Final Tina Mold Poll- 2023 (THC Sized inlay) (1 Viewer)

[chipinla]

I vote “E”, by a mile.

@justincarothers , when you say the mold would be “exclusive”, I’m assuming you mean to orders placed by members of PCF.

How confident can we be that this mold doesn’t show up in Tina’s online catalog for everybody else in the world to order?

Just looking at their track record where actual PCF member-designed chips are now out there.

Live look at Tina right after she says she will keep something exclusive.

 

[Jawnie]

Obviously a super quick n dirty mockup. but i reckon people here could come up with a more creative generic suits mold.

 

[chippitydoodah]

Obviously a super quick n dirty mockup. but i reckon people here could come up with a more creative generic suits mold.

Ouch. You hurt my retinas

 

[Jawnie]

Ouch. You hurt my retinas

your right. Smashed that out in the equivalent of MS publisher with very little care taken lol.
In my head just the black outlines are recessed and would look ok but tryin to draw it..... yuk

 

[chipinla]

Obviously a super quick n dirty mockup. but i reckon people here could come up with a more creative generic suits mold.

 

[ChipperMarten]

Obviously a super quick n dirty mockup. but i reckon people here could come up with a more creative generic suits mold.

Not my favorite but doesn't mean it's not a cool concept!

 

[exodus]

I like the way B looks because it’s feels familiar but I can understand why D is better.

 

[allforcharity]

Live look at Tina right after she says she will keep something exclusive.
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Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me two, three, four times....

 

[bsouthard]

I actually prefer A to B for what it's worth.

 

[Himewad]

This new mold will be exclusive. The size of the inlay will be approximately the same as a THC chip. Please vote for your favorites and leave any comments you have! Thanks!

Are these a hybrid mold, then, since you are calling it an inlay?

I told Tina a LONG time ago that they needed to consider some other molds. Nice to see it finally happening. Option E was one of the versions I told her about, which is what I voted for.

 

[justincarothers]

Are these a hybrid mold, then, since you are calling it an inlay?

I told Tina a LONG time ago that they needed to consider some other molds. Nice to see it finally happening. Option E was one of the versions I told her about, which is what I voted for.

This particular mold will be just like cards mold not hybrid

 

[ramo_and]

This particular mold will be just like cards mold not hybrid

Why not make it a textured hybrid like the RHC? Seems like a missed opportunity not to address current issues with cards mold, even though they aren't major.

 

[SeanGecko]

Why not make it a textured hybrid like the RHC? Seems like a missed opportunity not to address current issues with cards mold, even though they aren't major.

Cost.
Hybrids cost more. Chip plus sticker.
That's a reason.

 

[ramo_and]

Cost.
Hybrids cost more. Chip plus sticker.
That's a reason.

That's true. I would, however, pay a bit more to get rid of spinners and better looks with the sticker. Still way cheaper than CPC for exemple.

Edit: If they can solve the spinner issue without hybrid, that would be good as well of course.

Edit 2: I meant sticker, not inlay.

 

[Himewad]

Cost.
Hybrids cost more. Chip plus sticker.
That's a reason.

Hybrids cost me about 41 cents shipped to my door.

 

[allforcharity]

Are these a hybrid mold, then, since you are calling it an inlay?

Even if it is a hybrid, it would still not have an inlay, since a true inlay is depressed into the body of a chip during the manufacturing process, and really only applies to compression clays.

Stickers/decals are applied after the body of the chip has been cast/formed.
 

 

[chipinla]

Even if it is a hybrid, it would still not have an inlay, since a true inlay is depressed into the body of a chip during the manufacturing process, and really only applies to compression clays.

Stickers/decals are applied after the body of the chip has been cast/formed.
 

Here we go… again. And again

 

[harrysallout]

Hybrids cost me about 41 cents shipped to my door.

Did that include “stickers”?

 

[Himewad]

Did that include “stickers”?

Yes. It was part of an order for 17000+ chips, though. So we got a discounted price.

 

[Himewad]

Even if it is a hybrid, it would still not have an inlay, since a true inlay is depressed into the body of a chip during the manufacturing process, and really only applies to compression clays.

Stickers/decals are applied after the body of the chip has been cast/formed.
 

Yes, I understand. But I haven’t ever heard someone call a standard ceramic print an inlay. Which is why I asked the question. A sticker is more of an “inlay” than a standard ceramic print IMO.

