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Samurai Palace Clay Chips
Purchased from: http://www.holdempokerchips.com (group-buy)
Price Paid: group-buy price (??, under .90 each)

I bought these chips because I loved the fantastic design: the Japanese theme, the sophisticated color scheme, and the edgespot progression. I had no experience with BCC chips before, but I am very happy with them: they feel and sound different from my Paulsons, but different is not necessarily worse.

Pros:

• Colors: the colors are gorgeous, especially the grey .25, the purple 500, and the dark grey 5000.
• Edgespots: great progression of varied styles.
• Inlay : love the Japanese theme and the two-sided inlay.
  
• Mold: the new T-mold really fits the overall design.
• Stacking: these chips stack unbelievably well, better than any other chip I own (including my Paulson Pharaohs).
• The Grey .25 chip: so outstanding it deserves its own bullet point!! I believe this is the most beautiful (and sophisticated) mass-market home game chip out there.

Cons:

• They really do need oiling to make the most of the colors, and I think oiling is boring.
• Yellow 1000s I got had ghost edgespots -- I don't know if that is common.