Brickbeard Bart

Excellent, I frequently send Lego customer service emails about things that bother me, or things I wish I could see. I feel like they do listen. I begged them many times to bring back the blue Lego base-plates, and lo and behold, they did (could be a coincidence, but...) I also sent them many requests for an Imperial ship to fight the pirates starting back when the new Pirate line first hit the shelves...before I ever discovered this community. I also collect the Space Police line...and sent many requests for a Space Police HQ where the Police could store the holding cells....and look what's coming this year for the Space Police line! My top priority request in the survey was to continue the Pirate Theme after 2010. Next, was bring back classic sets...then NO MORE STICKERS!, the last two reflected the quality issue. I sure hope this survey makes a difference!! ~Bart

Hello, I'm new around here...but not new to Pirate Legos. I got my first kit in the early nineties....managed to buy Eldorado's Fortress and various other sets from that series when they were on the shelves at Toys R Us in San Jose, CA when I was about 12 or 13. I'm 33 now and still a Lego fanatic, even have my 6 year old son hooked on them...(in fact hes got a lego themed Bday party this coming Saturday). I just wanted to comment on here about the Blue Baseplate (32 x 32 stud) that had been out of production for so long....until I noticed just recently they started selling them again. I picked up 6 on Amazon for 5 bucks each. I've noticed just in the last day or so of discovering this site, that many of you use blue bricks on their sides or SNOT plates on your baseplates for water in your MOCs and dioramas...which looks allot nicer, IMO. I'm just wondering if this is really a brand new thing, or have they been selling them all along and I just haven't noticed? I seem to recall paying up to 20 bucks a piece for a good quality one on ebay or bricklink not too long ago. Anyway, just thought I'd pop in and introduce myself, I look forward to learning some of your cool building techniques, especially those from the likes of members like Derfel Cardarn...I don't have that extensive of a collection of bulk bricks, mostly just official kits...but it seems like you need to drop some serious cash do do some of these huge dioramas! Or simply have been buying Lego steadily for 20 years Happy building! Bart

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