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Even better, four more peg holes just beneath the roof as well. The ones inside the tower are probably for rearranging the plants. I absolutely love this set, I really hope it will be available this year!

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Thank you! It's been a challenging but fun build :) Thank you :) And as said by Marcos, I don't believe that was the case here. It's probably an error of my own In that case I'll check my own sets again tomorrow as I have the entire line still separated from the rest. It's good possible that I missed some parts (grumbles at kids playing with the sets) and what you say about the black 4x6 plate is also possible. I missed it when I had to place it on the cart but I'll check again if I mixed it up somewhere else.

Ah, thank you so much! I was afraid that would happen as I wasn't completely sure about the colours used.

The LDD file of Port Royal is finished! You can download it here. I tried but failed to find the two sea-weed pieces (one for the rock and one for the dock) in all four modes, so apologies for that. Have fun with it!

The LDD file is finished! You can download it here. I tried but failed to find the two sea-weed pieces (one for the rock and one for the dock) in all four modes, so apologies for that. Have fun with it!

Thank you all for the kind words! As I said before I started on the LDD file of this set as well. I have the fort/wall part finished and will do the rest tomorrow (hopefully :) ). For those who cannot wait to see it. A few side notes: - First of all I have little experience with file-sharing through the forum and when trying to attach a file to my post I got the line: "Error You aren't permitted to upload this kind of file". So if you want to download it, click the link below. - I've tried to get the appropriate colours in the build but I'm not entirely sure about two colours used. I used Cool Yellow (and I hope that one is correct) and Light Stone Gray, mostly because it makes it a lot easier to determine whether you have to use Dark Stone bricks or Medium Stone bricks (as it should be Medium Stone Gray I think... I hope I'm correct :) ) - I didn't attach the three parts of the fort together as that simplifies the building guide mode a lot. When you attach all three the parts, the guide mode makes you start in the middle of the building and work your way up and down as it goes (as said in the review). Have fun :) I appreciate C&C on the lxf as well. Click here for the file!

Hehe, no need to feel sorry for that ;) You did a marvelous job and the fact that the instructions weren't 100% clear was just a good challenge

Aha, so you're responsible for the 'outstanding' instructions vid Thank you for your kind words, it's been an honour reviewing your set. I've loved building it from start to finish and I'd happily buy it if it was for sale. And as Big Cam said, you don't happen to have the instructions available for your fellow Eurobricks members, do you? I'll work on the LDD file myself nonetheless. Keep on designing more awesome sets!

Yes, I figured as much. And you can see the moment he jumps of his ship in the picture.

