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A spanker and colors (large imperial flag) on the back might look good. And as mentioned, swap the gray cannon covers for blue. You could extend it by a single 16 stud hull segment to fix the "fat" look. I dislike the stairs, but like almost everything else about this -- great work!

I like the crab hiding out under the arch, a fun little detail! It's incredibly cool how modular this is, it allows your design to be displayed many different ways and is a great touch. In the original line, there were just the two sets that could be connected, and only in a single configuration, right? This offers so many more possibilities, and all in a single set without too many pieces. I understand that you're working in the design language of the 2015 pirates, but this kind of limits you in terms of color (as Horation mentioned) and in palm tree design. Actually, all of the negatives I can think of -- light green for the leaves, lack of bright colors, the dark gray roofs, are elements from the original sets. And if you changed any of those, it wouldn't feel at home. If I had a recommendation, it would be to move to a more modern building style -- you've clearly got the creativity and talent, just imagine what you could do following the design language of the new Eldorado!

An interesting build, I do enjoy looking at these. I like the rockwork with the plants, but I dislike that the rocks don't open like the original set. It makes this kind of a downgrade from the original. If it wasn't a remake, I think I'd like it a lot more, as overall this design is quite nice. The islander statue face is clever and a wonderful detail. I have to say that multiple people have now commented that they dislike the look of this technique; water just doesn't have multiple layers. I'd investigate other solutions; turn the water into waves, make the top layer dark tan instead, use different sized plates. You're a very talented builder, try something different!

The statue is amazing, easily the best islander statue I've seen. Actually, all the techniques you've got at play here are really impressive. I like the bridge and I think it's off to a good start, although I would go with black instead of dark red (without seeing the rest of the design, at least). I am really looking forward to seeing more!

This is great! I like the use of dark tan for wet sand, not to mention all the wonderful details packed in here. The gull on the top of the smuggler's shanty is a great fit, and the choice of color for the palm leaves on the roof works. By far my favorite bit is the fish being butchered, that is a spectacular detail and everything about it is perfect. The dock that's pointing to the ship's wheel doesn't make sense: any ship that docks there would be pushed onto the rock. And an official set wouldn't have more than one dock, I think. I also don't understand why there's a unicorn horn on one of the rocks. Is there a secret hidden under the dark gray Wedge 4 x 4 Fractured Polygon Top? I hope so!

This is a lovely diorama. The water detail is amazing and the shark and dolphins really bring the scene to life. I am not sure it fits the contest particularly well; it does not feel like an official set, but rather a MOC (and a very nice one!) So many great details -- the fighting crabs, the turtle eggs, the buried treasure. A few things do not make sense to me: palm trees would be blown by the wind, and all bend the same way (I get that X marks the spot, but it's hard for me to suspend disbelief...). The toucan is flying but his wings are not open. The planks floating in the water would drift away without something holding them in place. But again, the use of color, positioning of elements, and storytelling with bricks here is second to none! Even if this doesn't really fit the contest, it's incredible work and a joy to look at.

Excellent design! The closed up without the docks pic is great with good proportions. It looks formidable but could still pass for an official set. I've very impressed with your ability to build in different time periods and still respect the design language of the time. The influence of the Time Cruisers and Legoredo sets is there and is a welcome presence. I feel like the docks would be a bit repetitive to build, I might downsize them or scrap them altogether. I also like how it connects with the official sets. I'm not sure about the red sloping roof, it seems to slope up, not down. I might get rid of it in favor of a flat roof with railings like the Armada Sentry has. This is not as strong as your Cross Bone Clipper remake, which is unquestionably one of my top 3 favorite designs in this contest. This design is as solid as you can reasonably get with 1997 parts and techniques, but it simply isn't as visually interesting as the modern ship is. Or, perhaps I just like ships more than bases. Either way, you should be proud, all your designs are wonderful!

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Amazing. Could you post some more and higher resolution pics on Imgur or Flicker, please?

The printed canvas sail is top notch! I'd be interested to see some pics of your design process. And I hope this makes it onto Rebrickable. It's so much better than the original!

I am waiting on purchasing the set for the Majisto GWP. I have a backlog of several hundred pounds of Lego to sort before I build anything new, so it may be a while.

That gap is something that is found somewhat often in Daniel August Krentz's designs. There's a similar thing on the back of the Guarded Inn, on one of the alt builds of Black Falcon's Fortress, and in several of his MOCs if you do an image search for his work. I suspect he saw it as a continuation of the arch. It bothered me in the original set just a bit, but given his attention to detail, I find it hard to believe it was a mistake.

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This is really great! I actually like the water from version 1, but to each their own. If you're leaving the water, I would have put rounded plates on all the corners. I would swap the yellow crab out for a red one so there's more contrast between it and the sand. There's very little else I can suggest here; everything feels like an official set. The accessories lend themselves very well to storytelling, which is nice to see. Excellent work overall!

This is outstanding work, and you're right that this does feel like something TLG would make as an official set, unlike many of the contest entries. The criticisms that you've gotten can also be leveled against the new Eldorado (and perhaps rightly so), but you can't really fix them without completely breaking what you're going for here. I do have some suggestions: Make the dock have some stairs to go down to the level of the raft. You can build a curving staircase to keep the footprint small, or just a couple half arch bricks with tiles on them, to keep the build simple. The bridge between sections is too narrow. I know the original was, too, but this should be at least two studs wide to allow a guard to walk across. Gulls do not build nests; they lay their eggs directly on rocks on the sides of cliffs. It would be neat if the palm tree tipping feature sent the bird and the egg flying. I especially like the arches used on the jail cell, they look fantastic and right at home with the rest of the build. Excellent work matching the design language of Eldorado; from the rocks to the dark red bricks, everything matches very well. I'd love to see pics of this connected up. And thank you for the story pictures, they tie everything together so well and really sold me on this build. I love the guard's shako on the post on the pier.

