[OFFICIAL] LEGO Icons 10365 Black Pearl coming 15 Sep, 2025 - OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED

[Count Vroskri]

6 hours ago, thewatchman said:

For films that include the hanging of a child this is a ridiculous and arbitrary hill to die on.

I completely agree lmao. Disney is very bizarre.

32 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

Something generic seems sensible. I was shocked to see 40729 Shackleton's Lifeboat listed locally for $120 the other day. Even now on Bricklink the current cheapest set in the US is $85, and the six month average sale price is $75. Crazy and there are not event any exclusive prints. But the two head pieces are locked in expensive sets and so have both low inventory and high prices on Bricklink.

Dang. I shoulda kept my lifeboat BNIB.

[F1stzz]

Mike Psiaki appears to be the lead designer of 10365 – he's the man behind the Lion Knights' Castle, Galaxy Explorer remake, Saturn V & was a part of the Titanic & Rivendell teams. That'd explain why the hull shaping is so immaculate, TLG did assign one of their absolute best Seniors to it 

[Rogue Redcoat]

Pieces Search Page - LEGO.com - US   
Parts list if anyone wants to take a peek, cause instructions are not uploaded yet.

Edit, looks like it's only some...
good ol Lego...

Edited yesterday at 12:50 AM by Rogue Redcoat

[SpacePolice89]

I mostly like this set. It looks fantastic but If it was up to me I would make a few changes.

1. I would remove the stand and lower part of the hull and that would make the set less expensive

2. I would add at least two shooting cannons somewhere on the ship

3. Yellow minifigs instead of flesh minifigs

But many things are also great about this set. I am very happy that the following things are included because I feared otherwise.

1. Cloth sails

2. Hull pieces

3. Minifigs (I was afraid this was going to be another boring Endurance style set)

[eldiano]

10 minutes ago, SpacePolice89 said:

I mostly like this set. It looks fantastic but If it was up to me I would make a few changes.

1. I would remove the stand and lower part of the hull and that would make the set less expensive

2. I would add at least two shooting cannons somewhere on the ship

3. Yellow minifigs instead of flesh minifigs

But many things are also great about this set. I am very happy that the following things are included because I feared otherwise.

1. Cloth sails

2. Hull pieces

3. Minifigs (I was afraid this was going to be another boring Endurance style set)

I hate Brick hulls and I agree, the fact that at least half the ship is using legit hull pieces means that it can be possible to literally remove the canon play feature and add real lego shooting cannons! IMHO that's all the set needs.  

In another foot note one could argue that it technically wasn't Jack Sparrows ship with the minifigs we see, but Barbossa's. Therefore, we would be missing a ton of crew from the Black Pearl. Granted jack "was" a captain but he wasn't captain again after the first movie. Disney once again proves how little they know their franchises. 

[brickbride]

On 8/16/2025 at 7:02 AM, brickbride said:

Given that I doubt we'll see the Pearl having as large a price difference across markets as USD 380/EUR 330. Maybe something like USD 380/EUR 360?

Called it. The high US price might be due to tariffs but they sure didn't waste a chance to jack up the EUR price while they were at it.

[thewatchman]

43 minutes ago, brickbride said:

Called it. The high US price might be due to tariffs but they sure didn't waste a chance to jack up the EUR price while they were at it.

Yep, you were 100% right. I love seeing these “virtuous” companies jacking up the price of sets to gouge the customers while changing the name to appease imaginary offended people. Bravo lego.

[F1stzz]

First hands-on reviews have been dropped by Ashnflash & Tiago Catarino, I believe there'll be more to come throughout next few days.

EDIT: the first speed build of the set is posted by AustrianBrickFan 

Edited 10 hours ago by F1stzz

[DonQuixote]

10 hours ago, SpacePolice89 said:

I mostly like this set. It looks fantastic but If it was up to me I would make a few changes.

1. I would remove the stand and lower part of the hull and that would make the set less expensive

2. I would add at least two shooting cannons somewhere on the ship

3. Yellow minifigs instead of flesh minifigs

But many things are also great about this set. I am very happy that the following things are included because I feared otherwise.

