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Me too! This entire figure would have been much less desirable to me with the modern design on the bicorne or in the face print. As it is, I wish the map sticker was a bit more faithful to the original 1989 print.

Yeah, this commercial is a real treat for sure!

The official reveal is out all over the place now: https://brickset.com/article/92246/new-lego-house-exclusive-set-revealed (sorry @Mister Phes I somehow didn't see your post above with all of the official images from the reveal)

Such an awesome re-imagining of a truly classic set!!

As a collector who's focused very heavily on the classic era of Pirates sets in the 80s-90s, I can say that the palm trunk pieces are on of the few pieces (the others being the cannon bases and flag clips) which I've had numerous issues with cracking or breaking. By and large, the pieces of this era are pretty robust even after 30+ years (unlike the plagues of brittle reddish and dark brown!) but I've had many trunk pieces crack and/or get so loose as to not be able to hold together or hold the tree shape. I never take any of my trunks apart any longer when dismantling sets for storage.

This was obviously the best choice to win!

The little ship on the train is cute. And I really like the graphic on the sail! Just makes me want a full fledged Jolly Roger more though! For the 4+ line, I'm going to guess it's plastic.

We'll see when the better pictures come out, but I think I'll be getting the train mostly for the Tinker Bell figure. I do however really wish that we were getting something much, much better for Peter Pan (classic cartoon version) than this!

Like @TalonCard said the digital subscription is probably the best option - https://blocksmag.com/digital-issues/ It's also available on Readly if you have that digital magazine service in your region. My only complaint about Blocks is that it's prohibitively expensive to get a physical subscription here in the US, but it's a really well produced magazine with a lot of great content.

Speaking of Niels... there is a really great article about him and 1980s set design in the latest issue of Blocks Magazine! (In the article, he actually talks a bit about trying to learn to use a computer more for modeling.)

I'm really unhappy that this is going to be a LEGO House exclusive!!

The leak is actually showing it to be a very 1989 Captain Red Beard build. And exclusive to the LEGO House which makes me pissed!!

I'm just crazy enough to like them all... I just enjoy the wackiness I suppose. The SeaCow was an awesome steam punk style vessel, the Vidiyo stage/ship I really enjoyed for the crazy figs as well as the music angle. But then again, I even find stuff to enjoy about the 4+ Juniors pirates sets!

Oh, it 100% for sure is going to be completely nonsensical! Butttttt.... It could still end up being fun! Or... it could also end up giving the MOC builders lots of cool parts to work with. In any case, I am interested to see what comes of it all. I actually liked the whole Punk Pirate band from Vidiyo. Was it really "pirates"? Nope! But it was fun! And the prints and pieces were great.

I'm actually very interested to see what this theme is all about and how the sets turn out. There is certainly potential for some Pirate-adjacent goodies!

The man, the myth, the LEGEND!!!

Welcome to the forums @CaptainDarkNStormy! I immediately recognized your work from the CP FB Group (and maybe I've seen them on Instagram too...?)! I'm a big fan of reimaginings of classic Pirates sets with modern building techniques. Being primarily a classic Pirates set collector myself, its the MOCs that harken back to the originals (either in style and aesthetic or in concept) are some of my absolute favorites. You've done a fantastic job of capturing the essence of the originals with your fantastic recreations.

Ooooooohh!! That would be an awesome piece!

This fort is great! The buildings certainly are nicely designed and look wonderful, but for me, it's the landscape and the whole scene that really ends up standing out! Wonderfully done.

Not to toot my own horn... But, *toot*toot* https://www.instagram.com/px_chris_buildswithbricks/

This is an absolutely gorgeous ship @Marooned Marin! The contorting of the hull is absolutely spot on, and I love the colors! The mixing of the different browns has really added some life to it instead of just a blur of reddish brown. As you know, I'm very partial to the Bluecoats, so I'm happy to see them in this build too along with the blue, yellow, and white accents which just invoke the Caribbean Clipper beautifully. This ship is definitely a wonderful compliment to POBB!

Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I personally would rather see the Jolly Roger than I would another Black Pearl. Not that a big fancy D2C Black Pearl wouldn't be gorgeous, but I've been really wanting some more Peter Pan stuff from LEGO ever since the first Disney CMF series. Unfortunately, TLG doesn't seem super keen on doing a whole lot of minifigure Disney sets, so my fear would be that anything they released would be minidolls instead, which just doesn't hold the same appeal to me at all.

Perhaps not as large scale as you're looking for, but my Pirates layout was absolutely set up as a battel between the Imperial Bluecoats and the Pirates!

Looks like you've achieved some beautiful shaping in the hull!

In that case... nope! I think I have at least 5 sets worth of those minifigs loose in my collection.