[VIDEO] Massive LEGO Pirates Display!!

[Captain Pirate Man]

Here is my UPDATES Lego Pirates Display!! I have been collecting for most of my life!! Thanks for watching!!

 

 

[Mister Phes]

15 hours ago, Captain Pirate Man said:

Here is my UPDATES Lego Pirates Display!! I have been collecting for most of my life!! Thanks for watching!!

That is a massively awesome display! 

So yer had to rebuild yer collection as an adult?  How many years has the collection to reach this size?

 

[Captain Pirate Man]

5 hours ago, Mister Phes said:

That is a massively awesome display! 

So yer had to rebuild yer collection as an adult?  How many years has the collection to reach this size?

 

Well... I've been a member of this forum since 2014, so that's probably a good starting point, lol. I DID have most of my pirate minifigs still, just no sets. But when I got back into LEGO, I made it a priority to go and get the retired sets I wanted first and foremost. I knew they would just get more and more expensive as time passed. So I kinda started with the classic sets, then the 2009 wave, POTC, and got all of the 2015 wave when they were new on shelves. Since then, I get everything Pirates when it comes out. Which, isn't a whole lot if we are honest. I also did MOC "versions" of some sets like Lagoon Lockup, Saber Island, and the 2009 Soldiers Fort. Which was cheaper than going and buying the actual sets. Plus it scratched the itch for those particular sets. 

 

When I was a kid I had Skulls eye schooner, the OG Imperial Flagship, Imperial Trading Post, Rock Island, Forbidden Island, Lagoon Lockup, Saber Island, Broadsides Brig, and more. My step mother (at that time), sold them in a garage sale for pennies, behind my back. I didn't find out until after the fact that they were gone. So when I got back into LEGO, requiring my childhood collection was top priority. Which I pretty much have, and then some. The BIG things I'm missing are the OG Flagship and Skulls Eyes. Which I would LOVE to have them, but the price they go for on the after market doesn't warrant them imo. I can take that money and do a ship MOC that is superior to either one of those sets imo. So that's why I "passed" on them. If I'm honest, I'm holding out hope for a Skulls eye remake similar to BSB remake Lego gave us with Barracuda Bay. I think it'll happen, just gotta be patient. 

I also have MORE Pirates coming down the pipeline. I just recently added an upper deck to my Black Pearl (I've always been unsatisfied with that stock ship). I plan on doing this to all of my ships going forward, I want an upper deck. I don't like it when the cannon deck is all that Lego gave us. So my BB, BBB, Queen Anne's will all be getting this treatment (when I get more pieces, lol). 

 

I also just purchased my third creator 3-1 pirate ship. I'll be using it to do a MOC/MOD, putting cloth sails on it (brick built sails are ugly imo), and giving it to Captain Ironhook. He needs his own ship, lol. 

I also have a smaller Sloop style ship that I plan on adding in as well. So lots of Pirate related content on the docket, lol.

Edited October 7, 2023 by Captain Pirate Man

[Mister Phes]

11 hours ago, Captain Pirate Man said:

Well... I've been a member of this forum since 2014

So almost a decade then!

11 hours ago, Captain Pirate Man said:

When I was a kid I had Skulls eye schooner, the OG Imperial Flagship, Imperial Trading Post, Rock Island, Forbidden Island, Lagoon Lockup, Saber Island, Broadsides Brig, and more. My step mother (at that time), sold them in a garage sale for pennies, behind my back. I didn't find out until after the fact that they were gone.

That must have been very painful to learn - we are here for you, if ever need support.  (I'd insert the pirate hugging emoji - but we don't have one)

 

11 hours ago, Captain Pirate Man said:

I also just purchased my third creator 3-1 pirate ship. I'll be using it to do a MOC/MOD, putting cloth sails on it (brick built sails are ugly imo), and giving it to Captain Ironhook. He needs his own ship, lol. 

But the Renegade Runner Captain Ironhook's ship!

Or do you mean a bigger ship to rival the Skulls Eye Schooner and Black Seas Barracuda?

 

[Captain Pirate Man]

4 hours ago, Mister Phes said:

So almost a decade then!

That must have been very painful to learn - we are here for you, if ever need support.  (I'd insert the pirate hugging emoji - but we don't have one)

 

But the Renegade Runner Captain Ironhook's ship!

Or do you mean a bigger ship to rival the Skulls Eye Schooner and Black Seas Barracuda?

 

Funny enough, I have the hull pieces to make the Renegade Runner, and I DO have a MOC coming up with it in mind. But for that, I'm gonna make a merchant sloop. Those original sails are not cheap, I'm sure (although I haven't looked them up, tbh). But for this size of a ship, I'm thinking a small sloop would look nice. 

For Ironhook, I just finished my Creator 3-1 MOC/mod. I had some extra red and white sails (leftovers from my BBB mod. I turned that into a redcoat ship and replaced the skull and crossbones sails with regular ones). So those two red and white sails, with the skull and crossbones look good on the creator ship. So it's bigger than the Renegade Runner, but smaller than most other ships. Which is perfect for Ironhook, he is a scoundrel, and by no means one of the "more successful" pirates in my seas. He's no Redbeard for example. 

 

As for my Pirate sets of my youth... It's still pains me, lol. I may NEVER get the SES again, and I'll have to carry that burdon. I just can't justify paying those prices for it. I LOVE it, I really do. But for that price I can make a BETTER ship MOC. So that's usually what happens. I'm holding out hope for Lego to remake it though!! 

[Mister Phes]

2 hours ago, Captain Pirate Man said:

Those original sails are not cheap

What about using third-party replicas created by customizers like Tim Begovic?