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Newbie question. Sorry if this is answered elsewhere...

Can you fully edge to edge print Tina chips the way you can with chips from BR Pro? All the Tina chips I see seem to be hybrids with labels, but I'm leaning towards getting fully printed chips like the Dia De Los Muertos ones from BR Pro but with custom art.

If you can do this with Tina chips what mold would you use?

Thanks for the help!
 
As Steve said, plain mold or cards mold. Here are some of mine.

Cards mold tournament chips:

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43mm no mold textured Bounty chip:
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All the Tina chips I see seem to be hybrids with labels
You've probably seen plenty of edge to edge printed ceramics from tina and just not realized it. The majority of PCFers seem to have their ceramics printed to look like traditional clay chips (instead of taking advantage of the possibilities of edge to edge printing, like Dia De Los Muertos.)
 
Ah, I see it now. Thanks for the info, and the pics, I definitely thought those were stick-on labels until you guys explained it. :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
 
You've probably seen plenty of edge to edge printed ceramics from tina and just not realized it. The majority of PCFers seem to have their ceramics printed to look like traditional clay chips (instead of taking advantage of the possibilities of edge to edge printing, like Dia De Los Muertos.)
Even if they are printed to "look like" clay chips with edge spots, they are still printed edge to edge. Point to OP is that you can literally have almost anything printed on Tina chips, whether they are hybrids or not.
 
Even if they are printed to "look like" clay chips with edge spots, they are still printed edge to edge. Point to OP is that you can literally have almost anything printed on Tina chips, whether they are hybrids or not.
Oh, wait...that goes for the other molds as well? Not just cards mold and no mold?
 
Oh, wait...that goes for the other molds as well? Not just cards mold and no mold?
My understanding is that there are issues with color matching between the label and chip on the hybrids, not to mention getting the labels lined up correctly, so it is technically possible, but probably not the best in practice.
 
Can I ask the owners of Tina's Textured No Mold 43mm chips...how many spinner do you run into? I have Anita Textured No Mold 43mm but was gonna give Tina a shot for my next set.
 
Can I ask the owners of Tina's Textured No Mold 43mm chips...how many spinner do you run into? I have Anita Textured No Mold 43mm but was gonna give Tina a shot for my next set.
On mine, it’s about 1 per barrel, sometimes 2.
They really only spin when I try to spin them, the stacks don’t seem wobbly.
Doesn’t bother me at all, but might for some.
 
Can I ask the owners of Tina's Textured No Mold 43mm chips...how many spinner do you run into? I have Anita Textured No Mold 43mm but was gonna give Tina a shot for my next set.
The more I play with them, the more spinners appear. It may be because I use them more, but my Tina cash set has way more spinners than my other-China tournament set, both 43mm no molds. I would advocate against printing on no molds, instead preferring the recessed inlay types with less surface area.

I love my cheap custom no molds but you can't slide a barrel of nickels an inch before they topple. My players don't care because they don't know better but it would frustrate any serious player.
 
Thanks for the replies gang. Same with the 43mm Anita sets I've ordered. About 1 or 2 per barrel.

I found the hybrids with the recessed center to be kinda slippery. They look great but they seem less ceramic and more of a plastic. Is there a ceramic they offer with a recessed center? Feels like that would be the sweet spot.
 
Ceramics are actually made of a very hard plastic, not real ceramic.
I think I understood this, kind of like clay chips aren't really 'clay'. But you know what I mean, the hybrids have more of a click sound, vs the clink sound that a 'ceramic' has. Maybe it's cuz of inlay?
 
I think I understood this, kind of like clay chips aren't really 'clay'. But you know what I mean, the hybrids have more of a click sound, vs the clink sound that a 'ceramic' has. Maybe it's cuz of inlay?
The recessed center area, the plastic-laminated label, and the reduced surface contact area of hybrid ceramic designs all contribute to a sound that is not as high-pitched as the standard "clink" or "tink" of full-face-printed ceramic chips.

It's not quite the "clack" of clay chips, but certainly closer to that than to ordinary ceramics.
 
Hello to everyone!
Can someone give me a link for TINA website please?
Thank you!
 
As far as I know you have to order them through group buys on this forum. I may be wrong though, I’m pretty new to all this.

You don't have to - you can go direct if for chips not reserved for group buy only - it's just easier, likely cheaper (shared shipping) and probably less stressful to go down a well worn route. I went direct but with the help of @mattross1313 who assisted in my design and had ordered through Tina before so was familiar with the process.
 
You don't have to - you can go direct if for chips not reserved for group buy only - it's just easier, likely cheaper (shared shipping) and probably less stressful to go down a well worn route. I went direct but with the help of @mattross1313 who assisted in my design and had ordered through Tina before so was familiar with the process.
Around what was the cost per chip going direct?
 
As far as I know you have to order them through group buys on this forum. I may be wrong though, I’m pretty new to all this. Here’s the link to the current buy, but it just closed. Another will probably open in a week or two from what I’ve seen.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/chips-new-sun-mold-web-mold-greek-mold-02-2025.127750/
There is no point for me ( or for any other European) to order through group buys since i dont live in the States i live in Europe. Tina is obviously a Chinese manufacturer and the easiest thing for me would be to talk directly to this manufacturer in order to buy goods and having send them to me directly to Europe... Ok i would not have the bargaining power /economies of scale that group buys have but getting the chips cheaper and then having to pay 100 or more usd to ship them to Europe will end up being much more costly for me and in general for all of us Europeans...
 
Around what was the cost per chip going direct?

I got around 1000 chips and they cost ~£280 with ~£220 shipping to the UK on top, shipped by plane rather than the slower boat - so around 50p/chip all told. This was 2-3 years ago so prices now may/will be different but it gives you an idea.
 

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