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I approve . Cool design, I especially like the sail, very eye-catching.

Sounds like you may need to fill out a tax return at some point :-)

I really hope they don't use the hairpiece, I have made my own Ariel with it, using the CMF merman tail and the mermaid top (okay she is yellow which reduces the effect) but I think the hairpiece does not work well IMO.

I would have thought that the White Rabbit would be more likely than the Cheshire Cat as an actual minifigure. It was a bigger character in terms of the plot, without him alice would not have gone down the rabbit hole in the first place, he appears in many more scenes, is pretty iconic an works much better as a minifigure. Plus he has an instantly recognisable outfit with waistcoat and could be done with a pocket watch... I just think he makes for a more interesting figure, but probably not for this series. We just know two unconfirmed princesses, no-one was specified.

Is minidisc scale a thing?

Outland in Norway carries a lot of discontinued sets, anything from minifigures, starwars to modulars. But they charge the the going rate, however the NOK is very weak, the dollar strong and you can claim most of your VAT back (20%) when you spend more than $50 as you leave the country... plus its Norway so you'll want to visit the fjords and stuff ;-p

Redcoats vs Bluecoats would be a good set to have, I guess it would not be so much a pirate chess set though. Perhaps Ultimate was too bold a statement, I guess I just meant I pimped my chess set, that's all. And yep it would cost more, I was not advocating that LEGO should have made the set like this, the set they made was fine, actually pretty good price per part wise.

Yes please. Apologies I was getting mixed up with different channels of communication etc.

Inspired by Kai NRG's recent review I thought I would post my own updated version of the chess set. For now mine has been kept together because I do actually use it for chess. So without further ado, here are the players: Bluecoats, on Flickr Not too much to change here, except the pawns are upgraded with shakos and epaulettes and the small cannons (or maybe swivel guns) were added to the bishops to give some firepower to the bluecoats (it occurred to me while taking the photos that another white 2x2 brick added to the bishops would improve the height contrast of the piece, but I'll do that later). Pirates, on Flickr The Pirates saw a few more changes, the Grey skulls became the rooks, I like the build but the did not work for me as knights. Monkeys on ladders were used as knights, the shape is better and the set was lacking monkeys. and the bishops were made with catapults and the height built up with parrots. The Pirates Side, on Flickr The Pirate side of the board has had a bridge added as the main feature (my other half built this mid game one time and I just kept it as it was). The Bluecoats Side, on Flickr I built the soldiers side mid game, but it was rubbish, so I have torn it down a few times and raided this side for parts quite a bit, but as Stas pointed out in his pirate chess set, there really does need to be a prison somewhere on the board. Not sure mine is big enough to hold all the pirates though, which leads me to the storage compartments... Swimming with the Fishes, on Flickr Not big enough to hold all the pieces before I raised the level by a brick and now the pirates will be swimming with the fishes. Buried treasure (and the former bluecoats), on Flickr And on the beach side, some of the underdressed former pawns have been buried alive (presumably) along with a bunch of treasure chests. Anyway thanks for looking, this was just a bit of fun I had with the game... it doesn't really fit in with the regular MOCs and MODs on the forum but I had fun changing this up in this set.

Beautiful build. Everything just looks so good and well finished.

Nice Trees, great story. Now I'm worried about going into debt, better go make some money! I approve

This is awesome, really enjoyed the story updates :-)

Nope Minifigure. Its part of the Collectable minifigure line, topic in the licensed forum, so definitely a figure. The official list at the beginning of the topic still has him a rumoured, although I suspect that is because the only ones that have been confirmed are the ones where the new moulds have been leaked or Alice (special case where Tragic Banjo changed profile pics to confirm/hint). Seems like Lego are pretty good at including at least one pirate-themed or pirate-useful figure in most CMF series (or at the very least they alternate between Pirate and Western themes).

Its doesn't appeared to have been mentioned here that we are getting Captain Hook in the disney CMF series in May, so thats another Captain to add to the collection and hopefully another useful hat with hairpiece. And we get Ursula too, which is pretty good too if you want to add some fantasy to your pirate scenes.

So having finally picked up a second Brick Bounty on sale last month, I have just got around to finishing my modifications combing the two ships. Essentially I was trying to keep something that was recognisable as the Brick Bounty so I forego some realism in the modifications. And I didn't want to create something double the size, just big enough to take on the Imperial Flag Ship. IMG_0845 3, on Flickr There can only be one Captain.. (what to do with the second?) IMG_0846 3, on Flickr Captain's Cabin IMG_0853 3[/url], on Flickr And somewhere for the crew to kip... IMG_0849 3], on Flickr The Ship's galley IMG_0847 3, on Flickr And the final battle... (for comparison) IMG_0856 3, on Flickr Comments and suggestions for improvement welcome (there are still a couple of minor things missing, i.e. wheels for cannons).

No I meant he probably can't be made into a key chain so if they wanted to reuse the mould then re-releasing him makes sense over other minifigures which can be made into a keychain.

This is cool, I recently bought Chicken suit guy, but now I can get another... I wonder if his choice for rerelease was motivated by the fact it would be harder to get a screw in the top of his head, meaning he can't easily be remade into a key chain (not sure if that is a fact?), like other popular characters, i.e. bumble bee girl or hotdog guy... Just wondering because bunny suit guy would have also made a good easter choice.

That wave is superb, but compared to the ship its a drop in the ocean; the ship is so sleek looking. I really like the ship's finish and the details are awesome, the rigging, those ladders, (I want to steal that idea), the bell, its perfect. Argh I keep having to look back to see all the techniques used.

That sounds like more of a cautionary tale than a potential play feature... I'd like something medical but I wonder if it would be harder to sell the Dentist to someone who isn't already on the modular bandwagon. I'd like to see a bookshop or a library, potential play feature maybe a rotating bookshelf that leads you somewhere else in the build, perhaps a bit too scooby-doo? I guess a hidden speakeasy is out of the question. A hospital would be cool, although I think the play features could be interesting, some kind of mix up with the newborn babies? An insurance scam, with whiplash fabrication (no not that one)? A 50s diner/mechanic car workshop (grease inspired) with a little bit in love story for interest, would definitely have curb appeal and there is lots of potential for the interior detail in a diner.

Great build, so many details to see. I really like the wood stack, the arrangement of the the plans (where is that little tattered scroll from?), and especially the supports for the ship.

The idea itself was inspired by Inca terraces (and pre-Inca terraces) I saw in Peru last year and the details I described are taken from my own notes and journal from the trip, so are true to the best of our/my knowledge on the practices (I was very fortunate to have very passionate and knowledgable guides).

looking good, I especially like the pastry being rolled out.

Scrap that...

Thanks for the feedback :-) Bregir you comments are really useful, I think I will try to make the changes you suggest.I knew the mast placements were not right but couldn't find the right way of fixing it. A second pass at doing this with the guidance you've given will hopefully prove more fruitful (I'll probably make the updates for next month now). To answer your question about the sails, they sails were made from one of those cloth shopping bags. I'd actually found it while tidying up a few days prior to making the ship and something inside my head clicked and went... "these are sails". From there it was just a case of cutting out (I use a roller knife on a gridded cutting board, makes it much quicker) and then pressing some seems (folding the edges twice to avoid visible raw edges, and running them through a sewing machine. Actually with the cloth, the key to getting a good finish is just ironing everything at every stage of the making process, everything stays together much better and looks better, that way very minimal sewing skills are required.

I wonder if they would reuse the mould from the CMF series two Pharaoh's staff for Jafar. Its not perfect, but also not too far off. Also really happy about Alice and the Cheshire cat, this just gets better and better.