Pressman Giant Garden Chess Set
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Toys and Games Reviews of Pressman Giant Garden Chess Set
Customer Review: ARE THEY KIDDING? DO NOT BUY ......THIS GAME CANNOT BE PLAYED!
Summary: 1 Stars
I've read every single review here before ordering this chess set and the basically positive reviews are what made me purchase this set. Well was I ever disappointed when we opened this set and tried to place the pieces on the LUMPY plastic playing board! It is amazing to me that NO ONE mentioned the horrible excuse for a playing "board" (which I KNEW would be a plastic mat but is it too much to expect a FLAT mat?) and they only talk about the playing PIECES. This is odd to me, as I cannot be the only person receiving this lumpy mat! There is NO WAY to flatten this mat. (And by the way, the person who wrote detailed instructions about how to drill holes in the bottoms of the playing pieces, where during the process the bottoms could "pop out" [not to mention crack???] and fill them with EXACTLY a certain amount of [purchased] sand, then again travel to a store to purchase glue, plastic, felt etc. to FIX the lightweight pieces....then do this 32 times?....is he kidding? I'd rather get a root canal! Talk about someone having TIME on their hands! All this for a $40 set? Why not use the money to buy a better set in the first place? Also WHY shoud I have to do an elaborate REPAIR on a chess set in order to make it usable? I was not looking for a high quality set for $40, just a fun larger set for my daughter to play with and since the pieces are plastic they are what they are, seamed molded plastic, period, pretty much what I expected. Also to me they COULD have been weighted, but I can think of a lot easier ways to weight them than the elaborate process from the man with time on his hands....weighting them is only necessary IF you choose to play this game outdoors in such HIGH WIND that it blows the pieces down! My my. MY problem is with the plastic MAT they supply as a "playing board". The set arrived in a cardboard box and the mat was folded several times into a tiny package, inside. The mat is made out of fairly thick vinyl, so the FOLDS DO NOT FLATTEN OUT and it makes the board not usable! FAR FROM THE PHOTO SHOWN! I checked back to view the photos shown for this product on Amazon, which showed a perfectly flat playing "board" in more than one photo, and I thought "this is very deceptive!" You try and place the pieces on the lumpy "board" and it is just ridiculous. A SIMPLE SOLUTION of better packaging could have avoided this lumpy playing surface, perhaps rolling the mat instead, and packaging the entire set in a longer narrow package to accommodate the rolled mat. I plan on contacting the manufacturer tomorrow (they are closed on Sunday) to see if they have a solution to flatten the vinyl or to send me a replacement board that can be shipped rolled or flat (I kind of doubt it though) but I am betting they will just suggest a refund instead.....which leaves me back to square one with no chess set, much disappointment and a child who has to send a gift back! Unless they package this playing mat differently I'd say do not by this product. If I could have given a minus 5 rating I would have (for lack of common sense in packaging this product, and selling this product ridiculously folded, which basically runs the playing surface).Customer Review: Problems fixed?
Summary: 5 Stars
Although almost all reviews rated this product highly, I had to wonder about the two negative comments I saw: one, that the pieces are too light, and two, that some broke in shipment (even though that problem was promptly and professionally remedied).
The pieces I received didn't seem to be too extremely light to me, and definitely have more weight towards the base, so they may have been changed in response to that issue. Also, the pieces were individually wrapped, as well as being in larger bags for each color. My pieces all arrived in fine shape, and I suspect the individual wrapping may have been to address the breakage issue.
The board has 4" squares, giving a 32" square playing area, with the ranks and files for algebraic chess notation around the border. The bases of the king and queen actually go out to the edge of their squares, and I think if someone wanted to make a board with 5" squares (for a 40" square playing area), these pieces would seem quite natural on it.
Customer Review: Kids Absolutely Love This Chess Set....
Summary: 4 Stars
This chess set is wonderful, it has inspired at least two children who have been to our home to learn how to play chess.
My own children love playing with this set. In addition to playing chess, sometimes they recreate the Fritz and Chesster games they've played and printed from the computer, sometimes they make up puzzles for each other "Move one piece and put my king into check", sometimes they haul the chess pieces around the house to do double duty for some other imaginative play venture.
I do wish there was some way to weight the pieces, they are hollow plastic with felt bottoms. I've debated opening them up to put sand inside of them, but haven't done so yet. Anyway, I'm not sure how this game would hold up outside on a windy day, but regardless, we have been very pleased with this chess set.
Customer Review: Art Show Chess Game
Summary: 5 Stars
This was used for an "Art Chess Show" It worked wonderfull.
The show was called " Arte en Jaque" in Mexico City Mexico
look int this sites:
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[...]You will be able to hear the voice of Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov and more here.....
I painted the chess pieces and also a 68 X 68 inches canvas with an uneven cheesboard, which was a whole new story when people played with them.
Customer Review: Exactly as I hoped!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read all the reviews so I knew what I *hoped* to get, and that is exactly what I got! I am so pleased with this giant chess set. It makes it really fun for everyone to play, and it is a great conversation starter for friends who don't yet know how to play. It is very approachable and touchable. I highly recommend it b/c it is just the right size for a dramatic, but easy to store chess set. Plus it shipped really quickly!