Sonic The Hedgehog, The Chessboard [Germany]
Kotaku —
... Zone motif, while Sonic characters appear as pieces. Everyone's favorite blue hedgehog is the king, Amy is the queen, Knuckles is the bishop, Tails is the knight and the Chaos Emeralds are the rooks. Rings are used as pawns. The set will be out next Feb/March for approximately US$50. Sure, it could have more Sonic characters, but this is actually kind of neat — thank you Germany! Sonic The Hedgehog - Schachspiel mit 32 PVC Figuren [Gaya via Sega Portal via Sega Nerds]
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Knuckles To Tails 3: Sonic The Hedgehog Immortalized With Chess Set
G4 TV - TheFeed —
Well...if The Frankllin Mint can hock American civil-war chess-sets, then why can't we have a Sonic the Hedgehog chess set? That's exactly what I saw this morning on Sega Nerds. According to the site:
"The Chess pieces have all been (naturally) replaced with a Sonic-related theme, and thankfully they have strayed away from the most annoying characters. Sonic takes on the role of King, Amy his Queen, Knuckles the Bishop, Tails’ is the Knight/Horsie, leaving Chaos Emeralds as the Castles/Rook. Plus one of ...
Checkmate, Robotnik
Press The Buttons —
... Not content to sticking to the digital domain, Sonic the Hedgehog has escaped into real world non-electronic games. There's a Sonic chess set on the way in which our beloved hedgehog and some of his friends act as the chess pieces on a board decorated with a Green Hill Zone motif. ...
Sonic goes old-school…really old-school
GoNintendo —
... It’s a joke everyone is making, but you just can’t pass it up. This may very well be the first, great Sonic game in a very, very long time. No word on a North American release just yet. This product is set for Germany, and is being handled by Gaya Entertainment. Link This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm and is filed under ...

