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[MoscowRadio]

I personally prefer the top chips that say "card room" that don't have the pattern under the denomination.

 

[jbutler]

oh and no swirly thing.

 

[Psypher1000]

Card room yes, swirly no.

Red denoms for comparison?

 

[RichMahogany]

I prefer leaving cardroom on the label, without the swirly, and the previous $5 chip.

Not to be too much of a PITA, but can we haz red denom mock up?

 

[BGinGA]

Another vote for top set (no swirly) and the previous $5 chip color scheme. Is the artwork white or silver?

 

[Ben]

i prefer the previous $5. less white (i.e., keeping the 1/8" spot white) on the rolling edge makes more sense imo since the adjacent denom is a white chip.

i don't have a huge preference between including "card room" or not, but lean toward including it.

also, red denoms >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> white denoms imo.

^^^All of this (except I would lean toward dumping the "card room.")

Would also be nice to have a $20 label available for the yellows for those that want it.

^^And this. Also I would make the blue chip an NCV instead of $10 (does anybody actually ASK for $10 chips???)

 

[Psypher1000]

^^And this. Also I would make the blue chip an NCV instead of $10 (does anybody actually ASK for $10 chips???)

I do (because I like blue tens, and for no other reason than that) but I support having it available as an NCV as well.

 

[atomiktoaster]

Will you be ordering extra labels for people who want to mix and match? If so, a 5 cent, 10 cent, $20, $25000 and NCV would all be nice to have as options, assuming the labels are as cheap as rumor has it. Possibly even a $2 and $2.50, for limit games and black jack. You could just sell them as sheets of 100 to go with blanks.

 

[Forty4]

^^^All of this (except I would lean toward dumping the "card room.")



^^And this. Also I would make the blue chip an NCV instead of $10 (does anybody actually ASK for $10 chips???)

^^^All of what he said.

 

[KingZilla]

Losing the flourish under the denom was a good move (you're welcome). Changing denoms to either white or silver was also an improvement.
I think you're there to achieve maximum MASS APPEAL. If you market these on your site or even eBay, I'd leave "CARD ROOM" on the chips. I think it would have more appeal to the "uninitiated" chip buyers. After all, they ARE poker chips.
The set is looking great!

 

[72o]

...Changing denoms to either white or silver was also an improvement...

We WERE friends until this comment.

 

[Ben]

I think you're there to achieve maximum MASS APPEAL. If you market these on your site or even eBay, I'd leave "CARD ROOM" on the chips. I think it would have more appeal to the "uninitiated" chip buyers.

I would go the other way and say that the average Joe who slaps a topper on his kitchen table once a month to play some cards with a few buddies and is looking for a decent but still budget-oriented upgrade to his dice chips might feel and look (or at least perceive that he looks) a bit dweebish with his chips touting a "card room." I would think that as generic as possible would be the better play from a mass-market standpoint.

Of course, Josh would probably know better than anyone else on the planet what the average Joe chip-buyer prefers and doesn't prefer. I'd be interested to know his take.

 

[72o]

Wait...putting "card room" or "poker room" is dweebish? All my sketches of my custom chips or table felt had some iteration of this on them. Now you got me thinking I'm not in with the cool crowd. :

 

[Ben]

Wait...putting "card room" or "poker room" is dweebish? All my sketches of my custom chips or table felt had some iteration of this on them. Now you got me thinking I'm not in with the cool crowd. :

-Not at all dweebish for anybody that actually has custom chips and/or table (or, really, anything at all reflective of an actual card room/game room - pinball machines, pool table, etc.)

-Slightly dweebish for somebody with a Walmart topper on his kitchen table.

 

[Mr Tree]

Wait...putting "card room" or "poker room" is dweebish? All my sketches of my custom chips or table felt had some iteration of this on them. Now you got me thinking I'm not in with the cool crowd. :

Then I'm a dweeb because EVERYTHING in my room says "libations and card room"

 

[Mental Nomad]

I am narrowing it down. I removed the little pattern under the denomination on the one set. I changed the black v's on the red chip to white. Let me know if we should include "Card Room". Which set do you like better?

I definitely prefer the removal of the flourish.
The label with "CARD ROOM" on it looks better balanced; without it, the label is top-heavy.
I think I like the like the look of the new $5 better - and I'm not worried about the extra white leading to dirty stacks, because the $1 has no red in it.
(On the silver labels, I prefer the old $5, with white sticks and black Vs, but on the black labels, I think black sticks and white Vs look better.)

