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Cervantes

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  1. Cervantes
    The whole set is like, "Don't laugh, the boat's firepower is comparable to the Renegade Runner!"
  2. Cervantes
    The brick bounty has a lot of problems at the moment. Might be best to wait until Lego can fix it.
  3. Cervantes
    That monkey is at least 5 times as cool as I will ever be.
  4. Cervantes
    The Brick Bounty thirsts for blood, and the lack of other available ships sailing the lego seas these days has left my scurvy dogs setting their sights squarely on Naida's adventure ship. Undergunned ships always make the best prizes! Sorry, ladies.
  5. Cervantes
    It's because their ships always go into battle with only enough cannons for half the hatches and sometimes they can't even shoot.
  6. Cervantes
    I'm sorry, perhaps I worded that poorly. I mean that "handle" piece that the chain passes through. It seems like it would pop right off if enough weight was put on it. There's a lot of bricks in the skull.
  7. Cervantes
    Yeah. You definitely get the impression that they phoned it in with this line. Just compare the ship to the last one. So similar, right down to the name. And hardly any advertising or announcements, it's like they sent the set out to die.
  8. Cervantes
    Can that piece the chain passes through really support the weight of the skull without falling off when you try to raise it by moving the tree back? Seems a bit flimsy.
  9. Cervantes
    You think buying from Lego.com directly and by extension giving them fatter profit margins (no middle man wholesale price) is the best way to support the brand? I want more Pirate ships...
  10. Cervantes
    The pirate sets are selling well at my local walmart. They were completely cleaned out sans for the two smallest pirated themed non-imperial focused sets.
  11. Cervantes
    Everyone here should contact Lego about this and let them know. Even if you plan to "settle" and live with the defect without expectation of a replacement. They need to know this isn't acceptable and the more voice is heard the better.
  12. Cervantes
    Is that a Flying Dutchman I see?!
  13. Cervantes
    I get that feeling too. I could just kick myself for missing that wave too. The new ship feels like a slightly watered down version of the last ship with a less appealing colorscheme and a missing aft hull piece for cut cost savings. It's even missing a door! Oh to have gotten that BBB instead. And that Imperial Flashship? Oh my god. I'd have to sell me gold tooth for one of those now!!
  14. Cervantes
    They probably aren't going to go through the trouble of "fixing" the set and redoing all molds and everything sadly. I was surprised reading the review that the set is actually less than half the cost of the Barracuda when you account for inflation and the stern hull piece was changed altogether just to cut costs. This isn't the sort of thinking that lends towards sparing no expense towards maximizing quality for us enthusiasts. Just look at the skulls on the sails. The set's intended more for kids, and most of us didn't even notice the hull defect until it was pointed out to us. File this one under "good enough".
  15. Cervantes
    Lego really dropped the ball with this set.
  16. Cervantes
    What happens if the Barracuda we invest in prepares for battle and makes a cunning broadside on the Flagship only to find the cannons don't work? GOOD GOD MAN THERE ARE EIGHT SOULS ON BOARD.
  17. Cervantes
    The schooner in the back always reminds me of the Goonies. I wanted that ship so bad when I was a kid. I begged and begged my mother to get it for me, but she would always insist it was too expensive. :( I hope they rerelease it like they did the barracuda someday.
  18. Cervantes
    A ship taken over by two rowboats at daytime? Time to fire the gunner! Or the lookout. Or both. XD Nice job.
  19. Cervantes
    If the stormy lego seas were real, and they were cold at night, and you were forced to sail them, and I got to choose whether you did so in the 2009 pirate ship or the 2015 pirate ship, I would give you the one missing a door.
  20. Cervantes
    Where's the most economical place to buy cannos for Continental US?
  21. Cervantes
    The BBB seems nice, but I hope I get another crack at the barracuda someday. It's design bellies it's age. I think my favorite part is that they actually had a deck on it with cannons below. Made it feel like a full ship instead of just leaving the bottom hull exposed.
  22. Cervantes
    I wish we could get a small bag lego set that let us double up on cannons. Seems awkward leaving half the hatches on all the ships empty all the time. But more on point, I'd say the new pirates sets fair better than the last one in every way sans for the new ship. I just can't get past the lack of a second door and the ugly color scheme. The BBB has to have one of the most visually appealing color schemes I've seen in a ship.
  23. Cervantes
    It wouldn't be so bad if Lego made collector "model" pirate ships in the $199-299 range like they do with Star Wars.
  24. Cervantes
    I would too, although "modernizing" it would probably mean halving the cannons, removing the deck and adding a cartoony skull and crossbones to the masts. :(
  25. Cervantes
    Any word on a second wave of this pirate line or is this it? Really hoping the pirate ship I buy isn't going to be a watered down rehash of an average ship that came out years ago. :( If anything I wish they would re-re-release the Barracuda, I never got one.
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