Over and over... same old thing... I spent last weekend in a tight basement full of Tigers. Yes I own a set, yes I got part of it for a discount... great chips! But they are never going to be old school heavy awesoness!
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@DuckPlug statement above of "why are those that have many trying to trade them for real chips" the real truth is these "new chips" don't even hold a candle to old school leaded patties. I am in refrence to the chip composition itself. These new Paulsons are not very durable, much softer that old school formulas. Man you get some old school 30 year old paulsons in great shape and 10 years from now with occasional home game usage... they are still going to be in amazing shape. Go ahead and drop one of these new formal chips on the floor.... play 3 games with mint Indiana Grand chips... flea bites, dents and marks. Man I got those 2 racks of Hollywood Fracs RHC stamps a couple months ago and even looking at them, they will almost get flea bites.
Then you get into weight... the Tiger T25s are like 8.2 grams and the T100s are 10 grams... you absolutely can feel the difference between the barrels. Warpage is pretty bad right out of the box on the brand new chips... I guess the old statement of "they just don't make them like they used to!" Has never rang more true for me.
I love my set of Tigers... mostly because I wanted a Hot Stamp tourney set of THCs... but quality control comparisons to the MANY old school racks of Leaded THC hot stamped fracs I own... it's not even close! These new chips are indeed driven by hype and bright colors, but the quality of the product is simply not the same.... has nothing to do with those that get the buys through again because I see the same quality in the Indiana Grands I'm guessing which were made in 2019 since the casino opened in 2020. But it's not like casinos are buying a better grade chip. There are many threads about casinos going for cheaper plastic chips these days... but something that hasn't been mentioned... is it possible that GPIs quality going down hill also a contributing factor? If they are paying for new "top notch" chips that are in constant play vs my little home game set up and seeing the quality is far less than those made years ago. Maybe this could also be a serious deciding factor of the chipping frontier moving forward?
Even on the CPC front... many people complaining about QC issues and lack of consistency between chips. I played a set of CPCs last weekend that had over a 1/2 chip thickness difference between 2 barrels of identical chips. End of the world? No... but also paying what $3 plus for typical spot patterns now. The buyers are expecting a decent product.
Sure "hand made" in general comes with a level of non consistent behavior to be expected.... but all the while Tina is kicking out chips at $.50 each and very very few consistency issues.
In this world of "get the product out as fast as you can and try to turn a profit!" The more and more QC issues are going to occur, all while chip prices continue to increase... I mean absolutely we all want to get Paulson chips at the selling price... that's a no brainer and all of us would say yes if asked to be included at those prices. I guess my real question here is... how much over that cost are these "new chips" really worth over that cost? I guess time will tell.
The truth will always come out... a perfect example would be those Kings Crown Scrown TRKs. Anyone that owned them knows the inconsistencies in thickness to the point that many TRK owners are not interested in owning them at any price and compared to other Scrown TRKs the value has stayed consistently lower for many years now. Call them "poor man TRKs" or whatever you like, once the word is out... it's out! Just like the cards molds that many poured tons of money into, I warned folks that with continual use that they eventually become very slippery and spin like crazy! People started trying to fact check me, wanted "my proof!" Well fuck it! If you don't wanna take someone that owns about every make of chip out there's opinion... figure it out on your own! I really don't care... but I won't be buying anymore of them!
I guess in the coming years those that actually play the new chips and don't just sit them on the shelf, take a picture and then run back to the forums and say "look what I have! I'm cool now right??" To the rest of us that don't have chips that don't see table time... we will see how these things are holding up.
I will say from what I have seen from these new chips... yes they are bright, yes everyone loves them and wants them in play. But for me... I would much rather felt an old leaded set 3 times than the newer chips once! Those old chips will be exactly the same when I put them away. As soon as you play the new chips one time... they already have evidence of play.
A wise chipper once told me "only invest in lead or you are making a bad investment!" and while I enjoy my collection covering many different types and manufacturers of chips... from the "investment" part of that... I think he was pretty spot on!
The non bearded, Black Beard!
TL/DR... well stop acting like you're THAT busy whilst surfing internet forums and just read the damn thing!
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