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Captures the notion of 'space pirates' and the essence of the original set quite well. Nice details but perhaps a little too much going on in a small space - it's a bit hard to know where to look. I think it would work better if you only included 3 or 4 of the crew in the photo.

Thanks. Yes, what kind of space pirates are they if nobody has extra/weird limbs?

Sounds painful (wallet-ly), what with the other Castley & Spacey big sets & CMFs also out this year. Plus the Viking Village is STILL out of stock in Australia, I'm still waiting to get one of those.

Sailing the Seven Galaxseas are many profiteers, travellers and institutions. In addition to that, many groups - small and large - of less-upstanding folks prey on the weak & vulnerable of those. Thankfully for honest types, there are also the law-enforcers. Captain Vanson and his crew of Space Pirates commit small hit-n-run, marauder and scavenger jobs, far from the more established & defended settlements & outposts. But when the likes of Mandy Chase are on the hunt, no distance is enough to guarantee justice avoidance. Meet the captain & his crew! Zib & Zab: Keen to be mean Sometimes sibling rivalry causes great grief for the family. Sometimes it merely takes the form of healthy competition. Sometimes it's a mixture of both. Having gained notoriety by losing her leg to gambling, Zib's brother Zab cut off his own in an effort to get some of the attention back. And of course, BOTH of them insist on having the final word in everything... Tragarttuk: Rough & tough The inability to see colours in objects is an unwanted side-effect of having natural heat-vision. Tragarttuk uses his visor as vision enhancement, to allow him to see the universe in an approximation of the way most already can. He also uses it to watch rude or gory movies when he should be watching radar. Not generally good at doing what he's told, or caring about it! Favourite catchphrase seems to be "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" or "it was an accident!" Rebertha: She's back. But is she better? Everyone has fore-arms. Not everyone has four fore-arms... but when you only have 1 eye, you could do with some extra other. Centuries on from her maiden voyage, Rebertha has had numerous iterations of anatomy, and although the right eye is the only organ still original, her black heart is the next oldest part. Sold a former 'business partner' for pilaj-blade hand attachments. Captain Vanson: Yes, he really does insist on being the tallest, although Rebertha will elongate her modules when he's not looking. From prolonged use of his tight-fitting armour, Vanson's lung capacity and digestion are hampered permanently. As a result he has undergone cybernetic implantation and requires his bubble to 'breathe' comfortably. His nutrients are supplied directly into his altered bloodstream. A former lawful bounty hunter, his alterations have made his mind unstable at times, leading him to eventually deviate from his previous path. Cunning yet often wreckless, if he is caught on the hop, he may undo himself, but if he has time to plan, beware! And what are Space Pirates without a Space Parrot? But are they a match for the law enforcement? Imperial Marshall Mandy Chase: Sometimes you really need to bring in the big guns Mandy Chase has been one of the most successful martial marshalls in recent times, and her reputation only took a further giant leap when she took down the final remnants of the Squidman clone operation. Not content with achievement, she refuses to rest until all thugs, bullies & evil-doers have seen justice. Able to space-travel almost undetectably while unaccompanied, she comes down on her unsuspecting foes faster than ludicrous-speed. Vanson's crew have recently caught her attention... Will they see her coming before it's too late?!?

Unbelievably good...

Always apply stickers with a pair of tweezers

By nostalgia factor - as with other 90th anniversary sets of varying size and difficulty

Black Knights are sorely missing from this Castle renaissance

Glad you are un-banned. Amazing... you know Barad Dur is bigger than Orthanc - the official Lego version comes out soon, so how long do we wait to see yours?

Both soap and water are chemicals, but I know what you mean - and that is good information too

Man, you are still building the biggest towers!

You'd think that one of the many sprays for seized-up items would be suitable for plastic, and allow the arms to loosen a bit. Probably warrants a cheap test subject rather than a rare minifig, but I would start with WD-40 of course!

Not yet, but that will be the plan!

Might be intentional, so everyone forgets about that one quickly

What else could possibly be better than a 6989, but TWO 6989s? The mirrored construction actually primarily reminds me of the monorail trains. Very well executed. A very long time ago, I tried a similar thing with the SP1 6886 and it wasn't amazing. I've never tried it on translucent parts, but I get a pretty good result at removal of prints by using a pencil rubber (eraser). Works best on flat or convex surfaces, minifig legs are difficult at times. No need to fear unwanted chemical effects.

Ordered a bunch of them (not all are available on AU S@H ), still can't get the Viking Village (always out of stock whenever I try to get it ) - space baby set on the way. (I am still calling them babies even if they don't have the goo-goo face)

Looks good. Great torso.

I am the same with those 3. I also like the look of the small medieval bakery & the green-sailed viking boat sets in BDP4.

I too, liked the DAD-HAT movie, although it was a bit daggy at times.

I was being facetious

Didn't see this coming. Nice rebound for Castle fans. What MTS?

Such a shame to cheap out on the shields like this. Bit of a slap in the face, really. "We know you love printed shields, so here's mostly some blank ones, for no necessary reason" Almost like having a shop that prints wizard torsos, that comes with a whole heap of blank torsos. Or is that going to be the GWP?

It shouldn't have. From the BDP site, when you click on "Payment and shipping (?)" on the project's page: I think maybe you guys should contact Lego customer support. (Unless you are happy to pay this early)

Strange. I used Paypal, which is just a proxy for my bank account, and nothing went in or out. Maybe it is payment-type related, or maybe the Lego subsite for each region has its own approach of doing the payment set-up.

The thing about the 4 different coloured Futuron and 5 different coloured Classic minifigs etc, was that they were still identical within themselves. There weren't 5 different red ones with obviously unique faces, there were just generic red ones. So it's not the same at all! It didn't matter how many of each you had. If you have 10 mooks and they're all the same, it doesn't matter, IF their faces are generic enough. But if they all have the exact same tooth missing, identical bruises, then it looks all wrong. And if they're all high rank, it makes no sense. Worse, is when you have 10 Jack Sparrows and 3 soldiers for him to fight..! Bring back the classic smiley!