Mixed mold rat rod set: genius, madness, or both? (1 Viewer)

[demonnic]

I've been considering this ever since I joined the board. THC is nice and all, but I find there are a lot of other molds I honestly like more. I've got three sets, two ready to go and one I'm working on as a project, and all three are different molds. I really like that. And it just makes me want more. I picked up a rack of yellow roman mold solid samples because I really like that mold, and I think I may use it to start the mixed mold set. I don't have friends who play more than micro stakes for cash yet, so I think I'm gonna use the roman mold rack as a flexible frac. But I also figured I should seek the advice of the experts, so to speak. So right now what I'm thinking is:

frac : 1 rack yellow roman mold
$1 : 2 racks I kind of want to do mixed house molds for this. Been really enjoying the variety of house molds there are. Either Blue or White, but I think I prefer Blue. Need to see if there are enough house mold blue 1s to make sense though.
$5 : 2-3 racks of THC maybe? I don't dislike the mold, and I'd like to include it somewhere. Plus they're one of the easier molds to find, and $5s will be one of the ones I want more of. Red, since I've got the yellow for frac. But could perhaps do yellow + roman mold for these and do THC solids in a bright color for the fracs. But it would mean I'd need to find another rack or two of yellow roman mold chips.
$25 : I'm honestly not sure with this one. Would need at most a rack and could probably get by with a few barrels, I think the highest I'm likely to play with most of my current poker friends is $1/$2 realistically. Want to stick with green for the color. Chain or Wave mold maybe, but those haven't come up much. Perhaps a cpc/asm mold like DSQ/HHR/FDL?
$100: TRK small crown? Probably only need a barrel or two of these in the long run and they're not likely to get played often. Sticking with black for the color.

My current sets are a Dragonara LGK relabel project, an SGK set I'll use for STTs, and the Panda KGBs cash set in the hybrid web mold, so I don't think I want to use any of those for this mixed mold set. Within each denomination I don't think I am fussed about edge spots, origin, or anything else besides color and mold.

Is this doable? Am I crazy to even try? Will the poker gods smite me for my hubris?

Also, please make suggestions for color + mold for the denominations, especially if you've got chips you're willing to sell in that color and mold The only mold I can't be talked out of is the roman mold, that's getting used somewhere, even if I wind up using it for nickels and picking some other mold for $0.25/$0.50 frac.

I think this could be a lot of fun.

 

[ChipFinderSK]

I’m sure I’m in the minority, but I’m all about mixed mold sets. Do it bc you want to do it for yourself. Just don’t expect widespread acceptance here on PCF.

IMO though, you need to commit to the mixed mold; none of this half RHC/half THC nonsense. Each denom should be a different mold.

I’d avoid mixing manufacturers as well (BCC, Paulson, ASM/CPC). That’s just weird

 

[Natskule]

Blue House Mold $1s, Obviously some are easier to get than others.

 

[Huskerchipper]

 

[demonnic]

I’m sure I’m in the minority, but I’m all about mixed mold sets. Do it bc you want to do it for yourself. Just don’t expect widespread acceptance here on PCF.

IMO though, you need to commit to the mixed mold; none of this half RHC/half THC nonsense. Each denom should be a different mold.

I’d avoid mixing manufacturers as well (BCC, Paulson, ASM/CPC). That’s just weird

Yeah I definitely think each denom should be its own mold. And I'll accept circus sideshow curiosity, don't need widespread acceptance lol

If I'm going to mix molds, why not mix manufacturers as well? I mean, I could come up with enough CPC/ASM molds to make it work within a single manufacturer there for sure but if I don't add that restriction it greatly enhances the possibilities

 

[demonnic]

Blue House Mold $1s, Obviously some are easier to get than others.

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Thanks for sharing! yeah, I think I'm gonna go for blue then it does seem like there's enough variety there to make it make sense.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

If I'm going to mix molds, why not mix manufacturers as well? I mean, I could come up with enough CPC/ASM molds to make it work within a single manufacturer there for sure but if I don't add that restriction it greatly enhances the possibilities

Ignoring any OCD a rat-rod set might cause amongst some folks here, the difference in chip thickness and diameter across different manufacturers could be rather tilting. A barrel of CPC might stick out against a barrel of Paulson as the they are known to be different (hence the challenge in finding a "one size fits all" rack... it just doesn't exist).

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[ChipFinderSK]

What about a mixed mold rat rod set?

