Mister Phes

Also, we have decided to award Swan Dutchman the Ship Expert tag for this brilliant MOC!

We don't get to decide how many waves there are, so it'll be a case of giving the LEGO Group as much as possible and let them determine how and when the set concepts should be released. It's a case of offering them a $200 set concept and seeing what happens, opposed to not even trying. And if we come up with something brilliant, then why hold back?

Well this is certainly a unique combination of themes and it seems to work quite well. Be interesting to see if some ships and bases could be given a similiar treatment, although maybe that's pushing things a bit.

You'll have to convince Montoumes to travel south then.

Yes, very good sir! It's not often we see owls in Pirate MOCs although maybe an owl would make a good figurehead with a few additions to build it up. Is that a brown frog in the bottom right corner?

Oh yes, very nice! Glorioius in fact! Bonaparte will be pleased with this. This MOC is worthy of a blog post! The presentation and editing is also spectucular...

You organised the Pirate display at the Chi'ti Brick show, so all you'd be doing is chatting with Bob and seeing what the two of you could come up with.

The Imperial Flagship actually wasn't part of the 2009 Pirate Theme, it was an exclusive released afterwards. Let's not assume what children or their parents can afford. We can certainly produce something at $200 scale and the LEGO Group can choose to minimise the design if they like the concept. And that's the important thing... Not to assume too much because we don't have the market reserach data to support our assumptions. So what we're really aiming to achieve here is consistency and guidelines so we don't stray too far from the objective, but I don't think producing a $200 set is doing that.

Maybe it's time for a trip north! Perhaps you could meet up with Bob De Quatre one day and organise something...

Sure, keep us updated and we can help advertise or find possibly collaborators for future Pirate displays. Speaking of which, how many collaborators have you got for the future?

Very nice! You alone have succeeded to give LEGO Pirates very good representation. Do you have a date and venue for the next show? Or is that too far in the future?

Also consider the market demand 23 years ago is possibly different to what it is now. If modern children want bases over ships, then it makes sense to be producing bases. However we'll probably end up with more sets than we need to allow the LEGO Group to decide which concepts they wish to pursue.

Yer welcome! So these are all your MOCs?

Hi Montoumes! Thank you for sharing these photos, I have added some to your first post to help draw attention to this thread. The Ch'ti Brick show has quite a good pirate presence!

As we haven't determined the factions yet so this is a bit premature. If we decide upon an Islander-like faction then ships aren't really applicable. The sets will be determined after the sub-themes have been determined.

Greetings! It appears Thrash is the BrickWarriors Creator so we can assume so.

UPDATE: May 3, 2014 Sub-theme suggestions have closed and the most popular suggestions have been compiled into a poll so... VOTE NOW!!!

You're welcome - a blog post has been made.

Thank you sharing! We can blog this on Classic-Pirates.com for additional exposure - is there a logo, photo or graphic we can use in the blog post?

Support as many ideas as you wish, but only pitch new ideas which are likely to have wide appeal. So don't pitch an idea for the sake of it, or something that's esoteric, pitch something you can actually see others getting behind and supporting.

All similar ideas will be merged into the one poll option as there will not be variations of the same idea.

UPDATE: April 20, 2014 Only the most popular sub-theme suggestions will make the poll! So please support the suggestions which have already been submitted. To do so, simply quote the pitch like this: You may support more than one suggestion but please do so in separate quotes.

This is the first I've seen an owl used in pirate MOC! Yes, a tree with more foliage is definitely in order! Usually the LEGO Pirates are amidst tropical surroundings, so what's the inspiration behind this type of tree?

Design a NEW LEGO Pirates Sub-Theme DEFINITION OF DESIGN CONSTRAINTS Those who wish to participate should first read the Design a NEW Pirate Sub-Theme Project Overview. Objective To determine design standards for the proposed LEGO Pirates sub-theme. The group as a whole shall define the details of what constitutes a legal build. The collaboration and discussion will allow the participants to understand where the rules have originated. What has been defined 10-12 new printed torsos Torsos, head pieces and leg pieces can have a maximum of four printed colors, NOT including base color and black is counted. 5-6 new printed legs or skirts What Needs to be Defined Build style and technique - target audience Number of minifigs, amount of printing, number of colours, design style (black lining) printing constraints New parts Minimisation of the number of unique parts Legal connections Connected builds - no loose bricks Accessibility - gap/door sizes, interior depths Play function / story telling Timeline This thread will run in parallel with the LEGO Pirate Sub-theme suggestions thread and Voting Poll. What happens next? The standards determined in this thread will be adhered during the Prototyping Stage of Phase 3. A peer review process will be conducted to ensure these standards are maintained. Rules Project management holds right of veto on the final set of rules to ensure that they are in line with what we assume the The LEGO Group group uses internally.

A female head would look great on this body...