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Festive's Fun, Finds, & Fotos (2 Viewers)

Some new additions in the last few weeks so a little nighttime photo of the RR BOH.

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Three or four of these that might not survive in the set forever but really happy with this group.
 
Rat Rod updates

Having these in play for a few sessions now has taught me that I really like the set, but at low lighting the red $5s and green $25s are too hard for me to tell apart when all the chips have different spots. So I’m switching to yellow $5s. I know this is going to be quite the journey but I’m prepared…. Expect a post from me soon looking to start trading off my hundreds of red $5s.

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At the same time, I’m also looking to cut down on color variation on the $1s. Here’s a shot that shows some of this (albeit in bad lighting). Barrel in the middle is bright white (?) and perfect. Chips on the right are acceptable but not optimal. Chips on the left are a “no.” Beiges, dark greys, bluish greys, etc.

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After lots of research, I’m pretty confident that there aren’t, unique, bright white, Paulson THC, inlaid, real casino, $1 chips. To make it possible to minimize the color variation I’m now allowing myself hot stamps and Paulson-made house molds. This is necessary for accomplishing yellow $5s and will make $1s a lot easier. The goal will still be only one of each chip but we’ll see.
 
Since you use a lot more $5s, Wouldn’t it be easier to keep the red $5s and figure something else out for the $25s?
I don’t know much about yellow $5s, except that they’re really expensive. And I suspect there are far fewer yellow $5s than reds out there.
 
upNdown said:
Since you use a lot more $5s, Wouldn’t it be easier to keep the red $5s and figure something else out for the $25s?
I don’t know much about yellow $5s, except that they’re really expensive. And I suspect there are far fewer yellow $5s than reds out there.
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I think there’s even less $25s alternatives. What other color of $25s can you get 60-80 unique of?

I also just don’t like red as a base chip color much. This will be a challenge but as other sets come together I don’t mind hamstringing this one a bit. Not in a rush to get rid of the reds but if they can trade for yellows or rare whites then I’ll do it.
 
I guess if time is no issue then go for it; have fun rebuilding it. I certainly appreciate hate the chase.
It just reminded me of the Foxwoods THC set that I built - I knew it would take me years to build a second rack of fives, and I just couldn’t bear having so much money tied up in a set that I couldn’t use.
 
upNdown said:
I guess if time is no issue then go for it; have fun rebuilding it. I certainly appreciate hate the chase.
It just reminded me of the Foxwoods THC set that I built - I knew it would take me years to build a second rack of fives, and I just couldn’t bear having so much money tied up in a set that I couldn’t use.
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My games are mostly 10¢/10¢, we’re only now talking about occasionally doing 25¢/25¢ so sometimes I can even make do with almost no $5s if I want to flood the table with $1s. Yes this makes it even more silly to make a change around the $25s but I like them and I don’t like the reds.

Many of my friends are still in school but I see the stakes growing pretty quick the next few years based on what I know of my fiends’ incomes and career trajectories. This is all to say, I don’t mind having em today and it’ll be great if I can get them together in the next couple of years.

Your set is awesome, I put a bunch of work into my MT set hunting down the chips but I was able to brute force that a bunch WW style. This will take learning and hunting. Projects are good!
 
Since getting a shuffle stack of ASM E&C Maho Reef chips back in August when @David Spragg did the Archives sales I’ve been absolutely obsessed. I think at this point I’ve extensively handled basically every type of chip there is and these are by far my favorite I’ve ever shuffled and they have this high pitched clink I love.

Soooo, I just bought all the remaining E&C chips that he had at least a barrel of and I’m now trying to figure out what to do with them.

Some pr0n. I will take much better pictures in the future when these are turned into something playable.

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The first goal is to sort a tournament set out of all this. I have three keeper cash sets that will cover all the stakes I need for the foreseeable future except for a limit set but these aren’t conducive to that.

I’m not particular about the tournament needs as my group only plays maybe 2 or 3 tournaments a year. As such, my thought is to follow this @BGinGA recommendation but double it so that can cover up to 20 people or be super deep stack for future flexibility.

So that would be:
240 x T25
240 x T100
100 x T500
150 x T1000 (includes 15x for T25 and t100 color-ups)
70 x T5000

I’ve started to think about this direction for the first 4 denoms:

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This obviously doesn’t work because there’s not enough for the Cartagena 10k but it’s the start of a musing.

For now, my thought would be to design a tournament label that is a direct tribute of the Maho Reef cash inlays here.

This will then also leave me with a bunch of other chips and the next question will be what to make of those.

In the meantime, I’m also snatching up other similar era E&C I see online to add to the options.

Much more to come but would love any ideas. Will post detailed quantities here in a bit
 
Quantities-wise this gets close and still has a certain spot progression spirit that feels pleasant

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Clearly any semblance of traditional colors is out the window with this
 
Working through these Johnny’s Cardroom chips ever so slowly. Takes a ton of elbow grease.

3 uncleaned barrels, 1 cleaned unoiled, 1 cleaned and oiled.

