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INTRODUCTION Come on board and bring along All your hopes and dreams Together we will find everything That we’re looking for... Airing for the first time back in 1999 One Piece has become one of the most well-known anime series of all time. The story of Monkey D. Luffy and his quest to become King of the Pirates has captured the hearts and imaginations of multiple generations. One Piece follows a formula well known to anime series of the 90s. A young adult (or kid) through passion and determination gets stronger, beats the bad guys and gets closer to his goal. Something that sets One Piece apart from other anime is it's constantly optimistic tone and extremely wacky and colorful characters. It doesn't shy away from dealing with some deeper subjects like government overreach or corrupt leadership. But the attitude throughout the series is that the good guys are going to triumph over evil even when facing impossible odds. I started watching the anime show in English back in 2019 and after 6 years I'm almost 1000 episodes in. There are currently 1145 episodes so I'm still catching up. In 2023 Netflix aired a live-action version of the anime and gave Lego the perfect chance to partner with them and go sailing into the One Piece world. I watched the Netflix version and enjoyed it, but it lacks the same charm of the animated show. So will Lego One Piece be everything we're looking for? Let's find out! SET INFORMATION Number: 75639 Title: The Going Merry Pirate Ship Theme: One Piece Released: 2025 Part Count: 1376 Box Dimensions: 47.6 x 37.3 x 8.8 cm Weight: 1927g Set Price (RRP): £119.99/$139.99/€129.99 Price per Part: 8.7p/10.2c/9.4c Links: Brickset, Bricklink THE BOX AND WHAT'S INSIDE The front of the box shows off the Straw Hat crew's ship, the Going Merry, the Netflix logo for the show and Inaki Godoy who plays the live action Luffy. The back of the box shows the various compartments of the ship, the working canon and the fact that 4 Wanted Posters are included. These posters are similar to the Chocolate Frog Cards from the Harry Potter sets. There are 8 in total with this first wave of sets and the distribution is random in each set. In addition to the 10 numbered bags we get a few of the flexible parts packaged separately as well as a sticker sheet. The sails and the pirate flags are all the thicker plastic material that you have to punch out. I forgot to take a picture of those sheets before removing the parts. It was an interesting choice for Lego to go with plastic instead of fabric, but I think the end result works well. THE BUILD Five years ago the techniques used in this set would have been mind-blowing. Instead of using pre-fab hull pieces the Going Merry uses a brick and plate frame with a lot of SNOT to get the curved hull shape. Other angles are achieved using clips and bars to hold sub-assemblies at crazy angles. By today's standards it's a pretty normal build, but I was still impressed with all the techniques and really enjoyed building the ship. A lot of the smaller details rely on stickers which is unfortunate. I had a really hard time getting them straight and as a result the cabinets in the kitchen look like they were hung crooked. In the kitchen there is a couch with room for 2 to sit or 1 to lounge. The counters are high for a minifigure with the pan being almost eye level with Sanji. There are a lot of details like the jumper plates used for drawers and the rail plates used to add a lip to the counter. But I think it would have worked better if one of the details had been sacrificed in order to get the counter to a better height. The whole ship plays around with scale to get the best of both a display model and a play model. For the most part it does this extremely well, but this is one area with room for improvement. The kitchen is covered by a clever combination of sections to create the stern of the ship. First the section with the mast slides into place. It sets in place using a modified plate resting inside a window element. The white, modified plate shows how this works. Because the window element is more panel than full window frame, the bar can rest between the bricks and the slight downward offset of the bars allows it to slide just under the top lip of the window panel. The resulting "connection" is an amazing use of Lego geometry. The section with the tangerine trees folds closed and slides into the rails under the mast. They also lock under the brown "arms" meaning the mast section won't slide out accidentally. The entire back section is an engineering marvel. It is only spoiled by the rudder connection. Because it's on a mixel joint it tends to shift into odd angles. It can give the ship just a little bit of cartoonish character, but I don't think that's what the designer had in mind. A clipand bar connection would have been better and kept the rudder level with the bottom of the boat. In total there are 3 sections that can be removed for access to the inside of the boat. In the front is what I believe to be a bed along with Nami's map of the world. Zoro would need to jump a little to get into bed, but that is at least somewhat realistic compared to a kitchen where your arms have to lift pans above your shoulders. Both the kitchen and the bedroom have stairs leading down into them along with a doorway. Behind the main mast is a cargo area. Inside, the cargo turns out to be a lot of food and our 4 Wanted Posters. There is also some meat inside the treasure chest kept on the forward deck. Apart from the meat (which Luffy is always wanting more of) the food selection seemed very random. Especially the green egg. If that's a reference to something I couldn't think of please let me know. I was happy to get 4 different Wanted Posters after hearing about poor distribution from other people. However, my other sets did not treat me so