Mister Phes

All the good stuff begins on page 15 (page 16 including the cover). It's quite an interesting overview of the SYSTEM Pirate theme and also interesting how some of the words were lost in translation. Nonetheless they've done a magnificent job to produce that article. Although, the last page has me wondering why they've written "Sometimes we hear rumours of the possible return of the Pirates series [...]" - are they not aware of the 2009 Pirate sets?

Ah, but there were both Castle Impulse and Castle Battle Packs in Northern America last year - so explain that!

Merge and move completed. The idea is good but a thread for each kind of MOC is somewhat excessive.

Specever, it's great that you've been posting all these MOC tutorial and technique threads but unfortunately they're not receiving a strong response. Since there's no point having similiar threads that are going nowhere we'll probably merge them. Aside from that we now have a Pirate MOC Sub-Forum where all Pirate MOC discussion is to take place.

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Well if that's all the price will increase I want 12 soliders then!

Apparently there's going to be a Pirate Advent Calendar...

Yes, all hail Imperial Guard battle packs! I'd like 6 soldiers but what would that do to the price?

I provided two sources, the other being Dictionary.com. Argue all you like, I did my best to educate you so if you wish to remain ignorant of the meaning of "mother lode" that is your prerogative. However, you're not contributing anything useful to this thread, so unless you have a "mother lode" LEGO auction to share I insist you refrain from posting in it again.

I know the definition of "load" and I know "mother load" is not the correct syntax. A "mother lode" usually refers to great riches or a great supply, which being the case of the eBay auctions presented. See, here's the Wikipedia article for "mother lode" - meanwhile there is NO Wikipedia article for "mother load". Why? Because it's not expression in English that's why. So now you will be quiet now

English not your first language? Visit Dictionary.com's definition of lode and see definition 3. a rich supply or source.

Thanks NikolayK! I shall merge this with our Massive Mother Lodes thread when I get some free time.

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Thanks for the compliment Buttons, but if you're going highlight the spelling errors of others then it would be prudent to ensure you don't make any of your own...

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The website and forum is very distracting and I find it very difficult to stay focused on other ventures so the solution is to take some time out. But, before I reduce my presence there has be some changes to ensure everything runs smoothly in my absence. Promoting Zorro to Vice Admiral is the first of such changes and then next change is going to be revealed soon.

Does anyone have close-up pictures of this new baseplate? Ideally pictures taken with a good quality camera.

Excellent news - your new portrait has arrived!

I don't get to leave just yet, I've got to give Zorro plenty of training first...

Yes, that's right... Mister Phes will be disappearing shortly, well not completely so we're training Zorro to manage the Pirate Forum. He's proven to be phenomenally dedicated to the Pirate forum which is why we've chosen him for this opportunity. Let's have a standing ovation for Vice Admiral Zorro!

Your website statistics should tell you how many hits each page is receiving.

Wouldn't it be easier to just link directly to what you want to show them: i.e. http://ds9lego.blazemedia.nl/ENG/Own/Models.html

Yeah, we already have a thread for this somewhere... But "where" is the next question...