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I checked and you are right, Will does use the bellrope to ascend and steal the key ("By your leave, Mr Norrington!"). As you say I guess I was influenced by Jack using it on the box!

Really liking the new colours and banner. I was just thinking the other day how long the winter banner would remain for. Good work guys!

Thanks for all your positive comments regarding my review, I am really pleased it's been so well received as I have spent a long time since I joined in November looking at all the lovely reviews on Eurobricks. To be frontpaged here and on Classic-Pirates is very exciting! Also thank you to The Brickster for adding the poll. I am pleased with how my photos came out and I hope it comes across how much fun I was having in taking them. Regarding the lack of playing card, thanks Santhor and colethegeek, I hadn't noticed it was just for On Stranger Tides sets. A shame. I have amended the review with a note to that effect as well as adding in more descriptive text and a proper ratings system. Canada 7, I got the London Escape along with this set as in the UK TRU was doing a 3 for 2 offer. I also got the X-Wing from Star Wars as it was closer in price to the two POTC sets I got. I think I wanted The Mill more simply because I'd seen the film that it was relating to. With the reviews of the On Stranger Tides sets some of the play features are not clear as to what they are for or why they appear, at least until we get to see the films.

Nice review, I think this does very well at recreating a specific scene in the film. Gotta love the the facial detailing on Cannibal Jack

The Mill allows you to do a recreation of the fantastic fight scene when everyone is trying to get their hands on the Dead Man's Chest, and the key that opens it. First up, the fight and chase in the Mill itself: It's a bit cramped, as the structure obviously isn't as big as the one in the film, but it is playable. Jack can use the rope holding up the bell to launch himself upwards. This play feature isn't great as there is too much slack in the line, but it does the job adequately: The wheel can be knocked off its rest and roll off: Push down on the lever to raise the wheel off its mooring: Weeeeee! The wheel gains a lot of momentum and will travel quite a long way before stopping. This adds so much fun and play value as the fight on the wheel was one of the best parts of the film. However if you have anyone on top of it before you launch they will fall off when you launch it, so beware! Norrington and Will duel on the top of the wheel! However Jack chases up to them and manages to swipe the key: But wait, because they're fighting each other, Hadras now has the Dead Man's Chest! Overall: This is a set featuring great minifigures and a fun playset. The price is high, but as a licensed set, it's to be expected. However I think the level of detail the figures have make up for it slightly, as they are just gorgeous. The set contains lots of the same parts to build the wheel,and I guess the Mill parts perhaps aren't too exciting to all you Castle enthusiasts who have already built lots of grey towers, but this set does have some nice bonus stuff like the bottle and the heart of Davy Jones, as well as the key to the chest. The Mill itself is quite small, but does have some real playablity with the wheel. I certainly had a lot of fun posing the figures and recreating the fight scene from the film whilst taking the pictures for the review. I think this is a license that fits extremely well into LEGO form and it should be a big success. So, to put all the above into number form, and using Cloney's rating areas as a guide: Parts: 7/10 - Mainly grey, brown and tan, some excellent new pieces. Minifigures: 10/10 - Four absolutely superb minifigs, two of which are exclusive to the set. Design: 8/10 - A good design for the piece count and price point. It is a good representation of the scene from the film. Price: 6/10 - No beating around the bush here, it's expensive for what you get. Playability: 9/10 - A very playable set. Overall: 8/10 Thank you for reading! Also see my full Flickr image gallery. [edit] Changed pic locations to Flickr and added in full ratings

