Hey all,
I'm starting this thread as a proud owner of custom ASM-Vegas (pre-Red, Michael era) chips, who is also contemplating a CPC add-on now that there are talks of getting the FDL mold back in action. I really shouldn't even be contemplating this in the first place... but, well... you know how it is. Regardless of whether I decide to eventually pull the trigger or not, I figured it might be helpful for folks to share past experiences with their own customs, specifically different issues that arose under different periods of ASM/CPC history. I also just want to add that I've been very impressed with all the sets that I've seen out of CPC so far and am so glad the Davids and Jim decided to bring back the quality and expertise that many of us have come to expect. Having them at the helm is really what makes me want to continue spewing money for more chips.
So, as far as I know, these were the main stages of ASM/CPC's history:
ASM-Maine
ASM-Vegas (Michael)
ASM-Vegas (Red)
CPC-Maine
As previously mentioned, my chips were made under Michael's reign, before things seemed to get far worse (before then also getting much better), though my customs were not without their own issues. My chips had three main issues: (1) about half my $5 denom chips were orange (as ordered) and the other half were some weird mixture of a rusty DG orange with brass flakes, (2) two of the main denoms had yellowing of 15-20% of the inlays, and (3) some of the denoms had noticeable thickness issues and quite a few chips that do not seem perfectly flat. #3 was particularly true for my $1's, which also seemed to have some very slight base color variation and quite a few split spots. Here are some pics:
First pic shows color variation in the $5's. DG orange on the left, orange on the right. Michael agreed to redo and replace all the chips that fell under issue #1 and 2, but I kind of let issue #3 (seen in the second pic) go since it was a minor issue compared to the others.
I'm kind of curious to know the following:
(1) Did anyone else have similar issues during the same ASM period?
(2) Is the thickness issue unique to the Vegas time period, or are thickness issues like mine fairly common in most custom sets? (put another way, should I replace my $1's with better CPC's!?)
(3) Does anyone else notice some slight color variation in the $1's or am I just crazy/paranoid after dealing with the $5's issue?
Feel free to share your own stories obviously. Thanks in advance for any feedback and suggestions you can offer.
I'm starting this thread as a proud owner of custom ASM-Vegas (pre-Red, Michael era) chips, who is also contemplating a CPC add-on now that there are talks of getting the FDL mold back in action. I really shouldn't even be contemplating this in the first place... but, well... you know how it is. Regardless of whether I decide to eventually pull the trigger or not, I figured it might be helpful for folks to share past experiences with their own customs, specifically different issues that arose under different periods of ASM/CPC history. I also just want to add that I've been very impressed with all the sets that I've seen out of CPC so far and am so glad the Davids and Jim decided to bring back the quality and expertise that many of us have come to expect. Having them at the helm is really what makes me want to continue spewing money for more chips.
So, as far as I know, these were the main stages of ASM/CPC's history:
ASM-Maine
ASM-Vegas (Michael)
ASM-Vegas (Red)
CPC-Maine
As previously mentioned, my chips were made under Michael's reign, before things seemed to get far worse (before then also getting much better), though my customs were not without their own issues. My chips had three main issues: (1) about half my $5 denom chips were orange (as ordered) and the other half were some weird mixture of a rusty DG orange with brass flakes, (2) two of the main denoms had yellowing of 15-20% of the inlays, and (3) some of the denoms had noticeable thickness issues and quite a few chips that do not seem perfectly flat. #3 was particularly true for my $1's, which also seemed to have some very slight base color variation and quite a few split spots. Here are some pics:
First pic shows color variation in the $5's. DG orange on the left, orange on the right. Michael agreed to redo and replace all the chips that fell under issue #1 and 2, but I kind of let issue #3 (seen in the second pic) go since it was a minor issue compared to the others.
I'm kind of curious to know the following:
(1) Did anyone else have similar issues during the same ASM period?
(2) Is the thickness issue unique to the Vegas time period, or are thickness issues like mine fairly common in most custom sets? (put another way, should I replace my $1's with better CPC's!?)
(3) Does anyone else notice some slight color variation in the $1's or am I just crazy/paranoid after dealing with the $5's issue?
Feel free to share your own stories obviously. Thanks in advance for any feedback and suggestions you can offer.