Tazmaniac

If your going through the motions of getting you shiny bits be sure to state the amount needed!! I recieved my gold the other day and while it was the right stuff (new font and bars not jumpers) they only sent me one "pre-pack" for a set that required three. You would think that giving the set number would be enough but I guess not.......I'll wait untill I've got all the sets before ringing again

That was me and I'm glad it didn't go unnoticed, I'm sure I've heard LEGO say the same thing somewhere. From memory the BSB was $200 Au in 1989 and the QAR is $200 Au (RRP) though my local Big W sells it for $148 Au (not on sale). The part count is pretty close and the finished model close in size too. Granted the smaller sets seem high in price but look at the detail in the Minifigures and new parts.

That makes sense I misunderstood your first post but reading it again I can see clearly what you were saying....silly me.

I would have thought the future of POTC would be determend by units sold, not the price at which they were selling. TLG gets their cut regardless of what they sell for on the market......yes? I guess if LEGO retailers can't move the stock at RRP they won't want more waves, leaving TLG without buyers. Just my thoughts.

Nice. Those slopes work great to create movement in the warriors . The only thing I'm not loving it the drop off from ground to water, it looks a bit out of place because everything else has nice transition and it just drops almost two bricks without any variation it texture. This is not the sort of feedback I'd give to many people but you're a great builder and I know you are capable.

Aye, This be true , 'twas a silly title.....Ten lashes be owed Mr Taz! This may be added in the revised version.

No it's only the very corner of a house and would not fit much in it plus it's pretty messy back there. You can't really see but those top windows have stained glass in them.....need to re-shoot with added crab/bird as suggested by ISC and back lighting for the windows.

True but what a waste of some truely awesome designs, they have the characters for the next two waves already if they continue the theme.

Cheers BeerBeard , that's not dark brown there it's dark tan (nougat?). There is a bit of dark brown on the building though.

Updated to appease ISC and Big Cam .....Hope you like. Apples by Taz-Maniac, on Flickr old version pirates by Taz-Maniac, on Flickr Credit to Izz for her turtle... love that little guy.

It was banned in Australia too for a while ( the stuff with "wormwood" in it ), but now you can get the good stuff here again. There is a guy in the blue mountains that brews to the legal maximum of Wormwood...... drink in moderation!! best served with sugar and flames!

They're the East India Trade Co, that screen is from the fist level of "at world's end" near the bath house.These are one of a few great blue coat designs in the game, though these are the darkest(almost black).

That hair piece on the red coat soldier has a pony tail and looks the business, I hope they do make it in LEGO form (white of course).

Cheers for the kind words Ratshot and for the blog Dreamweb my next pirate vig should be up in the next day or two.

Yep gotta play the game to get the booty. There is one code that must be used to unlock "singing Jack Sparrow" there is no other way to get him. The code is on the back of the posters found in the PotC LEGO sets......clever!

I should have been clearer this was created for an ad campaign, So I very highly doubt they are real but cool all the same and a great way to sell a pen. Brig.Brick has done a great job printing on a real minifig.

Gaaaaargh that be ink lads!! From a "Pilot" pen ad.

In 1997, under the direction of the Underwater Archaeology Branch of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, archaeologists began exploring, documenting, and recovering archaeological remains at the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck site." "Since the start of the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck project in 1996, tens of thousands of artifacts have been recovered and many of those have received at least a preliminary level of analysis. Many more still lie on the seabed or remain encased in concretion at the QAR laboratory." From here

I'm yellow all the way ! These are just a novelty.

It would be interesting to see who was funding the project. I'm sure it's no conspiracy just convenient timing.

Is that a throw down I hear? Bring on the glove slap baby.

But they're still loved by their mommies and daddies. 104_2731 by Taz-Maniac, on Flickr

Um yeah ....the wreakage thought to be the QAR was found over ten years ago. Why bring it up now ? And why not one of the cannons from the site or something else of interest. Maybe I'm being a little harsh but it's more than a little odd that they're doing it now.

@ Brig.Brick, A nine inch nails fan are we? @ Gabe, I'll give it a shot (no pun intended). I did study photography a long time ago but that was with a real camera and a dark room, a lot more fun. I've got a really really good camera but it's not digital, So I won't need to buy new lenses when I get a DSLR.