well... You'll see in the other reviews but I ended up with a lot of duplicates and I'm still missing 2 posters. I get the idea of having chase elements and wanting people to work to "collect them all." But I bought or received every set in the theme. It seems reasonable to want to get all 8 posters without having to buy multiples of sets or buy off Bricklink. I don't know how they ensure that except to put all 8 posters in the biggest set. Now to finish talking about how this set plays with scale. You can see that the front of the ship is pretty much minifigure scale. This works great and allows for the crew to point out their next island destination. Moving to the back of the ship it focuses more on micro-scale. The tiny door and 1x1 round tiles for portholes make a micro-scale cabin and the tangerine trees in the back would fit well next to a micro-figure. Putting a minifigure in the back to steer the ship helps spoil the forced perspective. But overall I think the set balances the scale well. This is a set that looks great as a display model but will also provide a lot of play potential for the kids. Through the series of One Piece Luffy slowly recruits a crew to join him. They become known as the Straw Hat pirates because of Luffy's iconic straw hat. But the end of season 1 of the Netflix show Luffy has recruited 4 members. In the picture we have Luffy, our intrepid captain; Nami, the navigator; Usopp, the sniper; Sanji, the cook; and Zoro, the swordsman. Overall their outfits represent their live-action counterparts well. Zoro gets a new sword element that attaches at the neck. This is necessary because Zoro uses a fighting style called 3-sword style where he holds the 3rd sword in his mouth. I was really hoping Lego would make a neck bracket with a clip to hold anything and was disappointed when they went this direction. The element works great for this use, but it's limited to this situation only. The sword can be held by the handle, but the neck bracket element sticks out making that not a viable usage. Each has back printing and alternate faces. A missed opportunity to include Sanji with hearts printed for eyes. Nami and Zoro have dual-molded arms and Usopp has a printed sweatband on his left arm. I feel like this was a missed opportunity to have side printing for Nami. Adding her signature circle pattern on her legs would have helped a lot. Each character comes with a new-for-One-Piece hair or hat element. Not picture is Zoro's new bandana piece. It's similar to the previous pirate bandanas, but slightly different. Since Lego is making their sets based off the Netflix show and not the manga or anime there is one major change to a character that I feel is a big loss. That is Usopp. In the manga and anime Usopp has a comically long nose. He is known for telling tall-tales and Pinocchio and his nose easily come to mind. For the live action series they chose to ignore that physical aspect of the character. I tried replacing Usopp's head with the Lego Pinicchio. However, the expression on the face ruins it. I really hope Lego makes at least 1 set based on the anime and re-uses the Pinocchio head for Usopp with the right skin tone and facile expression. But all those minor complaints shouldn't stop you from enjoying this set. All the arcs in One Piece seem to end with some kind of feast. This review will be no different. Using just food and drink elements from the set, our crew is enjoying having set off for another adventure. OVERALL In summary I have a few complaints with the set, but compared to the finish product they are minor. This boat is a fantastic re-creation of the Going Merry and looks amazing. The shaping is superb and it is packed with detail. There are lots of compartments and the right amount of space for our whole crew. It's great that you get all 6 Straw Hat pirates in this one set. If you just want 1 display model you don't have to source the rest of the crew from other sets. The finished boat is sturdy and I believe will hold up to play well. SCORE How do I rate this set? DESIGN 9 I love the overall design of this set. The rudder not using a clip, the lack of side printing on Nami and overuse of stickers are the only reasons this gets a 9 instead of 10. BUILDING EXPERIENCE 9 It was fun to build and managed to pack a lot into a small space. It makes great use of modern building techniques. It felt like a standard build, but that's only because Lego building techniques have been getting more and more clever. FEATURES 9 There are great play features with all the areas of the ship for story-telling. The negative feature is the random distribution of the Wanted Posters. I got lucky with this set, but others did not receiving 2 or 3 of the same poster. Somehow Lego needs to get better at distributing these chase elements. PLAYABILITY 10 This set is very easy to play with, full marks there! PARTS 10 I wouldn't call this set a good parts pack, but it does have a great selection. New elements are used well, colors work well together and nothing feels missing or superfluous.. VALUE FOR MONEY 10 At 140 USD it's just over the golden PPP. At 130 EUR it's just under. Either way I feel like this set is a good value. You get a great ship, the full crew and hopefully a good set of Wanted Posters. FINAL SCORE: 10 I"m going to round up and give this set a perfect 10. Yes, there are some small flaws. But if you are a One Piece fan you are going to want this set as a part of your collection. But what's this, there's more! What would happen if our crew stumbled across the Eldorado Fortress? Guys, there's an island up-ahead! Should we go check it out? I don't know, what if there are monsters waiting for us? I'll bet they have meat, I'm going to go check it out! Wait Luffy, we should go together! It's too late, he's already gone. Come on, let's go catch up with him. Tune in next time to find out what happens next!

