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!
Tag Archives: Chess
Classic Castle Chess Set by astronut1
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 pieces for the rest. I especially like the kings and queens:
The rooks and bishops are also great:
Possible new set: G577 Vikings Chess Set?
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:
