Mister Phes

Are you able to take a screenshot?

Nod! How could you! But seriously... in case you missed the updates... The order limit was increased to 40,000 when it became apparent 30,000 was likely to sell out within a few hours of the commencement of Crowdfunding, At the time of writing 9,152 Thieves of Tortuga sets remain.

There is also another variable within the code named dPercentagePreordered with a current value of 0.742725 nMaxAvailable * dPercentagePreordered = TotalPreOrders 40000 * 0.742725 = 29,709 So 10,291 sets are still available. If I had the time, I'd write some JavaScript to automatically extract these values and create a little dashboard on Classic-Pirates.com to better illustrate this.

Thanks for sharing that information!

While the BrickLink Designer Team haven't specified the increased production limits, they did create this notification on the Series 5 main page:

Here be yer chance to order 910053 The Thieves of Tortuga! Only 30,000 sets will be produced - so DON'T MISS OUT! When the timer reaches 00:00:00:00 orders close. Crowdfunding shall commence June 10th, 2025 at 8AM Pacific time. US$339.99 / £299.99 / €339.99 Heaps more photos and info on Classic-Pirates.com.

Which One Piece sets are you going to get, Jack?

Well I am! There definitely should be a Dutch faction, focused more on merchants, rather than pirates, because we've already got plenty of pirates. Give us something a bit different! And I think they should make such minifigures and sets distinctly Dutch by borrowing motifs from history and then putting a LEGO spin on them. The same way the Fleur-de-Lis on the blue coat flag, or the the Imperial Armada minifigures wore morions, even though they'd fallen out of fashion by time the Golden Age of Piracy hit its peak. But little details like those make the factions feel distinct to the nationalities that inspired them. I also concur!

Isn't that the flag of Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie a.k.a Dutch East India Company? And therefore merchants rather than pirates would fly it?

Some suggest he's not a pirate...

And that's a deal breaker for some?

Is that the hourglass shape incorporated into the buckle near his shoulder?

That be scarlet!

They just keep coming! Photo credit to talkbricks... Classic Pirates coverage is forthcoming...

That is a good point! But still, a design based on the comic appearance should still look within the same historic period of pirates...

That be fair reasoning lad! Taking a guess, the designers perhaps chose not use the tricorn hairpiece because it's been used in a few recent female pirate minifigures and they're aiming to keep it fresh: And that brings us to another question: Did Camilla need to be redesigned to be more action-orientated? Or should they have kept to her design more consistent with what had already been established?

Linked in the first post of this topic is an entire article with side-by-side minifig comparisons and imagery from the comic, Lady Bird books, German audio dramas, and LEGO Battles video game... Why?

The upcoming 21358 Minifigure Vending Machine offers us 16 new minifigures inspired by classic LEGO themes, including Space, Castle, Paradisa, Fabuland... and Pirates! Price: US $179.99 / €169.99 / £149.99 / AU$249.99 LEGO Insiders will be able to purchase on 1 June, 2025. The set will be available to everyone else on 4 June, 2025 What be YER thoughts on the minifigs?

That will be 20 pieces o' eight, thank ye

YouTube just recommended this video to me... Definitely one of the most impressive fleets in all the brick seas!

Crowd Support for BrickLink Designer Program Series 8 is between May 5 and 16, 2025 So get voting! Crowd Support closes when the timer reaches 00:00:00:00

You're not alone! Many fans wanted that design in green and a variety of other colours. @evancelt's Rocky Mountain Minifigures offers a third-party solution to that makret shortage.

The layout is still progressing rather fantastically! Have yer heard the news about Thieves of Tortuga? Is that something you'd incorporate into the display? Or is the focus strictly classic?

Great spot, Jack! Missed that initially - @Marooned Marin, you are now immortalised in a LEGO set:

New Imperial faction - green coats with their very own flag!