Chess Piece Collection

Started in 2002, Chess Piece Collection is a Megahouse series of Western chess pieces modeled after Japanese TV series characters instead of the regular chess design. Notable TV series, which applied to the concept, are Dragon Ball, Masked Rider, the various flavors of Gundam and One Piece.

The pieces are about 9 cm high and a set of pieces may or may not associates several models to 1 type of pieces, e.g. the 2 bishops on the same side can be represented by 2 different characters but it's not always the case. However each unique piece comes in 2 versions, a black version and a white version.

Chess Piece Collection DX TV Anime One Piece
チェスピースコレクションＤＸ　ＴＶアニメワンピース This set represents the queen with 2 different characters (Nami and Robin) while the other types of pieces only get 1 design.
 * Release date: late October 2004
 * Price: ￥399 per piece, ￥4,788 per box of 12 pieces
 * Set content: 7 pieces + 1 secret (Robin revealing her Devil Fruit power)

Chess Piece Collection R One Piece Vol.1
チェスピースコレクションR ONE PIECE Vol.1 To commemorate the 10th anniversary of this merchandising series, after the last set produced in 2005, Banpresto decided to relaunch it with the popular TV series One Piece, changing the DX (Deluxe) suffix for R (Rebirth, Reborn, Return, etc.).
 * Release date: late April 2012
 * Price: ￥683 per piece (VAT included)
 * Set content: 6 pieces