Mister Phes

It's beautiful! But now I'll nitpick the background - good that you've attempted to neutralise background distractions, but the texture of that material still distracts from your brilliant work.

Any chance of producing a mock up image of what it would look like with sails? I understand this may be easier said than done because you would have to use software other than BrickLink Design Studio.

The Minerva and Concordia are both ships so voting for both helps increase the probability of one being selected.

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Everyone should vote for both MOCs anyway

Thanks for bring this to everyone's attention! Also, by "blog update" just a short 50 word post with 1 image would be sufficient. Certainly don't expect long sprawling article posts.

Aye - it's almost a small set!

BAM Pirate Lady by kolonialbeamterdemartinez

A symptom of scurvy is skin breaking out in a spotty rash:

They aren't freckles - she's got scurvy!

Time Cruiser - here be yer vessel:

From my understanding the default head is female and default weapon is a bow an arrow. I

You sure rule with an iron hook fist!

Your best bet is to acquire a time machine and travel back to the late 80s and 90s when the sets were still on shelves. Or, if you're a more limited budget, travel back to the mid 2000s when the classic sets were available quite cheaply on eBay. You could snag some terrific bargains back in those days.

Blog post covering official announcement has been published.

These aren't Classic Pirates! The forum is broken and it's ridiculously hard to delete them, even for administrators . But I think I've managed.

I love this game! Would you believe the LEGO Pirates Forum was birthed between playing that game back in 2005? @JintaiZ are you still alive? So what about Colonel Mendoza? (Who also uses the same character model)

YELLOW! Purely because I'm a traditionalist of the classic themes and flesh tones minfigiures are associated with licenced themes.

It's the BrickLink Designer Program which species the total amount of sets for production...

Thank ye for the heads up! A blog post has been published to assist with the promotion.

According to the Summer 1996 Shop at Home Catalog, the Imperial Armada and Islanders are friends: And if you dig a little deeper into the lore you may find the Admiral was raised by them...

Yes, this is a good point which has been overlooked.

That seems to be the case with the 3 in 1 Creator Pirate Ship. It's been in production for almost 4 years and as @Yperio_Bricks mentioned, in some regions the price has increased. So that may indicate sales have been strong. Meanwhile, Pirates of Barracuda Bay had a seemingly short production run, and 10320 Eldorado Fortress's production run has apparently been shorted by 24 months. So this indicates sales for both sets didn't meet expectations.

That's great news! To learn deeper... Did the inclusion of the female soldiers aid in her love for this set? Or were their inclusion incidental and it was other factors that contributed to her joy? Has 10320 Eldorado Fortress won her over as a LEGO Pirates fan?