Migration Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) Love this set. It's simple and clean and even looks usable as a chess set. Edited January 17, 2017 by Migration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Simple, playable, all fits into its own case for storage and each playing piece is recognizable. It certainly could be more flashy or unique but they have already done so with every prior minifigure centered designs which are great to gaze upon yet tricky to move around easily for the game and trying to remember who was what character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Briggs Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 5 hours ago, Haay said: It's got 1450 bricks, and costs $54.99 (US), £45.99 in the UK, and €54,99 / €59,99 (Germany / Netherlands respectively) in Europe. That makes a pretty good price per brick ratio with a nice collection of tiles and interesting/useful bricks as well. 1450 bricks for 55€ sounds very attractive. If this set is exclusive to LEGO stores and LEGO Shop at Home it'll be a great way to qualify for promotional items in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukiepete Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 On 12/22/2016 at 10:08 PM, TabbyBoy said: Am I the only chess player here? Nope. Count me in. This is the sort of chess set I've been looking for from TLG, though to honest, I sort of which they would have gone all-in on pure black/white or maybe something like sand green/crimson. I'm not a huge fan of the color combo for the pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirborneAFOL Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I need to run the arithmetic yet, but at first look it appears to be a very appealing part-out set... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randrace Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 If it goes on sale like Pirates Chess, even better. I've sold the black and white tiles on eBay for something like $20 shipped in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 ill text you when i sell first dozen...let me see how its goes. On 1/17/2017 at 7:55 AM, Migration said: Love this set. It's simple and clean and even looks usable as a chess set. ..and checkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I love Chess sets and this one seems like a deal. I like the Checkers option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaisonline Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, Ed Mack said: I love Chess sets and this one seems like a deal. I like the Checkers option. i enjoy how this set looks compared to the pirates one. the piece storage option sold me. since my son plays chess, i'm going to sell his opened pirates set and buy this once on-sale or there is a good promo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) will be better to see price 40-50 but with 1450 pieces 55 is fine. Edited January 24, 2017 by brickolodon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Chess-Set-2017-40174 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyHand Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) Good review by JANGBRICKS of this excellent LEGO Chess set. It's definitely on my Want-List ! Now I'm waiting for a good promo from LEGO to get it. Edited January 27, 2017 by Haay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I've got one and it's fantastic, simply the best LEGO chess set ever made. In fact it's the "only" LEGO chess set ever made! If any LEGO chess set is going to reach 2x, it has to be this one. Again... I did NOT buy to invest ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shewie Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) The Price point per parts is just spot on, box is massive and it takes some time to finish the set, among the new Calendar my very fav new sets from lego classic and not only. Edited January 28, 2017 by Shewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirborneAFOL Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I need to run the arithmetic yet, but at first look it appears to be a very appealing part-out set... Based on Bricklink's "average sale price past 6 months", looks like this set could make $112 profit ($168 gross) on a $56 buy-in.HOWEVER, the average prices of these parts are likely to trend downward pretty rapidly as folks ****** some up for their parts stores. Also noteworthy is almost $40 of that gross comes from Design ID 26604 - which appears to be either new or previously very scarce, and that should drop rapidly.So my instinct tells me a $56 buy in here could reasonably be parted out to double your money. Of course, you'd be looking at several hours of sorting/listing, but could be a profitable endeavor if you grabbed a dozen of these (so you gain efficiencies in sorting)...A year ago I'd have been all over that, but I'm trying to liquidate my existing inventory as it is, so somebody with more time on their hands is welcome to it. Heck, I'll even shoot ya my spreadsheet with the full inventory, annotated with BL values, profit margins per piece, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loghamel Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 5 hours ago, TabbyBoy said: I've got one and it's fantastic, simply the best LEGO chess set ever made. In fact it's the "only" LEGO chess set ever made! If any LEGO chess set is going to reach 2x, it has to be this one. Again... I did NOT buy to invest ;-) I guess that's a matter of opinion. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=852293#T=S&O={} 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilrock Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I really like this... Plus, you can use minifigs if you want... I'll definitely be buying a copy of this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 9 hours ago, Darth_Raichu said: https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Chess-Set-2017-40174 At 1:45 in you can see Jang has a LEGO-related blister on his finger ... too much brick placing is not good for you folks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 4 minutes ago, Phil B said: At 1:45 in you can see Jang has a LEGO-related blister on his finger ... too much brick placing is not good for you folks! Jang posts a new review video almost everyday. He might be slightly overdoing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordoflego Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Lego games (glad to see maze proving me wrong) aren't doing too well, so I never looked at the pictures of this set too closely, but wow, I like it. This thing is huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Darth_Raichu said: Jang posts a new review video almost everyday. He might be slightly overdoing it Just one? I think he posts multiple a day ... I have his website in my RSS feed...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I didnt see chess set in lego store yet, online only... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudoty Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 @AirborneAFOL around how much to swap out the blue and dark red and make this all B&W including the sides of the board? I am impatiently waiting until 2/16 Disco Batman promo to order mine from LEGO Shop at Home but wouldn't mind having the mod pieces ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirborneAFOL Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 [mention=68594]AirborneAFOL[/mention] around how much to swap out the blue and dark red and make this all B&W including the sides of the board? I am impatiently waiting until 2/16 Disco Batman promo to order mine from LEGO Shop at Home but wouldn't mind having the mod pieces ready. I didn't look at the actual build design, just the piece count/value. But if you pull up the set on Bricklink, they've got the complete part inventory. That'll give you the design id's & total quantities for whichever pieces it is you're talking about that would need to be subbed - and from there its easy enough to figure the mod cost.So long as you're not subbing out the dark grey 16x16 plates or tan "brick 1x1 stud on 2 adjacent sides", my hunch is the mod cost could be done for as little as $10. Only a few rare/expensive bricks in the set - about 90% of them are pretty standard (the type most of us probably already have plenty on hand, or sell for ~$0.05/pc on BL). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villager Chris Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Really like this set. Is it exclusive to Lego SAH, or will stock arrive at other retailers in due course (not 3rd party)? I can't find it anywhere else. Happy to part with £46, but be annoyed if it does a Pirates later in 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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