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If the sources are correct we are getting the bridge and transporter room as part of the set. Working turbolift door, a transporter effect, and rocking captain chair for special effects. Spock's harp, 4 tribbles, 2 lirpas, and a trident scanner.

Appears there is a leaked yellow torso. If this is real, the insignia, simple black collar, and gold texture looks great on it. I sure hope they use different insignias on each torso so they match with the correct color shirt. Science, engineering, command, etc.

The final numbers indicate the totals were as follows: Fortuna 38,000 units sold out Sushi 38,000 units sold out Alchemist 41,000 units sold out Antique 14,681 units sold Walt 16,801 unuts sold. I hope they see that nicely designed pirate and castle sets will always do well.

They are flexible quantities per set based on how fast they sold, but the entire series cannot exceed 150k total orders. So if one isnt selling like Walt, then they took the 10k abd moved it to Fortuna making it 40k instead of 30k. They took 15k from anttique collection abd moved it to alchimist making it 45k. The flexible order quantities were a result in past series where they saw certain sets that would have sold more than others and could have benefited from increased quantities.

Somebody shared their creation of the Intercepter on facebook in 2020 Intercepter moc

If you extend the Black Pearl 8 studs long using an extra hull piece as per rebrickable that should give you a good length to go by. Most ships in this scale are about 30-36 inches long. If you use pre fab hulls i recommend front hull with 4 to 5 middle hull parts. I recommend checking out Fer Maiden or the fortuna as great references to two different approaches in hull designs. Fer Maiden uses the pre fab hulls, but the Fortuna is a custom hull design that makes a closer sloping rear.

The Batavia is a beautiful ship. I am a huge fan of galleons and I love your rendition of a merchant vessel similar to that.

Anybody else excited to use the frame as a new official lego base for ships in the future? As much as I love the new Black Pearl, I think the shape of this frame would be a better solution that would work well for galleons as well. The best part is how easy it could be adapted into wider or narrower ship designs. Its a perfect black pearl expansion length and would easily accomidate the 9 cannon design.

If you want 882 cortez gold it will cost about $141 usd. The pab does have some awesome new items

im trying to solve this expanded idea. The captains quarters is the most challenging. I extended the quarters by 1 stud so the side profile matches to the cannon placements. The first image shows the idea I am working on for the rear windows.The issue I had with the profile of the windows were the lack of sloping it had forward. The narrower top view of the rear at the window section feels like the models I been looking at. They also are narrower than the belly of the ship which is my goal. I may try to widen the ship towards the main mast area, but for now its looking good. The new length of the ship suggests the widest part of the ship should be about 18 studs. I did this with my Barracuda galleon, and may see how this works, but for now I am hping to keep the ship very similar to the set. The rear windows are not finished. Trying to use a few elements, bars that were recently introduced 2 months ago. The other problem I have is the lack of narrow rear the captains quarters have. I used the same proportions as the model specs. So the rear is 2 studs narrower. Which makes the windows skinnier. Im trying to solve that area. The lantern area also needs to push back to the placeholder slope I put at top. The entire sloping of the rear should line up with the top. The windows stick out about 1 stud further back. The Other part I am struggling with is the design they used for the sloping rear. The technic pins and bricks were hidden behind the cannon port holes. If you look closely you will see I moved the port holes half a stud so they line up better with the bottom port holes. I do need to solve this wall issue because it affects the interior. As mentioned above, the attachment bricks and pins take up too much space. The cannons inside the captains quarters will be too close to the door to make those side bedroom quarters large enough for a minifig to lay down. I shifted the doorway back 1 stud to allow the cannon under the stairs more room. You can also see where I placed the rear mizzen mast inside the cabin. I also think the rudder can use string running to both sides of the walls and merge at the ceiling where the wheel is. This should work well. Otherwise keep the mast post a hole and run the string inside it somehow. I m all for suggestions. The cannons will fit nicely under the stairs. If I lower the door 1 stud and make the floor tiles then the roof would line up with the stairs.

Already working on it. Once you take out the rudder and wheel gears section it opens up the entire area. In the studio file i moved the door further back under the ceiling so the stairs have space for a cannon. There is some space when i gut the sides to place rooms on the sides but not long enough for a bed. The issues im facing are the technic pins and bricks that make the sides angle upward. It takes up so much space.

I did get the parts to build the new expansion, probably premature since i plan on gutting the interior to make a larger cabin and have a string-built wheel and rudder system like my other ships. Based on how tge cabin is built i thibk the string will need to run along the walls and meet up under the wheel. I dont know if there will be room for the 2 bedrooms inside the cabin. The most difficult part is making the taper work. I would like to work the windows so they slope forward not backwards. I also would like to fit a cannon under the stairs. But the length is closer to what i was hoping for with the expansion.

The expanded Black Pearl is now up on rebrickable Shineboi Black Pearl Expansion

Slow Crew (reddit) updated his expansion. Instructions are done and he is adding a few photos to the pdf file to make a few sections clearer. Sounds like we are going to have the first expanded Mod available to the masses. Expansion link i been trying to solve the cabin and wheel to rdder issue.

I have been working on a ship 12 studs longer to represent a better profile. I plan on making the upper deck cannons fit ubder the stairs and open the cabin up with my rope design i used on the barracuda. Somebody sent me a simplified technic design. I think the cabin windows needs to be 2 studs back. The stairs need to start 1 stud forward and the doors need to be pushed back 2 to 3 studs ubder the top. Ill try to refit my sunroof design into the top since i originally moddled it off the Black Pearl. Somebody sent me this reddit user who has been doing a similar idea. Reddit expansion