F1stzz

That's precisely what it is, castle panels used all over the place are a dead giveaway

This set looks infinitely better than whatever that previous Pirates-themed overdesigned slop was We'll see down the road what's up with the price

What you've done to the crane is exactly how it should be in a set like Eldorado Fortress Let's leave that LEGO City looking like monstrosity to its belongings — we're dealing with 16-18s centuries stuff here, things should look appropriately, and yours absolutely does Can't wait to see the changed Admiral's office

Always wondered why nobody ever thinks of turning that arch between both main buildings into a full-arched bridge while expanding Lagoon Lock-Up & it's just always left untouched? That's the most obvious area to upgrade in this set IMO Nice expansion tho

Stickers all the way

They have Star Wars, Marvel & Harry Potter — they're fine

Are those stickers? Some damn great ones if that's the case, to the point I'd actually prefer those than getting some washed up BS at the asking price point.

See, lads — it's possible to print a perfect white on top of red torso Figs look majestic @julien83, TY for the pics

Has no back printing whatsoever tho

Welp, I'm voting for Captain Jack then PotC franchise kick-started my passion both for the Age of Sailing & the Golden Age of Piracy + brought me into LEGO in the first place as back in the day I was looking for something to coincide perfectly with my new interest In fact, all versions of Captain Sparrow are my all-time favourite LEGO minifigs and I have kinda personal reason for it: my very first Pirates sets were those replicas of LEGO classics by Enlighten & 2009 Pirates wave — and I was obsessed with mashing up torsos/heads/accessories, gluing stuff, all in order to create my own Jack Sparrow, cuz back in 2008-2010 there was no representation of this character in LEGO yet. You can only imagine how delighted I was when I saw the LEGO PotC commercial for the first time in 2011 Still feels like it was yesterday, lol. But I gotta say: if we're talking purely LEGO Pirates as a classic theme without mentioning licensed ones — Captain Roger Redbeard is unbeatable really. I also do think his 2022 faceprint is probably one of the greatest created in the modern era — the swagger of dat cheeky grin is simply unmatched It's also my first & only Redbeard minifig atm, so yeah, I'd not hesitate to place my vote for him — only if I didn't have a long & rich history with PotC

So what's in question here exactly: characters themselves or minifig designs?

It rly does not One of the blockiest & absolute ugliest ship design ever produced by TLG just for the sake of having something called "the Black Pearl" in a catalogue. Such an iconic vessel should've never been a $100 bish-bash-bosh type of set to close out the PotC line in a hurry, especially considering the model they've come up with for their own videogame. If anything it deserves to headline the "most disappointing shіte ever" type of list.

Mate. 3 outta 4 winners were digital entries. To be specific, all of the W spots for the Main Building category were occupied by digital entries & the remaining winning one was a small physical build for the Mini Set Building category. Kinda the exact opposite of what you've stated

If you can't see the obvious correlation here — what else can I say

The amount of people in this thread (and some others over the last few months) claiming that toys have nothing to do with culture truly makes me question the overall level of Western education

Should've stuck to his roots, just sayin'

Really curious to check out the results of this poll when the voting ends

I also feel like one fig has a faceprint in red & the other has it in dark red. Bricklink is currently unavailable, so gotta wait to check out if it's actually the case.

I've used the word "technically" twice purposefully

I'm not a fan of tasting a rot, so wholeheartedly agree

Technically, you're paying for something else, not straight for a GWP. If there's something you'd really like to get within the threshold, you'll just get the GWP basically for free since the latter isn't the main focus. Now, when the goal is the GWP itself more than anything — then yeah, fair enough.

I find it interesting how pretty much everybody was drooling over the new Eldorado Fortress (which indeed has to be payed for with a hefty sum), but now, all of a sudden, the long-awaited GWP (which people are technically getting for free) is receiving lots of complaints on outdated design/building techniques & underwhelming minifigs/accessories. If anything, I'm glad this "Majisto remake" is at least good enough to be a wake-up call for many.

Here's another 40597 MOD by belgian.bricker: like this one more than original build, tbh

Speaking of mods & customisations — here's a "Shark Head Island" created by TheGreenBrick using 3 copies of 40597 + some additional pieces

That's where it gets REAL interesting Would love to see the finished vessel