Mister Phes

To make everyone's life easier I'll begin adding every Pirate avatar (I assume you only mean pirate related) here, so to begin: Tully Mister Phes Phred Sting Uk Devils Bonaparte Mr Tiber Zcerebus Governor Broadside dJOLe_sk8 Evil Willy Mr. Smee JahWarrior264 BabyJawa Rupi Jipay Dreamweb SuvieD Tole_11 metallifreak44 Imperial John Captain Roger Norrington ApophisV xwingyoda More will be added as I encounter them.

You mean on the back of the 6271 Imperial Flagship box? I've got two Imperial Flagships and neither have pictures on the stern! :-P

How do you think we're trying to offend you? Joke with you maybe, but we have no intention of offending.

The box may disintegrate but I am immortal. You knew that didn't you? >8-)

Well I voted for Viking Double Catapult versus the Armoured Ofnir Dragon

No X-D

That would be most kind of you Mr Norro! Is there anything I should add to it?

I think I've got more of those backgrounds somewhere...

Winning bid: AU $43.60 (Approximately US $34.51) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ended: Dec-03-06 02:22:54 PST Ships to: Australia Item location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia History: 19 bids Postage Australia wide for $7 - 9

Winning bid: AU $12.05 (Approximately US $9.54) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ended: Dec-02-06 03:34:35 PST Shipping costs: AU $4.50 Regular Service to Australia Ships to: Worldwide Item location: Caboolture Shire, Queensland, Australia History: 2 bids

Winning bid: GBP 4.21 (Approximately AU $10.53) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ended 03-Dec-06 07:57:11 AEDST Posts to: Worldwide Postage and Handling: GBP 1.50 Item location: Chelmsford, United Kingdom History: 3 bids

Winning bid: GBP 2.43 (Approximately US $4.81) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ended: Dec-02-06 13:01:59 PST Ships to: Worldwide Shipping and Handling: GBP 2.00 Item location: Chelmsford, United Kingdom History: 3 bids

Actually Bo'Sun Will was this mini-figure (at least in the UK and Australian catalogues: But you're right, the red striped mini-figure was Boatswain Will in the comic, however the spelling of Bo'Sun is different. Its not confusing or anything is it? :-D

Lets go with this one because it seems the most likely! :-D

Oooooooo! That Barracuda would be worth over US$250 now, depending upon what condition the box is in.... Is it your most prized Pirate LEGO set?

Are they the originals or re-released versions?

Why are toys any different to any other artifact or antique? Ok here's an unlikely hypothecal: If the toy was a 2000 year old wooden doll once owned by a Pharaoh's daughter would it be insane to give it to a present day child? Yes it would! It would be considered a major archaeological find and belong on public display for everyone to see, not carelessly destroyed by a child who didn't appreciate it. Now that might seem like a stretch comparing a MISB LEGO set to an ancient toy, but as time goes on the value of these sets increases. Already they're getting quite expensive so in 2000 years they might be worth a lot of money.

As soon as my Lugnet registration is accepted I'll post this: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings I am Mister Phes the administrator of the Pirate LEGO Forum and I'm here to represent a vast number of Pirate LEGO fanatics at the forum. For a "dream" Pirate LEGO set I'd be willing to pay up to US$150 so long as the set was large and well designed. Briefly I shall reveal what I (and many at the Pirate LEGO Forum) would love to see, although some users have ideas which I won't mentioned as they may wish to do so themselves. 1) A large fortress (preferably Imperial Armada) using the the 48 x 32 baseplate. 2) Small ship(s) with brick built hulls like the "Cutter" from 6277 Imperial Trading Post. No need to make all ships use large hull pieces! 3) A non pirate or non military ship(s) and building(s). During the Golden Age of Piracy there were hundreds of colonies and settlements throughout the Caribbean so sets based on that concept would be good. Particularly if they were sets that could be built individually but also placed adjacent one another to form a large village. View Puerto Brico for an example 4) Mini-figure packs/army builders. There are never enough Imperial Armada or Imperial Guards mini-figures! Perhaps something like Imperial Ground Forces would be interesting. 5) A military War Galleon or Frigate. In other words a large ship like 6265 Black Seas Barracuda only for the Imperial Guards or Imperial Armada. What's important is any dream Pirate set would have to retain a similar design style to the original SYSTEM Pirate theme yet it could incorporate newer LEGO elements, just so long as it didn't look too far removed from the original pirate sets (I.e. Knights Kingdom 2 vs Classic Castle). Puerto Brico has established a brilliant equilibrium between old style design while incorporating recent LEGO pieces so something along the lines would be excellent. Pirates in general seem to be more popular than ever amongst children and its a wonder The LEGO Company hasn't taken logical steps to capitalise on this. Obviously the SYSTEM Pirate theme isn't as popular as Classic Castle, but after nearly a decade of absence its no surprise, its not fresh in minds of the LEGO world. However, we at the Pirate LEGO forum are building momentum and will continue to remind the rest of LEGO world how great this theme is! (And how profitable it could be to The LEGO Company should new Pirate sets be released)

But why would you destroy something that is rare when there is more than enough decent second hand LEGO sets thus enabling you to leave the MISB sets for the collectors who appreciate them for what they are? Opening a MISB LEGO set is like going to museum and using the antiquities and artifacts for their intended purpose. Yes indeed these things were once created to be used, but that was a long time ago and now they are no longer in production and therefore irreplaceable. Sure LEGO is a toy and its original purpose was to be played with, but like the artifacts and antiques in the museums their significance changes with time. If we never preserved anything from the past then we'd lose important parts of history. Pictures and recreations can only tell us so much but to actually have the authentic object is something truly special to behold.

If they weren't important to me why would I bother mentioning "MISB sets are RARE and expensive! They're like an endangered species or a sacred artifact and you're very lucky to have in your possession. Someone who didn't think MISB sets were important probably wouldn't have wrote something like that...

I thought I made it clear MISB was VERY important to me.

Pictures of what we're voting for would be helpful to those who aren't familiar with these sets...

I have recently won this: But I wouldn't say its my most prized Pirate LEGO set...

What's the writing at the bottom? It looks too small to be legible so I'm wondering what the point of it is?

That is fair enough. MISB sets are RARE and expensive! They're like an endangered species or a sacred artifact and you're very lucky to have in your possession. Although some don't appreciate their value and believe they should be opened and played with. Kind of like some believe that white tigers are better suited to be fur coats rather than running around in the wild.