On dweebiness: anyone stepping up from the Dice Chips level to these is trying to build towards a card room. If anything about the design is presumptuous, it's calling it "Majestic" in the first place. Clearly, it's just a name. We're fine.

I may be biased by having been to several Majestic Theaters and Majestic Theatres, many of which were not actually majestic... at any rate, I personally feel the CARD ROOM makes sure it's not implying chips from a theater!

 

[shaboo]

Red denoms, please.

Also, is there actually more demand for a 50c and a $10 chip than for a 5c chip?

 

[Mental Nomad]

EVERYTHING in my room says "libations and card room"

That settles it - keep "CARD ROOM" in there. Anything that makes the chip more like The Hitching Post makes it classier!

 

[atomiktoaster]

Then I'm a dweeb because EVERYTHING in my room says "libations and card room"

The Hitching Post is nicer than most casinos. "Card Room" only seems pretentious in a significantly more down market setting. I agree with Nomad though, in that dice chips are what you find there. These will be for people looking for bigger and better.

I think the Hitching Post could get away with "Resort and Casino" as the tagline without any scoffing.

The issue of craps tables is rare enough that I don't think it matters.

 

[Mr Tree]

That settles it - keep "CARD ROOM" in there. Anything that makes the chip more like The Hitching Post makes it classier!

 

[Psypher1000]

Red denoms, please.

Also, is there actually more demand for a 50c and a $10 chip than for a 5c chip?

I hadn't noticed that until you pointed it out...no 5c chip

 

[Mental Nomad]

Also, is there actually more demand for a 50c and a $10 chip than for a 5c chip?

It seems so.

Personally, I like to have a small set of 50c to use as small blinds in a $0.50/$1.00 NL - I leave the quarters in the box unless we're playing micro. (If we're playing $.25/$.50, I don't even break out the $.50s... the $1 becomes the workhorse.)

I don't play $5/$10 or $10/$20 limit, but I imagine the ten plays well in both, especially $10/$20.

 

[CdnBeerLover]

I hadn't noticed that until you pointed it out...no 5c chip

In my opinion, that's why an NCV is a good idea. Buy a rack of NCV's...in a 5c/10c game, they can be nickels. In a larger game (or if your stakes change over time), they can be $20 or a higher denomination. I am considering replacing my cash set next year, and if I do, the set will have an NCV for that reason.

 

[Apache]

The $.05 chip is not that great of a seller. The $10 sells surprisingly well. I could add a $.05 or NCV brown chip.

 

[CdnBeerLover]

I would suggest a yellow NCV, just to give it some distance from the red, unless the NCV also replaces the 5k at the top end. In that case, it makes sense to use brown.

 

[Psypher1000]

The $.05 chip is not that great of a seller. The $10 sells surprisingly well. I could add a $.05 or NCV brown chip.

Interesting data...thanks!

Two questions...

- Will there be separate factory labels and blanks available for purchase?

- Can/will you have $20 labels be printed by the factory even if they're not pre-labeled on a chip?

 

[KingZilla]

We WERE friends until this comment.

Red denoms, please.

Also, is there actually more demand for a 50c and a $10 chip than for a 5c chip?

You can get blanks and label them with the denom of your choice in RED. You could also then just do a whole custom design too.

 

[BGinGA]

...is there actually more demand for a 50c and a $10 chip than for a 5c chip?

Or for a 25K chip? I can actually see some folks buying 50c fracs, but a $10 chip seems pretty useless for nearly all sets.

I'm still undecided on including a currency sign or not. Seems the chip line would have more appeal without one... for international buyers, for tournament players, and for those that build multi-use sets (moving an imaginary decimal point around to suit the current stakes).

 

[Psypher1000]

Or for a 25K chip? I can actually see some folks buying 50c fracs, but a $10 chip seems pretty useless for nearly all sets.

I'm still undecided on including a currency sign or not. Seems the chip line would have more appeal without one... for international buyers, for tournament players, and for those that build multi-use sets (moving an imaginary decimal point around to suit the current stakes).

I totally see your point about possibly excluding currency symbols. My only concern would be .05/.10 games or other home games where nickles are used and a $5 chip would go to a big winner. At that point you have both chips in play unless you just kept on using $1s or an NCV/non-denom was present.

 

[BGinGA]

I'd also like to address the orange chip (currently designated as 50c). It is the only chip without significant contrasting spots, and really looks out of place in the line-up. Considering it's alternative use as a T1000, T5000, or T25000 (custom labels), I'd sure like to see either the V or I spot lightened up a tad like all of the other chips.