Emerald Bay Club (4 Viewers)

[pltrgyst]

....I’m working late draining a scrotal abscess.

When life hands you a scrotal abscess, play Scrotum!

 

[pltrgyst]

....The sharp edges of the chips are fantastic. Outside of the bright color choices, this was one of the main reasons for getting these chips....

This. The sharp edges are just oustanding!

 

[Darson]

Colour comparison with the WPS set

 

[Francis]

Came home to these. Can’t wait to play with them

 

[Perthmike]

Colour comparison with the WPS set
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In that photo the horseshoe yellow looks brighter. Is that the case in person

 

[Francis]

Splash pot

 

[mike32]

Bill may have been first to get his in play? I got to play with these last night and overall I like them. There is a nice dull thud when they collide and the colors are very nice and easy to distinguish in pots and stacks. I did not like the slipperiness, players were having stacks slide apart all evening. Also shuffling these chips is not that fun for some reason. I really liked the orange sample chip Bill had, any set I would buy would contain this chip. Overall 6.5/10 for me.
Edit-When I read my own review it makes me think I sound like a know it all chip expert. Hopefully I did not overstep my bounds as I don’t even own these. They certainly are nice and good job by all putting together a cool group buy!

 

[Perthmike]

Bill may have been first to get his in play? I got to play with these last night and overall I like them. There is a nice dull thud when they collide and the colors are very nice and easy to distinguish in pots and stacks. I did not like the slipperiness, players were having stacks slide apart all evening. Also shuffling these chips is not that fun for some reason. I really liked the orange sample chip Bill had, any set I would buy would contain this chip. Overall 6.5/10 for me.

Surely not more slippery than bud Jones?

 

[mike32]

Surely not more slippery than bud Jones?

My Bud Jones are so unslippery the stick together haha! (Sucktion) sic

 

[Darson]

In that photo the horseshoe yellow looks brighter. Is that the case in person

I wouldn’t say brighter, the HS is a more saturated yellow - richer. You only notice this when they’re side by side.

 

[Perthmike]

I wouldn’t say brighter, the HS is a more saturated yellow - richer. You only notice this when they’re side by side.

And are the emerald bays more slippery than the horseshoes?

 

[Pinball]

small colour changes are because matsui has two different material (standard and ABS) Emerald Bay ist ABS

 

[Highli99]

I find them to be softer than the Horseshoes which makes them less slippery. I’m putting mine in play tonight so some more opinions may be forthcoming.

 

[Darson]

And are the emerald bays more slippery than the horseshoes?

Not sure - I’ll have a play but really need to get them in a game to truly get a feel for them

 

[detroitdad]

1700 hit the felt last night.

 

[liftapint]

They look good on your table, Bill

 

[Saoliver]

And are the emerald bays more slippery than the horseshoes?

I feel that the Emerald Bay are slightly more slippery, but it may only be because my Horseshoe’s have seen play a few times and picked up a little dirt. I don’t know.

 

[detroitdad]

Family is in town. I only have time for a quickie.

I really like these chips. After getting 500+ in play last night I feel like can comment a little better on them. My review isn't going to change much from what I wrote up when I first received them.

Colors: 5 out of 5

The yellow 5 was my baby. I built my set around that. I intentionally when with colors that I thought would look great on my sunset table. I think I chose correctly. They look phenomenal on my felt. The green frac has become my favorite. I think it works great with the blue one and the yellow five.

Sound: 2.5 out of 5

As @WedgeRock posted in the home game pics thread. The sound is a dull thunk. It's not horrible. I definitely prefer the clay chip sound.

Feel: 3.5 out of 5

I love, love, love the sharp edges. Outside of the colors, this is my next favorite thing about these chips. I also like the way the actual chips feel. The hybrids felt "cheap" to me. These don't.

Inlay: 5 out of 5

I think @liftapint nailed this. My input was minimum on the actual inlay. I was more focused on the colors and edge spot progression. Well done Mel!!!

Negatives:

Outside of the sound of the chips. I would to say their slipperiness is my biggest detractor. Its not bad enough that the chips have to go. As @mike32 stated, we were routinely knocking our own stacks over. It didn't take much to knock a barrel of chips over. Maybe if we had less chips on the table it would be improved. However, that isn't going to happen lol.

