Useful Pirate Pieces from other Themes?

[SpacePolice89]

On 12/6/2025 at 2:25 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

All the time I was wondering why Lego would dress these kids in such a militaristic outfit  but I guess they are supposed to be members of a marching band, right? That's why they visit the music shop.

Still a bummer to see that it is suddenly possible again to print the shako, but not when Eldorado Fortress got released (and the parts were available at PAB).

It is realistic that kids want such outfits, I have proof . A picture from my 13th birthday party (I belive so, it could also have been 12 or 14?). I was very proud of my Imperial Guard uniform and I also had a shako but unfortunately no pictures of it.

 

[Roebuck]

4 hours ago, SpacePolice89 said:

It is realistic that kids want such outfits, I have proof . A picture from my 13th birthday party (I belive so, it could also have been 12 or 14?). I was very proud of my Imperial Guard uniform and I also had a shako but unfortunately no pictures of it.

Are you from Norway, seems like the picture could be from here at least  I guess it can probably fit with other countries in northern Europe as well 

[DonQuixote]

5 hours ago, SpacePolice89 said:

It is realistic that kids want such outfits, I have proof . A picture from my 13th birthday party (I belive so, it could also have been 12 or 14?). I was very proud of my Imperial Guard uniform and I also had a shako but unfortunately no pictures of it.

 

Damn you're a Redcoat?  I never liked Redcoats. Bluecoats for me

[SpacePolice89]

13 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Are you from Norway, seems like the picture could be from here at least  I guess it can probably fit with other countries in northern Europe as well 

Close. I'm Swedish but live in Finland, I'm part Norwegian from my grandmother's side. I live in Hangö, the southernmost town in Finland which is roughly at the same height as Stockholm, Sweden. The area I live in feels very Swedish because a majority of the inhabitants are part of the Swedish minority in Finland.

13 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

Damn you're a Redcoat?  I never liked Redcoats. Bluecoats for me

Maybe redcoats and bluecoats can be allies? At least according to the old catalogs they are. This was a subject of debate between me and my friends when we were younger. Half of us thought that they were the same faction/allies and the other thought that they were competing factions.

Edited December 10, 2025 by SpacePolice89

[DonQuixote]

My friends and me considered them as mortal enemies : English and French.  The Bluecoat flag even has the fleur the lys and is similar to the flag of Quebec. A symbol of France. The redcoats are English .

The patriot,  last of the Mohicans, Napoleon are some movies that it made obvious.

[Admiral Bejaune]

On 12/9/2025 at 9:11 AM, SpacePolice89 said:

I was very proud of my Imperial Guard uniform

I too did not have a girlfriend at 13!

[SpacePolice89]

12 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

My friends and me considered them as mortal enemies : English and French.  The Bluecoat flag even has the fleur the lys and is similar to the flag of Quebec. A symbol of France. The redcoats are English .

The patriot,  last of the Mohicans, Napoleon are some movies that it made obvious.

Yes, it is very obvious that they are inspired by the English and French but are they really representing real nations? I see them the same way as I see the Islanders that are clearly inspired by real tribes and natives but they are a fictional tribe in Lego Pirates. Redbeard is also a fictional Pirate probably inspired by Blackbeard. In the 1992 and 1993 catalogs both the Imperial Guards and Imperial Soldiers are presented as one faction and in the 1993 catalog 6259 Broadside's Brig is placed with imperial Guards sets along a coastline. In the end it is ultimately up to each of us to individually decide how we interpret them.    

[SpacePolice89]

10 hours ago, Admiral Bejaune said:

I too did not have a girlfriend at 13!

At that age my closest friends where still very much into Lego and we used to arrange huge battles with all our sets combined. But a couple of years later most of them lost interest in Lego and started pursuing other "interests".

[DonQuixote]

9 hours ago, SpacePolice89 said:

At that age my closest friends where still very much into Lego and we used to arrange huge battles with all our sets combined. But a couple of years later most of them lost interest in Lego and started pursuing other "interests".

At 13 I was also still heavy with Lego. Girls ? You can't play with them because they don't know how to play with Lego castle and pirates.Even at 14 in 1993 I was with Lego. It's the year I visited Billund and it was the year of the Dragon Masters and Jurassic Park! 

With 15 I left Lego for videogames  and girls... I discovered you can play with them....but differently....

Now at 46 I left videogames and women ( sorry to many bad experiences and I don't care about relationships anymore) and I am back to Lego. 

However, with Lego raising prices every year ( shopping street €250!)

I'm more and more interested in alternate bricks...

[SpacePolice89]

20 minutes ago, DonQuixote said:

At 13 I was also still heavy with Lego. Girls ? You can't play with them because they don't know how to play with Lego castle and pirates.Even at 14 in 1993 I was with Lego. It's the year I visited Billund and it was the year of the Dragon Masters and Jurassic Park! 

With 15 I left Lego for videogames  and girls... I discovered you can play with them....but differently....

Now at 46 I left videogames and women ( sorry to many bad experiences and I don't care about relationships anymore) and I am back to Lego. 

However, with Lego raising prices every year ( shopping street €250!)

I'm more and more interested in alternate bricks...

I had a long passive collect only phase between ages 20-26 when I did very little building and only collected some sets. During that time I focused mostly on playing hockey and most of my time and money went towards that. In the end I figured that I enjoy Lego more and hockey felt too violent and there were too many injuries. Before and after that period Lego has been my number one hobby. 

[DonQuixote]

2 hours ago, SpacePolice89 said:

I had a long passive collect only phase between ages 20-26 when I did very little building and only collected some sets. During that time I focused mostly on playing hockey and most of my time and money went towards that. In the end I figured that I enjoy Lego more and hockey felt too violent and there were too many injuries. Before and after that period Lego has been my number one hobby. 

I also did other hobbies like martial arts and later on salsa and Latin American ballroom dancing.(samba, cha cha, rumba, jive, paso doble) I quit them after many years because they are physically very demanding. But If Trump needs some dancers for his new ballroom... I can still move my hips with Latin music.... Lol

[Siroco]

42691 Garden Restaurant might fit in a Nassau/Port Royal diorama, with modifications of course.

 

 

[Franco Clarke]

That does look promising, the trees can certainly be useful. 

[Pirate_King_1982]

Definitely got Carribbean vibes. As mentioned the tree builds seem very useful.

[Yperio_Bricks]

Could this double as a jungle parts pack? Set 40957:

 

[CaptainMoore]

The Scarecrow from 75685 could be interesting as a shipwrecked soldier

Edited January 8 by CaptainMoore

[Franco Clarke]

Shame it isn't available on pick a brick, it'd be a great rifleman torso. 

 

[jodawill]

A Creator pirate ship is coming this year. No other info yet.

[Yperio_Bricks]

2 minutes ago, jodawill said:

A Creator pirate ship is coming this year. No other info yet.

Oh wow, never thought we would get a ship this year! From BrickTab on reddit:

• 31387 Legendary Pirate Ship
• 1,074 pieces
• June release

 

Edited January 9 by Yperio_Bricks

[Roebuck]

Will probably have some nice figs at least 

[Yperio_Bricks]

Camilla's and Will's torsos from the vending machine set are up at PAB now, as well as tan epaulettes.

[Lyichir]

Just was looking at the new Pokémon sets and Blastoise introduces 7241 in Reddish Brown, which could be useful if you wanted to add a removable lower hull like that in the recent Black Pearl set to a ship with a reddish brown hull.