Play chess with minifigures in regal LEGO® Kingdoms’ style! Build all 32 royal characters, then the black and white baseplate board! Put your army in place with their weapons and accessories, then battle with your opponent in a classic game of chess – LEGO® style! Includes a storage box!One of the side effects of being a geek is that you like geeky things, like Star Wars, Chess, and Legos. Of course, combining three of those things together is an opportunity a mildly obsessive geek like me can’t pass up. It would be prohibitively expensive to buy all the necessary sets to get a decent collection of the right mini-figures, but Lego’s new Star Wars magnet sets provides the opportunity to get many of the right figures without the overhead of buying full sets. ) I put together all the mini-figures necessary to make a “Light vs. Dark Star Wars Lego Chess Setâ€. MSRP for everything is $250. I put together this set using just one actual Lego set, a number of magnet sets, and one Star Wars Lego Watch.
(1) 6212: X-Wing Fighter (Luke parts, Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2D2) (1) 2851192: C3PO Child’s Watch (C3PO) (8) 852553: Magnet Set Storm Trooper (Storm Trooper, Rebel Pilot, AT-ST Driver) (1) 852554: Magnet Set Chewbacca (Chewbacca, Obi Wan, Darth Vader) (1) 852552: Magnet Set Royal Guard (Boba Fett, Imperial Royal Guard) (1) 852715: Magnet Set Darth Vader (Emperor parts, Snow Trooper, Shadow Trooper) (1) 852551: Magnet Set Darth Maul (Emperor and Luke parts) King: Luke (constructed from Luke Pilot & Anakin mini-figs: see photo above) K Bishop: Obi Wan Kenobi (pants swapped with Luke) Q Bishop: Han Solo (Shirt swapped with Anakin) K Knight: Chewbacca w/crossbow laser Q Knight: Chewbacca w/blaster King: Emperor (constructed from Darth Vader and Darth Maul mini-figs. K Bishop: Imperial Guard Q Bishop: Boba Fett K Knight: Shadow Trooper Q Knight: Snow Trooper K Rook: AT-SD Driver Q Rook: AT-SD Driver
The leftovers are: Child Anakin hybrid, Princess Leia in Slave Costume, Darth Maul/Damaged Vader hybrid, six AT-ST drivers, and two extra Rebel Pilots left over from Luke in Pilot suit and Wedge Antilles. Oh, and an X-Wing fighter and watch. The choices of some pieces are driven by what can be purchased inexpensively: The AT-ST Driver rooks are there simply because they came free with the pawn pieces. I could obtain an “actual†Emperor as a Lego keychain, but he’d have a metal knob in his head and come glued together, whereas the mini-figures that come with the magnet sets are the real McCoy. I actually like my constructed Emperor better anyway. I am considering demoting Han Solo to Q Knight and introducing Yoda as Q Bishop from another magnet set, eliminating the “extra†Chewbacca. This will leave Count Duku and Mace Windu leftovers. With a little bit of Lego Know-How, you can have a full Star Wars Lego Chess Set. Not only is this a fun project to construct with your family, but it will be a workable chess game that they can enjoy for years to come.
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15,454 in Toys & Games (See top 100) Date First Available18 Mar. 2015 Starting Chess (Usborne First Skills) See all 5 customer reviews See all 5 customer reviews (newest first) on Amazon.co.ukI have never liked Chess as a kid or as a teenager. It was just one of those games that looked boring and bland. A game for nerds. However in the past several years after buying my first iphone, I could not find a app that suited my needs. Ultimately I needed an game that required some strategy and would never get boring. A game that I could improve on over time and a game that would pass time while I was playing it. That game ended up being Chess.At first, I was VERY BAD at Chess, and in some ways I still am. I remember losing to a group of kids while on a cruise. After 100 or so games I realized that Chess was not so bad. In fact It became an addiction.Now here I am finally wanting to get a customized Chess board. Since I am into Fantasy and Medieval characters, I thought about buying the "Crusaders Chess" set.
However I want my Chess pieces to be able to be customized and I preferred my pawns to be holding shields and swords. I just could not justify the one or two hundred dollars to get this Chess set it. The pieces are nicely painted but will wear and crack and this was something I did not want.While browsing eBay, I found this this amazing chess set! The Castle Giant Lego Chess Set. Unfortunately this set was released in 2008 and is a limited edition set. It was priced at $200 back then but now fetches anywhere between $1500-1800. A fairly steep price for an Awesome set. Until Lego decides to launch another limited edition Chess set I have decided to custom make my own!Here is another set that is readily available for $50. The Kingdom Chess Set. The pieces are nice but the Chess board is small and untiled. This would mean for every move I would have to pull the piece off one section of the board and try to push it back on the desired square without the piece falling apart on me.It was then I decided to build my own chess board using the "Castle Giant Lego Chess Set" as a template and even improving on the individual pieces.