The Energon Pub

I play chess very poorly, but that won't stop me from picking this up! The pieces look pretty good, especially Soundwave.....heheh

These pieces look pretty good, but the board needs work.

i_amtrunks wrote:It just isn't Chess if there aren't 2 different shades of squares.

Agreed. They should have the Autobot insignia on the white squares and the Decepticon insignia on the black squares.

I've had an idea for a BW chess set for years with:

White
King = Ark
Queen = Op. Op.
Bishops = Depthcharge and Tigerhawk
Knights = Silverbolt and Cheetor (TM or TM2)
Rooks = Rhinox and TM Rattrap
Pawns = Pre-humans

Black
King = Nemesis
Queen = TM2 Megatron
Bishops = Rampage and TM2 Dinobot
Knights = Inferno and Quickstrike
Rooks = Waspinator and TM Tarantulas
Pawns = Cyber-Raptors

Predaprince wrote: These pieces look pretty good, but the board needs work.

i_amtrunks wrote:It just isn't Chess if there aren't 2 different shades of squares.

Agreed. They should have the Autobot insignia on the white squares and the Decepticon insignia on the black squares.

That was what I was thinking too.

Predaprince wrote:
I've had an idea for a BW chess set for years with:

White
King = Ark
Queen = Op. Op.
Bishops = Depthcharge and Tigerhawk
Knights = Silverbolt and Cheetor (TM or TM2)
Rooks = Rhinox and TM Rattrap
Pawns = Pre-humans

Black
King = Nemesis
Queen = TM2 Megatron
Bishops = Rampage and TM2 Dinobot
Knights = Inferno and Quickstrike
Rooks = Waspinator and TM Tarantulas
Pawns = Cyber-Raptors

The ark - Prime and Nemesis Megatron is a fantastic idea I do like your beast wars idea for the pawns as well. They could have done this set better, I think next time they should talk with you.

Looks cool, though im not into chess...Monopoly is my game.

Scaleface wrote:I'd pay maybe $40 for it.

That's funny since it's going to be around $250.

It looks as though the figures and the board were made seperately without any consideration for how they would look together. Horribly disappointing and I'm glad I didn't order one.

Not bad. I assume they will color the squares. I also hope this may spawn other Tf chess sets. I would have a hard time passing this up unless it's ridiculously expensive.

It's strange to see that the board does not have light and dark spaces. Everything is the same tone.

How is this a Chesss set?? There are no pawns!

Finn wrote:How is this a Chesss set?? There are no pawns!

As previously stated, Bumblebee and Kickback are the pawns. Dumb, yes. Crap, I know.

Kickback? It should have been Rumble!

So who's the Queen? Magnus or Rodimus?

that isnt worth the price... i expected something bigger and made of something like pewter or perhaps glass

jgilkinson wrote:that isnt worth the price... i expected something bigger and made of something like pewter or perhaps glass

Exactly what I was thinking. This set looks like it is made of plastic. I wouldn't pay $250 for something that looks like a cheap childrens toy. An expensive high quality chess set should look like an expensive high quality chess set. Something you display proudly. I would hide this thing in shame.

bluecatcinema wrote:Kickback? It should have been Rumble!

Rumble? It should have been Reflector!

I bet we could keep this up.

jgilkinson wrote:that isnt worth the price... i expected something bigger and made of something like pewter or perhaps glass

Um, they are pewter. However, I do agree that it's way too expensive.

God Magnus wrote:

bluecatcinema wrote:Kickback? It should have been Rumble!

Rumble? It should have been Reflector!

I bet we could keep this up.

jgilkinson wrote:that isnt worth the price... i expected something bigger and made of something like pewter or perhaps glass

Um, they are pewter. However, I do agree that it's way too expensive.

if they are Pewter they are using the HOC / SFC molds. There is no real original work here, no new sculpts. I've seen some beautiful chess sets and I always thought a tf one would have been wonderful. This is not a chess set I would take out to wow another chess player. I agree with koloth when he says:

An expensive high quality chess set should look like an expensive high quality chess set. Something you display proudly. I would hide this thing in shame.

This is not what I consider high quality. It is expensive though, but for what? As I have said, I am pretty certaan they are having a reuse of the HOC figures.

I probably won't be getting this unless I see changes, or maybe there'll be one I like somewhere else. Glad I did not preorder it myself..I thought about it.

I have seen wonderful sets for 200 canadian, detailed peices, amazing board...

Sunstar wrote:

God Magnus wrote:Um, they are pewter. However, I do agree that it's way too expensive.

if they are Pewter they are using the HOC / SFC molds. There is no real original work here, no new sculpts.

Not entirely. Shockwave and Kickback were never offered in the HOC or SCF collections. Even so, I'm not even saying that I disagree on any of the points that anyone has made about the lack of quality and the sheer disappointment this brings to a fan of both Transformers and chess, such as myself.

WarHorse wrote:So who's the Queen? Magnus or Rodimus?

Guessing Primes King Rodimus Queen

I hope it at least lights up.