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  1. PxChris
    I, for one, am in disagreement with @zinnn about the color scheme. Regardless of what might have "looked better" I much prefer that they stuck to the nostolgic choice for colors.
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    Sooooo excited for this set!! I actually surpasses my expectations I think. I love the inclusion of the merchant ship! And the somewhat modular design I think looks great!
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    It looks absolutely awesome!! We should expect a full official announcement today or tomorrow at the latest. https://www.instagram.com/p/CteOwCoLu7o/
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    Love the color choices on this one @evancelt!
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    Wow, what an impressive specimen!
  6. PxChris
    Those are some great looking ships!
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    Thank you so much @TalonCard! These are such a great resource.
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    Couldn't disagree more! BURPs are a very useful piece when used correctly.
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    Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! I continue to add to the collection, though that of course has slowed down now that I have the complete wave of classic Pirates sets. But I have recently added the comic in Danish as well as the German audio cassettes for instance. I also have expanded the collection with most of the other ships released since '97 as well. I'm doing another huge Pirates display next year, so I will have new pics to share again in the future!
  10. PxChris
    Great color scheme on this fine ship!
  11. PxChris
    Another fantastic MOC @Samarth!
  12. PxChris
    So... this happened... I'm pretty excited to have been able to finally obtain all of the German radio play (hörspiel) cassettes! The original six from 1990, and then the two additional ones released in 1995.
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    Oh... you're absolutely right @TalonCard! I'd completely forgotten about that in the the Secret Life book (even though it's only been a few months since I read the book). You make some excellent points and observations! Yes please!! I have photos of the issues, but hi-res scans would be much preferred!
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    Mark Stafford
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    I really wish that since the magazine is now out of print (and has been for a while) that they would make the magazine issues readily available. Either as freebies, or even for a modest fee. Yeah, it's definitely an assumption to make. But it's the most reliable information we have on it since it came straight from a LEGO designer.
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    Well, I can't speak to that authoritatively since I don't own it (I do own the original RBR, just not the re-issue). I have seen the re-issue sails for the Armada Flagship in person though and they seemed to me at that time to be the same as the originals. And like I mentioned, I do have both versions of the Black Seas Barracuda and the material for the sails on those is very similar or identical. (As for image size, @Mister Phes would be the final answer, but I don't think anybody has paid attention to or followed those sizing guidelines for a long time now.)
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    I actually really wanted to like the Nightmare Shark Ship. I love wacky builds and totally off the wall fantasy stuff. I was quite a fan of the Vidiyo Punk Pirate stuff for example. But... overall the ship just isn't really grabbing my attention all that much. Maybe that will change after I've seen some more in-depth reviews and photos of it, but at this time I think it's likely going to end up as a pass for me unfortunately.
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    Just an FYI - the sails on the re-issue ships of the early 00s (so we're talking sets 6290, 6291, and 6292 from 2001 and 10040 from 2002) are of a material that is very, very similar, if not even identical, to the original sets of the 90s. I personally own both 6285 and 10040 and can state that those sails are pretty much identical in the material. The other sails from the 2001 remakes also have all seemed to be likewise the same that I've seen. Unlike the much more "papery" type sails of the later 00s and into the present. However even from that period, there is certainly a bit of noticable differences between sails of different sets, so I think it safe to say that LEGO has experimented with various materials over the years. It is really good to hear through that your cleaning experience was successful!
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    The caption for that Europa theme image that Mark Stafford published in Brick Journal magazine states the following: Theme Name: Europa 1700 Archives file date: 1994 Description: Europe in the 18th Century, featuring cannon-forts, towns, bridges and transportation. Possibility of including Witches, Bridge Trolls and also is is the time of Dracula. Alternatively the theme could include historically correct soldiers of the Scotch, Russian, Dutch armies etc. with ships, hot-air balloons and the like. This is also the colonial era... Cancellation reason: Unknown, presumed to be too close to the castle and pirates themes at the time. So it appears from that caption that this concept was developed a few years into the Pirates theme, but used those figs from the theme because of their availability at the time.
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    You might already be covering this with your point 4, but an antidote about how Kjeld (or was it Godtfred?) almost nixed the whole idea of a skull and crossbones at all due to it being too scary for kids.
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    While I've cleaned a lot of older sails using Oxiclean, I've never attempted it with any of the newer more paper-y kinds. I don't have any idea how they would react. Certainly best of wishes in your cleaning endeavor - I look forward to hearing how it goes with the Imperial Flagship sails!
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    I'm so happy that the Captain has arrived safe and sound at my home port!! I can't wait to get him built and on display along side the rest of my Pirates collection. A huge thanks to @Piraten for the assistance. I was also able to trade for a Danish version of The Golden Medallion comic which is quite special!
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    You did such an awesome job with this @Samarth!! You really captured the feel of the original with all of the right modern upgrades to parts and building technique. I'd 100% buy this as a set.
  24. PxChris
    Hahahaha, this is awesome! I absolutely love everything about this whole concoction!!
  25. PxChris
    Fun ship concept and well executed!
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