As follow up to his A New Hope chess set, Brandon Griffith (icgetaway) presents another beautiful set that captures the key characters from The Empire Strikes Back. I really like the Hoth themed game board, and the fact that it also acts as storage for the pieces is another plus. Check out the full details Continue reading →
For our Throw Back Thursday feature – it’s all about Going big or going home. That’s exactly what Team Hassenplug probably had in mind when they started this humongous task of creating this Intelligent Monster Chess Set #TBT
These are two sets that I made for Classic Castle’s Chess Challenge, which ends tonight. I had a lot of fun with these. I’ve never made two matching creations in different scales before. I’m hooked on Chess sets now. I think I’m going to do some more…
I can’t believe no one has thought of it earlier, because using a checkered flag for a chessboard is brilliant. Nice going Ivana Zetko!
There are quite a few who have answered the challenge for Chess at Classic Castle — Ken Robichaud is the first one I’ve seen to take it to new heights.
The most recent Classic-Castle monthly challenge focuses on Chess (either sets or pieces)–and Aaron Dayman’s contribution is simply above and beyond. He’s crafted one side of the board as Forestmen! Pictures of the individual pieces can be found in his gallery.
I never caught the chess bug, but this tiny set by akunthita just might change my mind. The queens use the tiny Belville crowns, though I’m less keen on the cut towballs on the pawns. In keeping with our theme of function as well as form today, the chess set has little drawers that can Continue reading →
I strongly suspect most of you have already seen this, but this LEGO Star Wars chess set by Brandon Griffith (icgetaway) is well worth another look. In addition to a great board and the minifig stands one might expect from a LEGO chess set, Brandon built a bunch of microscale Star Wars vehicles and even Continue reading →
UPDATE: The LEGO Castle Giant Chess Set will be available for pre-order from the LEGO Shop on July 1. No release date has been announced yet. Some people know where to look for leaked pictures of upcoming sets, and many times great treasures are dug up in lego.com’s cache (the specific procedures are still a Continue reading →
The rumored LEGO Castle Chess Set (852001) is already available in the LEGO Store online: EDIT: And the artwork on the front is by Mike Rayhawk. Nice work, Mike!
In June of 2005, Classic-Castle.com held a contest to create castle-themed chess pieces and chess sets. It looks like Flickr user astronut1 took his pictures a few months later (and just posted them on Flickr), but these would have been great entries: The pawns are classic Crusaders and Black Falcons minifigs, but astronut1 created unique Continue reading →
Mumu seems to have run across a new set on LEGO Shop@Home, G577 Vikings Chess Set. That link doesn’t work anymore, but Mumu lifted this picture before the set disappeared from S@H: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Products Vikings G577 Chess Set Brickshelf