Ok, so now I got more of these and I have pictures to share. The pictures were taken with chips on a white piece of paper. If the paper doesn't look white on your screen then you'll know the colors of the chips are off by an equal amount.
QC: First of all, I would probably say in contrast to "Hobbyphilic" (John Hobby?) that the QC of these chips is possibly below average. I could be wrong, but it seems to vary quite a bit. I think the Green 25 chips were the ones I liked the least. I think I may even dislike them actually. The colors aren't that nice, and there were a few that had a much more pronounced "edge" between edge spots and main color. Here's an image of it:
Curiously all chips also had some sort of oil on them it seems. I can't for the life of me figure out why it would be on the chips to begin with. From what I could tell it was mostly on the outside of the roll, i.e. the edge of the chips. I'm almost thinking that this is part of what's not great about their QC, and perhaps it's something residual from one of the machines and the chips
should have been cleaned before packing.
Colors:
In my opinion those colors are fine. So is the design. The stickers look nice enough and are very easy to read. None of the above is "special", but they work very well for me aesthetically. The one exception are the greens which I think are fairly ugly. The main problem as far as looks are concerned are the inconsistent colors of green. I have a feeling this may be due to that oil before, or something went wrong in creating these chips. Either way I don't particularly care for the color. Since it's a tournament set they'll disappear soon enough I hope.
I threw in the Faux Clay there for comparison. Now, I stand by what I said earlier in that these RT can be compared to the Faux for the resons I mentioned before. To me, in the above image where the reds are mixed with the RT, the Faux don't look too exciting at all, and that "spot" from the injection stands out like crazy. I try to be realistic and practical about all of this, and if we're loading up a table with chips then I don't think the Faux look at all better than the RT when you just casually play poker, talk about stuff, drink whiskey and just have a generally good time. You glance down at stacks in order to see the sizes of them etc, and on a table I think the RT will be fine.
Stacking:
I asked before what you do to compare chips. I got no answer. If "stacking" is not comparable between the Faux and the RT, then let me know how to compare the two. Above is 100 chips stacked with no problem. A gentle nudge makes the tower wobble, but it won't fall.
Texture:
How is that not the same type of texture??? The two differences I detect are that the "depth" of that texture is maybe
slightly different, as well as the sharpness of the edges. I find both chips to have sharp edges, but the RT is a bit more sharp.
Lastly a couple of images of the chips in profile;
You can see how the color isn't all that great. You can see it on the yellow chips as well but to a lesser degree. It definitely looks to me as if residual oil may have damaged the chips or something. Those of you that are knowledgeable about manufacturing may know exactly what this issue is. I didn't experience the same with the first light-blue roll I got, so definitely a bit unfortunate.
So there we have it. As I said earlier, I have a hard time seeing why these chips got so much hatred. I'm not sure what chip will be a "better" chip at around 12 cents without tradeoffs. From what I've seen when searching I'm either stuck with the same weight roughly but at three times the price, or at the same or lower price nicer design & QC but heavier weight which I don't want. It's all a matter of tradeoffs. To me these chips are fine. Not great chips, but fine.