Mister Phes

Winning bid: AU $66.00 (Approximately US $52.20) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ended: Dec-06-06 15:37:38 PST Ships to: Worldwide Item location: Melbourne, Australia History: 10 bids

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The presentation is very nice indeed although the Adventurers Logo in the top right hand corner is a little worse for wear. This reminds me of Adventurers cross between Knights Kingdom with a splash of Harry Potter thrown in for good measure. Quite an interesting creation but I don't think the black and tan work together very well in that configuration. I think there needs to be more segregation between the two, perhaps a row of tan between the black castle walls and the grey bricks would have balanced it better, but in turn that would increase the height of the MOC.

Once again I shall remind everyone that you must post this information on Lugnet (or get somebody else to) if you want it to go somewhere.

You mean your unsubstantiated assumptions. :-D Kindly paraphrase Norro's point so its clear for all to read...

Do we know who create The Red Drake? Obviously it would be so much nicer if the creator was here to discuss with us.

However, the thing you should know is... This mini-figure was also found in 6270 Forbidden Island is he's not just in 6273 Rock Island Refuge!

What be these lad? Tell us so we can provide you with the support you deserve!

I would agree that the majority, if not all Pirate sets on eBay are purchased by AFOLs. But I don't believe its anything to do with Christmas because in past years Pirate LEGO hasn't sold as well. I remember in 2004 many sellers listed sets in December obviously hoping that would help them get a better price, but instead the eBay market seems to be saturated and the auctions attracted less bids. Something has changed though because so far that hasn't been the case.

Thats all you needed to write then, no need for the "They're only toys" and the "There's 1000's left tangents" If you're accusing me you're also incriminating just about everyone who has built a MOC, including yourself . So what you're saying eventually ALL old grey is eventually going to change colour no matter what, unless they're kept unused and in utter darkness they're going to discolour? Fortunately I'm preserving old grey in my MISB box collection and if nobody perserved MISB sets then old grey wouldn't be preserved in the process. ;-) You would agree the amount of "used" grey far surpasses the amount of MISB sets, and a single grey piece does not hold the value of entire MISB set so its not really equal comparison (oooooo hypocrisy X-D ). Now that you've brought this to my attention I shall make more conscious effort to preserve old grey. You're quite welcome Mr Norro, although you seem to have made quite some inaccurate assumptions. When finances permit I intend to display all my MISB LEGO in conditions that ensure their longevity. There's no point keeping them locked up and out of view forever because that would be such a waste. Like any artifact they should be available for all to see but obviously measures must be taken to keep them in the best condition possible. I think I might have split the thread first....

What's the meaning of this? I've never seen this before. It looks like something has gone wrong.

Surely you've ran out of cannons by now since all 22 are in use with the HMS Unpredictable. Unless of course the HMS Unpredictable has since been decommissioned...

It could be a number of personnel manning the wheel depending on what kind of ship it is. For example the captain or navigator, but if the ship was big enough there might even be a helmsman aka steersman. I think red or brown would be better, blue does contrast against the brown. Is it possible you could swap cannon bases with another MOC? I'd recommend using a blue cannon base on a ship that has more blue!

Actually I don't remember now, its been 6 days since I made that post so I can't possibly remember how I came up with that. Just tell us how many bloody cannons you have. Ahhh... Wait a minute... You did... 22 huh? Actually come to think of it 14 is the number of cannons Oo7 counted in the picture... I think...

A long boat! 8-o What did you use to cut the sterns off the boats so smoothly?

This is why we have The Imperial Trading Post Record forum... Yes, definitely! More than 20% in some instances. Prices seem to be higher than ever. Where are you searching and what are you searching with? eBay or other websites? In Asia you'll get 99% clone on eBay. Obviously Pirate LEGO is in demand but the authentic stuff is too expensive for some people who don't really care about quality so they buy the clones. Its a pity The LEGO Company doesn't bother to acknowledge this and profit from it. I.e. Release new or re-release old pirate sets...

As for the above cannons, would you redo these in grey too? (Despite the perilous track downstairs to fetch your "Gray" bin.

Part III... At long last its here... How much more till its done though?

Ok, I don't care if there are thousands or millions of MISB Pirate sets in existence. The point are there is only a handful available for sale. But I don't need to prove something doesn't exist, the evidence lies in the fact there's nothing to suggest they do exist. What you're failing to realise despite the world being a "big place" there is becoming LESS and LESS MISB Pirate sets. No matter how many "pop up" the number will never increase nor remain the same, it will only decrease with each set that is opened. 10-15 years ago it wasn't as common to be an AFOL and therefore there were not as many collectors. Seriously, how many adults do you think were rich to build a collection of MISB Pirate sets in the mid 90's? In my 5 years of researching Pirate LEGO online I've only ever come across one person that has had multiple copies of MISB Pirate sets that he's willing to sell. So I bought 5 off him... If these people are so common then why aren't there more of them? Do they not visit forums like this? Do they hide their online presence? What wasn't intended to be an insult, but I was poking fun at you. I should have used the :-P smiley. What do you mean very professional? I didn't realise there was any formilisation required in this thread. Of course you opinion matters, you shouldn't be taking this too seriously though. The reason the debate has gone on so long is you keep adding fuel to the fire. First of all you said "Its only a toy" so that lead me to explaining that doesn't matter, so then you said you understood that and went in a different direction with the "there's 1000's of MISB Pirate sets". It seems you were trying to find justifications for opening the sets but you could have wrote nothing after sharing your opinion and there wouldn't have been a debate in the first place!

The question will be asked regardless. The purpose in doing so is beyond the obvious motive. >8-) However, www.piratelego.com is currently being parked...