[ontheuptick]

I like the edgespot choices on BOTH chips. The inlay sucks, true.

I don't understand what everyone is complaining about, if it's just the inlay then fine, but the edgespots on both of these are pretty solid upgrades from the previous 1 and 5.

[machinelf]

Pros
- The house mold is now a nice part of the design
- The edgespots actually look nice, as opposed to the bleeding, boring white specks.
- The denoms are not so horsey anymore--they're more appropriately sized, more visually centered, and I prefer the new font to the old one. I also like the size relationship between number/dollar sign much better.

Cons
- The background "B" is a little busy and unnecessary. I can see why they would attempt to consolidate different chip lines, but this just doesn't quite work.
- Color-matching is gone. Makes them easier to produce, but less visually interesting. Maybe they should have just taken the type/denom elements, kept them on the white inlay (with gradient).

Sneh
- Did they need to add the denom spelled out? I wouldn't have bothered, but at least they made it look good.
- City tucked under the name--again, not my choice, but not badly done.
- Dark inlay--I generally like dark inlays, but this one being grey seems a little scared to commit. Meh.

[Midnight Rose]

To me, "matching" that inlay to the other parts of those chips, is like watching a black-and-white movie on a HDTV.

[Couga]

The inlay is just as important if not moreso than the edgespots. If the inlay sucks, the chip sucks. It is like looking at a painting and saying "The landscape is really beautiful but portrait looks like crap."

It is all a part of the whole. I am not saying my point of view is right, I just don't understand how one can look at a chip and say "I like it, but the inlay is ugly."

- Couga

[handsomepants1]

Again, has ANYONE ACUTALLY SEEN, IN HAND, the new chips? Are the inlays yucky gray, or do they have a chocolate color to them. I still think the scans people are making of the new chips are fading out some of the color.

[foley10]

I've seen the new chip...BigKyle's picture is a little fade. The blue is darker (same color as the current MGM chip)....the yellow edge spot is bright....the grey center is the same color as the picture.

foley10

[Midnight Rose]

Just received mine (thanks Foley!), and I concur that it's pretty much as advertised. It's not as fugly as I thought it would be (or maybe I'm just used to seeing it right now), and I like the gray and metallic gold spots, but that inlay is just out-of-place.

Also, another interesting factoid: the color bled a bit on the paper the chip was in.

[jdunford]

Originally Posted by Midnight Rose

Also, another interesting factoid: the color bled a bit on the paper the chip was in.

Can you sign your name with it on a piece of paper? That's the standards "blue Paulson" test, isn't it?

[Midnight Rose]

Originally Posted by jdunford

Can you sign your name with it on a piece of paper? That's the standards "blue Paulson" test, isn't it?

I don't think it was that bad (and I'm not apt to test it with this chip), but it's a bit ironic that the bleeding issue is still not completely gone for the Bellagio chip.

[bmwguy525]

Is it confirmed that the bleeding issue is even a small factor in replacing their rack? The majority of the Bellagio rack is worn down to the core. I highly doubt color transfer was even an issue for them.