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  1. Banjo
    As a TF fan and in particular a fan of that character, I love your avatar and username! "Hur hur!" :) Sadly, I checked that link and that ONE Pirates-themed issue - Summer 1989 - gives a "404 error", file not found. :( However, to fix it, use this URL and it works! Thanks! http://miniland.nl/LEGOclub/Bricks en pieces summer 1989.htm (note: the double space needed before "summer" was the error)
  2. Banjo
    Thanks, but those end at 1988... and the pirates-themed issue mentioned in the original post is Summer 1989. :(
  3. Banjo
    Thanks everyone! I can't seem to find the LDD files in that "Modding the Barracuda" thread, at least not on the first few pages. Sorry to be a pain, but can anyone point me closer? A few years back when Pirates had its last hurrah, I bought multiples of all the sets (even the chess set) as I was recently out of my dark age (though it was actually Alien Conquest and Heroica that got me back into Lego first) and got the feeling that run of Pirates was a "one and done". Built the chess set during a fairly dark time in my life and still love it. The memories came flooding back, too. I enjoyed those sets so much that I then went and tracked down the previous run of Pirates sets (could only afford one each that time, as I bought them all NIB even though I planned to build them), and a reissue Black Seas Barracuda (had the original as a kid but like the fortress it's disassembled and likely long lost, I fear). Only thing I sadly couldn't afford is my current "holy grail", the Imperial Flagship. :( A couple of years went by and real life pushed Lego aside again, but despite it's high price I saw the Barracuda Bay set and had to have it! Several family members say they might give it as a birthday gift next month but I don't know if I can wait.:) Tempted though to say yes to mum, as my parents bought me that original BSB back in the 80's and it feels like full circle... Looking through the forums, I do wish I'd been into Lego when they were making those cool Islander sets (and the western stuff!!!). Wow!
  4. Banjo
    Does anyone still have these scans? The links are all dead. :(
  5. Banjo
    I'm looking for LDD versions of the newer Pirates sets, mainly the new 3-in-1 Creator ship and the Barracuda Bay (ship and shipwreck versions) to mess around with. They're not in the Official Sets in LDD megathread so thought I'd ask here if anyone's done them and was willing to share? Been away from Lego for awhile but the Barracuda Bay set totally roped me back in and I have both that and the Creator 3-in-1 sets on the way now... so much nostalgia for the old (I mean old) Pirates set from when I was a kid, I couldn't resist!
  6. Banjo
    Many thanks for sharing your great MOC MrOutlaw! I'd have hated it to have been lost to the mists of time. Most MOC impress me but this is one of the few that I feel is both awesome *and* still looks like it could be a real Lego set in the appropriate theme. As amazing as some of the highly complex, giant diorama-style MOCs are, they always feel like adult display pieces to me as opposed to attempts to create what could be a "missing" model in a Lego series/wave. The Admiral's Eagle really fits the "no Imperial ships" hole in the recent Pirate wave, and even fits the scale of those newest releases too, IMO. One day I'd like to track down an Imperial Flagship to build, but for now I will be attempting to gather the parts to make the Admiral's Eagle for my pirates to fight! Thanks again, MrOutlaw!
  7. Banjo
    I know this is an old topic (as much as I'd like to take the time to say how great it looks), so I'll just post the relevant: If anyone has the LDD file for this and can reupload or share it, please do! I'd LOVE to build this! (surely "bumping" is only a keelhauling offense if it is pointless? would it have been better to have started a new topic linking to this one asking the same question, though?)
  8. Banjo
    Just came across this build and absolutely love it! I don't suppose you have instructions, lxf or even just more pictures/info on how to build it?
  9. Banjo
    Wow, that's just awesome! I LOVE the sense of narrative as you look around the diorama, with so many fun little "scenes" taking place. The washing tub raid is a great nod to Lego's love of adding a pirate in one with an oar to many pirate sets, old and new. :) I would LOVE something like this as an official set, and can easily see it being done with some simplification, removal of the base and obviously much less minifigs. A pirate dock/tavern set is a dream of mine!
