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Nothing on the US website, but I guess it would help with the Gold Ink and Gold metallic debacle PS I guess the website is still updating the cache because when I’m trying to browse a lot of pictures are blanked out and a a small majority are pre-rendered hehehe

I have a dumb question, messing around with pick a brick and digging deep, I wanted to ask how shiny or metallic do the Gold/Silver ink bricks are? From my understanding the silver/gold metallic colors are flat but do the "ink" versions make them shiny? Thanks.

To be honest the entire governors balcony and room need to change haha, but I always wondered if Eldorado was meant to have gold bricks or just yellow to simulate gold? It could be interesting to explore and combine the lower levels to match the older set I think.

It does mention classic sets from 1989-1997 OR Modern sets. ;)

Hey, someone has to build 4+ sets haha, this is beautiful

This is my last entry, I think I learned from my mistakes but following the spirit of the 2015 Pirates Imperial line up, this is the Soldier’s Armory that can combine with the Soldier’s Inn and Soldier’s Outpost. This adds another pass through Outpost and adds a few piers. In Theory this is the last defense that stands between the open ocean and El Dorado Fortress. The pirates did manage to snuck in through the only opening though! My building techniques came from studying how Soldiers Inn and Soldier’s outpost were built and combined techniques and bricks used, this set went through at least 4 variants with different outcomes but I liked this one best. The Second floor contains a copy of the letter that the pirate in Eldorado was trying to steal. The first floor has a small office for the Governor of this island. The gimmick of this set it is well stocked up in sables, muskets and pistols and some cannons. There’s no Jail because the imperials use the one from the soldier’s inn, the outpost contains the treasure. I wasn’t trying to do some extensive AFOL set, I just wanted to create a new set compatible with the 2015 as in LEGO was continuing the line with a second wave, I figured LEGO would allow expansions between sets. The other sets in the background as just for ambience. (The Black seas barracuda is still shipwrecked in it’s bay, the creator 3 in 1 ship hasn’t been made yet due to the lack of gold(that will be plenty after raiding Eldorado)) A look a the proposed but not identical figures: Small pier Docking Pier Guard Tower Accesible Armory with stand Back Side Armory Side View Origin of the Letter Checkpoint Desk The set Minus the boats: Different ways of putting this together: All sets combined: Aerial: This set is nothing fancy but the possibilities are endless just like your imagination. Believe me I went with different ways to make this set, even extending it back with a ladder and secondary pier, but the Eldorado Fortress inspired to just leave the last configuration on, I hope you enjoy this and Thanks!

Now i’;m thinking about raising the pier because it can be re arranged and like a docking station, there’s hinges and play functions all over this set hehehe I’m trying to figure out how to rebuild it like the suggestions I’ve seen here,I have to see if I have left over brown pieces from my monumental order I got them from a while back! WIth this button, the canon flies

It looks fine the way it is, I was debating on buying a second set so i can try to imitate the trading post but the pier is what got me, it has more buildings and the guard tower and extra storehouses is what got me! It looks fine

No news on it yet but since it was an IDEAS set I can see it being re-released considering the similar Ship in a Bottle and Saturn V were released a second time but with different set numbers!! Fingers crossed, I feel that they could benefit from this and take advantage of the El Dorado Fortress!

I have a dumb question, would anyone reconsider at least redoing the walls to replicate the original 3 sided arch/slope? Whenever I think el dorado, the wall is the first thing that pops up to me, the rectangular ones don't really fit the theme I think. amazing work! it reminds me of the Imperial Trading post with the extended pier!

We know that, or at least myself from a business stand point, which is why i'm going out of my way in rebuying old school gold plated coins and bars. They have gotten rid of the metallic pieces like gold or silver and took a massive step back for cost cutting measures as if raising prices wasn't enough, hell even the Pirate VIP parts set has pearl gold pieces hidden in there. I do feel that 2015 was peak accesories LEGO but not build but we shall see. I found a brick link seller that was selling them for cheap, don't really care if it's original or 3d printed but nothing beats the old school coins hehehe IMHO Would make a pirate like myself do crazy things

That minimum buy is over a hundred bucks though

Noooooo That one’s going for a pretty penny, no wonder the black pearl is sought after 👀👀

If i remember correctly the goat was grey! definetely hinting at something new. LEGO's not playing around, they just shut down a server on discord for DCMA violations(clearly had lego confidential labels all over it) so it's not even safe to talk about it I think.

These are my exact feelings on this set! A similar incident happened with Battle of Hogwarts set, I got two hair pieces for a character that was missing the face itself, I had to order a missing face for that set because I think in the factory they counted that I got two minifigure head accessories I guess. I checked and double checked my bags and building area in case it rolled off but it was flat out missing, I think the fact i got an extra hair piece which is impossible, was the dead give away. I'm not disliking the modular aspect of it but I dislike that they changed the building style FOR the modular accommodation! It is what it is! Glad to know i'm not the only one who feels the 2015 prints are superior to this. I want to give LEGO the benefit of the doubt in using plain shakos versus the previously printed ones, i'm even tempted into buying more just in case I change my mind on getting more imperials.

This is an amazing set, perfect size and GWP sized set for sure!!

