For Sale ASM Rounders Roman Mold Chip set - 1000 chips - KGB (1 Viewer)

[photojake]

Selling my ASM Roman Mold Rounders Chips. This set is a combination of 3 or 4 different individual sets I purchased.

There are 2 different inlays (see picture). Other then that, these are exactly the same chip and are all in excellent condition (near mint).

Will not split. Chips only (no case or racks). Selling to Con USA.

They have not been oiled and some have never been in play.

Dibs Sale

Here are the breakdown.

No Denom / Fracs - 175
$1 - 214
$5 - 135
$25 - 201
$100 - 137
$500 - 92
$1,000 - 25
$5,000 - 21


Price: $4,000 plus shipping. PayPal FF

 

[RocAFella1]

 

[Pinkdan]

 

[Highli99]

Wowsie

 

[BNM]

Impressive! More photos, please.

 

[TheDuke]

@Chiphuntr

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

Well....I just want to cry right about now. Fricken awesome set!!!

GLWS!

 

[Pinkdan]

How does Roman mold compare to the other molds with the feel?

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

Well....I just want to cry right about now. Fricken awesome set!!!

GLWS!

Just crying because I'm broke as crap...LOL!!

 

[photojake]

Impressive! More photos, please.

Here are some more photos (not everything in these photos are included…I have real movie prop chips and they are not included in this sale).

 

[photojake]

How does Roman mold compare to the other molds with the feel?

It is hard to say. The real appeal is they are more accurate to what the real movie props looked and felt like (they were made with a mold that no longer exists so they are much rarer then the current ones available).

 

[BNM]

I love the look of the Roman mold and wanted to use it. But the sound is much lighter and klinkier than other molds.

 

[Chiphuntr]

How does Roman mold compare to the other molds with the feel?

I don’t think you’ll like the feel…

 

[Chiphuntr]

@Chiphuntr

Thanks for the heads up John, way more than I need, considering I only need 1 color.

 

[Chiphuntr]

If anyone buys this, I’d be more than happy to buy the NCV.

 

[Chiphuntr]

I don’t think you’ll like the feel…

Actually you might like all of them, except those greyish non denoms.

 

[Felt_Lizard]

(Takes off hat, presses hat to chest, looks down, closes eyes)

Roman mold ... You are sorely missed....

 

[lewan]

Someone dibs so i can send the pay that man his money gif

 

[Felt_Lizard]

"Phey heem. Phey dat may-n hees munhey...."

 

[Felt_Lizard]

He beet me....strayt up....

 

[davislane]

@Ocharacato

 

[Vince Bustillo]

Really wish they would make these dies again!

 

[Chiphuntr]

Really wish they would make these dies again!

My limited understanding is that it would cost too much to make new ones. I’m not sure what that means really, $10000, $100000? Maybe there isn’t enough profit margin in the chip business. It really interest me though. There are others here who know much more than me.
Yes I agree, I love that mold.

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

How does Roman mold compare to the other molds with the feel?

It is hard to say. The real appeal is they are more accurate to what the real movie props looked and felt like (they were made with a mold that no longer exists so they are much rarer then the current ones available).

I just pulled some out this morning, and the ones I have feel comparable to the scrown CPC mold, with respect to weight and feel, but are WAY cooler IMHO. Weight was pretty good on most, 9+ grams, with the black with green edge spots coming in at 8.6 grams. Keep in mind that mine are blanks, so might differ a bit.

I might need to cancel my Vegas trip to buy these.

 

[photojake]

I just pulled some out this morning, and the ones I have feel comparable to the scrown CPC mold, with respect to weight and feel, but are WAY cooler IMHO. Weight was pretty good on most, 9+ grams, with the black with green edge spots coming in at 8.6 grams. Keep in mind that mine are blanks, so might differ a bit.

I might need to cancel my Vegas trip to buy these.

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Treat yourself . You know you want these chips.

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

Treat yourself . You know you want these chips.

Well, if they're still sitting here on Monday, which I doubt, we just might see. Maybe I can win enough this weekend to at least cover half.

 

[RivieraDanny]

My limited understanding is that it would cost too much to make new ones. I’m not sure what that means really, $10000, $100000? Maybe there isn’t enough profit margin in the chip business. It really interest me though. There are others here who know much more than me.
Yes I agree, I love that mold.

I want to say that David told me $45,000 at some point! Sounds like a group buy opportunity!!

 

[Chiphuntr]

I want to say that David told me $45,000 at some point! Sounds like a group buy opportunity!!

I guess I really don’t know what chip sales, volumes or profit margins are like, but that doesn’t seem outrageously expensive. Maybe it’s just me. Maybe group buy could work.

 

[RivieraDanny]

I only vaguely think I remember that figure. It may be 80k. Lol. 50%+\- margin of error!!! Lol

 

[CrazyEddie]

Posts where David Spragg has written about the likely costs required to remake the Roman mold:

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/cpc-general-discussion-thread.3879/page-2#post-16077

I own it but the cost of making another is $25,000 ++

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/rounders-chesterfield.50906/page-2#post-959661

One of the issues is that there are no companies still in existence with the tooling to produce a mold.
Some more recent enquiries indicated the cost could be 2-3 times what we first thought. Just not feasible.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/rounders-chesterfield.50906/page-2#post-960662

EVERY cup in the mold has completely worn out and the centers have collapsed. The hob and master dies don't exist anymore.
I repeat it is TOTALLY UNFEASIBLE. To recreate from scratch, in hardened machine steel, even if you could find a manufacturer, you are talking $60k and up + the extra $15k worth of stuff that has to go with the cups to make a mold. Then the weeks of lost factory time setting it up and testing it, maybe another $20k cost.
This is hardened machine steel, not something that can be cast or CNC cut. Nothing else will withstand the temperature and pressure needed to extract every last micron of moisture out of the clay. (well maybe the stuff they build space rockets out of would)

You also have to remember we run at 100% capacity. Anything produced on a new mold is at the expense of another order on a different mold. To stand a chance of getting your money back the chips would have to be $20 each