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No kids stuff for me.

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Only adult entertainment !

 

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King - Luke Skywalker
Queen - Princess Leah
Bishop - Obi-Wan Kenobi
Knight - Han Solo
Rook - Chewbacca
Pawn - C3PO & R2D2
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King - Darth Vader
Queen - Gran Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing)
Bishop - Death Star Trooper
Knight - Imperial Officer
Rook - Imperial Ground Crew
Pawn - Stormtrooper

 

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Tarkin was a big meanie !

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Here is a cat vs. dog set I don't own. Maybe someday. By Berkeley.in Somerset.

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21 minutes ago, Fielder said:

Here is a cat vs. dog set I don't own.

Hey, post a link to that one!  Gotta love it.

That dawg pawn looks like the George Booth cartoon dog.

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Larry Hookins

 

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ChessBaron has 4 online stores, UK, USA, Canada, and Amazon.UK

I ordered another set a month ago, USA store: No sales tax, no shipping costs. Price shown is the total complete. 2 color choices:

https://www.chessbaron.com/product/BC2024/

https://www.chessbaron.com/product/BC3024/

More pictures here: https://www.berkeley-chess.com/product/bc2024-cats-and-dogs-red/

The LEGO Star Wars chess set was much cheaper, but is a one of a kind set made by an individual, I'm guessing from several different LEGO packaged Star Wars sets. 

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eBay UK, not Amazon UK. 

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12 hours ago, Fielder said:

Price shown is the total complete.

At $269 I'm very tempted.  Make a good Christmas gift for my son (who has been better at chess than I am since he was about 10 years old) -- if my wife thinks so as well.

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Larry Hookins

 

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
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Another one ChessBaron has is the Berkeley Shakespeare (not the Studio Anne Carlton one).

 

Berkeley Shakespeare:

King :                    Richard III                    Henry VIII

Queen:                 Cleopatra                     Lady Macbeth

Bishop:                 Shylock                        Cardinal Wolsey

Knight:                  Hamlet                         Bottom

Rook:                    Globe Theatre             Elsinore

Pawn:                   Soldiers                        Soldiers

(Elsinore is the castle on the Danish border and the scene of Hamlet)

I would say the left hand column are all less evil than the other team on the right.

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Top: Hamlet hold Yorik's skull,

Below:The giant jackass is Bottom of course.

 

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I ordered the red and white Dog vs. Cat set tonight Friday Nov. 14. I wonder how fast it will come? $269 (no State sales tax, no shipping charge, paid Paypal). 

What if the pet cats get interested in the set while we are playing 😞

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1 hour ago, Fielder said:

I ordered the red and white Dog vs. Cat set tonight Friday Nov. 14.

I ordered Thursday morning, the 13th.  I'll keep you updated as events happen.

Earlier that morning I asked my wife what she thought about getting our son a chess set for Christmas.  "But we already have a chess set." (She'd just woke up, obviously)  It's dogs versus cats.  "I'll think about it."  Showed her the pictures later and she fell in love with them, just like I did.

Maybe this will make up for the fact that when I was stationed in Germany and visited Oberammergau (famous for wood carvings) I didn't think to look for a chess set.  Just got a small wooden doggie.
 

1 hour ago, Fielder said:

What if the pet cats get interested in the set while we are playing

I  had a cat lay down on the empty area in the middle of a large chessboard with the pieces set up.  My wife went to grab the camera, and the cat started to get up.  "No, no!  Stay there.  I'm gonna take your picture!"  He did! 😄  Smart cat, he knew what was going on.

Never had a cat problem with any game I had set up.  

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Larry Hookins

 

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Order dispatched for delivery, email received about 15 minutes ago (6 AM).  With luck I'll get a tracking number.
 

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Uh... with that UK spelling, I wonder where it's being shipped from.  The company has a California area code.

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Larry Hookins

 

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And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

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I bought a Mascott Columbus set from chessbaron about 2 months ago. It was shipped to me from California. They don't have a Account place on their website, so I just emailed them with my order number from the email they sent me when I ordered, and they gave me the tracking number. 

http://[email protected]

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(Baron Turner owns the 3 large Chessbaron sales warehouses in USA, Canada, and the UK.)

 

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From Amazon UK, a very cheap price for top of the line Studio Anne Carlton chess set. These hand colored ones are suggested retail price without a board at 750 pounds sterling and 375 for uncolored. But they sell for about 25% less than that from stores online. 

This one has a board (the seller says board too is probably also Studio Anne Carlton which would raise price even higher.

This set is for sure the SAC product ID number A140P "Kings and Queens (Tudor)", and was discontinued about 30 years ago. Seller says the pieces are in perfect condition. Lots of great pictures. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167840954054

I can verify from old SAC brochures that the King is Henry VIII, Queen is Elizabeth I, Bishops are Thomas Cranmer (Henry VIII  reign), and rook is top of the Tower of London. I can't verify who the Knight is because my SAC doc image doesn't say, but looking at the piece it is almost certainly Sir Walter Raleigh (Elizabeth I reign). 

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Just got a UPS email notification.  

"Label created, United Kingdom, 11/18/2025 about 2:45 PM"

UPS email notification says, "Estimated Delivery Date: Thursday, 11/20/2025" UPS site doesn't mention a delivery date.

Hm.  Two days delivery from the UK seems a little quick.  We'll see.

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Larry Hookins

 

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

We Have Your Package
Exeter, United Kingdom
11/19/2025, 12:30 P.M.

Estimated delivery
Tomorrow, November 20 by 9:00 P.M.

That's still a little quick.  Was that 2 day delivery, from UK?  I'm impressed if it shows up that soon.  I'm in Texas.

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