Unfortunately while the helmet is technically full size, it was just slightly too small to fit on my head. Though I did try You can hold both the sword and shield, but neither are very study. I would need to do a lot more work to get them field ready

I think this sums up the general sentiment well. Most of us are fine with the set. It looks good for what it is. It's just not worthy of the $1000 price tag. Thanks for including a picture of the old Death Star next to the new. It's crazy that the new is almost double the height. I thought we were getting a bad deal till I saw the Pikachu. The Megablocks version looks better.

Built for the Summer Joust 2025 Still Life category I made a life-size sword, shield and helmet. I was very honored to get mentioned by @Kai NRG in this month's Blocks magazine. Here are some closer shots of each item. And here's how I built the helmet: Thanks for looking!

For yourself and all other posters, if you're posting what you think or guess sets might be please clarify that in your post. Too many fake rumors have started because EB users post a wishlist and Youtubers then quote us as the source for what ends up being a false rumor.

That's what it looked like to me. Thanks for the confirmation.

Fantastic looking castle! I added a main photo for you. I'd encourage you to add other photos by copy-and-pasting the URLs from Flickr. That way we can see them here on the forum easier.

I for one am certainly excited for the possible figures, but after building Rivendell I'm equally excited by the possibility of an amazing Minas Tirith display piece. Contrastly, I'm concerned by another Shire repeat...

Our three teams (Light Side, Dark Side, and Mercenaries) are currently battling a Ssi-Ruuk invasion over on the Star Wars RPG game, Mysteries. Come check out the current episode contest and join a team to stop this evil force from taking over the galaxy!

Kammia, an agricultural world supplying foodstuffs across the Empire is under attack! Farmers awake earlier than normal to chirps and whirs of distraught field droids. Exiting their easily transportable habitat pod they are met with beamer shots from a Ssi-Ruuk invasion force. Will anyone be able to save these poor farmers from being entrenched!?!

The Mercs are going after the planets as much as the Light or Dark side. You guys are so opportunistic that with the Alliance and the Empire busy on Bakura you're looking to seize the opportunity

Thanks for your review! It seems that the velociraptor is a smaller size than the Jurassic World versions. Can you confirm that? If true I really appreciate the size change, I think it's a better scale against the minifigures.

I just want to point out that Luke being a poorly done CGI face was because of the anti AI sentiment in Hollywood. They refused to use AI even though it would have done a much better job. Instead they went with an older roto-scope style CGI method that looks clunky. I personally liked Luke showing up at the end of season 2 because it was/is the closet thing to an EU Luke that we will ever see on screen. But I think they did themselves a dis-service by going with older technology to try to pull it off. They should have used a replacement actor or AI to get a better effect.

@Renny The Spaceman @Mandalorianknight and anyone else involved in the Mando media discussion. Please take the conversation to This Topic. Please use this thread for talk about sets, not the media itself.

Yes, but he acts like an old man. I'm probably older than his character, but I hope I act younger I agree that the Spider-Byte head makes a good Chiss. That's what I'm planning to use it for. And a good call on the lighting arms.

