Pirates and Ninjas

[Aquila D'oro]

I was playing an old PS2/PS1 game by the name of Tenchu (there are 4 or 5 accross the platforms) - its essentially a Japanese stealth assassin game, its fantastic in many ways, especially the very gory stealth killing methods used :pir-skull:

Anyway, in some of scenes/missions there are references to spanish invaders, who arrive by boats, which have cannons and the invaders... LOOK LIKE PIRATES!!!

So I looked into it a little bit more and found that pirates and samurai/ninjas co existed through the 15-1700's (although the ninjas/samurai have been around for a hell of a lot longer than that) and according to wikipedia the introduction of firearms to Japan occured when a portuguese ship blew off course into Japan.

Note: The two periods of interest are the Azuchi-Momoyama (1568 to 1600) and the somewhat more famous Edo period (1603 - 1868)

Soooo long story short, perhaps we should consider making dioramas using both pirates and ninja sets afterall ninja sets do come with their own guns and swords.... and im sure we can lend them a cannon or two

Im gonna start on a little diorama as i only have one or two sets from the ninja theme, and i'll upload a couple of pics later.

Let me know what you think of this idea (and if it has already been thought of in a different thread.... appologies )

Okay here we go, it may be a little crude but you get the idea.

Edited January 9, 2010 by Aquila D'oro

[curtisrlee]

Sounds good to me!

I've always considered East-Asian PIRATES rather then NINJAS but this is a good idea!

[Commodore Hornbricker]

I think there was a large and somewhat infamous Pirates vs. Ninjas game or topic on the Lego website a couple years back that got a lot of attention.

[Dreamweb]

I remember an old computer game called "Skull & Crossbones". Your characters were two pirates, and one level was about you fighting ninja warriors. You can see the game here, with the pirates vs ninja level beginning at 5:32

[AND3RSEN]

What a great idea! i like the blown up wall alot

[hhcBrick]

Nice images! Good to know there is some historical evidence for pirates fighting ninjas, but even if there wasn't, Pirates versus Ninjas is an Internet phenomenon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_versus_Ninjas

Since Lego has both themes, and they are natural enemies, I feel that we have a solemn duty to create more Pirate vs. Ninja action.

[Aquila D'oro]

Also it means we have a different style of ship to make i.e. japanese "junk" ships, which dont look too difficult to build (can avoid using proper lego hulls which im lacking at the moment)....... i'll try and have a go at building one for an at sea battle between the two sides, should be fun!..... dont worry im a firm pirates fan - i'll thrash the ninja ship with a BSB or an SES for good measure

Although im surprised lego didnt release the ninja line with a desent sailing ship - lets behonst the "shoguns vessel" 3050 isnt a particularly good ship; it has no mast/sails... just oars... its basically a large dinghy for crossing ponds

Afterall Lego did release the 6057 "Sea Serpent" for the Dark Knight Castle line (1992) which looked pretty good and quite a few people have MOC'd it for that matter.

I just wish the ninja sets werent so rare and expensive!! lol

[curtisrlee]

Also it means we have a different style of ship to make i.e. japanese "junk" ships, which dont look too difficult to build (can avoid using proper lego hulls which im lacking at the moment)....... i'll try and have a go at building one for an at sea battle between the two sides, should be fun!..... dont worry im a firm pirates fan - i'll thrash the ninja ship with a BSB or an SES for good measure

Although im surprised lego didnt release the ninja line with a desent sailing ship - lets behonst the "shoguns vessel" 3050 isnt a particularly good ship; it has no mast/sails... just oars... its basically a large dinghy for crossing ponds

Afterall Lego did release the 6057 "Sea Serpent" for the Dark Knight Castle line (1992) which looked pretty good and quite a few people have MOC'd it for that matter.

I just wish the ninja sets werent so rare and expensive!! lol

You can try the "Emperor's Ship" form the Orient Expedition line

[Big Cam]

haha, that looks awesome, I'd have to side with the ninja's though.

I like the feel to this, you have the ninja's acting like ninjas and the pirates acting like pirates. I know that sounds silly but to me it makes sense and is important. Each is displayed how I think the majority of people think they would act.

Great work!

[Admiral Ron]

Pirates all the way! on another note I really think we should add some ninjas into out creations, especially if they fought/ lived in a historical context. But whenever i think of lego ninjas I think of when my little sister lost my white ninja princess which was one-of-a-kind. CURSE YOU!!