Jack Sassy

How could I miss such day? Have to write it down in me calendar for the next time. A fascinating build, good word play on this one too. I like the way that hat was done, but then again, I like everything about this MOC. Good job!

I have mixed feelings. I grew up with this company's products and it holds a special place in my heart, but the way TLG has been acting in recent years (18+ sets, VIP system, etc.) just feels rather strange to me. Part of me still believes they can redeem themselves (''redeem'' might be a bit too strong of a word to use but I'm not sure how else I could describe it).

A nice one indeed. Love how much detail you've captured at such scale. Good job!

Ah, that makes quite a lot sense. Just one thing doesn't make sense, why was the hat on the right in few sets? I have similar situation with Ugha Warriors from Indiana Jones, back in the day they looked fine to me, but now, looking at them, I realise how awful they look, even for 2008 standards: It just feels like Lego was running low on budget, therefore put together this design, threw two of the same minifigures in one set and called it a day, no variety whatsoever.

So huge! Always great to see more work from you, and this one certainly holds up to every other version of Batcave that has been before. Words cannot describe the amazement of this MOC.

Lovely scene. Both boots look great, there was a variety back in those days so they make sense. Also, I see that Captain Brickleton has made his way to Wild West.

Would love to see it all together as a whole town. Keep up the good work!

Nice one. Is this going to go together with some other builds (indicated by the pin slots underneath)? I do very much like when a Western build has so many accessories. Good job on this one!

Ah, at last Tobago comes into play! An amazing job on her! Perhaps the lowest lines could be more to the inside, it's a bit too steep, considering how the hull is under the water line. But truly, it's the most complex, amazing looking brick-built hull I've ever seen.

Should it, though? I'm not sure where does the popularity spring from but it has made its way everywhere quite fast. I personally prefer white mode, but hey, if you like black mode, that's fine Sure, someone could make a black mode, but that's up to administrators.

Perhaps a browse through Flickr, Pinterest etc. might help you finding new techniques. I've been searching for a good brick-built hull bow technique for a long time now, I've found few, but nothing that I could combine to make an ultimate idea of mine. That truly does hurt, but I couldn't agree with you even more.

Not quite a master builder, but I usually just build either something randomly from the parts that I have, or build something that I have a vision of in my head. For far bigger projects I (sort of) make digital model and then based off it, I create the thing in real life. But like @MAB said, experience is important, knowledge of parts, building techniques and all that.

(Lego bricks, not Legos ) Best place to buy Lego bricks in general is BrickLink. You could use BrickOwl, though i didn't find it that comfortable to me. It's a personal preference really.

Do very much like the way that Trophy Room's coming along.

I'm not going to go there but what I expect most out of it is...... ...a pirate pub.

At last, finally a pirate-themed submission that gets to the review phase instead of getting removed. Having high hopes for this one. If not as a Lego Ideas set, then at least as part of the next Pirates wave.

I sometimes get lost in me own philosophy. Going a bit off-topic, what happened to this topic's original creator @David Thomsen? He's a banned outlaw because he said something in the Star Wars rumours topic, I'm not sure I get the full context (possibly there was a picture) but would a member get banned after one picture? Perhaps ye, Sire, might know more (or someone else).

Trust me, I've seen quite a lot of it in here in Latvia in the latest (it's like someone is trying to start a Civil war), how did we venture to such discussion?

No one's limiting you from trying out-of-place colours. In fact, I haven't seen it in many MOCs, so it would be something refreshening. Still, I like this colour, it's something different.

Well, talking Lego Pirates is something we all do for fun, but life is far more serious, one must be careful with what they say. Speaking of which, do you have proof that most people do this in every aspect of their lives? I'm only joking at this point, so far I've survived as I am. This was actually the first time when I had no backing in an argument.

Interesting colour choice for the deck, that's quite a brave move. I might toy with idea of goofy-coloured decks.

Well, my points had no actual backing and for some reason I started pretending that there is one. But I suppose it doesn't hurt to dream of a new wave.

Aye, like I said earlier, it was my mistake to say at one point that Lego actually has a proven reason. Sorry about this train of unproven reason posts.

Perhaps, unless one of us works at TLG, we won't know the real reason for some time.