This is excellent work and looking better all the time. I hope you're planning to put this on Rebrickable after the contest.

I have to say that I like this a lot more than any of the official 2009 sets. Do I still hate the palm tree? Yes. But the raised baseplate, when doubled up, is actually OK looking, and you've made great use of the hole in it. Good play features, nice overall design that matches the design language of the original fort very nicely, good selection of minifigures that fits well with the theme. I really don't see how you could have created a better pirates 2009 set. The downside, of course, is that this is pirates 2009 and you're limited by the colors used, the goofy faces on the minifigures, the palm tree, and the overall simple design. But of course, if you changed anything, it would no longer feel like the 2009 pirates. I'd love to see what your talents could do with a more modern parts selection!

Yeah, this is your best entry so far!! It's a bit awkward having 2 plates of water -- why have more than 1? And the use of color here is OK, but perhaps the weakest part of this MOC. I'd like to see some dark gray on the lower rocks (with light higher up, to accentuate the height of the cliffs), different shades of green used on the foliage, and perhaps some dark tan bricks here and there. I think if you too the existing shape, which is excellent, and just played around with swapping out colors, you could go from great to amazing. And make no mistake: this is great as it is. I love the hidden secrets, how the cave opens, and that the rock pieces are well enough hidden to not stand out. The rock technique looks good to me, I like the bottom row of rocks being sideways. There's a lot of undercut rocks here, which makes sense if the waves were wearing them away. The lagoon in the front is very well designed, my favorite part for sure.

I like that it's clean and simple. It would be greatly improved with a small building of some kind. If you're going for old-school, it should have yellow sand and no modern parts (fish, dark brown barrels, modern torch holder). If you're going for modern, the dock is a bit simplistic. I do look forward to seeing more stuff in the future!

The water design is amazing! I love the brick-built croc but it's too skinny when viewed from the top down -- add a plate of thickness around the midriff and it would look better, I think? The statue is great, brick-built boat is nice (although I think cloth sails would be used in an 18+ set) and it looks great. This does feel more like a MOC than an official set due to the density of the foliage in the jungle. That is not a bad thing at all. Well done!

It is very hard to find things to criticize about this build. I would swap out the dark bluish gray for white, IMHO it would look a lot cleaner. You can keep the slopes, but consider using 2x2 triangular tiles (part 35787) on SNOT bricks for a much cleaner look. As others said, toss a 1x1 compass tile next to the map. Have you thought about using the Imperial Flagship 10210 lantern design (using part 2654)? The figurehead is probably the single best design I have seen in this contest, it's so simple, clever and perfect. As things stand right now, I think this is probably my favorite build from the contest. Outstanding work.

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This is jaw-dropping, definitely one of the best builds in this contest so far. An excellent update to a classic set, and while Lego wouldn't release this, it sure does feel like something they'd make. Look, it's hard to find flaws here, but I'm going to try anyway: The two islands aren't connected, but there's a bridge between them. That's awkward for stability, makes this impossible to move, and it'll make it hard to display with the bridge at the angle you want. You've got a nice thick base with plenty of room for a solid palm tree base, but you've used a 2x2 round brick as the base of the palm tree. There's a lot of open flat green spaces in the bottom areas, especially when viewed from the back. I am not recommending filling them with vegetation, that would look cluttered, but see if you can either vary the height, or add a few more rocks, or perhaps some animals crawling around. Just anything to mix it up a bit. This uses the older-style palm tree leaves, when newer style ones, or a combination of the two, might be more fitting. Especially when used as roofs. There's a mix of black and brown used as tree trunks; that's not something I feel would appear in an official set. Why not use a single long ladder (which does come in reddish brown) instead of two short ladders that don't connect? And is there any kind of lookout post or something at the top of that structure that the ladders go to? The design of the rocks seems to be a mix of light bluish gray and dark bluish gray. IMHO it would look better with DBG on the bottom, and LBG accents on the top. Use of part 41748 (6x2 rounded wedge) for the outrigger (I guess I should say ama in this context) would be smoother and more modern looking. There's a tan 1x1 round brick with a green hair piece on it used as a plant. It really pops (in a bad way) against the rest of the foliage. Either make it a part of the jungle and repeat it a few times, or (since you already have a lot of different foliage here) just remove it. All these are really just nit-picks. This is really great. Love the statue!

This is awesome! Nice work fixing the tree. I think the sloping roof is great as-is. If you must change it, I'd copy the roof design from the new Eldorado. There is an arch that's hanging over nothing on one end, and a small issue with the water: you've mixed-and-matched rounded and wedge plates in medium azure. Either go all wedge plates like Barracuda Bay to contrast the rounded sand above, or all rounded plates to match the sand above. I love the rounded wall at the base, especially the damaged part done in dark red. I dislike the use of both white log profile bricks and dark red masonry bricks. At the scale of this set, the dark red masonry bricks are a bit large. One technique would be to soften their very rectangular shape by placing a single dark red 1x1 plate directly above or below them. All in all, this is a really great design and I love all the details like the coral under the dock, the toucan, the prison cell wall and the look of the dock. I would absolutely buy this if it were an official set.

The community feedback edition is a huge improvement over the original! The green and palm tree make such a difference. Nice work!