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Great Scene, I love the way the walls are constructed and for some reason I really like the way the letter is set into the desk, looks so much better like that.

Cheers. I've updated the photos since we've had a good 20 minutes of sunshine today, hopefully a little better.

That boat is cool, I really like the rudder at the back. What is the bottom piece of the rudder? Anyway great scene!

Cute little ship :-)

Impressive ship. I love the attention to detail like the tiles on the deck, gives it such a polished finish. And I am a fan of the colour scheme, the dark red on the ship matches the sails and I have always liked the slightly clashing combination of dark reds with bright yellow, its on of my favourite combinations :-) I approve

Oh this is cool, makes me want to expand my Lego collection to make everything move.

If we get her I would love her to come with a flamingo...

The dolphins were racing her, jumping to and fro in the jewel-like water, but even they were not fast enough to keep up for long... Introducing my first ship, intended to be Cutter (F2) and sailed by Sir James and his crew. Jezebel, on Flickr AViewOfJezzy, on Flickr Jezzy, on Flickr ShipJezebel, on Flickr JezFromBehind], on Flickr It is my first attempt at making my own sails, so feedback on those appreciated (I wasn't really measuring so I had to slightly rethink their arrangement at the front). Edit: Updated the photos, more on flickr.

Amazing those trees are to die for, you have captured the feel perfectly.

Great build, looks like he's making a fantastic brew and everything is clean and spotless as it needs to be... He might be a little ambitious to be distilling rum with that equipment though ;-) (but since I've never attempted distillation myself, maybe I am wrong). Approved

Awesome build, I really like the cotton, that really must have taken a lot of patience. Nice use of the flower middles filing up the cart (I can never bring myself to throw those away). Approved

Nice build, I like the fort on its place in the beach section.

That particular one was picked up for a couple of quid at a toyfair in the UK. He came with the wrong hat, but I had spares from an ebay purchase of a couple of vintage firefighters who both wore the admiral's hat. I have another one who came with the Eldorado fortress and in my Lego Pirate world, he still lives their with more of the older style bluecoats.

Having recently picked up another soldiers' fort on sale and not having done much to my pirate layout in a while, I wanted to change up the blue coats' fort (well it is less of a fort now, more of a fortified harbour, in my mind the main fort is not in the picture)... Anyways, I wanted to keep the sets looking pretty much the same as they come in this section, but just extend and add on to, generally integrate them in. I just snapped a few quick photos in the daylight, so enjoy. IMG_0748 1, on Flickr IMG_0752 3, on Flickr IMG_0753 3], on Flickr IMG_0758 3 , on Flickr IMO everything is a little flat, so my next plan is to build up some cliffs to the sides of this and add some height to the surrounding area, unfortunately all I am out of bricks to do this since I am still trying to build up the cliffs for my redcoat's fort. Anyways as always comments and suggestions for improvements are welcome.

There's an impressive number of minifigures in this thread and some that have been mentioned a before that I really like the sound of, like Napoleon, Mozart, Barbershop quartet guy, Chimney Sweep, ladybird girl and Golfer (male or female, the sport has such an outrageous fashion trends that I think we can have both, form different time periods). These were all on my list when I was trying to think of missing ones. I have a couple more suggestions Milkmaid: A Dutch inspired minifigure... Gender: Female Expression: Sweet and innocent, maybe dual moulded with a hard-working, strained but determined expression for while she is lifting heavy buckets of milk Print on Torso: white cotton under shirt with a blue corset on top. Arms a dual moulded yellow on bottom white on top, maybe with lace printing. Headgear: recoloured pretzel girl girl in a light brown colour, with a white milkmaid cap on top, a cotton cap withe a ridge at the top, attaches in the hairpiece hole. Legs: Either a cloth skirt in blue with a white apron detail over white legs with blue shoes or a blue slope piece with apron printing. Accessory: Definitely a bucket, ideally to buckets and a new moulded piece that goes over the neck to hold the buckets, but minifigure arms don't bend right so maybe that won't work. Bird Watcher (Twitcher): Gender: Male or Female. Torso: Tweed jacket with things in the pockets like notepad, brown with lighter brown check pattern on top, olive green patches printed on sleeves and olive green pockets Legs: Jacket printing continued onto legs, duel moulded legs to give green wellies (rubber boots) Head gear: wide rimmed hat, could be the same hat as farmer and scarecrow in olive green. Accessory: Duck, a male mallard and maybe binoculars.

