Having also obtained all 7 chibi prize figures of the servants from Ichiban Kuji’s part 1 line of Fate/ZERO, I thought it’d look pretty cool to display them on the board in place of the servant pieces from the set. My display of the set! I actually bought a new tempered glass desk and dark red table cloth for a better display rather than my usual lazy way of putting it on the floor and taking photos from the top. Would’ve been awesome if the board was made in marble stone as it appeared to be in the anime but one can only imagine how heavy and costly it would’ve been to make. Guess Bandai wanted to save production costs. You can see that there isn’t a light border around the outer squares compared to linked image and the actual border here is maroon coloured instead of matching the red squares. Seems like the chessboard ended up looking different from the prototype version when it was first announced ( link). It also shows that the pieces representing the masters should be used as pawns.
Saber represents the Queen, Lancer and Berserker are the rooks, Archer and Caster represents the bishops while Rider and Assassin takes place as the knights.
The back of the flyer shows which servant pieces should be used as in a real game of chess. The bottom right hand corner states the obvious in that you cannot play actual chess with this set because the board is not 8 x 8 squares and recommends you to use a real chessboard if you want to use the pieces for play.
Inside the packaging of the box, there was a flyer that gives a guide on setting up the board as well descriptions and visual aids on inserting the weapons to the servant pieces. One box contained the servant pieces and the holy grail while the other one had pieces representing the masters as well as the weapons for Saber, Archer, Lancer and Caster. Now that it’s here though, expect a whole plethora of photos! ? Ended up leaving it in storage with them for a month since there were a few other stuff I had been buying shortly after that required my funds. My pre-order for this set was put in with Noppin about 4 months ago even though it wasn’t released until the 27th of December last year. The RRP was 9, 980 yen (about $105AUD at current exchange rate). I used Noppin’s proxy shopping service to obtain the set which ended up costing me about $150-160AUD minus a big hefty shipping fee. When this set was first announced from Bandai’s premium retail web shop, I was pretty curious about it since it looked like it’d be a great collector’s item for hardcore Fate/ZERO or TYPE-MOON fans, but like usual for many great and unique anime merchandise, the stores that carries them often don’t ship internationally which was the case for this. This unique replica chessboard set shown from the anime of Fate/ZERO is quite a feat for the eyes I must say. When the democratic nominees are announced, you will be notified to complete your set.Īssume they'll charge you extra for the nominees, and again for a new rook should Biden be either.Įmbedded above is the television ad for the set, described by Jimmy Traina as the "most batshit crazy commercial I've ever seen.One of my most anticipated posts I’ve been dying to make for the past few months now. You will receive two empty podiums to play now. On the other side, the rooks are President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, the knights are Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, the bishops are Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotormayer, and the king and queen are empty plinths, because the Democrats haven't picked them yet. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney as rooks. On one side – red and blue, which allows either party to play as white or black - you have Trump as king, Pence as queen (nice), Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts as bishops, party leaders Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy as knights, and President G.W. You can own a tasteful, beautiful chess set commemorating the forthcoming 2020 presidential election.