This magnificent chess set is based on the characters portrayed in the original story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written in 1899 by L Frank Baum. His fairy tale reached a wide international audience with the release of the technicolour film in 1939 starring Judy Garland. All the famous characters, and some not so well-known, are represented in this hand decorated set. In the white pieces, the Cowardly Lion is the King and Dorothy the Queen. They are accompanied by the Scarecrow, in this set the bishop and the Tin Woodman as the knight. On the black side the king is represented by Kalidah, a monstrous beast with the body of a bear and the head of a tiger. The Kalidahs attacked Dorothy and her friends in the Gugu Forest along the Yellow Brick Road. The queen is the Wicked Witch of the West who trys to capture and destroy Dorothy. Other characters included are Hammer Heads, Wolves and Fighting Trees all enemies of Dorothy and her travelling companions. (Board not Included)