It’s always the case of monkey see monkey do in China clone brick scene. After Sembo released the Iron Man Book which was well received by minifigure collectors, other makers seem wanted to copy the same model. You might find many brick makers switched gear and became book publishers. For this review, we were taking a look at Aipin 3901 Marvel vs DC Superhero Chess Book, which was both a “book” and a chess board. The photos of the review was courtesy of Max.

The box set came with a shopping bag, and box art depicting two most famous playboys in Marvel Universe and DC Comics, with Avengers and Justice League logo. Bet Aipin didn’t pay any loyalty.

Back of the box told you it’s a book and a chess board.

Information on the manufacturer, lawyers from Marvel and DC took note here! Pretty much all China clone bricks were located in Shantou, Guangzhou.

Open the box revealed two inner boxes with Iron Man on the left, the Batman on the right.

There were numbering bags, in which all the minifigures were dumped inside single big bag. The plates were together in one bag.

All the parts needed for the “book”.

Faint bag numbering printing.

Manual and the sticker sheet.

Building the chess board surface with all the smooth tiles. How do you expect minifigure to stand?

These joints hold the plates together but that contributed to weak structure.

Display area of the minifigures.

The book cover of Justice League.

Chess board that was easy to put on top.

Representing Avengers and Justice League. Suggest that you apply kragle as some parts were quite loose.

The book cover with Avengers and Justice League.

Display for minifigures, with clips to hold the weapon.

Again, kragle was highly recommend here, otherwise the weapons might fall when you turn over the book to play chess.

List of minifigures and their respective roles in the chess. No one is going to remember it.

Each side of the book had four rows which hold four minifigures each. The minifigures were printed on front and back, but no arm and side printing. Let’s start from Justice League. From the top row, Superman, Hank Henshaw, Two Face and Harley Quinn.

Batman, Nightwing, Deathstroke and Green Lantern.

Flash, Arrow, Wonder Woman and Joker.

Bottom row: Shazam, Martian Manhunter, Robin and Aquaman.

Avengers book, from the first row: Black Panther, Iron Man, MK 15 and MK 18.

Black Widow, Venom, Spider Man, Cletus Kasady.

Hawkeye, Thor, Captain America, Doctor Strange.

Last row, Vision, Winter Soldier, Star Lord and Hulk.

All minifigures inside the “book” for display.

Side of the book with Superhero Chess sticker pasted.

Marvel vs DC.

The book was quite easy to assemble unlike Sembo Iron Man Book which made our fingers sore. However the part quality was sub par and that contributed to weak structure of the book. The minifigures quality wasn’t the best out there though not at the lower end, just acceptable.

If budget permitted you may add this book/chess to the collection. You may order the AIPIN 3901 Marvel vs DC Chess Book from Aliexpress. However there would be more minifigures book coming and we might see a proper Marvel, DC minifigures book from more reputable player like Sembo.