  10. Banjo
    I'm still longing after the Imperial Flagship myself... but at over AU$1000 every place I've seen it, just such a huge splurge. Would definitely be interested to check out any recommended sellers of them (MISB), though, as part of the struggle it seems is just finding one that ships to Australia (and doesn't inflate their postage price to several hundred dollars!!!).
  11. Banjo
    I've been wondering about something recently: there are obviously many parts made by Lego that have never been manufactured in certain colours... is there any way "around" this if I REALLY wanted one specific part in an unavailable colour? I know, the answer is almost certainly "no"... just writing this makes me think it's an impossible ask. But I've seen utterly amazing things done by dedicated fans of Lego, from original printed bricks to custom replacement arm poses to wireless LED lighting, making me think that with the right skills, resources and dedication, little is truly "impossible" (just impractical!). So, if I really REALLY wanted one specific part (for example, the microfig Heroica "horned helmet", only ever released in dark bluish grey) in pearl gold... what would be the way to go about it? Painting an existing part to match (close as possible)? Recasting the part from scratch? 3D scanning/printing? Like I said, I doubt this is realistically achievable, but I'm curious if anyone has actually done it before, and to what results.
  12. Banjo
    That is AWESOME! Love the colours, love the skulls, love the car and LOVE the minidoll! To Valhalla! I'm personally not a fan of those minidolls used in the Friends and other lines (just too used to minifigs/scale nostalgically, I think), but I'd seriously buy them if they made a Post Apocalypse Friends line! I'm a huge Mad Max and HUGE post apocalypse fan, though, so I'm a bit biased.
  13. Banjo
    Looking at the recently-bumped review of the big Islander set, this is actually the sort of thing I imagined (that set combined with a shipwreck). This actually works better for the line, IMO, and looks like an official set from the period, too. Since the 2015 sets seemed to be "updates" of the 2009 ones, the one element poorly carried over IMO was the inclusion of a large "shipwreck" structure like this or the Shipwreck Hideout... I'd love to see an official set based along these lines if they do a second wave.
  14. Banjo
    Oooh, now I'm curious! :)
  15. Banjo
    I've got a bit of a "thing" for post-construction "modular play" sets... i.e. sets that can join together (like the 2015 Pirates sets) or be reconfigured (like the 2009 Soldier's Fort), hence why I liked the 2009 Fort enough to get another one so soon after building the first. I'm no skilled MOC'er (I've been too long without Lego!), but I like "expanding" these sort of sets to make new "what if" components that could realistically been sold by Lego, as a bit of a self-challenge (as opposed to awesome and grand MOCs that are much more for passionate AFOLs). Already looking at a way to add more of a "cargo port" to my old and new Soldier's Forts! :) The more I look at them, the more I want those PotC sets... so annoyed I never bought the QAR when I saw it in stores here years ago (it was super expensive even then, but not as much as it is now!). They never made a Flying Dutchman though, did they?
  16. Banjo
    I was looking for a way to do this... thanks! Is the link to your "dummy" file broken or just down for me?
  17. Banjo
    I'd like to support this request from several years ago (but still missing from LDD, as of the latest version): http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=65013entry1177561 Basically, the "Alien Conquest" alien heads needing the correct printing/details. I would understand this wasn't worth the effort if it wasn't for the fact that the cool "Alien Villainess" face printing *was* added to LDD. Why not the others? My beloved alien invaders need faces! I'd also *beg* for microfig decorations (at least for Heroica), but I get the feeling few others would want them as much as I do (so much so that I'm currently trying to figure out alternate ways to render them).
