Pirates Chess Set

I can honestly say that I have no major complaints about this set – the lack of monkeys is deeply concerning, but that criticism can be applied to all the new Pirates sets. This has got to be one of the best surprises of 2015 and is one of my favourite buys of the year. more less

What a fun set. Great collection of Minifigures, and a truly awesome build. While I haven't played chess in over a decade, I couldn't pass this set up. The biggest features to me where: - $$ Price is great for this many pieces - Minifigures, you get a ton for this price point. While most are duplicates, it's still a nice collection - Board design. I especially love how the set all stacks up vertically to save space. To me this was the selling feature! No cons that I can think of, it's a fun set, that looks great! more less

This is a good novelty chess board build - my first grader had a lot of fun putting it together. However, when it came time for the actual chess play, we found out that pieces are very hard to "move" on the board, that sometimes board pieces stick to the chess figures when you're lifting them up, etc. In theory, with care, a real chess game can be played; in practice, taking care to put together and restore the integrity of the Lego chessboard at every move gets boring and irritating fast. The setting looks very nice and it is attracting a lot of attention from visitors.The chess figurines have a lot of color variety amongst them, so sometimes they're hard to distinguish if a pawn is supposed to be a while or black piece... more less

So many pieces and so many minifigures… it's worth every penny. If I were going to keep this built, I would have to do some thorough overhauling on the landscaping sections, but since I'm not, I can feel good about giving it a good average and then tearing it up to build something better. I'm sure I'm going to get some great use out of these pieces… more less