Nice, can we see pictures?

Cheers, that was the bit I was working on when I decided to build the scene :-) Nah he's just really into his looks and cultivating a slightly eccentric personality, he's and old friend of Sir James but truth be told he is a bit self-centred.

Surveying the Land | Sir James W. Chase | Corrington Jezebel | Sir James W. Chase | Corrington The Crossed Swords Tavern | Sir James W. Chase | Corrington Tigerlily | Sir James W. Chase | Corrington

Sir James and his trusty advisors have begun preparations for a their first fort, surveying the land from the safety of their camp, but not escaping the sweltering heat. After the initial camp was constructed, more timber was bought forth and stacked on the beach, ready to build the fortifications. SurveyingTheLand, on Flickr

I like the comparison, other than the pirate captain I first noticed the update on the female pirate torso. I do like they way that they have referenced back to the original designs. Makes me wonder what we'll get in 5 years time :-)

Oh I think that was probably just a joke, a play on the words rather than an opinion or a comment on anyone's else's opinion. But moving on... that video gives us the dimensions that the babies head is two studs high, from the picture it therefore appears that the body is the same size as a regular brick? Just my opinion but I think the child would look strange with a regular sized head as that would mean the head would be the same size as the body and legs. It does seem odd that the stud on top is not a standard size since this prevents the babies from being stackable and limits the ability to build on top of them like you can a standard mini figure. It would be interesting to see them compare to a micro figure which I believe are 2 bricks high and have a standard hole on top. I did initially think maybe they have a small hole that would allow friends-style accessories to be added on top; something that would add a nice element of cross-over between the lines and limits the need for new moulds, but it looks like its solid on top. Anyway I am happy with the new baby, to me it looks cute and adds diversity to the minifigure population without deviating too much from the iconic minifigure proportions. I want lots of babies.

Assuming these are your only Paradisa sets? Then I recommend the Sand Dollar Cafe 6411 to extend your coastline and the Poolside Paradise 6461, er because it'll add some height to your collection and you get a waiter. One thing to note is that the colours of the baseplates changed with the later sets and they use a different colour green for the grass which used to annoy me.

Hmmm I think the situation is different in Europe compared to the USA since its not and has never been on sale here, still full price. In all the European shop-at-homes its not on sale and has the green "available now", but all of the other pirate line up is gone from the website. Whereas the USA site has it on sale and all the other pirate sets are listed as sold out. But I guess I should buy sooner rather than later.

Since I was having a shake up of my pirate stuff I thought it would be a good opportunity to track down my bluecoats from their various positions and get them in line for a quick photoshoot. Still not got as impressive an army as most people here, but I'm happy with the rate its growing (got my first ever bluecoat back in June last year when the new pirate wave came out, with the exception of the CMF revolutionary soldier). So here is is: LeBluecoats], on Flickr CloseUp, on Flickr

Cool review. I actually just came on the forum to ask if anyone knew when this set was due to retire as I was thinking I wanted to pick up another one... nicely timed :-) On the set I think I've said before (maybe, not sure) that I personally found some pieces confusing during play, I am not a massive fan of some of the rooks, knights and bishops in terms of recognisability in game and some of them a touch too big. But on the whole its pretty good with a few modifications. As a parts pack its good, with the exception mentioned above: no shakos :-( but also no epaulettes. But back to my original thought, does anyone know when this set retires?