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That's really interesting, I had never heard of the cannons just popping off the brown holders before, usually it just snaps. I am worried about reddish brown parts now, maybe their shelf life is coming to an end and they'll begin to snap no matter how good you took care of them. That's disappointing, if I had to guess we won't be seeing the holders in brown ever again as it seems pretty intentional on TLG's part to avoid having those snap. What I'm thinking about is getting some off-brand brown canon holders since those brands are the only ones that still seem interested in giving us pirate ships. It's not just PoTC, there's soooo many themes that utilized brown parts even on minifigures, Pirates from 2009/2015 uses a lot of reddish brow, looking at my shelf I also see some other sets with tons of reddish brow like the LoTR Shelob and perhaps most infamously, the Star Wars Sand Crawler. Now I heard TLG had a program for users where they could get replacement brown parts for their sets but I'm not sure if it's true and even if it is I doubt they still produce a lot of those pieces in brown, as is the case with the brown cannon holders.

Sorry to necro post but the dreaded brittle brown brick curse finally found me today. I was cleaning the Black Pearl since it can get quite dusty and noticed the two grey canons were loose from the brown holder parts, I don't recall separating these parts and they were fine when I assembled them. I took one cannon and attempted to connect it to the brown holder and the hinges immediately snapped. I didn't even bother touching the other canon once that happened. Now I'm afraid of touching other brown pieces on the ship and my other PoTC sets. It did get me wondering, are there are any recent brown canon holder parts available? If I recall the 2015 Pirates line only had red canon holders and I'm pretty sure the same applies to PoBB so I don't know if there's been any brown canon holders produced since the Pearl which means even if I were to get replacement parts they would likely just snap too.

So I bought a minifig on Bricklink and it arrived today, only it wasn't the minifigure I ordered but a different one. Here's my dillema, the minifigure I got is one I was also planning on getting and it even came with it's accessories and a base which I wasn't expecting (it's also more expensive than the one I ordered) so while I'm tempted to just keep it and gloss over the fact the seller sent me the wrong minifigure and avoid any after sales drama I also don't want to give the seller a fake positive rating cause this could probably happen to some other people seeing as the seller has some negative feedback. What should I do?

Sorry about the false statement, I didn't keep track of what was happening 24/7 and was under the impression nothing had happened but glad to be proven otherwise and that my suggestions help you in some way. As far as the whole digital vs physical builds debate I think we should keep both, just make sure digital builds don't have any "illegal" building techniques or pieces in colors that don't exist. Setting a number of pieces and rules in place for each contest should help with this. If that still doesn't help then it could always be split in two I suppose. This contest had one build contestant and one critic contestant both get the El Dorado set and the other 2 winners got to personally chose a medium and small set of their choice correct? I think we could narrow down the winners to 3 spots for 3 categories, Physical build, Digital build and Creative critic, all 3 winners get the same prize, could drive the competition further and engage more people while taking care of the whple physical and digital debate.

I agree with some points here, there were too many variables for the contest which kind of confused people, so here's my two cents. Contests should set one clear goal, this one had a lot of branches (remake a classic set, create a classic set, create an original set, improve a set) which confused some and resulted in a lot of entries where I feel the original goal of the contest was lost, some entries that missed the entire point of the contest, beautiful yes but basically highly elaborate MOCs that would never be made into a set. For future contests I would keep it fairly simple and straight to the point, set one goal, max number of pieces and also one entry per person which brings me to my next point. Some contestants created a lot of entries which was hard to keep track of and quite the task for everyone following the contest. There was also users like MyFirstMOC who took advantage of this and clogged the forum with tons of their entries, so one entry per contestant should be the way to go. Speaking of MFC I would also like to bring your attention to rules. As you may know there was quite a lot of talk surrounding MyFirstMOC's entries and their dubious votes, a good argument was made that it was likely that fans of MFC saw their entries and decided to create an account solely to vote for them but it was also brought up that one of those accounts shared an IP address with MFC and I don't think MFC or any of their voters ever offered any explanation as to why this was despite logging in to the forums while this was happening. With all that said no action or rules were enforced and the whole thing was kind of swept under the rug which makes the rules seem null and void. If rules are meant to be taken seriously they must be enforced appropriately. When it comes to voters I definitely agree that anyone voting should have at least 10 posts on their accounts or better yet participate in the contest by offering their feedback or simply leaving a comment on their favorite entries. Creating an account just to make a post to vote for someone is a digital waste of space and not at all what the contest wants which is to create more engagement with new forum members. I like the creative critic contest and would keep it, it gives folks who aren't that good at MOCs an opportunity to participate and win. That's basically it, make contests more simple and easy to follow, enforce rules on contestants and voters.

