My nephew is learning to play chess and was very excited when he opened the Transformers Set. He loves it!

We love chess sets at our house and I thought this would be an awesome addition. The pieces are just okay. They're decently durable unless you have smaller children visit and then I wouldn't leave the set out. Also, the pieces aren't real easy to differentiate, so only the super geeks (which we have some in our family) will be able to really play without inspecting the pieces before their move. Still, the set looks pretty cool on display. :)

my son is 6 and has been in the chess club for the past 7 months. he knows the moves and the pieces so i wasn't nervous about getting his this set. he knew right away which piece was what and played without any problems. i didn't notice any funny plastic smell and even though the pieces look like pewter, they are durable plastic, which is just fine with him and me. it's a good set and it made him happy and he can't wait to take the set to school and show it off to his buddies.

My 13 year old son really enjoyed receiving the Transformers chess set for his birthday. My only disappointment was that the pieces were plastic rather than some sort of metal. It is neat that the pieces all have the traditional labels on their bottoms to help younger children learn the fundamentals of chess while having a cool & popular game to play. All-in-all, a good value for buyers.

I was nervous we would not know what piece did what.The piece are marked what tradtional chess piece they represent.Great for all types of chess players!