 

[BGinGA]

Yes, I understand. But I haven’t ever heard someone call a standard ceramic print an inlay. Which is why I asked the question. A sticker is more of an “inlay” than a standard ceramic print IMO.

Card mold ceramics have a faux-inlay printed directly on the chip's center area. Can also be used on no-mold ceramics (although the center area on no-molds is not defined by debossed mold markings).

Hybrid ceramics have a recessed center area containing a separate printed adhesive-backed label/sticker. Some hybrid designs also contain debossed outer ring mold markings.

 

[MrRossKeys]

On the whole "hybrid" Tina option, I recently ordered 39mm no-mold chips with no printed inlay or sticker from Tina and had @dickthebaker do the labels. 105 chips + 210 separate labels came out way cheaper (~$40 for the labels) than doing 105 hybrid chips with labels from Tina ($150 setup fee for the labels regardless of number of chips ordered).

I don't see why we couldn't ask Tina to create a textured "hybrid" chip (with or without the labels) to include the mold as well (I voted E, or B 2nd choice). That would be the best of all worlds in my opinion. I would have gotten a mold with labels if Tina offered it.

 

[Himewad]

Card mold ceramics have a faux-inlay printed directly on the chip's center area. Can also be used on no-mold ceramics (although the center area on no-molds is not defined by debossed mold markings).

Hybrid ceramics have a recessed center area containing a separate printed adhesive-backed label/sticker. Some hybrid designs also contain debossed outer ring mold markings.

Yes, I know the difference between a full ceramic and a hybrid with a sticker and a true inlay. But, again, I hadn’t ever heard someone call a standard ceramic print an inlay. Which is why I asked the question. I know you are trying to get people to use the proper terminology around here 100% of the time. But sometimes I think it's OK to let people call a sticker an inlay when dealing with ceramic chips. Because a ceramic can't actually have a true inlay, while a clay chip can. If it's with regard to clay chips, fine, bring down the terminology hammer.

 

[chippitydoodah]

Did anybody else reading this also roll their eyes up so far that it hurt?

 

[Himewad]

On the whole "hybrid" Tina option, I recently ordered 39mm no-mold chips with no printed inlay or sticker from Tina and had @dickthebaker do the labels. 105 chips + 210 separate labels came out way cheaper (~$40 for the labels) than doing 105 hybrid chips with labels from Tina ($150 setup fee for the labels regardless of number of chips ordered).

I don't see why we couldn't ask Tina to create a textured "hybrid" chip (with or without the labels) to include the mold as well (I voted E, or B 2nd choice). That would be the best of all worlds in my opinion. I would have gotten a mold with labels if Tina offered it.

For a small personal order, it's definitely cheaper to do the labels yourself.

For a group buy with (presumably) thousands of chips ordered, just let Tina handle it for the $150 setup fee.

 

[chipinla]

 

[SoupHQ]

Even if it is a hybrid, it would still not have an inlay, since a true inlay is depressed into the body of a chip during the manufacturing process, and really only applies to compression clays.

Stickers/decals are applied after the body of the chip has been cast/formed.
 

A Sticker in an embedded "hole" is called an inlay.

Show me something that says otherwise and I will never call it Inlay.

 

[chippitydoodah]

Stick yer sticker in the sticker hole

 

[Himewad]

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[allforcharity]

A Sticker in an embedded "hole" is called an inlay.

Show me something that says otherwise and I will never call it Inlay.

This is the terminology we prefer to use on PCF because it defines the providence of the chip manufacturing process and material. There are many ways to embed something into something else. We like to be specific because it also allows us to separate original chip from modified chips.

An inlay (to us) will always mean an unmodified compression clay chip (that is not a hot stamp).

A sticker/decal could mean a variety of things:
1) an original label on any injection molded plastic chip, or a ceramic body chip, that has a recess
2) a replacement label on any injection molded plastic chip, or a ceramic body chip, that has a recess
3) a replacement label on any compression clay chip that is applied on top of an original label or hot stamp
4) a replacement label on any compression clay chip that is applied after removal of the original inlay or hot stamp (such as by milling)

If you think this terminology is irrelevant, then I have some news for you. In the modern era, chips aren't actually made of clay or ceramic, yet we still use these terms to separate these different classes of chips. Not different from how we separate inlays from stickers/decals.