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I don't think so. I agree with @Elephant Knight, it's very well incorporated into the design of the belt on the back. But we now have the answer why there is an odd pirate amongst the Dreamzzz minifigs. He is one himself

Exaclty. See the hourglass also featured at Z-Blob's belt in this picture. The hourglass also appears in this artwork for example:

Nice to meet you @Sumichi Welcome to the forum!

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It's a rather subtle addition to the pirate's diagonal belt, so it kinda works out well. Picture is available at promobricks.

It looks like the pirate is actually a Dreamzzz character, like the others from the BAM line-up. He has the dream chasers hourglass emblem on the back.

The pirate is also a Dreamzzz character it seems, he has the dream chasers hourglass emblem on the back.

I don't know the anime and as a Pirates fan I didn't expect much but I am positively surprised by the ship! Hope we get better pictures soon

Welcome to Eurobricks @Gabry Check Great to have you aboard!

It looks like it's the new Reddish Orange.

It looks like a cool and fun action/adventure set, but not like a medieval castle. It's something Ninjago could do today. Different roof colors, different colored flags and heraldry, different architectural features are great and welcome! But a european style castle made of pitch black lava rock is not something I can like. It's hard for me to express myself well in Englisch. Even as a kid, growing up with all the classic castle stuff, I always tried to be as realistic (within the limitations of a toy of course and within the limitations of the Lego parts at hand) with my mocs and i tried to meet the realism I saw in books, castles we visited, museums and yes, in movies. Maybe 'realistic' is a too strong word - we are talking about a toy, but I hope you get what I mean. It's hard to express sometimes I very much liked the forestmen minifigures back in the day, but the black trees - yikes. The good people of the forest aka Robin Hood and company were frequent guests in my children's room in the 90s.

How's the general opinion on black castles? I must admit, even as a kid I disliked them very much and that opinion has not changed ever since. I know it's a toy, but black castles look so unrealistic.

I too think it is reddish orange.

I don't want to take away from the vending machine build in any way, but I think the ugly truth is, most people are only interested in the minifigs and Lego basically turned this set into a minifig pack with a sidebuild. And of course with a large sidebuild they will make more money compared to a $40 people pack like the 60234 Fun Fair. If the minifigs would be in sets that match their respective themes or in a people pack or would be available at PAB right away, would there be any incentive to buy the vending machine set? Mostly only people who want the minifigs NOW are going to buy the set, the rest is waiting until they appear at PAB

Yeah, but the minifigs are almost always the most important part for me and I rarely buy a set where this is not the case. And since I own basically not a single Lego pirate, the minifigs would be very important. (I have an eye on a Bluebrixx train though.)

I am not expert, but it looks pretty funny how it sticks out almost horizontally. Maybe from the side (or any other angle) it looks better? EDIT: Generally i prefer cloth capes, pauldrons and waist capes.

Sea Serpent by HallowedBrick02 won the 'A Twist of Nostalgia' contest and will be a GWP, probably next year!

Bluebrixx offers so many pirate ships and islands, castle sets, battlepacks etc. I hope they grow beyond a point where Lego can not neglect these themes anymore.

That is the problem

Yikes! I was so much concentrated on the print that I didn't notice the color of the torso Orange might be to flashy for me. Have to wait for better pictures to fully judge the torso. Print looks good though. Do these BAM minifig parts end up at PAB online?

There's a new BAM pirate which will be available in stores next week or so. Or this week already? Picture by CarterBricks04 on reddit:

I guess this piece is not in production anymore. Generally I must say, now that it has been officially revealed that the minifigs are in fact Will and Camilla, I even more think that Camilla should have gotten an dedicated leg piece. Plain white does not look good imo.

They are not available at PAB anymore. Please no GWP. Make it a regular set! But with the torsos gone, it looks not very promising for the near future.

Is it a good year? The upcomming Black Pearl, now Will and Camilla. Maybe a useful torso or accessoire here and there. Do we get something else? The Ninjago ship looks good though.

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