[jbones]

11.5g Weighted Composite chips
Purchased from: Target
Price Paid: $ .067 ea

To many ChipTalk.net members, these chips are totally unacceptable. But to most poker players, these chips are actually pretty nice. They make great gifts. I purchased a 300 chip set for just $20 plus tax at Target, and it wasn't even on sale. They had plenty at that price, so when I was looking for a gift for a friend it didn't take much thought, especially since I've heard him say he liked these chips before when we played with them at a home game. Like many CT'ers I started with a set of these myself, as a gift. When I got them I thought they were great, but as soon as I started playing with other chips I realized that they weren't anything amazing. Still, to someone who hasn't and won't experience other chips, these should be just fine.

Pros:

• As mentioned, these chips are amazing. You really can't beat a 300 chip set for $20, even if you're going Faux Clays. Most people who don't have much experience with higher end chips will actually prefer dice chips to Faux Clays because of how plain the FC design is, at least in my experience.
• If you lose any of these or damage them (which you won't), they are extremely easy to replace.
• Although their extremely low price as well as relative ease to find they aren't very secure, you can find enough different colors, patterns that you can make them secure.
• If you have a set of nice chips that you don't like to break out for impromptu games, you can use these to avoid harm to your expensive chips.

Cons:

• They aren't very stable in large stacks, and are very slippery
• The design is very bland
• The metal slug produces what we, as bona fide chip snobs think of as a disgusting sound when stacked/ splashed in the pot.
• They aren't very secure at all if you buy the regular black/red/blue/white set at your local retailer.

Still, to someone without extensive experience with nice chips, these are unbeatable for the value.