Another $1 bites the dust (4Queens plastic ones) (1 Viewer)

[Undream]

Whelp. Haven't been to Vegas in 4 months and this was a new addition that I saw this week.

So sad. The printing is bad. The molds are worse (marks all over edges) They spin. They slip...

About 25% of the live rack is now plastic.
55% is worn and damaged housemold Paulsons.... And only 20% relatively sharp still. But expect that to not last much longer.

I managed to get 15 singles during this trip to finish off my 3rd full racks of these. Doubt I'll bother to try to get more.

 

[MrSonOfABeech]

Wow. Those new chips are pathetic.

 

[upNdown]

Gross

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

 

[Venturalvn]

I hate Icon so, so much

 

[allforcharity]

I hate Icon so, so much

Icon is not the epitome of evil. But the fact that they are outright replacing compression clay chips kinda is.

 

[Marius L]

We really need a puke emoji on this forum, @Tommy

 

[WedgeRock]

Wait until counterfeiting happens. Clay will always be king.

 

[Tommy]

We really need a puke emoji on this forum, @Tommy

 

[Marius L]

Yeah sorry, that's a valid point! What I meant was specifically for the "reaction" thingy, the like button.

 

[Bronson]

Do you think more casinos will follow this trend? After all they might go after cutting costs with cheaper plastics.

They are cheap and bad but I wouldn’t say no to them .10/20c a chip

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Damn....4 Queens had some of the nicest chips on Fremont

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Do you think more casinos will follow this trend? After all they might go after cutting costs with cheaper plastics.

They are cheap and bad but I wouldn’t say no to them .10/20c a chip

Seeing as though most casinos are owned by larger companies, I'd say after a brief test, it's inevitable. Remember; Other than in a poker room, chit cards are a casinos wet dream.

 

[WedgeRock]

Well, @BamaT8ter emptied the 4 Queens out of chips... This was inevitable.

 

[cpac54]

It’s been said, but I’ll repeat it anyways… Gross.

 

[Apache]

Yuck

 

[upNdown]

I hate Icon so, so much

I really don't like the look of high end plastic chips, like Bud Jones and others - I guess they're considered molds, but they just look like squiggles and weird little shapes to me and I've just never liked them. But they have character! They have a look, even if it isn't for me. This icon CRAP is just a copy of their clay chips, and a crappy copy at that! They are soulless garbage. I hope they all melt.

 

[Venturalvn]

I really don't like the look of high end plastic chips, like Bud Jones and others - I guess they're considered molds, but they just look like squiggles and weird little shapes to me and I've just never liked them. But they have character! They have a look, even if it isn't for me. This icon CRAP is just a copy of their clay chips, and a crappy copy at that! They are soulless garbage. I hope they all melt.

Yes I think this is my grudge against them - they're just such insanely bad effort. And by that I don't mean it's lazy in any way to try to clone the original chips - it is the casino currency and matching old to new is fine enough. It's the WAY they're doing it - shit quality chip blank and honest to god terrible printing.

 

[Lunettesman]

What's wrong with the world. I find those totally ugly. Is it really worth it for casinos to get those instead of other brands?

 

[BGinGA]

ICON chips are so bad (and easily copied) that we can expect the counterfeit chips to be nicer.

 

[CallingStation614]

Imagine getting arrested, because the lady at the cage realizes that you’re trying to cash in counterfeits because they look nicer than the actual chips…

 

[Annorax]

How long until the Twitter posts about someone cashing in a Tina tribute of a $500 Icon Four Queens chip, that they don't pick up on because Tina does better work than Icon?

 

[BamaT8ter]

 

[upNdown]

How long until the Twitter posts about someone cashing in a Tina tribute of a $500 Icon Four Queens chip, that they don't pick up on because Tina does better work than Icon?

Tell me they’re not actually using icon for a denom that high? That would be insane.

 

[RudysNYC]

Re: counterfeiting, I think the true test will arise if/when the plastic craze goes to high denom chips. With a handful of exceptions (most notably the Marina casinos in AC), I’m not seeing too many new ceramic $1ks replacing compression clay $1ks. If Four Queens actually replaced their $500s with Icons, they deserve whatever’s coming.

Ofc I’m sure there are plenty of exceptions, but I don’t think many people are risking a felony fraud charge over a few racks of $1s or $5s. $500s—maybe—but if a casino gets popped letting in fake high value chips they almost deserve it.

 

[BPTDirector]

The latest Tina ceramics beat these plastic piece of crap chips all to hell.

 

[Postoakpoker]

Those are disgusting.

 

[Thomacetti]

^^ this ^^

Note to all newer members....STOP spending money on ceramic & cheap plastic 'n stuff.
Those will be available forever...the time is NOW to buy chips that soon will be gone forever.

I can see 2 very minty racks of Sahara $1 chips sitting for days and members like @djmarc & @casinochipper22 posting great offerings on regular basis.
Plenty of options (for now)

Give it 5 more years and the main Vegas clay sources will be gone (and plenty good ones are already RIP)