Have you been able to find the new Spider-man CMF series? Want to know which are the best figures to go after? I can't promise to give you all the answers, but you'll at least get my takes on the series. My family really liked the first Spider-verse movie. The jury is still out on the 2nd. It'll depend on how well the 3rd movie can tie off all the lose ends. My son especially likes Spider-man and was very excited when he saw these were coming out. So, do they hold up to the hype? I bought a full case from the same store as all the other times. I want to give credit to @WhiteFang for his history with the CMF line. I could never do a CMF review as well as he can and I'm not going to try. This will be a fast overview of the series. I used a scanner to identify each figure and had a 100% success rate. I only wanted to open 1 of each figure for the review as I want to keep 1 set sealed and the 3rd will be a Christmas gift in a few months I don't know why Lego doesn't just sell a full case like this. The packaging looks great and it's a wonderful way for collectors to get full sets. Highlighted on the sides are Miles and Gwen. The boxes follow the same format as all the other boxed CMFs. With limited space on the box front I often wonder how Lego decides which characters get highlighted. The flyer inside gives you the full collection list. And the back of the flyer shows instructions for putting together the more "challenging" figures. First up are Spider-man 2099, the Prowler, Spider-Gwen, and Spider-Punk. There are some really great accessories with these 4, Spider-Punk being the absolute stand-out of the entire series. Spider-man 2099 has a plastic cape and Prowler has a cloth one. Prowler and Spider-Punk have new hair pieces that have great re-use options. Spider-Gwen's hair is new too and is only limited by the pink highlights on the end. Spider-Punk comes with both a new mowhawk piece in metallic grey as well as a dreadlocks piece in black. The Prowler has a new braided hairpiece and his helmet has the same braids molded to come out the back. A fantastic level of detail. Spider-man 2099's statue has a little printing around the head but can still make a great Star Wars hologram piece. Next up are the... encumbered Spider-people. Crime fighting with a baby in your front is not easy! The Cybor Spider-Woman has a great neck accessory that will show up on many MOCs I'm sure. Sun-Spider has amazing arm printing, a color new hat element, and the new crutch piece in black. Old man Spider-man is one of the weaker characters as you can't use any of his new prints outside of this character. Spider-Byte is cool, but also limited in re-use. And last up are the animal friend Spider-men. Miles has another new hair piece and great arm printing. Spider-man India's hair is also new and very cool. I appreciate that the cowboy Web-Slinger has a generic shirt and pants that can be used in any Western MOC. The animals (including the Werewolf Spider-man) are all limited due to the mask printed on their faces. CMF series are known for introducing new elements. But apart from the capes, the only new elements released with this series are the hair elements. What we lack in new elements the series tries to make up for in new prints including some great new skin tone prints. Verdict? SCORE DESIGN 7 There is great detail printed on all of the figures. However, most figures are limited in use outside of the Spider-verse. That's fine if you just want more Spider-men, but if you want to use the parts to customize this series is more limited than a traditional, non-IP CMF series. PARTS 6 I'm a sucker for new hair elements so I love that aspect of this series. But there really aren't that many other parts to get excited about. VALUE FOR MONEY 6.5 Compared to the F1 series, these are fantastic. But compared to almost any other series these struggle to compete. If you get a full set you really don't need more outside of a specific MOC idea. Other CMFs I was fine adding 1 or 2 to my cart when I shopped just to enjoy the surprise of what I might get an extra of. But with these, I feel no need to go out and buy more except for maybe Spider-Punk. That mowhawk is really cool. FINAL SCORE: 6.5 For a series based on an IP concept this collection is amazing. For anything else, I'd advise you to save your money.

My guess is it'll be $500 and I'm hoping it's more like Rivendell than Barad-Dur. I was surprised we didn't get more figures in Barad-Dur. I worry that Lego will pull the same stunt with Gondor. The Shire was okay for fig selection. But nothing beats Rivendell yet. The full Fellowship plus so many extras, that was a treat. It's how Lego should treat these large, adult focused sets. It shouldn't be a one-off. But I have no faith that Lego will give us what we deserve and will skimp out on the figures again.

Really? I have a Netto near me but I rarely go inside. How soon after release did they have them? I might have to start popping into my Netto from time to time now...

I love it! Great to see this post from you CopMike.

Fantastic MOC! I went ahead and added the link for one of the photos. That's better for our site than just a link to the album. I'd encourage you to post the links for the rest of the photos so that we can all enjoy them here on EB.

Love the blue castle! Very non-traditional, but the colors totally work.

Here's a few suggestions for anyone looking for make their own Ssi-Ruuk: And of course you have the other versions of that head. You could also go the slightly more abstract direction and just use actually dinos. I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with! Lastly, I forgot to include the prize for overall winner from Cat A and B. It's including in the contest specifics now.

Ha! You think those are priced high. I looked at buying the red or blue version. Yikes! As a castle fan I already owned two of the green heads. And I don't have the kind of cash to buy more, so I'll be using some Chima pieces instead. Ssi-Ruuk are basically Star Wars raptors carrying blasters. So a good dino piece could work too

Yes, that's exactly it. It's all of you vs. me

Episode 2 is now live! As the Light Side didn't have anyone participate in the New Home contest they did not choose a home base. However, they will be allowed to choose one in the future. Any active member of the Light Side may send me a PM in the future to coordinate choosing one.