1. Cloth sails

2. Hull pieces

3. Minifigs (I was afraid this was going to be another boring Endurance style set)

I agree with removing the underwater hull. 

Don't agree with yellow minifigs. 

Licensed sets should always have flesh tone. Yellow heads are for unlicenced classic themes. 

But I do prefer classic pirates over Pirates of the caribbean. So I can understand why you would want yellow heads. 

To the Lego company : give us a remake of the caribbean clipper ftom 1989 with a decent interior and shooting canons! 

[Count Vroskri]

1 hour ago, F1stzz said:

EDIT: the first speed build of the set is posted by AustrianBrickFan 

Seen that one. 5 midsecs and an accurate amount of gundeck cannons, I genuinely think that this was really well done and  the only thing to improve proper scaling would be a 6 stud gap between cannons as opposed to a 4 stud. 

I'll have to watch tiagos review later. 

[DonQuixote]

1 hour ago, F1stzz said:

First hands-on reviews have been dropped by Ashnflash & Tiago Catarino, I believe there'll be more to come throughout next few days.

EDIT: the first speed build of the set is posted by AustrianBrickFan 

Tot bad Jang is not going to buy and review this set. He said it is to expensive for what you get. That's why he is the best Lego reviewer. No member of LAN.

Reviews of people who get sets for free.... are not objective enough. 

[Count Vroskri]

8 hours ago, thewatchman said:

 name to appease imaginary offended people. Bravo lego.

I am a self described " woke" and I really think they're overdoing it. it's not that deep. personally I don't care enough for it to be called the black pearl, but I also don't see enough of a reason to call it his "pirate ship". everyone who knows the slightest bit about the franchise will know the name regardless, if they really think it's that important they wouldn't have made a new product. just a cheap shot at seeming pc lmao. 

Regardless I will probably be buying it, even if not I will be very happy that the black Hull parts will now be in production again, as prior they were very very pricey.

[DonQuixote]

15 minutes ago, Count Vroskri said:

 

Regardless I will probably be buying it, even if not I will be very happy that the black Hull parts will now be in production again, as prior they were very very pricey.

That's why this is so expensive.  Lego knows those black hull pieces are in huge demand and pricey on Bricklink 

[F1stzz]

11 minutes ago, DonQuixote said:

Reviews of people who get sets for free.... are not objective enough. 

Tiago's done a fair job & basically voiced the same concerns that are circling around the web, tho the main point of these reviews is to showcase the set live, more or less in a natural lighting, so we can pick up on the quality of the prints & some of the more intricate details of the build not shown on the promo pics. And it seems that some of the figs don't have as detailed of a print on the back as they do on the front, especially Marty. The funniest bit I've spotted so far is that technic sections seem to use a lot of Pearl Gold ingots, while the treasure chest itself only has a Pearl Gold cup in it, lol – that just screams "gut the F out of it all" to me 

25 minutes ago, Count Vroskri said:

Seen that one. 5 midsecs and an accurate amount of gundeck cannons, I genuinely think that this was really well done and  the only thing to improve proper scaling would be a 6 stud gap between cannons as opposed to a 4 stud. 

I adore how rebuildable the entire front & middle sections look, accommodating some living quarters & shooting cannons won't be a big problem indeed as even with the cannon mechanisms in place there's still more free space inside than anybody could've imagined imo, which will allow for easier rearrangements. The stern section is where it truly gets tricky depending on what you'd want to change.

[_R_R_]

2 hours ago, F1stzz said:

First hands-on reviews have been dropped by Ashnflash & Tiago Catarino, I believe there'll be more to come throughout next few days.

EDIT: the first speed build of the set is posted by AustrianBrickFan 

Ughh I hate seeing all these people, some who don't even care for the franchise or the ship, getting the set early and for free. Some of these channels don't even have many subscribers? I miss the days where we just waited for actual fans to post their reviews online, now it's all controlled.

Anyway, now that's I've had some time to sleep on it and seen some reviews, I'm liking the set a lot more! The shape is truly beautiful, for me that was the most important part and they nailed it, I didn't want something too long as I genuinely prefer my ships to look like they fit in with the Lego aesthetic and not just gigantic, very intricate display pieces. This is essentially a modern version of the video game design which is a dream come true, despite of it being more inaccurate in certain areas.

