Custom Kings Crown Group Buy - Order Thread
 

As most of you probably know by now, I am organizing a group buy of "semi-custom" clay chips from T.R. King. I refer to them as "semi-custom" because, while the chips will use T.R. King's stock "Kings Crown" inlay, they will all be dual edge-spotted with custom colors. The Kings Crown inlay is, in return, borrowed from the former Kings Crown Casino in Las Vegas. For those wondering, the reason I decided to re-use this inlay is two-fold: 1) It has the "classic" casino look I am trying to accomplish with these chips, and 2) I have discovered from experience that group-designing an inlay is a HUGE headache (just look how hard it was to settle on the color scheme!), so it is much easier to use something already in existence. There will be no modification made to the stock inlay, but T.R. King has agreed to not make the chips in these color combinations for anyone but us, so you need not worry about security in your home game. Also, it will allow those who wish to to mix and match with the two existing Kings Crown fantasy sets - the solid color chips sold by Dice702 and the single edge-spot chips sold direct by T.R. King.

Here is the set, approximately as it will appear in it's final form. Please note I made educated guesses for a couple colors AND all monitors display colors slightly different, so "actual results may vary." Also, the gray chip will probably not have a denomination printed on it, as it will act as a "filler" chip, unless the large majority of people want it as the $0.25:

http://img174.exs.cx/img174/8558/set8copy1ao.jpg

$0.25 (non-denom) Gray w/ 4 double-wide Dark Blue
$1 Dark Blue w/ double-wide White/Light Blue
$5 Red w/ dual Gray/Black
$25 Green w/ dual Pink/Light Green
$100 Black w/ dual Red/Light Turqoise
$500 Purple w/ dual White/Orange
$1000 Yellow w/ dual Green/Dark Blue

The price for this group buy will be $0.85/chip + shipping and escrow fees (if any) - I need to get it up to 5,000 chips for this price. Please post or PM me if you are definitely interested in purchasing a set of these chips, and let me know your email address and how many of each denomination (a rough idea anyway) you want to purchase, even if you have already done so. Once I have an idea of the numbers, we can all discuss and decide how we would like to handle the payments. Basically, we can either set up an escrow account, or each pay T.R. King separately if that does not work out to be too cumbersome. Also, I have an offer from one of the participants who lives ~5 minutes from T.R. King to pick up the chips and handle the shipping with his business account at a cost of $10 per 500 chips.

You can follow the development history of this set here.

Any questions - fire away!

Re: Custom Kings Crown Group Buy - Order Thread
 

500-550 for me: Would prefer a denom on the .25, might not get it w/o denom.

$0.25 - 50-75
$1 - 200-250
$5 - 150-200
$25 - 50-75
$100 - 50
$500 - 25-50
$1000 - 0-25

(rough amounts)

Re: Custom Kings Crown Group Buy - Order Thread
 

I might be interested in some. Any idea of where I might be able to get a few sample chips. I would really like to feel/see them in person before i commit.

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I might be interested in some. Any idea of where I might be able to get a few sample chips. I would really like to feel/see them in person before i commit.

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Click the T.R. King link above. Give Dennis a call, tell him you are considering this group buy, and ask for some samples. He will usually send a couple out free of charge, and very quickly. I recommend anyone considering these do this, and soon, as I would like to get this order underway in the next week or 2 at most. Just because I love the feel of these chips doesn't mean everyone will (but they should [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]).

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Can we purchase carrying cases also, to be delived with our order? I am willing to buy the case while they are getting picked up and shipped that way.

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Can we purchase carrying cases also, to be delived with our order? I am willing to buy the case while they are getting picked up and shipped that way.

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I would assume so, but honestly I think you could probably find a better case for a better deal elsewhere. I have bought chips from T.R. King before, and the cardboard chip boxes they send them in are plenty adequate for safe shipping.

Re: Custom Kings Crown Group Buy - Order Thread
 

Ray,

I assume this is a one shot deal and reorders for additional quantities later will not be possible. Is that correct?

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Ray,

I assume this is a one shot deal and reorders for additional quantities later will not be possible. Is that correct?

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Correct, unless we get the reorder up to 5,000! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] But I don't see me going through this twice anyway.

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Do TR Kings work ok in standard cases?

They're a little little smaller than 39mm... so you might want to factor in getting the 'right' cases / racks from Dennis.

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They fit fine in cases. Not too sure about racks though. I think someone mentioned they fit, but will wobble a little bit. If anyone is concerned, I will try putting them in my chipco racks and let them know.

So far I don't see many posts with amounts. Is this going to happen?