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Dragonball Z Chess Magazine

Post by AlexFili » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:58 pm

Just wanted to share a random bit of Dragonball merchandise with everyone.
Like many others I've got Z franchise gear like videogames, action figures and a board game.
But today I was wondering if anyone has seen these before.

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When I was on holiday in Greece, I spotted some issues of what appeared to be a Dragonball Z Chess magazine, I only bought one or two of the issues but from what I gathered they each featured a different figurine (mine had Android 18), with the idea that when you had all the issues you'd have a full chess set. There were even special issues that had VHS tapes with presumably Chess tactics and clips from the show.

Has anyone ever encountered these before? If not, what are your thoughts?
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Re: Dragonball Z Chess Magazine

Post by eledoremassis02 » Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:02 pm

never seen these! They are totally awesome though!!!
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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:07 pm

I remember these! I was collecting them as a kid and I was playing chess with my brother before getting all the pieces... and when I got them all, I never played it again... :shifty:

Each issue was a magazine that was teaching you chess & various tactics, it had one small figure (which was part of the chess), and one page that had the biography of a character. Unfortunately, I threw it all away years ago... :cry:
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Re: Dragonball Z Chess Magazine

Post by shreddinghead » Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:36 pm

What db characters are what chess pieces if i might add? Can only see the covers, to what appears to be the chess game.
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Post by TheRed259 » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:23 pm

AlexFili wrote:When I was on holiday in Greece, I spotted some issues of what appeared to be a Dragonball Z Chess
magazine
When did you buy it? This collection is pretty old and rare.

Some YouTube guys showing the DragonBall Z Chess:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9VHgR3PfPQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFXeBDB7rrU

How it looks:
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Re: Dragonball Z Chess Magazine

Post by penguintruth » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:57 pm

You know, DBZ action is very much like a well played game of chess...

... interrupted by a small child who swings his arm and knocks all the pieces off the board and places his action figures on it and yells "PEW PEW PEW YOU'RE DEAD NOW, FREEZA!"
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Post by Kakarot88 » Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:51 pm

Wow those pieces are the oddest selections...original buu is a pawn and Number 18 is Son Goku's queen...interesting :|
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Post by Quebaz » Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:29 pm

My cousin used to have this, along with the book, that which seems that it was all those issues together.
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Post by some_weirdGuy » Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:14 am

Now it has me imagining different dbz 'chess teams' XD

>like babidi = king, (fat)buu = queen, dabura & majin vegeta = rook, puipui & yakon = bishop, yamu and spopovich as knights, majin goons as pawns.
>not quite sure on king(Kold? first form frieza?), True-form Frieza = queen, dodria & zarbon = bishop, jiece & burter = knight, ginyu & recoome = rook, pawns = guldo, cui, appule and the rest of the grunts
>Gero = king, Perfect Cell = queen, 17 & 18 = bishop, 16 & semi-perfect Cell = rook, 19 & Imperfect Cell = knight

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Edit: looking at the pic, they seem a bit... arbitrary? princess snake, jiece on a bike, kid buu as pawns? well i guess people who are looking to have dbz characters as chess pieces are probably more into the gimmick of it al anyway, and find them neat simply because it's 'goku and those other dudes'.
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