Cara

I like the idea of a cliff set. And the Miss Elizabeth is lovely.

I had an item ordered online (but from within the store - they were out of stock) where the associate put a quantity of 2 but I wanted 1. I phoned lego and was told I could take anything ordered online back to the store. So this is what I did (in the US) without problems.

Same here! I love pirates and I sincerely hope it succeeds. I think Lyichir's post has good points about theme and story.

We chose to remove the wall piece so that the inside of the dock tower could still be reached and played in when the fort was open. The door is from the Chum Bucket.

These look really fun to play with and match each other nicely. And I totally agree, a lot of the challenge was communicating and coordinating with a partner.

When I said I didnt think children have much affinity for pirates currently and that these sets need to provide a connection between the kids and the theme, I mean that currently children in my location do not watch or play anything pirate related that they can associate that play and then reenact or create with lego. I have two children that fall in the middle of the lego age range so my perspective comes from observing them, their classes and their extracurricular activity friends. Of course children from other countries may enjoy different aspects however from my observation I agree with Milo that children prefer to play with or create scenes from things they have experienced - movies, cartoons, and then expand from those. As to your question about the sets from 4-5 years ago, without any data from that time I will go out on a limb and make a guess - and this is pure speculation. Forgive me if my dates are off. Pirates of the Carribean came out in 2003 with films two and three in 2006 and 2007. 2009 saw the lego line I think you are referring to yet lego did not make PotC sets until 2011 when the fourth movie was released. The lego pirates line filled a gap in the market at a time in which 1. Kids had that affinity with pirates through association of the films being big hits. 2. (In my case) had an affinity with adults that were kids at the time of imperial pirates and now 15ish years after have disposable income and kids of their own. This is why I think lego cartoons do wonders for lines such as Chima and Ninjago. And why licensed themes are popular with both adult and children alike. If my children have pocketmoney, they will spend it on the set that theyve watched cartoons of, before they will spend it on for example city/castle. So even though they might like the city or castle sets they rank lower in buying priority and with new sets coming out each season those city and castle sets never get to the top of the wishlist. So if a new line is being proposed it either has to be able to compete with the big childrens lines currently, or find a niche in the adult d2c or modular type marketplace, otherwise they are second place shelf fillers.

A lot of adults think about this theme with nostalgia but as much as I love it, I don't think children have that much affinity for it currently. Whatever gets brainstormed and chosen I think you will have to sell them that connection that makes them see themselves in the pirate universe for them to become invested in this theme.

Really nice MOC, perfect for that display. Love the custom Sebastion, even though I know and have Mr Crabs my first thought was it was only a custom body and a real Sebastion head from set unknown! Im sure it will be deservedly much admired in the store.

This is fabulous, all the angles you've managed to achieve plus the detail makes it stunning. I have never seen a map done like this before and its very recognisable.

Cara and Legonardo's entry: The Flying Piranha and the Imperial Fort

Is it meant to target kids? I figure that the adult audience and modular builds may be less of a revenue generator but might be different. I know my kids like anything with moderate fighting, something embarrassing to the bad guys, magic/supernatural and if there is a magically animated or mechanical vehicle/ship/or something rideable made to look like an animal, then you're good to go.

Thank you for the review. That set keeps looking better and better, though I don't really need the parts and its over the price of even a birthday or Christmas present I would comment some of the photos in the review were harder to make out the details because they were taken against the box art background. But thank you very much for making it.

If you want the instructions for the basic lego ships to start out with, then definitely search brickset.com If you search for either the name of the set or the number of the set then on the set's page below the image will be a button for instructions. This will make links appear for the pdf files of the booklets. Note some ships instructions are split over two booklets.

They are very different buildings but I could see them being in the same town. That sliding passage rock wall is really fun. I wondered why the floor by the passage was yellow? The fort looks a bit bare inside, maybe it could get some furniture? But all the details on the outside of it look really good.

It looks really good guys. Love that dark green with the brown and the triangular walls add a lot of interest.

Seeing all of the builds together, they have so much impact! Wonderfully rich and I love the pop of that dark red roof.

Love the portcullis that is wonderfully realistic and ingenious both!

No idea what wave but I think I'm in the last (not yet posted) as I was in the 23rd day party. Edit: And that is one fun box!

Thank you for the help.

Thank you very much for the clarification!

I bought this 2x4 reddish brown tile amongst random other bricks (87079). It is definitely printed not stickered, and Im thinking its custom? If so does it come from any particular seller? Thank you!

Size wise I think its great, detail wise I think you are over the piece limit. I like your MOC. I don't mean to pick on you personally, my comments come purely from seeing the first posted entry. I went back and read the rules and notice that the 75E 800 piece count is not listed in the rules section rather in the description. So my question is how flexible or enforcable is this if the MOC is of the right size? I have spent a lot of time so far counting pieces and making hard decisions, if it is flexible I just want to know as that would speed up building immensely. I thought this competition had a hard piece limit and building with the choice of either larger pieces to make a larger MOC or smaller MOC but without for example panels/BURP was part of the competition. It is going to be judged by the general population of the forum who will look at what looks nicer. So a design that uses panels and BURPS and that is constrained by 800 pieces may not be as appealing as an entry that is not so constrained.

What is your piece count on that?

It is being a lot of fun especially since you get to share your Contest MOC with someone as you go along. What could also be fun in a future contest is if we have to share WIP progress each week or two weeks through the process. Then the community would get to share in the process more too!

I really like this. Its covered in texture but yet still neat. Great use of the shield, and the roof apex, and are those hinges every other layer alternated with the diagonal bricks on the corners? And the orange underneath the olive green vegetation is very true to moorland nice touch.