  18. Banjo
    Well done! I'm considering that one myself, since I missed all the older Pirates sets. I'm not a huge PotC fan (fun movies, admittedly), but those two licensed ships look pretty lovely, especially the Pearl with those ominous black sails. My own latest are 2009's Brickbeard's Bounty and Shipwreck Hideout... hopefully! Currently both are on their way to me from far overseas. :) Oh, and also a pair of 2015 Shipwreck Defense sets on sale at Target, since Lego decided not to give us enough cannons for the 2015 Brick Bounty! :(
  19. Banjo
    I stumbled across this at random... and instantly laughed out loud at how awesome the Bea Arthur minifig looks! Fantastic work... to be honest I'd *much* rather buy this than the new "Big Bang Theory" sitcom set (as I actually know/remember this show!). I've supported this on Ideas... though I'm curious why there's a later project than this one there too that appears almost identical, and IT is in review while this one isn't! Is that sort of thing actually allowed under Ideas? I don't know much about how it works, and I can certainly imagine two similar projects coming along... but it seems odd in this case that a copycat would beat a very similar set that's been gathering support for more than a year.
  20. Banjo
    What an amazing (old) set! I loved Pirates in my childhood, but that was before the Islander and Spanish stuff... mine were the BSB and soldier fortress with the big baseplate. As I'm now returning to Pirates, I've tracked down most of the 2009 sets and of course bought the new 2015 sets... but knowing I missed this "middle" period of Islanders vs Pirates makes me a bit sad... those Islanders are soooo "Monkey Island" (those of my age likely feel the same) to my eyes! Oh for a "Lemonhead" minfig... ;) I'm curious now how much this set sells for, given it was apparently one of very few Lego actually re-released! I recently bought a MISB BSB that was an early 2000's re-release, and it was very pricey... but then, I suspect the BSB has a LOT more of a nostalgic following these days than this set! Can anyone give me a rough idea what this set goes for in as-new condition these days? Regardless, a fantastic review with some great photos of the whole set and minifigs... even though this is an old thread, I am glad someone else bumped it recently so I can add my thoughts too. :) One thing I've noticed comparing the newest Pirates sets to the 80's ones I had as a kid (and these from the 90's) is the move away from baseplates and big "panel" pieces. I actually like that in a lot of ways; whilst I miss baseplates being included as they are a great starting point for creating new things (and make the sets easier to "play" with), visually, I think Lego-designed model sets look better without them.
  21. Banjo
    Thanks, K-Nut! I can understand the drop in popularity now they are no longer produced... such a shame, though, as not only was it a random Heroica buy that brought me out of my Dark Age (leading to buying a LOT more Lego!) but I assumed at the time that the boardgames were a regular line, not a one-off. That said, I am surprised that "Games" never had even their own subforum... were they never that big with mainstream Lego fans and/or was the line really short-lived and it was just a co-incidence that my first encounter with Lego since childhood coincided with that short window they were being produced and sold? And would I be better off looking at somewhere like Boardgamegeek for Lego Games and/or Heroica fandom? Don't want to go blathering on about and posting stuff here, only to find nobody cares about them or even remembers them anymore! :) EDIT: slightly annoyingly, searching for "Heroica" here keeps giving me threads about a totally unrelated forum RPG! :(
  22. Banjo
    Thanks, everyone! I'm having a blast reading these forums and of course building Lego again. Tonight will be (Pirate 2009) Soldier's Fort that recently arrived, I think! :)
  23. Banjo
    As a HUGE Aliens fan... absolutely stunning! I would pay pretty much *any* price to buy this... heck, I'd ask for just instructions if it clearly wouldn't bankrupt me trying to Bricklink all those parts from Australia! :( Amazing work... and those pics in your sig just make me drool, too. Lego Vasquez? Lego HUDSON? Yes please! I know Lego would never license a movie like Aliens, but I wish someone would sell fan-made customs based on the film(s)... it's probably my favourite franchise ever.
  24. Banjo
    That's awesome (and cute!). I'm strictly a "Universal Century" Gundam fan; the Guncannon is one of my favourite 0079 suits and my favourite of the three "hero" prototypes, so great to see it get some love here!
  25. Banjo
    Since I'm fairly new to posting here, I was trying to find the section of the forums that deals with the (sadly now discontinued, it seems) Lego Games (boardgames)... particularly their Heroica line. I know they're no longer produced, but I assume some folks are still playing/interested in them. Where can I find these posts and fellow fans here? That's presuming there IS a section and/or still fans of the game... then again, Pirates has a great sub-forum here and there were apparently no Lego Pirates sets for five or ten years at a time! :)
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