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In lugnet.castle.ninja, Kung-Khoon Quah writes:
> James,
> Thanks for the kinds words on the set.
> Your idea of Lego offering pre-made chess boards is a very good one.
> As usual, AFOLs can come up with ideas that would probably be money
> makers for TLC but some of our ideas never see the light of day.
> It also makes sense because Lego needs to realize that chess sets
> are a very different market - people actually like playing chess on
> the sets besides being fun to look at.
> Maybe its time for a "Dear Lego" post on this.
> KK
I think so too. That is why I set the follow-ups to go to lugnet.dear-lego
James J.
P.S.: After thinking about it, the hoods from the Star Wars Emperor's guards or
ninjas would be interesting if used on a bishop...
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> In lugnet.castle.ninja, James Jackson writes:
> > In lugnet.castle.ninja, Kung-Khoon Quah writes:
> > > It was a fairly obvious idea but one I had to make and it was a lot of
> > > fun making the set. Thank god for bulk purchases of the B&W tiles 2x2
> > > from LD. And some timely purchases of blue slope 45 2x2s. LMKWYT !
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3876
> >
> > What can I say? I love it! I might have used different Shogun minifig pieces
> > for the kings in addition to flag changes, but it still looks great. It is
> > obvious that you put a lot of work into this board.
It would be nice if The LEGO Group would save fans the trouble by offering
pre-made chess boards so that we could build our own themes. I would like to
see in a SAHS Catalog boards made in the the following color combinations:
- Black & White (Standard)
- Tan & Brown (For that Classic look)
- Blue & Gray (great for Civil War/Calvary battles)
- Orange & Cool Purple, or Red & Blue (for those who prefer fun colors
over tradition)
- True Green and [Pale] "Statue" Green (for those with a LOT of soccer
players...)
Lastly,
- Red & Black (It also doubles as a checkerboard!)
These boards should include chess-related elements that would ordinarily be
rare to LEGO sets, such as 2 horses per color (with saddles matching the
board colors), 2 gold crowns, Board-matching "Princess" hats, 2 different wig
styles for each of the queens, 2 different colored male wigs, broadswords for
the 4 knights, and other minor things you can add to your own LEGO Collection.
> > Not having the needed number of tiles, I can only marvel at the works of • others. Otherwise, I could probably round myself up a nice board, especially
> > with a minifig population of 50-something, including 2 Insectoid Queens • (ooh...
> > catfight!), all 3 Ninja Shoguns (Blue, Red, and White/Black), and a large
> > general population, plus minions to the above.
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