Mister Phes

Esperanza proved to be quite popular and there were a generous number of comments from LEGO Pirate fans who would like this ship to be available for pre-order. It's time to start slowly working on a blog post for Esperanza – @BrickPerfection, is there a version of this image with a neutral/plain background?

And now that crazy person will attempt to work on blog posts for both The Jolly Roger and Armada Galleon Esperanza by @BrickPerfection simultaneously. Might be weeks before either post is published, because there's a bunch of non-MOC posts in the pipeline, but it will be interesting to see what gets done first And further to this apsiraton, is there a higher resolution version of the YouTube video preview image: At least 1920x1080 dimensions Does not have the title "The Jolly Roger" plastered over the ship I've extracted a still from the video at around 00.05 but it has too much compression. I'm aiming for something that looks nice and crisp and clear to use as a Featured Image.

Interesting you mention this, because there is a Jolly Roger based on the 1991 Hook movie on LEGO Ideas that's been doing the rounds lately. While the presentation is decent, the builder PBA Art, doesn't provide many unobstructed views of the ship, thus making a side-by-side comparison challenging. This view of the stern and starboard broadside is the best we have to work with. And now for good measure, let's throw in this Revell scale model: Peter Pan's Pirate Ship Jolly Roger H337-149 1/72

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Thank for your kind words, NOD! Good to know all that hard work paid off. Thank ye, but have you viewed the forum on a 4K display? On my laptop it's fine, but on 4K desktop the header image isn't quite wide enough for some reason...

Me, no. @SpacePolice89 was the one following this, I just provided a photo from the Classic Pirates Facebook Group he could not access. So this is a completely different set to 40597 Scary Pirate Island released around September 2023?

How closely do you need to?

Impressed, yes. Fans want the biggest and most detailed sets possible, but not all have the budget fork out hundreds for BrickLink sets every 4 months. Pass that feedback on them via YouTube or the BrickLink Forum. On YouTube, it appears the BrickLink Design Team responds to comments on their videos:

Wasn't the feedback "Could be too big, too costly due to too many bricks"? But in general, if you've watched the BrickLink Designer Program Series 10 webinar, starting at 10:40 you'll note they are requesting smaller designs. And at 11:02... "We are sub 50%. The less than 2,000 part models are less than half of what's being submitted which is actually a trend in the wrong direction from what we'd like to see." And from an economic perspective, fans can keep forking out ~$400 for 4,000 part set, after 4,000 part set for every Crowdfunding phase.

What I'm taking away from that particular feedback is the BrickLink Designer Team won't approve the design at its current size so you have no choice but to make it smaller. And that's the painful part... That option might reduce the part count but your star fort would no longer be a star.

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And that you've succeeded in, lad! What be the name of this fort?

That treasure chest looks different! The shade of brown is much lighter and the lid is much flatter than previous treasure chests. Is it possible to get a shot of that chest front-on against a plain background?

Quick! Get them into the scanner!