The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

Known as the “Game of Kings” Chess is the ultimate in nerd games. It requires skill, knowledge and an underline mental problem to be good at it.  When it comes to chess I would consider myself not bad! …and when I say “not bad” I mean rubbish, but I once beat a blind 5yr old! Moving swiftly on I bring you…..

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

10 – “Because I got high!” (£20.61)–(source)
In the 70′s it was most probably illegal to play chess without being high! Although nowadays are a lot different, people still enjoy smoking pot when playing chess because they think it helps them play better. For all of those people, this might just be the best thing in the World!

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

9 – Light the way forward! (£499)–(source)
Ben Rousseau is the master of light play and this chess set just about says it all. With the amazing blue under-board LED’s and the rather impressive glass pieces Ben Rousseau has created what might well be one of the best looking chess sets in the World, but sadly it also has the price tag to go with it. But still…LOOK AT IT!!!

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

8 – Nerdy Slammers!  (£13.99)–(source)
Chess has never been so much fun with this fun chess and drinking game all rolled into one! All you have to do is to drink the piece you have captured, meaning the more pieces you capture the more drunk you get and the worse you play!  Even I could win if I owned this set! …in theory anyway.

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

7 – “I’m so rubbish at chess, it drives me up the wall!”  (£193.42)–(source)
Expensive? Yes it is. How cool is it? Just about jaw dropping! It has to be said that this is one of those chess sets that gets people talking about its self. Being hung on the wall like a 3D painting this chess set really is a work of art.

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

6 – “Pass the tweezers it’s my move!” (£3,778.90)–(source)
Don’t look at the price, look at how incredible it is! Made with 18 Carat  gold and pure silver pieces and believe it or not It is less than a single square inch in size! Pocket fun for those that can afford it, and an incredible chess set for us poor people to look at.

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

5 – Welcome Sir Chess-a-lot!  (£480.37)–(source)
The person that made this chess set & pieces out of chainmaille needs to be given a medal because this pure class! Sure it is a little expensive but look at it! It’s made of chainmaille people!…CHAINMAILLE!…all of it! …well I was impressed anyway.

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

4 – Bug Mate?!? (£19,000)–(source)
OK so it is far too expensive to buy (for us normal folks anyway) But a chess set featuring pieces that contain inspect covered in pure amber? Not a lot is ever going to top this one that is for sure. Stunning, over priced but being pure genius makes this one incredible set.

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

3 – Eat my shorts! …and my Queen! (£38.86)–(source)
There are a lot of us Simpsons fans out there, and for us this will bring an instant smile to your face. Not matter what your favourite character is they are all represented here and the fact that it doesn’t cost the earth makes this a fantastic gift.

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

2 – The fight for Gotham City! (£496.04)–(source)
Simply press the Batman symbol on the side and 50 LED lights circle the clear playing area of the board which looks like the Gotham cityscape underneath and projects a Bat-Signal to the sky! No detail has been overlooked in this ultimate Batman collector’s chess set making it one of the most epic looking chess sets I have ever seen or read about!

The World’s Top 10 Best Chess Sets

1 – “It’s a Me a Kasparov!” (£34.99)–(source)
When I first saw this I had mental cry’s of “Shut up and take my money!” and that is why it is my number 1. It’s beautiful to look at, no cheaper than a normal chess set and sure to be the talking point as soon as people see it. So buy it, place it out on the table and watch as people like me instantly think we can play chess.

The World’s Top 10 Best Sandwich bags

Top 10 Sandwich bags

Sometimes I miss the simple things in life the most, like my mum making me a lunch box for school! But now days at lunch time (work not school)  I will go out of the office in hunt of whatever foods I fancy at the time. But more often than not I end up just having a sandwich from the local supermarket. But really I should not needlessly waste money and make my own sandwiches, that way I could have whatever filling I wanted and maybe even store them inside one of these…

The World’s Top 10 Best Sandwich bags

Top 10 Sandwich bags

10 – The Monster Sandwich (sadly not in size)

When one of your parents is a graphic designer you can expect the odd drawing found on your things, but the son of one such has graphic designer has a new drawing on his see through sandwich bag each and every day! He has done well over a thousand of them and by clicking on the image above you will get to see all of them!

Top 10 Sandwich bags

9 – Lunch time at the ugly bug ball. (£6.39)

Are you having some issues with people taking your sandwiches from the office fridge? Then why not get these sandwich bags that make it look like you have a mashed up bug in the sandwich!  Odd for sure, but also strangely cool.

Top 10 Sandwich bags

8 – Dinner for the one I love. (£2.92)

It seems that one of the best things about making my own sandwiches is that they will be made with love (and butter!) So these sandwich bags with lipstick kisses is suppose to remind people of that and reward them with not buying processed food packaged in a factory somewhere.

Top 10 Sandwich bags

7 –CSI: Lunch Time! (£2.92)

Why on earth you would want ‘Crime Scene’ or ‘quarantine’ enforcement tape going across your sandwiches is beyond me, but it does kind of look cool and is sure to make someone smile.

Top 10 Sandwich bags

6 – When did playtime become lunch time? (£1.40)

In school I remember that lunch times consisted or running around chasing girls with worms & spiders. But at what age did lunch time become about eating?!? Anyway, why not relive those days with these cool coloured sandwich bags with awesome stickers!

Top 10 Sandwich bags

5 – Kitty Bags! (£N/A)

What better thing to keep those Hello Kitty pocket pies you made in from my post “Top 10 Foods Inspired by Hello Kitty” than these cute looking Kitty White Sandwich bags! Sadly I couldn’t find a website or E-Bay auction to buy them from, but if anyone does then I am happy to include it here)

Top 10 Sandwich bags

4 –If Han Solo used lunch bags….(£7.96)

Why keep buying disposable sandwich bags when you could just buy one of these super cool Millennium Falcon inspires re-usable ones instead! Although not one I would have included in my “Top 10 Millennium Falcon Items” it is still very cool if only in the world of sandwich bags.

Top 10 Sandwich bags

3 – Even Superman likes to keep his sandwiches moist! (£N/A)

Sometimes when I am out and about looking for these top 10′s I come across something truly incredible, while these Super-Man inspired sandwich bags are just a concept design they are still amazing and if you click on the image it will take you “Daves geeky ideas“  it is a blog full of so much awesomeness I wanted to move into it!

Top 10 Sandwich bags

2 – Who needs padlocks when you can have mould! (£23.25)

I have to admit that in all my years of working in offices and factory’s I have never had my sandwiches/lunch bag stolen. But it you have you can either beat everyone up until you get to the right person and get them to pay for the hospital bills of everyone you beat to get to her or him plus some money for a new lunch, or just get these ‘mould bags’ and it should put off even the hardest of lunch thief’s. I still like the sound of the first option!

Top 10 Sandwich bags

1 – “You haven’t seen me, got it!?!” (£2.92)

These brilliant ‘lunch disguises’ offer up some cool sandwich bag art but without the design/creative gene needed! For just a few pounds making my own sandwiches has never looked so much fun.