Hi all!
A recent trip to Vegas convinced me to finally get a real custom set (my last is just stickers and from when chiptalk.net was up). I lurked here for a bit, and was closing in on a design with CPC. However, as the artwork was getting worked on (by a guy living in Ukraine, no less), the modern look that was showing up didn't jive with CPC's more classic look. And with the delays (my chosen mold is months away) and the cost, I decided to go with ceramic at BR Pro. I enjoyed the sample set (Tikis) a lot, although no shade to the CPC set, as they feel awesome. Thanks to everyone here for posting tons of reviews and analysis - I felt like there were no surprises, which is a good thing.
The lower cost also allowed me to get 1,000 chips vs the 600 I was planning. And I posted about this, but my group and I are wusses, and we barely use the 5 chip (50¢), so the normal progression of 1 → 5 → 25 just doesn't work with us, especially since I wanted lots of colors
. Using mostly 2.5× and 4× works though. I know this will rub some people here the wrong way, but it works for us.
The theme is just stuff I like doing with friends - eating crabs, sailing, tailgating at Maryland games (if the first two items didn't give it away where I lived!), kickball, visiting beach towns, and running. Overall, I love the result. I could have done a brighter yellow, but my last-minute change from purple to teal/cyan on the 50 chip resulted in an amazing color in person.
A recent trip to Vegas convinced me to finally get a real custom set (my last is just stickers and from when chiptalk.net was up). I lurked here for a bit, and was closing in on a design with CPC. However, as the artwork was getting worked on (by a guy living in Ukraine, no less), the modern look that was showing up didn't jive with CPC's more classic look. And with the delays (my chosen mold is months away) and the cost, I decided to go with ceramic at BR Pro. I enjoyed the sample set (Tikis) a lot, although no shade to the CPC set, as they feel awesome. Thanks to everyone here for posting tons of reviews and analysis - I felt like there were no surprises, which is a good thing.
The lower cost also allowed me to get 1,000 chips vs the 600 I was planning. And I posted about this, but my group and I are wusses, and we barely use the 5 chip (50¢), so the normal progression of 1 → 5 → 25 just doesn't work with us, especially since I wanted lots of colors
. Using mostly 2.5× and 4× works though. I know this will rub some people here the wrong way, but it works for us.The theme is just stuff I like doing with friends - eating crabs, sailing, tailgating at Maryland games (if the first two items didn't give it away where I lived!), kickball, visiting beach towns, and running. Overall, I love the result. I could have done a brighter yellow, but my last-minute change from purple to teal/cyan on the 50 chip resulted in an amazing color in person.