Belated congratulations to the winners, I knew @Danny_Boy4 would win with his fantastic build!

We'll have to keep dreaming... To boost sales of their other stuff, I bought a Jurassic Park set I was on the fence about just because the playground Pirate set was a GWP lol and as it's been mentioned classic fans won't be able to resist picking up anything classic related.

I actually edited my post to include you because I wasn't sure if you weren't in the contest or not haha but thanks for letting me know!

It was also Curse of the Black Pearl's 20th anniversary earlier this month which would've been the perfect opportunity for a new PoTC set but have this ugly set instead will you wait for another expensive remake set, you're welcome.

@iragm @Mazin @MstrOfPppts @thewatchman @Horationall stood out to me as great and helpful critics!

A Halloween themed Pirates set turned out exactly like how I imagined it would, not good.

Well done Matey!

So it seems like the "leaked" Tremortusk picture was using this build from SerialBuilder, it was fully revealed today. Tremortusk - MocBay The wait is over. Join the tribe and start the cybernetic pachiderm building journey. 🤖🦣 Part list is available now… | Instagram

100% agree! I would actually prefer another 90€ curveball Playstation set based off Uncharted or another IP like The Last Of Us (which is highly unlikely) than a 300€ Horizon set but unfortunately I think the latter is more likely to happen. It's a shame because Tallneck was such a breath of fresh air, an amazing build for such a great price it seemed like TLG was finally learning that Adult ≠ Expensive but oh well.

As others have mentioned the fact some of the accounts were made on the same day and from Hungary no less makes it highly suspicious and by now I'm sure MyFirstMOC has seen people pointing out these fishy votes yet has not said a word. Also the new accounts that voted for their entries have not acknowledged any of this this or posted since then which says everything you need to know. As far as banning someone that shouldn't be for users to decide, mods should decide what punishment is more adequate but I do believe MFM should be disqualified from the contest. Many people voted for at least one of their entries and those votes could've gone for other contestants who didn't resort to cheating.

I think it's more likely we'll see a new set whenever a new PoTC hits cinemas, I would love an ICONS Pearl but I don't see it happening any time soon. I do have the original 4184 Pearl and I will be looking for an acrylic box so I can display it without worrying about the dust, for such a small ship it really has an imposing presence with the black color scheme but damn wouldn't a more accurate ICONS set be a dream come true.

The image is fake but the set could still be real then? I haven't seen many reports on it either way but Tallneck did sell well according to insiders so I'm sure another Horizon set is coming at some point I just hope that we get more Playstation themes at some point too.

People are still voting for MyFirstMOC's entries, I find it quite disrespectful to other contestants that MFM are still part of the contest when it's quite clear they have cheated to get more votes. As I mentioned before we all know it's just a contest to bring more traffic to the Pirates forum and that the winners are clear now but it just undermines other entries and the rules letting such a blatant case of fraudulent voting slip under the radar simply because they don't have enough votes to win.

Seeing as none of those Hungarian accounts or MyFirstMOC have commented or provided any explanation after many people have voiced their concerns I think it's safe to say they did in fact cheat to get more votes. Now one could argue no action is required since MyFirstMOC likely isn't going to win anything since the winners are pretty clear at this point. But I think action should be taken on principle alone since legitimate voters picked at least one of MyFirstMOC's entries and that isn't fair to the other participants who didn't resort to cheating just to get more votes.

It was in one of the many Facebook groups I'm part of but I think it was actually a 300€ price tag, still expensive in my opinion. Someone also said 3000-4000 piece count but we'll see. I think Tallneck was a perfect set for the piece count and price so if this set is in fact real I don't like the new direction they're taking with these Horizon/video game sets. Uncharted would be amazing, so many beautiful locations and set pieces in those games and other Playstation games have a lot of material TLG could work with. Sadly a lot of those games have more mature themes but then again they did make a Stranger Things set not long ago.

