...Wholesale Chess Collector Series vs. HOS Collector Series

I've seen a number of comments re the HOS Collector Series. A number of respondants noted that there have been quality issues.

Is HOS Collector Series still having this issues?

Wholesale Chess sells it's own Collector Series. I have not seen any comments re this set.

Can anyone share their experience with Wholesale Chess' Collector Series?

Can anyone compare the two?

Many thanks

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Looks like Wholesale Chess carries some of the HOS line. Check them out.

I have ordered 3.75" Collector chess set from Wholesalechess, and they have arrived at my local post office. I will pick them up on tuesday. I hope there won't be any issues with them. It's red and natural set. It's a beautiful set judging by the photos on their site.

I just ordered the 3.75" from wholesalechess recently and I have had quality control issues.

What do you mean by quality control issues? Did you recieve damaged pieces?

Bad shape, glue seeping out, marks on the pieces.

I have just seen my Collector pieces that I bought from Wholesalechess and I must say that several pieces are severely defective. I'll post some photos tomorrow so everybody can see. Buying this set was a big disappointment for me. The knights and the queens have major manufacturing defects. I thought wholesalechess was a reputable company, but I most certainly won't buy anything from them in the future.

Well, I just saw that they have replacement chess piece policy so hopefully they will send me replacement pieces. That is my only hope.

Overall the set does look nice:

but upon closer inspection one can notice a lot of imperfections and defects. The mane on the back of the knights looks awful:

Both red queens have crowns that look like the were almost cut off with something. The white queens look just fine:

Kings look ok:

Bishops too:

One red rook has slight imperfection at the top which is visible on this photo:

All of the pawns look ok apart from very visible mold lines, especeialy on the red pieces which really makes the set look like a cheaper one ( it is important to be aware of that this set cost me 69 bucks with shipping. For that kind of money for plastic pieces I do have the right to expect more than what I got)

Two more photos of the knights:

I intend to contact wholesalechess and ask them for replacement pieces so we will see if the are willing to resolve this problem.

For $69, you could have gotten a wooden Dubrovnik set from Chess Bazaar, free shipping, delivered to you within 1 week.