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Mayko
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I'm currently collecting the clamp no kiseki magazines, and I have the first two volumes, the only ones available. My question is about the chess pieces that comes with it. Why are there two white queens? In Volume 1 I got a white Queen Sakura, and now in Volume 2 I got a white Queen Tomoyo.....
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
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There are three pieces released with every set, and the series runs for 12 issues, so 3*12 = 36 pieces. But a chess set only needs 32 pieces (16 on each side) so there are some duplicates. You get two white queens (Sakura & Tomoyo), two black kings (Kamui and Fuuma), three white bishops (Miyuki-chan, Fai and Kohaku) and three black bishops (Watanuki, Subaru and Seishiro). |
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radicaledward
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SnowfairyX
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I think it is a bit overpriced, but that should tell you that it is obviously not for casual buyers anyway. For someone like me who is a hardcore collector and Cardcaptor Sakura fan, I just couldn't resist something like this. |
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
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But it's really nice plastic ... The Japanese editions are cheaper (but only by about $5 per issue, once you factor in the shipping). As a figurine enthusiast, oftentimes CLAMP fan, and lover of chess even though I suck at it, I can justify the purchase price to myself. It's basically like buying an anime DVD every month. And given how few people are willing to go through with the entire series, the rarity of a complete set will be worth it. |
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KawaiiKitty
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They should have made the chess pieces a better material then just plastic...like wood or something., but I guess that'd be even more expensive. Does anyone have a picture of what they look like? Do you think this set of chess pieces will be available by itself after all 12 volumes are sold? Also is the Clamp no Kiseki worth the money? What's in the first two volumes? I want to know before deciding to spend all that money. |
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GoodLuckSaturday
 Posts: 567 Location: Indiana |
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If you're a collector and a CLAMP fan, I'd say it is. I'm not much of a collector, but I'm a big CLAMP fan, and I'm loving the CLAMP no Kiseki collection, not just for the prospect of getting Watanuki and Kamui chess pieces, but because I love retrospects. It's just a retrospect on their series, so if you're not into that, it would be a waste of money. The first volume is all Cardcaptor Sakura, and the second finishes Cardcaptor Sakura, and covers Clover and The One I Love as well. Slightly off topic: TOKYOPOP needs to re-release Clover. I wonder why they haven't yet? This collection would've been a perfect excuse if you ask me... |
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darkhunter
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Glass pieces would have been really nice. I'm not a big clamp fan but I'm sure the chess peices are worth it for collector. |
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Craeyst Raygal
 Posts: 1383 Location: In the garage, beneath a 1970 MGB GT. |
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Is there anyone else out there who'd agree that the chess set would be even more of interest if, instead of Card Captor Sakura, it was a replica of the chess set from Miyuki-chan in Wonderland?
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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The male population would decline considerably, all due to bloodloss. 
It would be an interesting chess set though. 
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
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Or loss of some other bodily fluid ... 
My friends and I have been pulling for a Bleach chess set. 
As to other materials for the pieces: It's very hard to get exact details with wood -- you'd be down to the level of shavings for some of the little frills and stuff, and glass wouldn't have brought out the features of the characters enough. Hard PVC (which is what you see in those Volks 1/8 scale $70 figures etc.) is practically a standard for character figures now, and I think it's the ideal compromise between detail and manufacturability for the way anime characters are stylized. |
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radicaledward
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Pewter, such as what they use for war gamming miniatures, would have been very nice, and the prices would have been inline with the $30 that they are charging for the boxed sets. For me the big thing is that the price exceeded the "Willing to drop at one time" limit - in general it would be about $5 for each figure and $5 for the magazine/art book, so about $20 total.
I actually bought the first volume, and the magazine was very nice, and the pieces were decent - but some parts of them are a bit too flimsy for me to want to play chess with them. |
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
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Well shit, why don't we just make them out of porcelain, hand-paint them and have freaking numbered certificates for each set?
They're plastic. And if people think that's crappy and overpriced, then I guess that makes them crappy and overpriced. If everyone else on earth thinks they're too expensive, then good, I'll be the only person on earth with a complete CLAMP chess set, except maybe that creepy dude who goes to Akihabara every afternoon to dine at the cosplay cafe. |
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radicaledward
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Don't get so defensive about it - for the most part I think that most collectables in general are over priced (and yet have an almost complete set of Intron Depot figurines).
The chess set will look very cool when it is done, and for the record I am also working on collecting the set myself, however I am being a bit more frugal about it, and buying it off of eBay for about $20 when I see it for around that price (plus shipping). However, for that matter, you should have the complete set, plus the clear file to hold the magazines already from eBay.
However, I do think that the pieces could have been a bit sturdier for the amount of money that is being paid for them, not necessarily pewter, but sturdy enough that I would feel comfortable actually playing chess with them. |
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KawaiiKitty
Posts: 61 Location: Canada |
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So are you saying the pieces are really cheap and they break easily?
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