Here's something cool to collect and display!
A Sonic chess set from Gaya. As you can see, everything here is 'Classic style Sonic'. The characters are the main pieces, with chaos emeralds (on the ends) and then the rings are the pawns. The sides are distinguished by the tone (light or dark) of the faux wood bases. The board is clearly based on Green Hill Zone checkered ground.
The image to the left is an artist-rendering or prototype shot. The one seen below is an actual photo of the set taken by Gaya.
The pieces are sculpted from high quality PVC (not-breakable). While the company is German, these should appear around in all of EU. Hopefully, it'll be available online as well, so anyone anywhere can order it. This is set for release in 2009. You can visit their website here http://www.gaya-entertainment.de/ but, you have to read it in German.
How much will it cost? 39.99 Euros
Where can you get it? Any EU store, they hope, but they can't advertise a lot. (SonicGear tries to help!)
Can you get it online? Yes, at www.gamelegends.de but this is for Europe only. If you live outside Europe, you'll have to use an importer store because they've only got the EU license.
Do you have this set? SonicGear is looking for close ups of the pieces or fan photos by someone who actually bought it and possible quality descriptions. If you've got it, send it in for credit.
You'll be able to buy this from HEO.com when it is released. Photos and info provided by Gaya Entertainment.
Photo discovered by Superskeetospro.
Here's a photo of the actual box from the figural Sonic classic theme chess set. It says "3D" but that just refers to the sculpted figure pieces, the board is still flat. The figures are shown without their bases (which were to distinguish the 2 'sides' from eachother.) did the set end up following after its prototype drawings & media? The Green Hill ground colors for the checker pattern was a great idea, and the box is nicely themed.
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