Fortunately it looks extremely easy to mod and the canon mechanism is mostly hidden which is great! The only area which looks like will be more difficult to mod is the rudder mechanism, it looks like it would have to be completely removed if we want the cabin doors to actually lead to the cabin. The red pins holding the rowboat are indeed very distracting but easy enough to replace with grey ones I think.

I still don't care for the hull build, especially after seeing that it's not even really attached to anything, it just sort of slots into the regular hull pieces. Would've rather seen more minifigures or a smaller build of Isla de Muerta. Either way I may cave and try to get this with the GWP when it's up for sale and hope to see a Flying Dutchman one day but that would probably be even more expensive! 

On the subject of the name change I also find it extremely silly that Lego and Disney somehow thought Black Pearl would be offensive. The story behind the Pearl is actually very empowering, originally it was ship called The Wicked Wench that belonged to the East India Trading Company, it was captained by Jack Sparrow and contrary to what's on the internet, it was not a slave ship, it just hauled normal cargo. However, Cutler Beckett wanted to turn it into a slave ship and when he forced Jack to haul slaves, Jack ended up freeing them instead. As punishment, Cutler had the ship burned and sunk and Jack was branded a pirate. Later, Jack struck a deal with Davy Jones to bring the Pearl back from the ocean depths and renamed it Black Pearl, because it had been turned mostly black from the fire was repainted all black and it was also a "pearl of great price" for Jack, who essentially gave away his freedom so the slaves could have theirs. The Black Pearl became the ultimate symbol of freedom for him and the story itself, so it's really stupid that they went to great lengths to not have any mention of the name or the past of the ship in the manual or any advertising because it's supposedly offensive to fans of a franchise that depicts literal high seas criminals as the heroes and has brutal scenes like the opening of the third movie.

 

Edited 8 hours ago by _R_R_

[eldiano]

I mean, I had every single pirates of the Caribbean set when they came out and sold them all when the prices were high, then the silent Mary came out and still have it, this version is an instant purchase for me tbh, im not even nitpicking it, but idk, The hardest thing I have to do is replace the broken reddish brown bricks from the silent Mary to display it next to this one.

now of course the silent Mary will look offscale again next to this ship 🤣

[F1stzz]

4 minutes ago, _R_R_ said:

Either way I may cave and try to get this with the GWP when it's up for sale and hope to see a Flying Dutchman one day but that would probably be even more expensive! 

Next year is the 20th anniversary of Dead Man's Chest, and something that's been brought to my attention, in light of the rumours about PotC getting the LotR treatment for the next couple years, is that TLG might apply a LotR logarithm to those potential releases too: Rivendell was the place where the journey of the Fellowship started – so that was the first set of the new LotR wave, in the same way the Curse of the Black Pearl is the first movie that kickstarted the PotC franchise – so (((Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship))) is the starting point for the new wave of PotC sets; then after Rivendell LEGO's done a dream set that's never been produced before – Barad-dûr, so following this logic the Flying Dutchman could be a follow-up to the Black Pearl; then TLG remade the Shire, hence we could potentially see the Queen Anne's Revenge remake for PotC etc. Given how popular LEGO sailing ships usually are, it'd be plausible to assume TLG could indeed make a trifecta of PotC pirate ships if the rumours become a reality – but honestly, with such a pricing for 10365 it's getting tough to believe we'd see a follow-up set 

[_R_R_]

I'm surprised none of these reviewers have compared the new Pearl to the original, but almost all of them compared it to the Endurance. Seems like Lego either told them to not compare it to the original or none of them have it in hand.

