First Paulson Set - Looking for Feedback (2 Viewers)

[roughrabbit]

Decided this year might be a good year to try and put together my first set of Paulsons and running into some speed bumps.

Some thoughts:
1. Turns out I really like the *18 spot patterns but am having trouble finding an affordable option for $5 chips. I like, don't love, the JACK cinn $5s and would be okay going a relabel route for an alternative. The only real option that comes to mind is IG primaries but those are somewhat scarce and out of my budget.
2. Wrestling with having a single THC mold surrounded by RHC molds. The $1 will be the workhorse for this set and while there are quite a few *18 spot RHC chips out there, I really do like the JACK $1s. No player will ever care about this but me. Maybe some mixed mold set owners can speak to this.
3. I love the Horizons Edge $25s, but I don't think my current game will ever grow to needing maybe more than a single barrel. This filters back to the point it may be better to pursue a smaller quantity of JACK (Detroit, Cincinnati) primary $25s, but more chips better. Under poor lighting conditions I could see the four wind and horizon edge chips being confused for each other, I do not foresee this problem with the JACK $25s.

 

[sleepypiggly]

If you like the *18 progression then it seems like you need a 618 as the $5.

If a Pink base works for you instead of Red, maybe this chip. Will be more expensive, but maybe you'd need just a rack, considering $1 is your workhorse? But maybe someone can give some better Red chip alternatives with 618 spots.

Having an RHC has a frac can work with a set that has THC base as $1 and $5.

As for the $25, since you don't anticipate needing them, you can just get a nice THC barrel?

All of this assumes you're relabeling the chips... right?

 

[AH77]

In regards to point #2. This kind of makes no sense but for some reason it would tilt me if the workhorse chip was THC and the rest were RHC as opposed to the lowest denom or the highest denom of the set being THC.

I have a HSI set in which I use THC Paris 1s for a .25 frac and it doesn’t bother me because it “feels” like the THC mold deliniates the fracs from the rest of the chips in a good way. But that just my own OCD.

 

[sleepypiggly]

I have a HSI set in which I use THC Paris 1s for a .25 frac and it doesn’t bother me because it “feels” like the THC mold deliniates the fracs from the rest of the chips in a good way. But that just my own OCD.

Yea exactly I was suggesting in @roughrabbit 's case, he can use the RHC as a frac (that separates it from the rest) and THC for the rest of his chips. He wouldn't need a lot of THC $5s and $25s, and the workhorse Jack Cincy THC $1 is cheap.

 

[CardRally]

Not a 618, but I’ve always liked these chips from the 18 family.

There are many nice sets out there, personal and casino, that mix mold, but it would bother me in my own set.

You could consider a solid frac. Solids are readily available in THC or RHC and are relatively inexpensive.

I will add sets that progress through one edge spot are pretty rare. Sets tend to either have the same edge spot throughout or progress through a variety of edge spots. (Pictures borrowed)

The takeaway being you could use 418 throughout. Or you could use a 18 as your workhorse/favorite chip, and build out complimentary chips that aren’t 18s around that.

Play around with the design tool on here and see what looks good to you as a whole composition. Good luck!