I was looking for a nice chess set, but not too expensive. The set itself is very nice and I'll rate it better when I get the replacement set. Like I said, the set is really nice, the pieces have some good weight to them. However, three pieces came broken (one leg was broken and the top of two rooks). This is mainly because the metal is soft. Again, however, they were not broken in shipment, I am fairly sure they left the company like this. Which leads me to believe, they need much better quality control before shipping these out. Also, when I contacted the company, they did not have an option to replace the broken pieces. I had to order an entirely new set, which also came with broken pieces.Ok, looks like Amazon combines reviews so I'll add comments here. I received the replacement set in a few days. Sadly, the new set had some broken pieces (top of sword missing, rook tops are bent over). I was able to make a fairly good set (still has some cosmetic issues) from two and returned the bad set.Again, this is a really nice set. I have no complaints with the overall appearance. The piece have good weight. The price to value is decent. Like I said before, I am very disappointed in the quality control of this company. They need to check the pieces before sending them out. Also, they need to have replacement parts. It is a real pain to box this thing up and ship it back.I originally graded this with a four but upgraded to a five. Nice set, make some improvements!