Royal 43 mm Poker Chips Presale (1 Viewer)

[Eloe2000]

The iPhone (and pretty much all digital phone-cameras like to "White Balance" the photo. This eliminates the yellow of incandescent bulbs, the green of fluorescent bulbs or the blue of outside lighting, in the way our eyes/brain do automatically. The camera does this by deciding what in the photo is white, and then adjusting all the colors to eliminate the tint caused by the light.

Unfortunately, there is little white in a poker chip on a colored table. Your best bet is to either manually adjust the coloring (there are apps that will help), or put something white in the photo. The white object can then be cropped out if it is not the overall backdrop.

It has less to do with WB than it does color luminance and image exposure. The spot colors of the Horseshoe have more color luminance and are “brighter”. However the image is slightly over exposed and when an image with high color luminance is over exposed the colors will begin to wash out and darker colors will begin to appear more saturated and colorful. However if you under expose the same scene the colors with higher luminance will begin to increase color saturation. It doesn’t work well with editing a simple jpeg, but by just decreasing the exposure of this small jpeg image you can see the colors of the Horseshoe appear brighter. The difference would be more noticeable if I actually photographed the scene at proper exposure instead of just edited a jpeg image which doesn't have good dynamic range. FWIW I am a full time photographer by trade.

 

[Poker Zombie]

OOOOOOooooooo!!!!!! Lookie who just pulled up!

 

[saleen121212]

OOOOOOooooooo!!!!!! Lookie who just pulled up!
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YAY MORE PICS!!!!!!

 

[jbriod]

OOOOOOooooooo!!!!!! Lookie who just pulled up!
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Such a beautiful view from the front window...green landscape, sunny sky, white fedex truck.

 

[Poker Zombie]

YAY MORE PICS!!!!!!

If you insist...

 

[saleen121212]

If you insist...
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Impressions of them? I love the pics of them.

 

[Lancew09]

If you insist...
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Curious - what are you creating - cash or tournament set? If cash - what colors will be your denom's?

 

[Poker Zombie]

Curious - what are you creating - cash or tournament set? If cash - what colors will be your denom's?

...The black chip will be T100,000

Final label design not yet complete. I have 3 concepts, I just need to get back working on them.

 

[Poker Zombie]

Impressions of them? I love the pics of them.

1st impression: I really love them. The colors put the CPS and the Majestics to shame. The CPS Orange was the star of the show, but now it's just a co-star with the Pink.

Before Use: They will need oil. That will wait until after I get labels, but a quick wipe made a large difference.

Shuffling: 43mm will take a little getting used to.

Barrel Explosions: Extremely unlikely. I cad hold a barrel and whip it around without any slippage. I can slide the middle 5 out 33% from the stack and still have no slippage. I think this is due more to their size/surface area than composition.

Feel/sound/weight: Tough call right now because I don't have labels, which will make up a significant portion of the surface. However, They dont feel light like the CPS or Majestic chips, but at the same time they are not as substantial as a Paulson/Bud Jones/Ceramic chip.

 

[Jonesey07]

1st impression: I really love them. The colors put the CPS and the Majestics to shame. The CPS Orange was the star of the show, but now it's just a co-star with the Pink.

Before Use: They will need oil. That will wait until after I get labels, but a quick wipe made a large difference.

Shuffling: 43mm will take a little getting used to.

Barrel Explosions: Extremely unlikely. I cad hold a barrel and whip it around without any slippage. I can slide the middle 5 out 33% from the stack and still have no slippage. I think this is due more to their size/surface area than composition.

Feel/sound/weight: Tough call right now because I don't have labels, which will make up a significant portion of the surface. However, They dont feel light like the CPS or Majestic chips, but at the same time they are not as substantial as a Paulson/Bud Jones/Ceramic chip.

Sounds like you need a friend to help you break them in.. haha

 

[BmoreTerp]

Mine came in last night!!!

Labels Orderd:

Can’t wait to get them together and in play!!!

 

[Darson]

Which lineup do you prefer - pink/blue/white/red/grey or red/white/blue/pink/grey?

 

[BmoreTerp]

I may flip 500/5000 labels to help prevent dirty stack issues now that I have them in hand and mixed around.

 

[saleen121212]

Which lineup do you prefer - pink/blue/white/red/grey or red/white/blue/pink/grey?
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I like line 2 but I would personally switch the 1k and 5k

red, blue, white, pink, grey for spot progression.

 

[Poker Zombie]

I've also done some brief experimentation, and the pink chip, despite it's brilliant color, like to play dirty with both the Orange chip and the Blurple chip.

Oddly, the orange chip sticks out pretty well in a pink stack, but the pink chip hides in the orange stack. The Blurple and the pink blend in together both ways as seen in @BmoreTerp 's photo.

 

[Darson]

Hmm... given the dirty stack issues, I may go with this. It keeps the flag and melon chips the same as the Aria high roller ones and the pink/blue dirty stacks won't matter so much since they're relatively close in value.

 

[Jonesey07]

Hmm... given the dirty stack issues, I may go with this. It keeps the flag and melon chips the same as the Aria high roller ones and the pink/blue dirty stacks won't matter so much since they're relatively close in value.
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Swap the two on the end, IMO.

 

[Darson]

Swap the two on the end, IMO.

pink/blue?

 

[Jonesey07]

pink/blue?

I'm sorry, the two end chips.

 

[Darson]

I'm sorry, the two end chips.

I can't sadly - only have 50 of the greys.

 

[Jonesey07]

I can't sadly - only have 50 of the greys.

Ah. I'd be worried of the dirty stack issues with having both of your two left chips in play at the same time.

 

[HeWhoWouldPun]

I love these chips but have reservations about going to 43mm. I worry that my 39s will feel tiny afterwards. Can someone articulate a good reason for 43 besides “moar chips”? Like I said, I love these chips and want to get a set but...

 

[Jonesey07]

I love these chips but have reservations about going to 43mm. I worry that my 39s will feel tiny afterwards. Can someone articulate a good reason for 43 besides “moar chips”? Like I said, I love these chips and want to get a set but...

I have a set of the sunfly hybrid 43mm's and they are loved by everyone that's used them. I enjoy the oversized chips.

 

[jbriod]

Agree. Gray, pink, white, red, blurple. The final high denom chips will be vibrant on the table for last few players remaining.

 

[Forty4]

Know it’s already been done but a man of my word. Plus this is the amateur iPhone version.

 

[tulkas]

that looks like how I see the difference irl

 

[Chipandchair]

I have a set of the sunfly hybrid 43mm's and they are loved by everyone that's used them. I enjoy the oversized chips.

How do these compare in feel to the sunfly 43s??

 

[tulkas]

 

[pokerpig]

Got my chippies in today. Super happy with them, they came out great. Wish I could have got a set if blanks. Thanks Josh!

 

[Mr Winberg]

I got my shipping notice on the twelfth of August which means it'll hopefully reach Europe next week, then reach Sweden the week after. Now the hard part of the journey starts, as the trek to the deep north commences. A hazardous path full of lurking dangers. Once past the great Ice Wall, the chip bearers will need to stay clear of the main road to avoid being ambushed by the northmen, but that of course puts them in peril of wargs.

With any luck, these chips will make a great Christmas gift for myself