Aye me hearties, After hours spent on deciphering the instruction video for Port Royal (given by the card of the wonderful Syrena) I actually gave this 'set' a shot. The idea of building an entirely new set out of 2 sets was tempting enough to get me started. However, I bet many of you noticed how blurry and unclear this vid is, so it wasn't that easy to build. Stopping the vid after each brick that was placed didn't really speed up the proces either. Not to mention that I didn't break down the 2 sets needed to build this set which costed me quite some time to look for certain bricks and to find them later still attached to a section of a building that was stil intact. So if you want to build this set as well, I recommend that you take the time to demolish the 2 sets (London Escape and Whitecap Bay) and possibly even sort the bricks a little. For this review, I must admit that it is my first try on doing a (pictorial) review of a LEGO set. Some of the pictures didn't really turn out the way I wanted but I hope you can still enjoy the set as much as I do. Now without further ado, the review. Let's see some overview pictures of the set first. The fort part of the set is built in 3 sections. The three sections are modular so you can rearrange them as you wish and easily attach new/own parts of the fort. The first section you get to build contains a stable where the brown horse of the London escape set is stabled. The build is pretty much straight on without any special techniques or other things worth mentioning. Interior on the first floor is a table with a candle and a spider on the floor. Looks like it hasn't been cleaned in ages The second part of the fort is the main section. It contains an alarm bell on top with a small balcony where an imperial soldier is on the watch to look for suspicious ships making port. I wonder what he thought when he saw Jack and his 'ship' arriving in the first scene of the first movie (more about the 'ship' later this review.) The two torches on front of the building were my own touch although they were inspired by the picture about Port Royal you get when claiming another reward. No other interior other than the alarm bell. Odd thing about this section is that the LDD vid makes you start on this section in the middle of the building and work your way up and down as it goes. The third section is basically the mirrored version of the first section without the stable part. As interior there is some sort of shelf with a sword and a magnifying glass on either side. When all three parts are attached together they look something like this. Next comes the white horse. You get to build a new cart for the horse. Some SNOT work here to give the cart a good shape. The exact use of the cart is not very clear. There is room for coachman and possibly one or two other minifigs but that about it. Anyway, I assume you are able to find some use for it if you play with it or set it up as part of a scene. After the horse cart you get to build some sort of a small rock. When finished, it looks pretty awesome IMO. Good use of the dark green parts and the black cheese slopes here. Not sure about the use of it but it might be suitable enough to crash a small ship on or whatever evil plans you might have with this rock. The next build is Jacks 'ship'. I only noticed I was building a boat when it was almost finished Oh well, it doesn't look too bad for a ship made out of non-ship sets and the SNOTty side of the ship gives it a swell touch. After this magnificent battle ship you get to do the two smaller rowing boats. Both get a set of oars and a stool. One of them even gets a binocular. The reason there is only one stool per boat (instead of two as it is in the Whitecap Bay set) is simply because all the left-over 1x2 plates are used in the dock. And the dock is what you get to build right now. The build of the dock is done in two parts that are brought together in the end but I will discuss it as a whole. For me the dock is the best part of this set. It's really awesome to see how they were able to create such a living dock with only the parts from the two sets (well, "only"???... I'll get on about that later.) A great way of using the sh!t load of gray 1x1 (pillars? columns? Grr, must've been the rum that I cannot come up with the correct name for them but I'm sure you understand what I'm talking about.) We even get to use the rat that comes with the London set, even though it's hidden underneath the docks(!) Two cranes are placed to load crates on and off the ships that make port there. And yes, most pictures are from this part of the set. Fasten your seat belts! Having fun with a few Jacks Oh well, then to the final thoughts! The first thing I have to mention is that I wasn't able to build this set 100% from the two sets that were supposed to be enough to do the job. Somehow I needed to use my own stash to fill in a few empty holes. The bricks that I needed were the following: - 4x Reddish-brown 1x2 log bricks - 1x Black 4x6 plate - 1x Light Sword - Blade (Reddish-brown) - 1x Dark stone gray 1x10 brick So either I'm missing a part of one of the sets that contains these bricks or there is a mix up in the instructions... What I like about this set is the diversity in the buildings and the features. I've seen the film where this scene is from more than once and I think they caught a lot of the essential elements of this scene. What I like as well is that anyone with some Pirates/Castle elements is able to expand the fort as they please. Due to the modular build it is remarkably easy to build additional sections to the fort without having to worry about ruining the original build or having troubles with getting the expansions fitting on a ground plate. The build itself was great fun and I really recommend this set to others with the patience to watch and build. So I'd rate the build 10/10. The building instructions don't score that well right now. The blurry LDD vid and missing parts make it score only 4/10 . The playability of this sets get 10/10 from me as well, mostly due to the diversity in the buildings, as all one needs to 'play' with this set is some figs, maybe a few more spare bricks and your imagination! I believe this set is great for some action scenes and would make a great addition to any fleet around (although the dock doesn't really stand out next to the QAR I don't think I should discus the price for the set here as EUR145 to get the 2 sets and build this set is just ridiculous I am currently working on making a clearer LDD file for all you Pirates lovers and I hope to have it done somewhere the next few days. Please bare with me that this is my first LEGO set review (although this isn't an official set so it might not even count as one... ) Anyone else built this set yet? Please let me know what you think of it!!! Keep the rum flowing! ~Robin P.S. Couldn't resist to take a few more pictures with minifigs! All of this and more on Flickr UPDATE 06-10: LDD file is finished! Big thanks to AndyC for helping me out with a few issues. Download file here!

I have the set ready and it looks marvelous! Though I wasn't able to take any pictures today (I blame the wonderful weather) so I will do that in the morning. I have the text review finished though but will post that with pictures only, so tomorrow. I did start on making the LDD file but I need to do a little more background on the actual colours that were used in this sets first before I can place certain bricks. So maybe somewhere the next few days I will have it finished. I'll post it here the moment I have it I'm glad to have it finished as I get "Code has already been used" when trying to get the vid reward again.

I'm trying the instructions for the Port Royal set now. I have the main building finished and working on the dock now. I'll try to do finish the dock tonight if I have enough time and will post some pictures here when it's finished (or perhaps in a new thread as review.) And maybe I'll try to work the set out as LXF tomorrow and post this here as well

Very nice! No need to ask you what set/parts inspired you to make this MOC. I wonder what Da Vinci would have done if he had that compass of yours to fly him wherever he wants most Interesting candle as well, looks very realistic. Love the tank as well

Nice, the second part is looking great! Great diversity in minifigs indeed. Can't wait to see the full review.