Custom Kings Crown Group Buy- Update

[slowplayray]

As most of you probably know by now, I am organizing a group buy of "semi-custom" clay chips from T.R. King. I refer to them as "semi-custom" because, while the chips will use T.R. King's stock "Kings Crown" inlay, they will all be dual edge-spotted with custom colors. The Kings Crown inlay is, in return, borrowed from the former Kings Crown Casino in Las Vegas. For those wondering, the reason I decided to re-use this inlay is two-fold: 1) It has the "classic" casino look I am trying to accomplish with these chips, and 2) I have discovered from experience that group-designing an inlay is a HUGE headache (just look how hard it was to settle on the color scheme!), so it is much easier to use something already in existence. There will be no modification made to the stock inlay, but T.R. King has agreed to not make the chips in these color combinations for anyone but us, so you need not worry about security in your home game. Also, it will allow those who wish to to mix and match with the two existing Kings Crown fantasy sets - the solid color chips sold by Dice702 and the single edge-spot chips sold direct by T.R. King.

Here is the set, approximately as it will appear in it's final form. Please note I made educated guesses for a couple colors AND all monitors display colors slightly different, so "actual results may vary." Also, the gray chip will probably not have a denomination printed on it, as it will act as a "filler" chip, unless the large majority of people want it as the $0.25:



$0.25 (non-denom) Gray w/ 4 double-wide Dark Blue
$1 Dark Blue w/ double-wide White/Light Blue
$5 Red w/ dual Gray/Black
$25 Green w/ dual Pink/Light Green
$100 Black w/ dual Red/Light Turqoise
$500 Purple w/ dual White/Orange
$1000 Yellow w/ dual Green/Dark Blue

The price for this group buy will be $0.85/chip + shipping and escrow fees (if any) - I need to get it up to 5,000 chips for this price. Please post or PM me if you are definitely interested in purchasing a set of these chips, and let me know your email address and how many of each denomination you want to purchase (even if you have already done so). Once I have an idea of the numbers, we can all discuss and decide how we would like to handle the payments. Basically, we can either set up an escrow account, or each pay T.R. King separately if that does not work out to be too cumbersome. Also, I have an offer from one of the participants who lives ~5 minutes from T.R. King to pick up the chips and handle the shipping with his business account at a cost of $10 per 500 chips.

You can follow the development history of this set here.

Any questions - fire away!

[Nugzy]

How much does he charge for samples? I have never handled these chips, I would like a sample before committing to buying 2000 chips.

[slowplayray]

How much does he charge for samples? I have never handled these chips, I would like a sample before committing to buying 2000 chips.

From what I can tell, he will usually send a couple out for free, and very quickly. Just visit http://www.trking.com and call the number listed. Tell him you are considering the custom Kings Crown group buy (he is aware of it) and he will probably shoot a couple out to you.

[Nugzy]

Cool thanks Im gonna call later.

[shn750]

Is there a dead line date for making a decision of whether you are in or out?

Thanks

[pokerchipreviews]

For what it's worth, got a big sample of his today in the mail. (After months of begging).

These are nice chips. Review will be up within a few days...but in a nutshell...these are really good chips. Put it this way...at the office today the Paulsons and the TR Kings showed up at the same time. Going head to head, more folks chose the TR Kings than Paulsons. (Granted...it was close.)

Cheers,
John
www.pokerchipreviews.com

[slowplayray]

For what it's worth, got a big sample of his today in the mail. (After months of begging).

These are nice chips. Review will be up within a few days...but in a nutshell...these are really good chips. Put it this way...at the office today the Paulsons and the TR Kings showed up at the same time. Going head to head, more folks chose the TR Kings than Paulsons. (Granted...it was close.)

Cheers,
John
www.pokerchipreviews.com

Cool, glad you agree. I always say they are my favorites. Honestly, after seeing the pics of the new Paulsons on your web site, I am even happier I am going with T.R. King :D

[Nugzy]

Spoke with them yesterday, my sample is on the way.

[slowplayray]

Spoke with them yesterday, my sample is on the way.

Yeah, I had him send me a bunch more samples yesterday so I can decide on the colors for sure (i.e. am i looking for purple or lavender, yellow, or light gold, light green or signal green, etc).

[Nugzy]

When are you planning on placing this order? Im debating which chips I want, these, the new Paulsons, or the WSOP ChipCo group buy. Ahh screw it, I'll prolly get all three.

[slowplayray]

When are you planning on placing this order? Im debating which chips I want, these, the new Paulsons, or the WSOP ChipCo group buy. Ahh screw it, I'll prolly get all three.

I would like to set the final order commitment deadline at February 11, with the order being placed on February 15th.

[slowplayray]

To clear up any confusion, the way we are working this buy is we are going to be placing individual orders directly with T.R. King for what is essentially going to be a "limited edition" run of chips. You can pay for shipment of your quantity directly from them.

[PocketRocket]

So just to get this through my aging decrepit mind, all orders for these chips would be placed directly with Dennis at TR King, and they will be at the .85 price, plus shipping? Is there a reference that we should use?

Note to others: Dennis is incredibly fair and cordial with shipping, pretty much just the UPS charges, rounded off (which is a little high for a 100 chip shipment at a UPS minimum of $6, but he shipped me 600 for only $10).

To clear up any confusion, the way we are working this buy is we are going to be placing individual orders directly with T.R. King for what is essentially going to be a "limited edition" run of chips. You can pay for shipment of your quantity directly from them.

[slowplayray]

So just to get this through my aging decrepit mind, all orders for these chips would be placed directly with Dennis at TR King, and they will be at the .85 price, plus shipping? Is there a reference that we should use?

Correct. I suppose there will need to be some sort of reference, yes. However, if you plan on getting in on this, please let me know, so that I may keep track of who's getting how many (need to get up to the 5k minimum). I will then coordinate with Dennis on what to expect for orders and in what timeframe.

P.S. There is a good chance the $5 edge spots are changing, probably to gold/black, light gold/black, or green/black.

[ledavatar]

Is there a minimum order quantity? I would want to get 10 of each denomination, so that makes 70. When should we place the order w/ T.R. King? I assume he has to have enough orders to start making them?