and 1000. |
Thanks for liking the design! We may have a run of 1000s next time that design goes into production, But i don't know when that will be.
Posted Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:22 pm GMT by PaulsonChips
HeyHELO,
How's the quality on these New Desperado Clays?
Are many of the centers off?
(and I still gotta get in contact w you about the art job I got for you  )
Posted Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:26 pm GMT by HELO
Lwebber has them at the www.cardroomsupply.com warehouse (in Iowa). When I get my set in the mail, Ill let you know, - from what he told me they are very nice.
Posted Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:17 pm GMT by JHile31
| HELO wrote: | | Lwebber has them at the www.cardroomsupply.com warehouse (in Iowa). When I get my set in the mail, Ill let you know, - from what he told me they are very nice. |
ever get those HELO?
Id like to see your personal pics and hear what you think about the feel, quality...is it the same as other shells or not?
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