Mister Phes

I'm a fan of the Hornblower series - the films that is, haven't read any of the books yet. You've done quite a bit of work here Captain Macintosh and good work at that! Here be another that's less blury although quite smaller:

It's a very solid looking MOC ship so nice work! Though I gotta jump on board the "bow looks to stubby" boat as well. However, if you look at the actual Black Pearl (an East Indiaman) you'll notice the bow is stubby but it looks elongated because of the figurehead: You could perhaps compensate by lowering and extending the length of the foremast, although the mast would somehow need to look broader.

Big Boy certainly lives up to his name in this MOC - this is one grandiose creation! Thanks for sharing Captain K - are these photos taken by your goodself? Just out of curiosty, how come he hasn't shared this himself? He's most welcome here of course.

lego minifig67, I must ask you to use the correct sentence case and punctuation. Please do not write your posts in capital letters and limit your smiley usage.

Ahhhhhhh Captain Green... Errr... Blue Hair... Only you could find a way to include a steam train in an Imperial Comic! Good work! I also put the Blogged graphic in the first post. This is probably something a pratice we should enforce because its a lot easier to find the graphic in the first post, than buried in the middle of a long thread.

Ahhhh nothing like a savage native ritual to welcome new guests to the island. Is this dude a zombie or something?

My vote also goes to Immolation - the end of Anakin Skywalker by Fat Tony I thought the lighting effect to make the "lava bricks" luminous was freakin awesome! It really adds to the atomosphere and makes the MOC more engaging.

Quite an entertaining assortment of comics - it's hard to chose who to award points to. 10. "Scintillatingly Scurvy History of the Coats" by Capt. Thomas Foolery - 2 points I loved the production values. A lot of extra effort must have went into removing the backgrounds and the parchment was a nice touch. I've seen that parchment stock image somewhere before - where can it be downloaded form? I want it! 7. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" by Fugazi - 1 point The ironic twist was very clever! 8. "Admiral Croissant and the mousetrap" by Admiral Croissant - 1 point Croissant by name croissant by baiting nature. I'm sure this comic is a parable about greed... Well there's definitely a lesson to be learnt from it! 9. "The Red Lympics..." by Captain Blue Hair - 1 point Captain Blue Hair's entry stands out because of his use of crazy humour with gore or toilet jokes. Only he could find a way to use a steam train in an Imperial comic and the crab wearing the bicorne was a great touch. 14. "The Adventures of the Blue Avenger!" by Oky Wan Kenobi - 1 point Taking the classic caped crusader approach - reminded me of Zorro from the older movies. The kneeling on one knee effect was great and there were a few other nice touches like the motion blur on the cape and star when his foot hit the ground. 18. "Helen of Toy" by ZCerberus - 1 point ZCerberus's impressive MOCing skills extend even in to his comics. Great to see new Imperial marterial from the master! --------------------------------------------------- Blast! I've used up all my votes. Ah well. Gues that will have to do.

Yeah information products can make millions if its the right niche (fincance, weight and finding a mate are the three biggest) but unfortunately piratical history isn't one such niche.

This is indeed true but there is more than one way of generating income from collectables. Some art collectors for example, lease parts of their collections to busineses and exhibitions, similiar to how an investment property accumulates capital grow and rent from tenants. I've never heard of anybody doing this with LEGO, the value of even the rarest LEGO probably wouldn't appreciate as much as certain artworks, although there might be a market for it one day.

Well that be mighty kind of you Mister Siegfried. It seems Pirates sell out fast in here too. Those sets on sale at Target last year must have been gone within 48 hours. But with a daily digest of the Aussie Sales! thread delivered straight to my inbox I should be able to keep on top of sales. In theory anyway.

Heads up for the 10210 Imperial Flagship! I contacted Myer earlier in the week and they said they might be getting more Imperial Flagships around Christmas time for $199. However, I was only talking to a regular sales assistant so this information is by no means a confirmation. Still, it might be beneficial to be keep a close eye on Myer later in the year.

I had similiar stupidity. I completely overlooked the fact that the Imperial Flagship may actually be sold in retail stores. Of course eventually it was and at the sale price of $199 (usually $270 in these parts). So I've learnt the hard way to keep an eye on these things. And for Australians... I contacted Myer and they said they might be getting more Imperial Flagships around Christmas time for $199. However, I was only talking to a regular sales assistant so this information is by no means a confirmation.

I would have rushed out and bought two from Myer for $199 had I been aware of the sale. It seems I no longer get Myer catalogues and this was a very harsh way of realising this fact. So I've subscribed to the Aussie Sales! thread to get daily updates on the Australian LEGO market. I also contacted Myer and they said they might be getting some more Imperial Flagships in around Christmas time for the $199 price. But obviously there's no guarentees there so I'll be sailing the eBay seas looking for a good deal. Depends on the region... They're slightly more expensive in my waters. Unfortunately. Did the 2009 Pirate theme help bolster your Imperial army with the influx of new Imperial minifigures? You could create information products and sell them via the Internet. Of course you'd have to learn how to set it up, but its automated so once after the initial setup and refinement you sit back and let the plunder find you.

And rare could possibly mean they'll be more expensive on BrickLink.

I was only kidding of course - I forgot to use my "grinning madly" smiley () to indicate my lack of sincerity. But in all seriousness, an adult's relation to "toys" has changed over the past decade. Hobbiests have collected things like cars and trains for a long time now, but thanks to the Internet (namely websites like eBay and forums like these) the spectrum has broadened to almost anything. If it was popular when you were a kid there is most likely a dedicated adult fanbase somewhere on the Internet or will be in the future. No doubt this trend will continue to increase and this is strengthened by LEGO sets aimed towards the adult market. The 10210 Imperial Flagship would be Pirates first venture into such waters.

Play with LEGO? That's what kids do! I have 99.9% of Pirates LEGO sets out of the box, I have generous collection of MISB Pirates sets and I have an extensive parts collections. So I see no point in opening the MISB because I've got more loose bricks than I could ever use. The MISB collection can stay where it is for now and one day it will end up in my museum. And when that happens I'll take a year off and build Pirate MOCs all day long, every day... Ahhhhhh, but some people get lucky and find long forgotten MISB sets in toystores, while others find great eBay bargains. So your income doesn't necessarily always play a part of the self preceived value.

For a 6285 in MISB around $500 would seem a fair price these days. I do Same as anything rare - the signifigance of the collectale is all in the mind of the beholder.

This is one of the most amusing and considered introductory thread I've seen in a long time. Welcome aboard Captain Funster! By the way... We also have a forum called Hello! My name is... just for introductions. So if you ever want to expand your horizons beyond pirates and make friends in the broader community, create a non-piratical introduction thread there.

Mistake? A woman like that needs a dress for every occassion - you should see how many are in her wardrobe

Do you happen to have pictures of them setup side-by-side? Well he did say "side by side or any way combined" so it seemed he was asking for both.

Hey Brickwild, Nice website, you've got some well put designed creations on there. Couldn't find the Pirate LEGO section though