Thoughts on Origins Legacy ceramic chips... (1 Viewer)

[Nelson88]

So I'm looking to build my first quality tournament set and I fell in love with these chips as soon as I saw them online. As of now they only have 1, 5, 25 and 100 denomination chips, but I contacted them and they said they are adding 500, 1k and 5k chips sometime in October. They are ceramic, weigh 10.5 grams and have a silky satin finish. Hobbyphillic actually did a first impressions video on his you tube channel. My only complaint at the moment is the fact you can only order them in full sets or tubes of 50. In that case I would just build my set as follows... looking for your thoughts as i'm still fairly new to all this.

150 x $25
150 x $100
50 x $500
100 x $1000
50 x 5000

 

[RichMahogany]

Get samples

 

[allforcharity]

Printing doesn't look so sharp in the zoomed-in first pic. Is it a lower res pic?

I'd advise anybody going for non-casino ceramics to consider a fully custom job. It will be yours and it will be unique. And you can expand on it at any time.

 

[Nelson88]

Get samples

I ordered some samples yesterday. They should be here in a few days.

 

[RichMahogany]

The best way to make a playable set without wastage in multiples of 50 is this:

T25-200
T100-200
T500-100
T1000-200
T5000-100

800 chips total. At 12/12/5/6 you can have up to 16 players, up to 24 players with 8/8/4/7 starting stacks. You could also sell off half the set as a single table tournament although it would be a hard sell here. Or you could always sell to a poker buddy perhaps? Maybe see if someone else you know want to do a mini “group buy” lol

 

[Nelson88]

The best way to make a playable set without wastage in multiples of 50 is this:

T25-200
T100-200
T500-100
T1000-200
T5000-100
800 chips total. At 12/12/5/6 you can have up to 16 players, up to 24 players with 8/8/4/7 starting stacks. You could also sell off half the set as a single table tournament although it would be a hard sell here. Or you could always sell to a poker buddy perhaps? Maybe see if someone else you know want to do a mini “group buy” lol

Realistically we're only gonna have 6-8 of us at any given time... what would you recommend in that case?

 

[RichMahogany]

Realistically we're only gonna have 6-8 of us at any given time... what would you recommend in that case?

To go with a different set

 

[Nelson88]

To go with a different set

But I like these ones lol

 

[RichMahogany]

But I like these ones lol

You could actually go with this:

100/100/50/100. It’ll work for 8 players, 12/12/5/6 stacks. Plenty of 1000s for color ups. There will be some unused/unneeded chips but it’s not as many as your original breakdown. Add 50 T5000 if wanted so you have even racks at least

 

[DoubleEagle]

Not my cup of tea. Do customs.

 

[Nelson88]

You could actually go with this:

100/100/50/100. It’ll work for 8 players, 12/12/5/6 stacks. Plenty of 1000s for color ups. There will be some unused/unneeded chips but it’s not as many as your original breakdown. Add 50 T5000 if wanted so you have even racks at least

Ahhh ok, 400 chips definitely makes more sense. I think thats the breakdown i'll end up going with. I really appreciate your feedback!

 

[JustinInMN]

Printing doesn't look so sharp in the zoomed-in first pic. Is it a lower res pic?

I'd advise anybody going for non-casino ceramics to consider a fully custom job. It will be yours and it will be unique. And you can expand on it at any time.

This is my taste as well. I am all about the customs. But worth pointing out the downside of customs is they do not have resale value.

You could actually go with this:

100/100/50/100. It’ll work for 8 players, 12/12/5/6 stacks. Plenty of 1000s for color ups. There will be some unused/unneeded chips but it’s not as many as your original breakdown. Add 50 T5000 if wanted so you have even racks at least

Yeah, I agree with this good breakdown for single tables. If you go +50 on each T25,T100,T500, and T1000 you can get 18 stacks of 8/8/4/7 for 200 chips more.

I remember seeing hobbyphilic's vid on these but who sells them?

 

[Nelson88]

This is my taste as well. I am all about the customs. But worth pointing out the downside of customs is they do not have resale value.



Yeah, I agree with this good breakdown for single tables. If you go +50 on each T25,T100,T500, and T1000 you can get 18 stacks of 8/8/4/7 for 200 chips more.

I remember seeing hobbyphilic's vid on these but who sells them?

As of now you can only get them through the companies website.

originspoker.com

 

[Darson]

I’m not a fan. You can do so much with ceramics, why go for something so monotonous?

 

[JustinInMN]

As of now you can only get them through the companies website.

originspoker.com

Oof, at 110/rack you're almost in CPC compression clay territory. The ceramics at @ABC Gifts and Awards are considerably less, even for full customs.

You should at least comparison shop, @Hobbyphilic did a vid on Valentio chips from (BR pro, same owner as ABC), I don't see how these orgins are commanding such a premium tbh.

 

[Beakertwang]

Finally, a set of ceramics with skull graphics!

 

[RichMahogany]

Finally, a set of ceramics with skull graphics!

 

[allforcharity]

This is my taste as well. I am all about the customs. But worth pointing out the downside of customs is they do not have resale value.

With some exceptions. Some may be designed so well that others may want their own set based on them.

But of course, the true value of customs is that you now own a legacy set that can be passed on through next generations or to friends.

 

[navels]

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/another-player-enters-the-hipster-chip-making-fray.25300/

 

[RichMahogany]

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/another-player-enters-the-hipster-chip-making-fray.25300/

I thought they looked familiar

 

[PlaidDragon]

Oof, at 110/rack you're almost in CPC compression clay territory.

There are SOOO many options for stock poker chips out there that are very good quality but much cheaper. Those chips seem really "no frills" to me for way too much money.

 

[Josh Kifer]

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/another-player-enters-the-hipster-chip-making-fray.25300/

Damn. I came here to post that and was just too late.