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Technically, pirates shouldn't like leaks either.

Oh nuts, I should have checked here before I started a thread on it just now.

The Youtube channel Stud City is reporting an upcoming somewhat pirates-themed GWP called "Pirate Ship Playground".

I wonder if this torso is exclusive for BaM or maybe a torso that will be used in the rumored Pirates set? Maybe there will be a Imperials fortress with a pirate skeleton in the dungeon just like there was an Imperial soldier skeleton in PoBB?

No, I wasn't the one asking the question.

When asked if it could be PotC, the leaker said they "think" it's Classic Pirates.

r/Legoleak recently banned posts from @lego_insider_news however, so I'm still taking this rumour with a grain of salt.

Obligatoy: https://youtu.be/ZL-5uyp44WA?t=82

I bought 3: One for the boat, one for the island, and one to keep in the box. I was on the hunt for a fourth (for parts), but it was sold out everywhere I looked in Sweden by then (in August), and no new batches came out until it retired at the end of the year.

It might not have sold well in some markets (my guess is mainly in the US), but here in Sweden it was sold out everywhere several months before it retired.

The fact that Lego Ideas apparently has been rejecting Pirates and Imperials themed contributions since a while back (according to some blog post) lends some credence to this rumour. The reason for rejections has been stated as too much similarity to an existing Ideas set, i.e. PoBB, even though that one has been retired since quite a while back. It could literally mean a re-release of PoBB, but might as well mean a similarly themed set. If that is not the case, I don't really understand the rejections in Ideas. Other than Lego just being jerks, that is.

Keeping my fingers crossed for this to be true, but we'll have to see. I'm hoping for an Imperials set; a remake of Eldorado fortress would be great.

What a depressing read. Regarding the closing remarks in that article: Since that was written in 2021 and we are now in 2023, that doesn't seem likely (or at least there should be something really soon, but there are not even rumours).

Sabre Island has won the (purely for fun) Brickset poll on which classic set should be revived for a GWP with 17% of the votes. Whether you like GWPs or not, let's hope Lego takes note that there is a desire in the community for pirates/imperials.

Another Pirate themed Ideas submission was rejected today (Armada Port). So no hope there. https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/354659d4-9a5d-49f0-8636-60fa945ada39