Commodore Hornbricker

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  5. Posted

    Thanks for all the nice reply's. It was a lot of fun to build with her and to build again in general its been over a year since I built anything other than the new modular buildings by Lego. The model attracted a lot of positive attention at her school (most of the kindergarten through 4th grade boys have elevated her to god like status) and you'll all be happy to know she got an A+. My wife wanted to donate it to the Mission as a permanet display. I am thinking about it....its almost all my brown tiles on the darn roof, plus its gotta be around 10,000 pieces easy. Maybe a temporary display would be better default_sceptic.gif.

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    First try and rinse them with the hose to get the bigger "bits" out as best you can. then toss a bunch in a pillow case and tie the end off real good and put them in the washing machine with some old towels and wash in hot water with detergent. I haven't had to deal with this specific issue but I have rreceived so really filthy Lego off EBay in the past and it has worked well.

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    Great review! With all the PotC sets out it is heart warming to see a classic set reviewed in such a nice way. Unlike punkkid364, I missed almost all the classic pirates originally because I was too old. While I now only own one of these sets officially I could build a lot of the out of my collection. Big Cam is right on. I'd buy a bunch today for that original price. Nice job.

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    I am not sure what is so funny here, he has a point - mortars, bomb ketches, and fire ships are a big ship with low maneuverability's worst nightmare. I would say a rowboat with ten kegs of gunpowder could take down the IFS...

    However, the IFS is technically a small frigate, it would be almost as fast and just as maneuverable as the other large ships that lego makes. However, against and open deck ship (which all of the other lego ships are, even with a forecastle and sterncastle) the IFS would put the hurt on any of them. Just load the cannon with grapeshot, the opponent will not have crew to fire the guns any more.

    In special circumstances sure...but I don't read his question to include that. It's funny because Lego never made a bomb ketch or rocket ship and the question was about ships Lego made. Like you say row a ships boat alongside 1st rate man o war and you sink her but what does that have to do with the question. My money's on the IFS vs any other Lego tall ship. I'd go SES finishing a distant second in fighting strength.

  14. Posted

    Hmmm. It occurs to me that since the IFS and the QAR and FD (if ever produced) aren't actually from the same theme, meaning the IFS is from a normal pirate line and the others are from PoTC a pirate line with magic/supernatural powers, couldn't you just as easily say that when the crew of the FD teleported over to the IFS that the crew of the IFS time traveled and came back in the Imperial Star Destroyer?pir_wacko.gif

  16. Posted

    Bigger ships with a bigger professional crews and completely stocked with military supplies - wins every time. If you are a smaller ship, the Flagship doesn't want to sink you. She wants to slow you down to board you and take you as a prize. If you are on any of the other smaller official lego ships you have 4 chances:

    1) run for it

    2) surrender

    3) scuttle your ship

    4) have at least 2 or 3 ships of similar size with you to even the odds.

  17. Posted

    The overall topic of this survey was rather interesting. The Lego Group has always seemed like such a closed off company in terms of actual real dialog and direct communication with its AFOL fan base. I wonder if times are changing and they are recognizing many of the opportunities they are missing. I guess time will tell.

    I always enjoy these surveys. Just to mix things up this time I took the survey pretending to be Big Cam! oh2.gif

  18. Posted

    Thanks for all the comments! I love minifigure armies. They are all packed away in formation waiting for their next opportunity to gather on a field of battle (which we all know the Redcoats will win!).

  19. Posted

    Lovely little ship. The smaller ships are the hardest to build in my opinion as your piece choices become so limited and you don't have the scale and size to work around some of the limitations. Great color and detail. She looks a wee bit stumpy at the bow but I still love it.

  22. Posted

    Great review and a great set. I'd have to say after buying it and building it that the Pear ranks in the middle of the pack of all the ships Lego has produced. The black hull pieces and sails made this a must have for me. Well that and the fact I have all the ships so far and I'm not going to miss out on the Black Pearl, that would be stupid.

  25. Posted

    Any updates on the fort?

    Unfortunately it is still in the same condition as the last time I updated that thread. When I don't have time to build, which I haven't for the past year, I tend to army build.

    Now that's an army.....but where are the generals ? pirate_wink.gif

    Excellent collection....any cannons ? pirate_wink.gif

    Brick On Fight On 'Commodore Hornbricker' ! pirate_wink.gif

    Always remember.........Viva La Company ! pirate_laugh2.gif

    I ran out of room for the Generals and Admirals. Must be around 20 or so of them on each side.

    I think I might have a few cannons somewhere...pirate_tong.gif