The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King Chess Set

by Lord of the Rings

Product Features

• Collectible

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• ASIN: B000067BKT
• Item model number: 40868
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,101 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

Product Description

In orginal box. Ships with confirmation and we ship daily!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Looks can be deceiving, January 31, 2003

By 

"lothodies" (Lakewood, CO USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King Chess Set (Toy)

This is a fine purchase if you really love Lord of the Rings and have to collect every last bit of memorabilia, but for the rest of us this set fails to impress or match up to what it could be. The first problem is the board is almost cooler than the actual pieces. The pieces themselves are made of a very light flexible plastic that come bent out of shape right out of the box. Also some of the pieces on the Ogres (bishops) on Sauron's side are too big for the board. You have to turn the pieces sideways to fit for play.
To be fair this item doesn't cost all that much and it does last as a fun novelty for a while to entertain your friends. However, if you're interested in a quality chess set look someplace online. Amazon[.com] doesn't make available any serious collector chess sets. They have got plenty of all in one sets if you don't care what you buy.

205 of 217 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Upon closer inspection....., November 3, 2002

By A Customer

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King Chess Set (Toy)

....i found out that the pieces were not metal, but smelly plastic. i guess i should have known that by looking at the price, but i was fooled by the pictures.

A good attempt at a LotR chess set, but with some design shortcomings:

1. Gandalf is the king, not Aragorn. And here i thought The Return of the King was about Aragorn...

2. No Legolas, Gimli, Faramir, Eomer, or Eowyn. Instead, we get Sam as the pawn and Frodo as the bishop. A little more variety wouldn't hurt.

3. The forces of Evil have Orc pieces as the pawns and rooks. Again, a little more variety wouldn't hurt.

4. The top-heavy cave troll (who, for some unknown reason, is NOT the rook) likes to fall over and knock down the surrounding pieces. My offense really suffers, since i don't move my bishop anymore.

5. Why oh why is the Nazgul the queen and not a knight?

Conclusion: a decent game of chess but the pieces needed to be designed better. Maybe they'll make a redesigned version after The Return of the King is in theaters.

47 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This game is a disappointing dud., December 5, 2002

By 

ludyloo (California) - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King Chess Set (Toy)

This chess set looks great in pictures, but it's awful in person. The board is cardboard (like a Monopoly board), and for storage, you get a cheap, soft, molded plastic casing (that the pieces fit into), and this slides into a cardboard sheath. My other complaint is that the silver pieces are all good guys, and the gold pieces are all bad guys. In regular chess, there isn't a good side and a bad side, so I don't understand the company's choices for chess men. Don't buy this until you see it in person, because it isn't worth it.