NYC Neighborhood Tribute Mockup (1 Viewer)

[SpaceMonkey420]

I don’t eat hotdogs but I’d be down to eat one of those. What a place u live in. Lucky!

 

[RudysNYC]

A white based $1 might solve your problems, but I'm sure that's not where you want to go....

That’s *originally* where I wanted to go... 3 racks of Jack Cinci $1s would’ve been perfect, but as I built out the set more, I picked up exclusively leaded, exc/mint THCs. I’d feel like a shnook paying a massive premium to pick up used, unleaded chips, and I don’t think there are many great condition, leaded white THCs floating around too often

I might try trading the Tahoes for some white THCs if I can. Trying to avoid the Paulson fantasy lines though, because those comprise the rest of the THCs less one denom.

 

[RudysNYC]

With the exception of the $100, the set is finalized... My initial leanings on the $100 were to make all 3+ digit denoms 43mm, but I need like 3.5 barrels of $100s, so that would get perilously expensive. I have a couple potential trades in the works, and a few ideas if they fall through, but I'm nowhere near set yet. if you have any ideas, I'm all ears.

Here's the lineup with photos and rationale for why I went with those chips

Denom	25¢	$1	$5	$20	$100	$500	$1000	$5000
Base Chip	Pyramid/CDI98 $1	Bally's $1	VLV $5/German Shepherd $5	CDI98/FLV $1k, CDM 5	~~TBD~~	BTP 500	HS CLE $1k	HS Cici $5k
Photo					???????
Rationale	Great frac, obviously, but the edgespots recall two key colors any Papaya King aficionado knows: the yellow of the branding, and the orangish-red of the Strawberry Fields drink	Realistically there's no real rationale beyond the fact that these were the only white THCs I could get reasonably, but gun to my head the best rationale would be "they're beautiful chips"	Again, not much rationale here either beyond the fact that they were readily available red THCs (leaded, no less!) that I could look forward to grabbing more of somewhat easily in the future	These are the main event of the set. The yellow reminds us of the yellow covering every inch of the joint, while the edgespots look like they were pulled straight off the neon "Papaya King" sign.The perfect chip for this set		The edgespots look like deli mustard and relish, AKA the perfect garnish on a frank	Papaya King is famous just as much for their papaya drink as they are their frankfurters. The orange reminds me of Nature's Revitalizing Beverage(TM), and the edgespots remind me of the colors of a hotdog--beige for the bun and brown for the frank	Again, the edgespots recall the components of a frank

 

[gopherblue]

Uh...ketchup?!?
No disrespect...but is your favorite NY pizza Sbarros?

Mustard>ketchup, but mustard and ketchup > mustard alone.

Plus I have a strict rule, no relish after dark

The only way:

 

[allforcharity]

I can handle the sauerkraut. With premium mustard.

 

[RudysNYC]

Just found out that Anthony Bourdain had Papaya King cater his 50th birthday

THE BEST HOT DOG IN NEW YORK CITY AND BY EXTENSION THE WORLD, HANDS DOWN

 

[warma]

I think if I want to get the most out of the design elements I want, 2 sides is going to have to happen.

That being said, my latest draft hasn’t factored in the mascot/logo. I think this draft would look goofy with a cartoon papaya on either side, but I’m very much considering two-sided chips still.

Another idea I had last night, with this new draft in mind, was to have a different neighborhood place with sentimental value as the background watermark on each denom—things like the 59th St Bridge, my lifelong apartment building, where I went to college, and Epstein’s mansion (I’m kidding joking)

Let me know what you guys think!

View attachment 659545

Do you need the bridge in detail? Could you just use the architectural elements instead? Maybe just a really clean outline of the top?

For example, the blue arc on this inlay is a dam from one of the sides.

 

[RudysNYC]

Waiting on the inlay design from Tim, but I've been playing around with the Fantasy Chip Tool so here's the lineup.... Finalized, finally!

Just realized that I don't even have a $25 but that's what I drafted for the inlay originally lol

 

[RudysNYC]

Thoughts?

 

[byline9]

I think the darker green makes the letters really hard to see. Also, I kind of like the cleaner design without the bridge in the background, sometimes less is more. If you still want to use the bridge, I would say make it slightly lighter or even consider the suggestion of @warma to just use the architectural elements instead, perhaps something a bit simpler and more streamlined (a shadow?) I've been following this thread and it's a great idea!

+1 for dogs with kraut or mustard. I'll pass on the relish though.

 

[allforcharity]

What happened with the happy little papaya? How about a happy hot dog replacement?

 

[RudysNYC]

I think the darker green makes the letters really hard to see. Also, I kind of like the cleaner design without the bridge in the background, sometimes less is more. If you still want to use the bridge, I would say make it slightly lighter or even consider the suggestion of @warma to just use the architectural elements instead, perhaps something a bit simpler and more streamlined (a shadow?) I've been following this thread and it's a great idea!

+1 for dogs with kraut or mustard. I'll pass on the relish though.

I’m inclined to agree. Think I’ll have it done slightly lighter.

What happened with the happy little papaya? How about a happy hot dog replacement?

Buddy,,, you haven’t seen the Dealer or High Hand buttons yet...

 

[WedgeRock]

Thanks in advance for taking the time to look at my dumb hot dog sandwich* chip ideas!

Fify.