Has anyone else seen the blurry leaked picture of the rumored Tremortusk set from the Horizon Forbidden West line? I must say it's very disappointing to see them doing that and not a Thunderjaw, the rummored 400€ price tag is crazy too so I'm predicting this will be sitting on shelves for a while. It's a shame because TLG could've had something going with affordable 80-100€ Horizon and other Playstation game sets, speaking of which it's kind of unbelievable there's no Uncharted sets, I won't even mention The Last of Us or God of War since TLG would probably deem those too mature for us adult collectors.

Glad others have mentioned it too, there's something clearly going on with MyFirstMOC's entries, I mean just yesterday two new members from Hungary voted for their entries only and then a different one made a whole thread dedicated to the same entries, very fishy if you ask me.

Good luck to all participants and thank you for those who supported my entry! My votes cover all categories of the contest which was to build a new set and remake an original set. I've decided to pick sets I could see TLG producing over the really beautiful entries more akin to MOCs but voting was still very hard! Main Building Category 6278/6292 Enchanted Island Remake by Danny_Boy4 Sin Island by Marooned Marin 6267 Lagoon Lock-Up/Soldiers’ Tavern by Aanchir The Lost Lagoon by The Brick Stop Caribbean Clipper by TomSkippy Mini Set Building Category Treasure Island by Oky 1802 Tidy Treasure - Remake by Dr3w Pirate's Dock by ElephantKnight 6232 Skeleton Crew Remake by Jack Sassy King Kahuka's Outrigger Boat by Kritch

Merci beaucoup! Je suis heureux que vous aimiez les designs refaits, j'espère que TLG envisagera également de refaire ces ensembles petits.

So I wasn't going to participate in this contest because quite frankly I'm not a very good builder but after giving it some thought I decided what the heck and will give it a shot, this is my re-imagined Shipwreck Island set which I tried to make it fit in with the rest of the remade Pirates sets to the best of my abilities, gents I present the final version of my remake of sets 6260 Shipwreck Island and 6257 Castaway's Raft: Castaways of Shipwreck Island! The idea for this remade set combines Shipwreck Island and Castaway's Raft in order to have a bigger set that tells a more cohesive story and offers more play ability for all ages at an affordable price between 20€ to 30€. Here's the tale of this set! Quartermaster Riggings and Port set out to find Starboard in a makeshift raft after their mate fails to return from a treasure hunt. Their voyage leads them to Shipwreck Island where Starboard and a new companion survive on fish and coconuts, guarding the treasure they found safely hidden in a big rock covered by moss. But dangers lurk beneath the surface as a huge shark attacks the raft, Riggings and Port must fend off the hungry animal while Starboard and his companion ready the canon to make sure the beast can't stop them from returning safely to Barracuda Bay with their newly acquired treasure! The beast is defeated and the two moustachioed brothers reunite and the four pirates set course for Barracuda Bay with their treasure as the sun sets on this adventure! The idea! For this contest I was originally planning on remaking set 6257 Castaway's Raft on it's own, I tried my best to make it look like something modern TLG would put together but also tried to remain faithful to the original design and size while adding some extra details and accessories such as a barrel, lamp and bucket as well as a makeshift steering rudder with an oar. After I finished the raft I realized it wasn't a very appealing set on it's own so seeing as TLG has taken some liberties with their two remade Pirates sets by expanding them by adding parts from other classic sets I decided to remake Shipwreck Island as well, combining my two favorite classic sets into one. The result is something that I think fits in with the modern Pirates sets without going overboard with the piece count and minute details, coming in at a little over 300 pieces this set is designed with a lower price in mind so it's not the most impressive thing in the world but it gives more Lego collectors the opportunity to own a modern Pirates set that isn't over 200€, now here are some comparisons with the original sets. Parting words! This smaller set probably doesn't stand a chance against all the gorgeous and big builds that are starting to show up but I definitely think this set idea could be appealing to a larger portion of people who do not want spend a lot of money on Pirates and it's something I hope TLG also takes note of, I would love for smaller Pirates sets to make comeback. Thank you to everyone who shared their suggestions and helped me with this one, I hope you all enjoy the final version, good luck to all and cheers! Old version: