Design review for the Pharaoh's Club Paulson chips

[morglum_s]

For some reason I thought Ten was in Seattle.....

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[cmnova04]

#2 for me too

except i think this egyptian theme is played out now. i thikn a nice western theme would be cool as well.

i know ten is setting this up, but if we are doing a group buy of 100,000+ there should be a majority consensus on the 'theme'

[LAGmaniac]

Yeah I'd like a classic Las Vegas Casino theme myself, or maybe a gangster theme like those Bugsy's Saloon or Dillinger's gaming hall chips.

[funkdoc1026]

I also would be in interested in 750-1000, I am really starting to like these other ideas about maybe another theme, I mean I love the egyptian look and wouldn;t mind it, but I think we the creativeness on this board we could definately come up with an awesome theme, and if we do switch themes I think we should figure that out before we decide on the inlay design ie. star, widget, what have you, but either way mark me down for some.

[YTV]

After these last few posts, Im going to have to agree also, that another theme would be better. All the ideas thrown out seem to be awesome theme ideas. I think the ULTIMATE Egyptian set has already been created, and anything else is still going to be 2nd best.

[smoore]

My ultimate set would be a fantasy set of old las vegas casinos, when Seigel built The Flamigo. However, I'm sure the Hilton (tm) people would have a thing or two to say about it.

[TenPercenter]

No time for details, but get it outa yer heads that I'll change my chip theme. Egyptian is my thing, not cowboys or NW Indians no matter how cool their art is. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] If you want to organize a group by, you can choose your theme. No offense, but if you saw my house (and my tattoos) you'd realize that I'm not going to be getting any other themed sets. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

A consesus would be great, but it won't be possible. Imagine a hundred guys buying in. Once we opened up the flood gates to "name the theme you want" then you'd have someone that wants cowboys and someone that wants flamingos or another guy that wants Star Wars and another that wants ... well, you get the idea.

Ten

[ncskiier]

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I think the ULTIMATE Egyptian set has already been created, and anything else is still going to be 2nd best.

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I agree.
I also agree that the sky behind the pyramid is unnecessary and detracts from the image.
I also agree that the denom text should match the chip color.
I, however, disagree that the $1 should be white, blue would be much better.
Oh, and I would definitely be in for 500+.

[jojobinks]

i love the 14 guys whose first post ever is "egyptian is played out". i'm sorry, but it feels kinda fishy to me. is someone trying to stuff the ballot box on that?

IMO, you ride the wave when you decide to go with a group buy. the consensus building is a good thing. that being said, i feel like when you're unhappy with the way things are going, you can go elsewhere.

ten is kinda the man here. and the egyptian thing is what's driving him. so...

oops. ten already kinda hit this.

[TenPercenter]

Re: Getting our grand size inlay on the Paulsons will be an uphill battle. It appears that Paulson is not allowing anything larger than the standard inlay you see on the new Bond chips. It's completely stupid, but it's a security thing, and they may not relent. If someone has CONFIRMED that the new trademarks are grand inlays, let me know.

I wanted to get this group buy built up to where no one would say no to us, but I've already been getting a lot of feedback saying "you ain't gonna get Paulson to budge on colors or inlays."

My second choice would be ASM/pokerchips.com. The horsehead mold. Possibly the A mold, but not the Roman mold. Third choice: Matsui. If you dont have Matsui clay smples, I suggest you request them right away. I really like them, and I feel that the quality in manufaturing and consistency is second only to Paulson right now. Blue Chip is not an option for me due to quality issues. TR King is not and option because of chips size, despite their good quality.

So, we either go with Paulson, and figure out a way to make the smaller inlay look nice, or we go with ASM (long wait) or Matsui (nice chips, decent price, boting "M" mold).