Thanks Everyone, I wasn't trying to expand this set that much, I should had used my words more carefully haha, i wanted to keep it the same size as the original, my goal was just to add the sails, but my main problem was converting the sails from brick to fabric. The original set had room for double sails, the second were folded, the only sails I could find close to that size were torn up from the Silent Mary Set. I had to study and analyze how brick beard's bounty and barracuda 21322 did theirs, and mixed and matched their building techniques to make it work. I wanted to use the extra sails and pirate flags that I had leftover, this set is just me re using extra parts I've had over the years. The wall was a 1 for 1 copy of the one in the 2015 brick beards bounty that actually fit and the interior was a mini copy of the blackseas barracuda to an extent. I've seen some amazing expansions of two of these ships on this forum but I wanted to keep it similar in size to something lego would had done if they went with the fabric sails I think. The hull was a challenge, I wanted to convert it using the regular molds but 31109 is actually two studs wider and I would had required more bricks to do so, I wasn't trying to spend that much money on making this MOC so I just used already existing parts and pieces I've had and then some! This is me on a budget, I haven't found the treasure yet! haha What kills the original set is the overabundance of the red green and gold I agree, but I just wanted to flesh it out more than being a 3 in 1 set!! I agree the sails are overly huge for these set, but I'm not cutting up original lego sails considering how expensive they are at the moment, I know it looks odd but I just wanted to see how they would had looked like I'll walk the plank if needed hehe

This is ready for the pirates taking!! Or the Broadside's crew is due to arrive any minute!! Excellent set!!

I got blinded by the entry, You are right! I wasn't sure if was more an expansion than a redesign, I just wanted to an extra section Thanks, I'll look into it! Thanks, To be honest I chose a darker contrast of blue for the waterfall so it could stand out better than clear or light blue pieces. The 2015 sets left me wanting another wave and since they can connect I wondered what would "fit" in between both sets, I always felt that the original shipwreck defense was small but the skull island could feature a bigger part of a shipwreck stuck in a rock! I haven't done this set justice but this set is actually four parts, the boardwalk area, the shipwreck area, the hideout and the skull treasure cave, you could legit re arrange them in any order because they are meant to come apart! Thanks!!! I am learning alot from the current el dorado build, especially the "base" rock interactions that baffled me, I could definitely expand it more, I was more focused on the "rocky" area than the skull and the actual ship parts for some reason, It would be interesting to add more depth to it, I built it so it could be displayed in a shelf more than anything, hence why it's not rounded out more!!! The hardest part for me was to figure out how to combine the sets, I didn't know if I wanted to expand it from skull or shipwreck side, I ultimately decided to put in between as some of sort of defense, it's like a mini hideout from the armada and their gold! Kind of like the old school pirates of the Caribbean island of tortuga playset I think, many pirates tried to steal their brothers treasure but failed, even the armada tried and failed as well! I wanted to keep it a bit small, I don't have that many spare bricks to make it a decent cliff ha-ha Thanks!! I am definitely keen on taking everyone's ideas though! Thank you!! Thank you, that was my goal!! They are some incredibly detailed MOC's around here that are extremely beautiful and gorgeous, I just wanted to fill in the gaps of what something LEGO would had done had they added another wave to fill a void in my heart! Thanks, I had no idea what to do with the top or that wall for that matter, I do need to change out the flag so it can be seen, I never noticed it wasn't in plain sight haha That's a beautiful idea!!! We have Barracuda shipwrecked already, that's an excellent idea since it would fit nicely with the rocky defense haha, My inspiration was based on some Lara Croft ps1 based tomb raider levels, where you are running through an upside down shipwrecked and run into the Maria Doria all of a sudden, nothing makes sense!! Thanks you so much!!

Snoke had no Idea hahaha, dude, my "Old" TFA Han Solo figure started to cracked as well, Kylo's out of control!!! I pulled out my Kingdoms and pirate sets from the last decade to do some inventory on bricks, I started to build some sets like 7947 Prison Tower escape and kings carriage, every single time i inserted a brown brick in a stud I heard some sort of crack, some were visible. I don't know what to do, I am taking inventory of all the broken bricks I need to order but I don't know if LEGO will raise a red flag because i'm legit ordering almost every single brown brick from sets that I own from that time period. For everyone here, take apart your old sets and put them back together and see how many bricks will break on you, this is what I am currently doing right now! But I agree, I am currently selling my old simpsons sets and other huge sets but I don't know how many brown bricks are already broken because I haven't built them in more than 5 years! I was also taking apart my ghostbusters firehouse and only like 4 bricks were completely broken, a few red bricks and just a few brown ones, but this is what i'm running into hahaha: Look at the cracked plate behind under the stairs:

I’m confused so why did the leaked images of this set have a goat then? Granted the study group might have screwed it up but either way it’s safe to say it’s around the corner within this year or next year, the thing is that even at the beginning of the year we had no idea wether lego was releasing the medieval village or el dorado fortress and look what happened haha

Nice! I was just curious to see what kind of MOC other users from here have come up with!

Anyone else get this set or are still busy building it?

Never been more let down by PaB as of yet, I’m happy I got my blacktron parts but I was really looking forward to add more Armada figures to my repertoire of figures.

There’s only two red masonry bricks in this set that are red and are hidden in the governors office window., the other masonry bricks are gray and the manual wants you to flip them around 😒 this set is obsessed with 1x2 dark red/round edges as masonry bricks. I don’t know what they were trying to convey here.