http://www.veryboring.com/20-06-2006/whats-the-appeal-of-a-theme-chess-set/ Chess Sales as a Business. Chess Design, Retailing, Supply, Importing and Drop Shipping. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.veryboring.com/20-06-2006/whats-the-appeal-of-a-theme-chess-set/#comment-11780 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:10:04 +0000 http://www.veryboring.com/20-06-2006/whats-the-appeal-of-a-theme-chess-set/#comment-11780 […] The attraction is partly about oneupmanship, as outlined by this chess retail blog. The theme set owner sits smugly in the knowledge that his choice says something about him or her that is that much more cranially higher than the purchaser of a china tea set. The blog post gets into some detail about this - maybe the author is obsesssed with the need to feel superior. But with a finely detailed chess set based on the War of Independence or the American Civil War instead of the Ming Replica Vase - I’m not so sure - I think I’d feel that bit better too. So much to show off, so much to talk about and talk around. No, no - we must recoil from the idea! Superiority is not the motivation - ‘we’re all equal in HIS eyes’…, although perhaps more equality could be gained by a discerning, insightful selection in our lives here and there… couldn’t it? Maybe? […]

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