This is my first review of a new set on Eurobricks, I hope you enjoy it. The Basics: Set Number: 4183 Set Name: The Mill Theme: Pirates of the Caribbean Sub-Theme: Dead Man's Chest Release Date: April 2011 Pieces: 365 Minifigs: 4 Price: £40.99 UK From the Lego Shop@Home description: Capture the key to the Dead Man’s Chest! The battle is raging for the key to the Dead Man’s Chest! Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Admiral Norrington are dueling to the death when the mill wheel suddenly shakes loose and sends the sword fight spinning out of control! Stay on your feet and clench control of that key before Hadras flees back to the Flying Dutchman with it! The Box: The boxes for the Pirates of the Caribbean line are a lot smaller than previous licenced sets and do struggle to live up to their hefty price tag, however The Mill does have a box that shows off the features nicely. In the Box: The set is divided into four numbered bags with two instruction booklets and a poster showing a video-game-esque rendering of the set. The booklets, poster and sticker sheet were baggied up with a piece of cardboard to protect them from being crumpled. There was no playing card with my set, which did surprise me. Perhaps they did not include one for this price point. [Later note from comments below] It has been pointed out that only the sets taken from the upcoming "On Stranger Tides" film have the playing cards, it's not a price point issue at all. It's a shame that all sets in the line don't come with a card though. This would have been Norrington's time to shine! Although with the Admiral's luck, Hadras would have been chosen! He's on the side of the box, after all... Here's a shot of all the pieces together, torn from the safety and comfort of the numbered bags. Minifigs: The Mill contains four absolutely stunning minifigures. The level of detailing is incredible and there is leg and back printing and alternate heads for all figures except Will, who doesn't get leg printing. Close ups: Captain Jack Sparrow appears in every set, but that's not too bad as his LEGO representation is a real winner. The difference for this version is that he comes with a big key, used to open the titular Dead Man's Chest which holds the heart of Davy Jones. Will Turner is a pivotal character in the 3 POTC films, and this is a good representation of him. Love the hairpiece and the shirt detailing! He is also available in set 4182 Cannibal Escape. Admiral James Norrington vies for the affections of Elizabeth Swann along with Will. Here, at this stage of the film he is a desperate pirate, but still showing off some very stylish (albeit slightly ragged) threads. Love the detail on the print! He uses Dastan's hairpiece from Prince of Persia, which is a reasonable reuse. The expression on his face is perfect, so hangdog. It's heartbreaking to see a LEGO figure so downcast. Definitely my favourite of the four. He is exclusive to this set. Hadras is one of Davy Jones' mutated crew, due to his long service of the Flying Dutchman he is now more sea creature than human. His LEGO representation has tons of detail, and he's so cute! The shell piece on the head has been sculpted really well, and it even features printing! It is great to see one of Davy Jones' henchmen, would love to see more in future waves as I thought they were all visually very interesting. At the moment though, Hadras ought to be able to hang out with some of the Atlantis minifigs as he'd fit in well with those. Hadras is exclusive to this set. Parts of Interest: I found more as I was making the set, but these are all pretty cool. You get two copies of the key, and they are attached to a sprue like the Atlantis flippers or the gold coins are. Here's a special shot of what's in the chest: Lovely printing on the heart, the idea well executed by the designers. The Build: First up you make the figures and Mill itself using bags 1-3, then the wheel gets to be made using bag 4. It's a nice build, easy to do but the wheel gets a bit repetitive because of the number of sections you have to build. You have to fold up the wheel around the central piece and slot the poles into the holes in the round part. This was actually a fun part of the build after building so many slat pieces. The part I found hardest was attaching the rope to the bell at one end and the handle at the other. Sausage fingers! It's a wee bit smaller than I'd like, especially at the price point, but it does look good. These were the extra pieces: See the next post for lots of action shots and a final summary. [edit] Changed pics to Flickr, added some more descriptive text.

I saw an advert in the paper today saying that Toys R Us are doing the "Buy 2 get 3rd free" promotion again. Not as good timing as the US one with the POTC sets just out over there but I still thought it was worth mentioning. Offer is online and instore and ends Monday 25th April.

I just read the "Tales of the Bounty Hunters" Bossk story the other day so I have to say I love the playability with the features in this MOC, very good eye for detail and true to the source material.

I think the stickers and factsheet are worth the extra 50p. I'll keep an eye out for this tomorrow

This looked like a lot of fun, gutted I wasn't chosen initially, but there's always next time. Well done to everyone who took part for the entertainment, and respect to Sandy and the lovely Lego sets

I like it, some lovely pics there already. One of the best things about this forum are the various photography threads because people are just so creative and it's great to see.

This is the standout set for me - a proper large playset, fully realised with loads of features and those mermaids are must-haves!

Thank you for this great review. I hadn't really heard of this series as I've only just come out of my dark ages but it looks pretty interesting! Not sure about the dinosaurs themselves but the helicopter is just immense, and the figures are superb.

I would wager that someone would pick that up as a pre-order bonus in Europe/UK. Game/HMV/Play etc all usually do pre-order bonuses on videogames.

That is superb, the mood and the lighting you have achieved is just perfect. The rings coming down in sequence is a lovely effect too.

Had a look instore and the "3 for 2" promotional displays are in the Star Wars action figure aisle but not in the LEGO aisle, but I'm sure it applies to both seeing as the offer does so online. Really brought home to me how expensive Star Wars LEGO is though - £43 for the Battle of Geonosis!

Absolutely stunning work. I loved all the pics and then I saw the fountain, which just really sealed it for me. I thought Venice was amazing when I went there and this MOC really captures the spirit of it.

Great review, I remember having that set. The printed "1" piece is especially lovely.

Sand, sea. surf and sleeping with da fishes? Count this newbie in :sweet:

Cirencester Tesco had a lot of Toy Story Lego reduced too, including an endcap full of £14 Pizza Planet truck sets, which is about 66% off I think!

My Tesco hasn't changed all of the 20% off prices back yet, which surprised me as the 20% off deal finished on Sunday. The bargains aisle had even better deals for General Grevious Starfighter, which was £20, and Plo Koon's Starfighter, which was £12! So if you missed out on those before, I'd say they were really good prices at more that 50% off on each.

Four Atlantis divers encounter four fearsome guardians!

Tesco's 20% off deal is particularly tasty for clearanced items in the Bargains aisle. I picked up General Grevious' Starfighter for £27.54 today :) Plo Koon's Starfighter is £15.54 or thereabouts. Not as sure on that one personally.

Legonator, that's class! I imagine there's a lot of mileage in repeats of that gag. Jar Jar can never quite stay out of trouble!

Fantastic coverage from FBTB. I really love the Whitecap Bay set, that looks like it works as a bigger set with lots of cool play features. It's a fully realised set not just a facade, unlike the Inn in the London Escape set, which is still nice too, but doesn't have much around the back. Still that one has the carriages to go with it. The only one of these sets I really don't like is the Fountain of Youth, with the vinyl plastic curtain. Just looks a bit tacky to me, a real shame it's not brick built but I'm sure TLG wanted this one as a cheap set to get the main people from On Stranger Tides in. Really can't wait for these to come out!