EDIT: Jay Ong posted a comparison of the original and the new Pearl, the old one is tiny and completely inaccurate but I guess I feel some nostalgia for the charming little vessel. I do like how the sails billow out on the original more too. I also agree with Jay, I miss when boxes had cool artwork on them instead of just plain black backgrounds.

https://www.instagram.com/jayong28/p/DN3AUcz3k3T/

https://www.instagram.com/jayong28/p/DN0eF9S3gNw/

37 minutes ago, F1stzz said:

Next year is the 20th anniversary of Dead Man's Chest, and something that's been brought to my attention, in light of the rumours about PotC getting the LotR treatment for the next couple years, is that TLG might apply a LotR logarithm to those potential releases too: Rivendell was the place where the journey of the Fellowship started – so that was the first set of the new LotR wave, in the same way the Curse of the Black Pearl is the first movie that kickstarted the PotC franchise – so (((Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship))) is the starting point for the new wave of PotC sets; then after Rivendell LEGO's done a dream set that's never been produced before – Barad-dûr, so following this logic the Flying Dutchman could be a follow-up to the Black Pearl; then TLG remade the Shire, hence we could potentially see the Queen Anne's Revenge remake for PotC etc. Given how popular LEGO sailing ships usually are, it'd be plausible to assume TLG could indeed make a trifecta of PotC pirate ships if the rumours become a reality – but honestly, with such a pricing for 10365 it's getting tough to believe we'd see a follow-up set 

I thought the same thing when the rumors began for the Black Pearl but I'm not sure it will happen with these insane price increases now, the Dutchman would definitely have to be bigger, which means more expensive. If anything, I'd love to see some smaller sets, maybe a book nook of the Kraken's mouth and Jack ready to face his doom, or Isla de Muerta.

Edited 7 hours ago by _R_R_

[F1stzz]

46 minutes ago, _R_R_ said:

Jay Ong posted a comparison of the original and the new Pearl, the old one is tiny and completely inaccurate but I guess I feel some nostalgia for the charming little vessel. I do like how the sails billow out on the original more too.

I don't – 4184 was the set that punched me straight into the dark ages which lasted for nearly a decade  On the point about the sails: their curvature primarily depends on the positioning of the beams, but also on the shape of the sail itself. You could straighten out the sails on the OG to look exactly like they do on the new model by just making a couple of adjustments. Jay does mention in the comments that we'd be able to "tilt the yards slightly to make the sails look more curved", but ofc I'd assume not to a degree seen on the 2011 model – for that the structure of em masts has to be changed, I reckon, gotta put the beams a bit forward & slightly closer to each other.

[RichardGoring]

1 hour ago, _R_R_ said:

Jay Ong posted a comparison of the original and the new Pearl, the old one is tiny and completely inaccurate but I guess I feel some nostalgia for the charming little vessel. I do like how the sails billow out on the original more too.

You're right. My first impression looking at the two next to each other was that the smaller, older model looked far more dynamic because of the billowing sails. The newer one really is a display piece, trapped in a windless Davy Jones' curio cabinet.

[icm]

I've talked about wanting to rebuild this ship in Barracuda colors without the lower hull and the gun mechanism for relatively cheap, but that was before seeing high-res pictures, reviews, and speed builds of the actual set. Now that I've seen those, I've completely changed my mind. This is a brilliant set and I'd rather have the set in the box than try to build a modified version myself. I don't want to pay $380 for it, but I don't yet know what an appropriate price would be on a per-weight basis.

This summer, I was lucky enough to get the Bluebrixx model of the Queen Anne's Revenge before tariffs hit, and I built it early last month. That's a great big pirate ship with a realistic hull, a reasonably interesting build, a full interior, and 40 firing cannons, which is theoretically what I really wanted. It's got seven middle hull segments plus bow and stern hull segments, and it cost about $280 USD. I'm glad I have it, but in the six or seven weeks since I built it I haven't taken off the top deck or removed the pop-out hull modules for play even once. Instead it just sits on my desk looking pretty and taking up space. I also rebuilt my copy of the original Black Seas Barracuda this summer, so I know well what a great Lego pirate ship it is for play and how good it looks on the shelf.