 

[demonnic]

Ignoring any OCD a rt-rod set might cause amongst some folks here, the difference in chip thickness and diameter across different manufacturers could be rather tilting. A barrel of CPC might stick out against a barrel of Paulson as the they are known to be different (hence the challenge in finding a "one size fits all" rack... it just doesn't exist).

Hmm, ok that's a potentially relevant point. Though if it were consistent within a denomination I feel like I could maybe deal with that, since each denomination would be in its own racks anyway.

I could drop the THC and TRK small crowns and go for like hourglass, HHR, and/or FDL instead, but I really wanted to include the house molds as part of this for that extra bit of spiciness in the overall number of molds.

 

[FDLmold]

When you mix manufacturers, there WILL be diameter differences in your chips. TRK, BCC, ASM, Paulson all differ a little.

When I had my rat rod, they were all Paulson chips. THC or house mold or RHC, the diameters matched.

 

[demonnic]

When you mix manufacturers, there WILL be diameter differences in your chips. TRK, BCC, ASM, Paulson all differ a little.

When I had my rat rod, they were all Paulson chips. THC or house mold or RHC, the diameters matched.

That's fair. I guess I need to figure out if that'll really bother me or not. I have a few paulson and cpc singles/samples I can put next to each other to see if having the 1s as house molds will be triggering for me or not.

 

[upNdown]

Personally I don’t like ratrod sets. They’re just way too chaotic to look at, for my tastes. I have no problem with mixed sets, as long as each denomination is comprised of all the same chip. I don’t think a mixed manufacturer set would bother me much, beyond the annoying stack height differences. But again, as long as each denom it made up of all the same chip.

 

[demonnic]

Personally I don’t like ratrod sets. They’re just way too chaotic to look at, for my tastes. I have no problem with mixed sets, as long as each denomination is comprised of all the same chip. I don’t think a mixed manufacturer set would bother me much, beyond the annoying stack height differences. But again, as long as each denom it made up of all the same chip.

Thanks for weighing in. That's certainly something to consider, I've not had a chance to play with a rat rod set in person but I like the idea of it. Having each denom consistent within itself could be more difficult for some molds than others but still potentially plausible. It's not like I'm in a hurry either way. Something to consider while I plan things out for sure.

 

[calfdemon]

I love my rat rod set and have zero issues with various molds. I went with mixed molds across the board for all denoms but did make sure my chips were pretty uniform in diameter. A few wider chips were eliminated but I have THC, house molds, TRK, and several other older molds mixed in for fun. I didn't include RHC in my set, but that is because my set is all smaller inlays or hot stamps. I stayed away from larger inlays.

To each their own but I think your plan is great and will work out nicely.

 

[demonnic]

I love my rat rod set and have zero issues with various molds. I went with mixed molds across the board for all denoms but did make sure my chips were pretty uniform in diameter. A few wider chips were eliminated but I have THC, house molds, TRK, and several other older molds mixed in for fun. I didn't include RHC in my set, but that is because my set is all smaller inlays or hot stamps. I stayed away from larger inlays.

To each their own but I think your plan is great and will work out nicely.

Thanks for the response and kind words. I did consider going full chaos mode, but I think I like highlighting one mold per denomination. Sounds like you've got a pretty cool set there though. I was playing with a few of my chips from different manufacturers and they're all 'close enough' in diameter so far, so I don't think I'm too worried about it. I can consciously exclude any which turn out to be too different.

 

[demonnic]

I'm kind of leaning towards HHR for the green 25s, there seem to be a fair variety in the chipguide and it's a mold I quite like.

Debating if I should do RHC or THC for the red fives. RHC seems like it would be a lil cheaper and easier to fill out, but the THC seem largely more popular and also still available. Part of me is considering mixing the two in my fives.

Or maybe RHC fives and do some THC solids for quarters, orange or peach or purple or something. Choices choices.

 

[demonnic]

Ok, I've settled on:

frac: 1 rack yellow solid roman mold

1s: blue house molds. Have 2 racks already, will hunt now to reduce repeats/fill a third.

5s: red RHC. Considering giving preference to cancelled and grand opening chips, but not necessarily restricting it to those. Just cuz I kind of like them. Plus I wanted at least one hat and cane variety in the set and this is one it should be fairly easy to fill out a few racks of in the end.

25s: green HHR. Will take a while to get much variety of these but I don't expect to need a ton of them. few barrels maybe. Have a couple barrels in two varieties already.

100s: black small crown. Realistically only need one barrel of these in the end.