CaptainMoore

What about using the Umpa Lumpa torso as orange imperial ?

Ah, that's sad. I get it

She is a beauty! Congrats! Even if I get that it comes from respecting the original color style, I find the black figurehead a bit sad and dark for the merchants. Maybe a yellow color, complemented by yellow on the flexible tubes behind, might be worth trying? I'm not sure that it would be better though.

@BrickPerfection contrats! She is a beauty I hope that the price will be in my reach, but it's already selling it good that you say that the building experience should be great.

Would my answeron the thread about switching the sails with the old one work for you?

Not a fan of the hair either, but the rest looks nice.

I'm juste a little disappointed by her hair, it's not new. Maybe not in this color but I definitely have seen it in yellow.

Based on the leaked picture of the CMF 27, we are going to get a pirate woman with a cockatoo.

I don't remember if I voted last year. Like last year tough, I did not have a lot of free time during the contest. I have read the first post about all the categories etc, found it really big/time consuming and after that, I have decided to skip contest-related threads altogether. The more new threads appeared, the less I wanted to open them because it would require to know what happened in between. I really want to thank anybody invested in organising it. I know this kind of stuff are demanding. I agree about having a subforum dedicated to it, but more because there were too many threads to skip when I wanted to look for something else. That might bring less visibility to the contest though.

I've completely missed that contest. I love that the Islanders got some love with Con-Briki, this is a neat MOC

I've never liked the look of that base, especially because of that color. I guess it was a pretty restricted choice due to the limited color palette during that Lego era. It needed to have a differentiating main color face to the imperials and ended up black. It's still a building, not natural rock, as show by the prints. For having a background story, you could imagine it's lava rock, and keep it black but with variations in dark grey and grey. This way you could get better details, and add brown here and there because there's always a wood structure

String Cord with End Tow Ball, 50.3cm / 63L in Black (6132951 | 23924), source: New Elementary The shark in itself isn't a part but can be a good assembly for a pirate display

The new BAM is rumoured to have a new dress, similar to the Rococco artist's but in white and green

This is really nice, I can spot Achu without his mask :) There's even cannibalism. Come on Lego, give us a modern release of islanders if you accept this for yourself

I finally have ordered one. It wasn't necessary to be in a hurry, there are still half of them available. The train station and mushroom house are sold out

I'm like you...I think that the reviews for this one were not great, especially the second one, he was so turning around one the same thing for 15min

Dont forget this set orders start this thursday! I have found two videos about it. This one is great for having a guided tour and seeing the set next to PoBB. This one, and the article from the same author are more about the designer programming and the building/solidity (TLDW/TLDR: it's a beautiful display set, a bit difficult to assemble, not for kids play) On my end, I'm not totally in love as I was for PoBB even before receiving it, but I think that I'll try to get it anyway.

Thanks! As you can see it fits pretty well with some adjustments for the main sail. I have: at the top, added a 4623 and the 10320 bars because the original sail was held by a hole, at the bottom, I have used the poles from 10320 because the sail and the holes are bigger, and the original spears were too short, this brings the flag pole behind the mast, lowered the whole thing by one brick height because this sail always seemed too high for me (this is purely for my taste). I couldn't upload the PDF file so here's the comparison directly as attached image (both don't have the same scale sorry): I think the smaller jib and spanker are not a problem. The bigger main sail is a plus. Steve seems to like it

Hello! You're lucky, I have both models on display so I did the experiment. Using the new one is working pretty well I think. I also have scanned the sails next to each other to catch the size difference. Is there a way to raise the attachments limit to provide two pictures (160kb each) and the scanned sails as PDF (700kb)?

PoBB is the clearly the best, but is it really fair for classic set to be confronted to it? On the classic side, I acquired the imperial trading post and enchanted island in the past years. I found both to have their charm but felt pretty empty on the built. But I guess I was also judging them from the new releases perspective. So I would have voted imperial trading post for a classic pirate selection.

My Great Fishing Boat has left me with a sour taste indeed, I didn't like assembling it. Ominous isles seems more "classic" in the way it's assembled so probably less risky. I totally agree with @RichardGoring. I also like Lego product for their colourful taste. I know that some people regret the original PoBB but I prefer the Lego company version. Maybe it's because the renders have darker tones. Neptune and Trading post look more attractive just because of the colours, not even consireding the repetitivity parameter. On the market side, we're still in the same waters: forts, islands and ships. Maybe Lego considers that this is already a beaten track, so they won't have full waves anymore. They should have a look at this thread to get new ideas.

Would you mind sharing a video? I don't intend to play the game. Now I hope that it'll bring kids back to the pirate theme and that the PoBB will have a re-release. I would have far less excuses for not buying a second one

Slopes curved have a great variety, I Iike them. Detailed plates are second, but can consume a lot of parts for it, which I don't like that much

Each of them has been sold in the past years, 3 of them were collectible minifigures: - 71018-16: Highwayman - PI165: Pirate Princess - 71013-9: Scallywag Pirate - 8833-15: Pirate Captain

A really nice starting point. I really love the Barracuda Bay. That's so sad it's not sold any more (to buy a second one).