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Handmade Doctor Who Chess Set: Knight to TARDIS 4

We’ve all seen the Doctor Who chess sets that are available from online retailers. They’re cool and appropriately geeky, but they’re just too polished and slick and mass produced. This version is much better and at least it has some personality.…

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Chess Set Made from Camera Lenses: Canon f/2.8 to Nikon f/4, Check!

I have never been a fan of chess. I played it online a few times and used to play on occasion with one of my uncles, but I always lost interest well before the game was finished. If you like the pace of chess and happen to like photography too,…

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Zelda Chess Set: A Link to the Board Game

Ben Howard made this one of a kind chess set that will surely fill up the heart containers of Zelda fans with glee, featuring characters from various games in the series, including of course Princess Zelda as the good queen, Ganon as the bad king, and not one but two…

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LEGO Empire Strikes Back Chess Set: Lego+star Wars, Who Could Ask for Anything More?

It’s always been about Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for me. No matter what people say, I think it’s the most important film of the Star Wars saga. Even though I have to agree that Revenge of the Sith wasn’t all that bad, it was nowhere near as good…

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100,000 LEGO Robotic Monster Chess: Can Chess Get Any More Complicated?

Playing chess is fun, but I’ve never seen a chess board like this! It uses about 100,000 LEGO bricks and the chess board is about 12 feet to each side! Oh yeah, each chess piece is a LEGO robot! Can it get any better?…

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Cthulhu Mythos Chess Set Will Make You Want to Resign

In the words of its creator, the Cthulhu Mythos Chess Set “feature indescribable forces of madness and the grotesque,” and “will strain the sanity of the stoutest soul.” I’m just trying to figure out which piece is what. They all look like hardened snot to me. But that’s probably because…

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Teeny Tiny LEGO Chess Set

I’ve got to give to the guy behind this LEGO build, it’s ingenious. If you love playing chess, then you should get cracking and build your own. This incredibly small LEGO chess set was created by Flickr user Akunthita. It measures 12 × 12 studs, which is about a 3″…

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Super Mario Chess Set: Peach to Goomba 4 – Checkmate!

Mario and all his friends are ready to take on King Bowser and his Queen Koopa in this Super Mario collector’s edition chess set from USAopoly. The chess set includes 32 hand-painted figurines from the classic Nintendo video game series including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Toad, 1-up mushroom, Bowser,…

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Star Wars + Chess = the Ultimate Geek Board Game

I can’t imagine anything more perfect for rabid Star Wars fans than this awesome collectible chess set. Available for pre-order over on the Star Wars Shop for an introductory price of $539 (USD), this Gentle Giant’s detailed chess set pits Dark vs. Light. The set includes 32 collectible pewter figurines,…

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Handmade Doctor Who Chess Set: Knight to TARDIS 4

Chess Set Made from Camera Lenses: Canon f/2.8 to Nikon f/4, Check!

Zelda Chess Set: A Link to the Board Game

LEGO Empire Strikes Back Chess Set: Lego+star Wars, Who Could Ask for Anything More?

100,000 LEGO Robotic Monster Chess: Can Chess Get Any More Complicated?

Cthulhu Mythos Chess Set Will Make You Want to Resign

Teeny Tiny LEGO Chess Set

Super Mario Chess Set: Peach to Goomba 4 – Checkmate!

Star Wars + Chess = the Ultimate Geek Board Game

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