With those in mind, I see the new Black Pearl as a surprisingly good middle ground. It's a great big pirate ship with a realistic hull and a very interesting build, and at five middle hull segments plus a bow hull segment it's about the same length as the previous largest playscale pirate ship, the 10210 Imperial Flagship from 2010. Obviously the hull, cabin, and masts are much more realistically shaped in the new Black Pearl than in the old Imperial Flagship, while the Imperial Flagship had much more interior space for play. Comparing the play value to the Black Seas Barracuda, though, it's surprisingly similar. There's the cabin, the rowboat, the anchor, and about the same volume or more in accessible holds. Every past Lego pirate ship has had the firing cannons, but honestly those are kind of tedious for play when you want to run out the guns for the whole broadside, and there was never really that much room to pose minifigures in the gun deck of the Barracuda anyway. Seems to me, judging from my experence with the Barracuda and the Bluebrixx Queen Anne's Revenge, that the broadside mechanism for the brick-built guns is a very fair trade in play for the individual firing of a few firing cannons. The lower hull also looks great.

Alas, the list of recent Lego ships I want is already very long, as wanted lists are wont to be:

1. Black Pearl
2. Temple Bounty
3. Going Merry
4. River Steamboat
5. Endurance
6. Titanic

As well as wanting to bricklink the Fire Nation Ship, a white-hull Imperial Flagship, a nougat-hull playscale Black Pearl and Brick Bounty and Brickbeard-Bounty ...

And saving for the Enterprise-D ...

And saving to get my wife Rivendell, Balrog, and Shire ....

So many amazing sets, so little time/money/space .... and such high prices ....

[F1stzz]

31 minutes ago, icm said:

I've talked about wanting to rebuild this ship in Barracuda colors without the lower hull and the gun mechanism for relatively cheap, but that was before seeing high-res pictures, reviews, and speed builds of the actual set. Now that I've seen those, I've completely changed my mind. This is a brilliant set and I'd rather have the set in the box than try to build a modified version myself. I don't want to pay $380 for it, but I don't yet know what an appropriate price would be on a per-weight basis.

This summer, I was lucky enough to get the Bluebrixx model of the Queen Anne's Revenge before tariffs hit, and I built it early last month. That's a great big pirate ship with a realistic hull, a reasonably interesting build, a full interior, and 40 firing cannons, which is theoretically what I really wanted. It's got seven middle hull segments plus bow and stern hull segments, and it cost about $280 USD. I'm glad I have it, but in the six or seven weeks since I built it I haven't taken off the top deck or removed the pop-out hull modules for play even once. Instead it just sits on my desk looking pretty and taking up space. I also rebuilt my copy of the original Black Seas Barracuda this summer, so I know well what a great Lego pirate ship it is for play and how good it looks on the shelf.

With those in mind, I see the new Black Pearl as a surprisingly good middle ground. It's a great big pirate ship with a realistic hull and a very interesting build, and at five middle hull segments plus a bow hull segment it's about the same length as the previous largest playscale pirate ship, the 10210 Imperial Flagship from 2010. Obviously the hull, cabin, and masts are much more realistically shaped in the new Black Pearl than in the old Imperial Flagship, while the Imperial Flagship had much more interior space for play. Comparing the play value to the Black Seas Barracuda, though, it's surprisingly similar. There's the cabin, the rowboat, the anchor, and about the same volume or more in accessible holds. Every past Lego pirate ship has had the firing cannons, but honestly those are kind of tedious for play when you want to run out the guns for the whole broadside, and there was never really that much room to pose minifigures in the gun deck of the Barracuda anyway. Seems to me, judging from my experience with the Barracuda and the Bluebrixx Queen Anne's Revenge, that the broadside mechanism for the brick-built guns is a very fair trade in play for the individual firing of a few firing cannons. The lower hull also looks great.

This is a good take on the set. I have MOC Your Bricks version of the 2020 BSB, so I knew instantly what I'm looking at when the first better quality 10365 pictures have leaked  I have the aforesaid ship, which I've made 3-masted, it's able to carry 2 rowboats on the upper deck (not on top of each other, btw, they're separated by the main mast) & added a string or two of rigging – yes, I can access the lower deck via removing said rowboats, the upper deck panels they're sitting on, the main mast & the entire stern section. Yes – it's a pain to do  Yes, I have sleeping bunks in the middle, 10210-like galley in the back, a gun deck, a lil armoury in the front & whatnot. And allat has been sitting behind the glass on top of a build called "Barracuda Shipyard" for 3 years now & I'm only bringing it out once a year for some light cleaning  It's not the fact people can play with these accessible interiors of their sets that makes em happy – it's a mere thought they have such interiors that does  But in reality, once you're fine with what you have or done to the insides – you'll never touch those again, most likely ever (unless an inspiring MOC pops up randomly & the building starts all over or you're a Stop Motion creator, for example).

