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LEGO® Pirates Chess Set
LEGO® Pirates Chess Set
Posted:March 14, 2015
nickkapur
Age:
25-34
years old
Building Experience:
Expert LEGO builder
Overall:
3
/
5
A Beautiful Set with some Glaring Flaws
" This is a beautiful set with many pleasing elements. The addition of the scenery elements (and modular to boot!) is much welcomed innovation compared to previous LEGO chess sets and greatly enhances play value, especially for younger kids who may be just learning about chess for the first time. The storage compartments are another outstanding addition, although unfortunately seem just one brick too shallow to fit the pieces in without partial disassembly - a very unfortunate oversight, as it makes set-up and storage much more time consuming.
A few major cons include the rather unorthodox and unrecognizable forms chosen for the bishops, knights, and pirates' rooks, which make them easy to confuse with each other and very hard to distinguish at a glance. This significantly undermines the value of the set for teaching kids chess.
The other major con, in my view, is the completely baffling decision to provide the bluecoat pawns with *neither* the epaulettes *nor* the shako hats that bluecoat soldiers normally come with. This greatly decreases the utility of the set as an "army builder", because to make these pieces look like actual soldiers, these missing parts would have to be ordered separately from a second-market reseller. A very, very unfortunate decision there.
PROS:
- Beautiful set!
- Modular scenery!
- Storage compartments!
- Good value!
- Modular scenery!
- Storage compartments!
- Good value!
CONS:
- Storage compartments are too small for the pieces
- Some pieces are unrecognizable
- Soldier pawns lack hats and epaulettes
- Some pieces are unrecognizable
- Soldier pawns lack hats and epaulettes
Overall, a good set and a great value for the money, albeit with some glaring (and surprising) flaws.
"
I would recommend this to a friend!
From: Philadelphia
State:
Pennsylvania
From:
United States
Age:
25-34
years old
Building Experience:
Expert LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Daughter
Build Time:
35
mins
Play Experience (Optional):
4
/
5
Value for Money (Optional):
5
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
I would recommend this to a friend!
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