Overall I really like these. I don't think I need 1500+ of them. In the next week or so I will probably be selling 100 x pink frac, 200 x yellow 5, 80 x purple 25, 20 x white 100. I will not be splitting this up. I don't want to deal with shipping multiple boxes. Plus, 400 chips will fit perfectly in a medium flat rate box.

I'll probably post them next week sometime when things slow down for me.

 

[WedgeRock]

Overall I really like these.

I think I share most of Bill's comments. The colors are amazing. The inlay is subtle and understated, beautiful in it's simplicity. The sound is different, but not bad. They feel softer than other plastics, which you think would translate to rubbery and grippy, but they are a bit slippery -- not terrible, but the slipperiness is noticable when shuffling. In a casino, I think they'd break in... for home use, I don't know they'll change much. I prefer more if a beveled edge, and these are square. Not bad, just different. Square edges may be the only thing Bill and I disagree on...and I think I'm in the minority on that issue.

I don't think I need 1500+ of them. In the next week or so I will probably be selling 100 x pink frac, 200 x yellow 5, 80 x purple 25, 20 x white 100. I will not be splitting this up. I don't want to deal with shipping multiple boxes. Plus, 400 chips will fit perfectly in a medium flat rate box.

Pre-stumping for this sale, the pinks look amazing in person...they glow! Looks like you'll need to source some $1s, tho.

Plus, 400 chips will fit perfectly in a medium flat rate box.

I've shipped 400 chips for $8 via domestic priority mail using @uclaure's brick of nose candy method...

 

[WedgeRock]

One other MAJOR criticism of these chips... When you put them in play until 12:30 a.m. on a Thursday night, work the next day sucks.

 

[liftapint]

For the record...I don't love the inlay. Maybe it's my old eyes, but the image in the background looks blurry to me. And the black lettering on grey image didn't translate well to the smaller format.

That said, the purpose of these chips was to get some bright colored chips that could be mixed and matched to suit people's color preferences -- lots of bright color chips. I think we nailed the primary goal. Yeah, I wish it had a different inlay. But I do like that the inlay is pretty innocuous, allowing the chip colors to be the star of the show. So...even though I don't like the inlays at all...the inlays I can live with because I am blinded by the colors

 

[detroitdad]

For the record...I don't love the inlay. Maybe it's my old eyes, but the image in the background looks blurry to me. And the black lettering on grey image didn't translate well to the smaller format.

That said, the purpose of these chips was to get some bright colored chips that could be mixed and matched to suit people's color preferences -- lots of bright color chips. I think we nailed the primary goal. Yeah, I wish it had a different inlay. But I do like that the inlay is pretty innocuous, allowing the chip colors to be the star of the show. So...even though I don't like the inlays at all...the inlays I can live with because I am blinded by the colors

I really like the Inlay. I think it compliments the chips perfectly.

 

[liftapint]

Also, anyone else thinking of designing a set of Matsui -- get samples of both these and the Horseshoe tourney chips. I think they have a different feel, with the Emerald Bay being "softer", and sound different, because they are made out of different plastic. The Emerald Bay uses the ABS plastic, because it offered the neon bright color choices (resulting in that spectacular $5, and some blinding fracs). The Horseshoes uses the Nylon plastic. I don't know if those names refer to the name of the plastic, I just know that when I ordered color samples, that is how they referred to the two different color kits (ABS and Nylon).

I prefer the feel of the Nylon, but I wouldn't make a different choice if I had it to do all over again -- those ORANGE FIVES!!!

 

[liftapint]

By the way -- I have a color sample set of both the ABS and Nylon colors, if someone wants to buy them. Please PM me for additional details about the color samples I have.

 

[Darson]

I'm with Mel - I don't love the inlay but it's innocuous and disappears since it's not loud. Keeps the chips themselves center stage which is why we bought them in the first place.

 

[liftapint]

This thread needs more pr0n!! Let’s see ‘em!

 

[detroitdad]

 

[Forty4]

By the way -- I have a color sample set of both the ABS and Nylon colors, if someone wants to buy them. Please PM me for additional details about the color samples I have.

Willing to split? I already have the Nylon

 

[albatros63]

Awesome job and chips, thanks @liftapint
(Natural light vs flashlight)

 

[liftapint]

I'm so happy that so many people chose the green fracs. I love them so much