Adults "play" with the set by getting to build it & rearrange it to their liking – and imo, 10365 provides plenty of such opportunities. Even the technic cannon mechanisms are surprisingly well-hidden, allowing for a decent imitation of a proper cannon deck – something only 10210 has truly ever attempted. Now, what is there not to like about a modern brick-built cannon design? Didn't notice anyone bashing Fortuna's cannon models, in fact people have been adopting & tweaking such designs for several years at this point, because it turns out you can get a convincingly looking full armament WAY cheaper like that. Make no mistake about it – TLG simply wouldn't allow for 10365 to have 16 shooting cannons, we've never got more than 6 per boat in all of the history. I'd much rather have a decent gun deck footprint full of nicely looking brick-built cannons & then swap em for shooting ones myself by using those I have in my possession than TLG would give us 4-6 shooting cannons on a tiny gun deck for the same price and people would have to create ways to lengthen said gun deck in order to accommodate more cannons, as opposed to just putting shooters in the holes previously meant for brick-built ones.

10365 is probably the first ever pirate ship to somewhat successfully try & combine the representative accuracy of a display model with a scale and functionality of a play model – this shouldn't go unnoticed, imo. The price of $300 would certainly help in appreciating the decision making of the designers much more, because yes – it is quite silly to blabber about modifying/rebuilding/swapping etc when we're talking about a set that's priced way above $350.

[DonQuixote]

1 hour ago, icm said:

I've talked about wanting to rebuild this ship in Barracuda colors without the lower hull and the gun mechanism for relatively cheap, but that was before seeing high-res pictures, reviews, and speed builds of the actual set. Now that I've seen those, I've completely changed my mind. This is a brilliant set and I'd rather have the set in the box than try to build a modified version myself. I don't want to pay $380 for it, but I don't yet know what an appropriate price would be on a per-weight basis.

This summer, I was lucky enough to get the Bluebrixx model of the Queen Anne's Revenge before tariffs hit, and I built it early last month. That's a great big pirate ship with a realistic hull, a reasonably interesting build, a full interior, and 40 firing cannons, which is theoretically what I really wanted. It's got seven middle hull segments plus bow and stern hull segments, and it cost about $280 USD. I'm glad I have it, but in the six or seven weeks since I built it I haven't taken off the top deck or removed the pop-out hull modules for play even once. Instead it just sits on my desk looking pretty and taking up space. I also rebuilt my copy of the original Black Seas Barracuda this summer, so I know well what a great Lego pirate ship it is for play and how good it looks on the shelf.

With those in mind, I see the new Black Pearl as a surprisingly good middle ground. It's a great big pirate ship with a realistic hull and a very interesting build, and at five middle hull segments plus a bow hull segment it's about the same length as the previous largest playscale pirate ship, the 10210 Imperial Flagship from 2010. Obviously the hull, cabin, and masts are much more realistically shaped in the new Black Pearl than in the old Imperial Flagship, while the Imperial Flagship had much more interior space for play. Comparing the play value to the Black Seas Barracuda, though, it's surprisingly similar. There's the cabin, the rowboat, the anchor, and about the same volume or more in accessible holds. Every past Lego pirate ship has had the firing cannons, but honestly those are kind of tedious for play when you want to run out the guns for the whole broadside, and there was never really that much room to pose minifigures in the gun deck of the Barracuda anyway. Seems to me, judging from my experence with the Barracuda and the Bluebrixx Queen Anne's Revenge, that the broadside mechanism for the brick-built guns is a very fair trade in play for the individual firing of a few firing cannons. The lower hull also looks great.

Alas, the list of recent Lego ships I want is already very long, as wanted lists are wont to be:

1. Black Pearl
2. Temple Bounty
3. Going Merry
4. River Steamboat
5. Endurance
6. Titanic

As well as wanting to bricklink the Fire Nation Ship, a white-hull Imperial Flagship, a nougat-hull playscale Black Pearl and Brick Bounty and Brickbeard-Bounty ...