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Color variation is what it is. That doesn’t bother me knowing how sad a state these got to. I may work on the warping at some point but that’s not something I’ve ever done

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Love where you are taking this! Yellow $5s are just the nuts :love:

I know that you will take good care of it but,
if you ever feel like the arc yellow Palomar $5 doesn’t quite fit in… Call me ;)
 
Mr_Y3RAC said:
Love where you are taking this! Yellow $5s are just the nuts :love:

I know that you will take good care of it but,
if you ever feel like the arc yellow Palomar $5 doesn’t quite fit in… Call me ;)
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The intention is that most of these never have to see the darkness of a bubble mailer ever again but I’ll try and keep you in mind. I know there are folks who hunt a bunch of these
 
MAJOR RAT ROD UPDATE!!!!

inc long Festive Folio….

Thanks to the wonderful wonderful work of @Gear, I’ve taken a really big step forward with the rat rod set.

Since the beginning, I’ve known fracs were going to be a problem. There’s nowhere near enough fracs for the stakes I want to use this set for to use all unique chips and they’re quite expensive.

Fortunately, a misunderstanding while describing a much worse idea to @Wifey led to the concept of doing a variety of labels replicating existing chips in the set to make mixed racks that have the feel of rat rod set.

And thus, these were born:

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Chris did an absolutely fantastic job creating nickel and quarter labels replicating 10 inlays I selected from the rat rod set.

Of course also much thanks to the mill man @Josh Kifer and @Nanook who murdered some of the blazes.

I think the results speak for themself in the pr0n below but I couldn’t be happier. It has the feel of RR with a mix of inlays in play and I think it’s a fun selection of eras, origins, and aesthetics.

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Look at that happy family! More whites and yellows are an endless project but this will mostly be for 5¢/5¢ and 10¢/10¢ so this is more than enough. Bank of almost $1,000 and a bit over $400 without the $25s.

As you can see I’m also continuing to widen the chips that can be included as I focus on having the most consistent base color possible. This reflects a shift in priority from when I first allowed for a wide range of base colors but only wanted inlaid THC chips used in casinos to now only wanting only white chips but allowing basically any 39mm Paulson $1 be it households, hot stamps etc.

Some splash pots:

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Look at those radioactive blaze solids.

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Lastly, a funny thing to note. Because of my decision to change from red to yellow $5s and to eliminate a whole bunch of $1s I had, several of the chips replicated in these fracs are now no longer actually in the set. Just a silly artifact of the constantly changing mind of a chipper. I don’t mind :)
 
Minor RR update. This set continues to see a lot of use in my home games and is a big favorite among my group. It also continues to get updates. Still pursuing 200 unique $1s and 80 unique $5s (if that’s even possible). $5s have seen a lot of progress including from a large transaction recently. Up to 41 unique $5-denominated yellow THC chips. Some need some cleaning. Two are terrible condition and need replacing.

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Honestly…

I think what you’re doing with color variations reduction is key. It was my “ah-ha” moment a long time ago halfway through my set.

Base color MUST be the same, otherwise it doesn’t marry well enough. It requires a much more dialed in approach, but it’s sooo worth it once they all flow together.
 
louBdub said:
Honestly…

I think what you’re doing with color variations reduction is key. It was my “ah-ha” moment a long time ago halfway through my set.

Base color MUST be the same, otherwise it doesn’t marry well enough. It requires a much more dialed in approach, but it’s sooo worth it once they all flow together.
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Though in a way that frustrates me, it also requires a bit of a less dialed in approach because quantity is just not possible while being strict about base color without giving up on things like house molds, NCV, HS, etc.
 
FestiveKnight said:
Though in a way that frustrates me, it also requires a bit of a less dialed in approach because quantity is just not possible while being strict about base color without giving up on things like house molds, NCV, HS, etc.
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However you wanna look at it…. One thing is certain.

It’s pretty
 
Haven't been able to take photos but I am absolutely in love with my custom CPC Money Tree's and I have found heaven. That has a lot of implications for my chipping. I have loved this hobby the last few years but I am more and more interested in the playing and hosting than the chips and a lot of other things in life are drawing my attention.

I will forever keep the Money Trees. I have a thing for HU sets so I plan to keep a mix of racks of interesting molds and old school stuff in that format. I am designing the Taylor Swift set for my wife. And that will be it! Everything else to new homes.

Rat Rod is on the way out. After 2 years:

20 unique green $25s
44 unique yellow $5s
172 unique white $1s

At some point I started including housemold, hot stamped, non-casino, and NCV chips to try and get to 200/80/20 but never made it there. The white $1s are a special set of chips. Building on the incredible work of @Gavin who sold me many of these to get me started, I accumulated 137 unique THC, white, inlaid Casino $1. From the ChipGuide I know there are some I am missing but I don't think it is more than 5, certainly not more than 10 I don't think.

Anyhoo, many thanks to @FDLmold who of course inspired all of us rat rodders. @calfdemon and @louBdub it was great watching your sets grow at the same time.

A final shot:
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