And saving for the Enterprise-D ...

And saving to get my wife Rivendell, Balrog, and Shire ....

So many amazing sets, so little time/money/space .... and such high prices ....

Ow yes the Queen Anne's Revenge from Bluebrixx, previously named La Concordia before taken over by Blackbeard.

My intention was to buy it but when I heard rumours about a new Lego Black Pearl I decided to wait until the Lego Black Pearl was revealed. 

I am going to buy a ship but I am still undecided if it's going to be the Lego Black Pearl or the Queen Anne's Revenge from Bluebrixx. 

Any thoughts on what to buy?

I can't buy both. Too expensive. 

[icm]

If you're in the United States it has to be the Black Pearl. Bluebrixx doesn't ship to the USA anymore, thanks to You-Know-Who. But seriously, I'd say go for the Black Pearl. It's got a better hull shape and the fun mechanical gun deck, the parts quality is better, and it has few to no stickers. I'm no cheerleader Lego purist anymore, but I still find that Lego has the best part quality in the business, and good part quality is very important for a pleasant build. Cobi parts have the same quality of molding and fit, but they have tighter clutch which I don't like as much. The quality of the parts Bluebrixx sources have improved a lot between the first Bluebrixx kit I bought (the Star Trek TOS shuttlecraft in 2022) and the most recent (the Queen Anne's Revenge in 2025), but they're still alternately mushy or stiff or loose. You really notice the reduced parts quality most on the tiny little parts and the big plates. Standard 1-by-X plates and bricks have good enough quality that I don't really notice much difference.

Edit - You're in Belgium, not the US. I'd still say go for the Black Pearl, but you'll be satisfied with the Queen Anne's Revenge too. Both are good ships. I would say that the Queen Anne's Revenge from Bluebrixx is the only one of the big off-brand pirate ships that's worth getting, because it's the only one that attempts to be a reasonably accurate rendition of a real vessel with realistic proportions and details. All the other giant Chinese pirate ship kits on Amazon or AliExpress or what have you are garish caricatures that have lots of firing cannons, lots of interior space, and lots of sails, but no sense of proportion or realism or even good taste, while the giant realistic sailing ship MOCs you can get from no name MOC shops are probably quite fragile and will probably have parts of very dubious quality, not to mention the lack of printed instructions and the dodgy legality of the whole thing. 

If you're going to get a great big pirate ship kit, it's gotta be the Bluebrixx Queen Anne's Revenge or the Lego Black Pearl. Your choice basically comes down to whether you would rather have the mechanical gun deck or the full interior.

Edited 1 hour ago by icm

[DonQuixote]

56 minutes ago, icm said:

If you're in the United States it has to be the Black Pearl. Bluebrixx doesn't ship to the USA anymore, thanks to You-Know-Who. But seriously, I'd say go for the Black Pearl. It's got a better hull shape and the fun mechanical gun deck, the parts quality is better, and it has few to no stickers. I'm no cheerleader Lego purist anymore, but I still find that Lego has the best part quality in the business, and good part quality is very important for a pleasant build. Cobi parts have the same quality of molding and fit, but they have tighter clutch which I don't like as much. The quality of the parts Bluebrixx sources have improved a lot between the first Bluebrixx kit I bought (the Star Trek TOS shuttlecraft in 2022) and the most recent (the Queen Anne's Revenge in 2025), but they're still alternately mushy or stiff or loose. You really notice the reduced parts quality most on the tiny little parts and the big plates. Standard 1-by-X plates and bricks have good enough quality that I don't really notice much difference.

Thank you for replying. I am from Europe so no tariffs.

No interest in interior nor gun mechanics.

BP has the best design but the QAR has the better colors. 

I think  I'm going for BP but not at that price. Waiting for a discount or the Sea Serpent remake gwp next year.

Pirates is my second favorite theme right after Classic Castle and before Classic Space.  I like Pirates of the Caribbean films in general but I prefer the more realistic Master and Commander