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Hello there, I would like to show you my latest MOC, and also my first true land-based LEGO Pirates MOC... This is port Quinnton, a name some of you might remember from the old times here. You can also find it on Instagram and on Flickr! Anyway, my intention was to make it modular, so the port will eventually be extended, but for now there are two baseplates, one of which comes of course from the good old Eldorado Fortress! Also please note that I deliberately used as many yellowed white bricks as I could find for an effect of old walls! It serves as a base for a small fort for the bluecoats, connected by a bridge to the rest of the land. However, as the port will expand in the future, some civilian characters (maybe even some pirates!) will surely be added. For now, the soldiers rule this town! Can you see the buried treasure? And finally, the inside of the solders' fort: Hope you enjoyed it, thanks!

Saw them. Interesting pirate stuff. It's always good to have some new types of headwear available. Curious about what the final sets will look like.

It's the Mercedes Benz stud!

I haven't seen any MOCs with this sail yet. However, it does seem a bit too small to be fitted into a proper ship, even if several of them are used.

Also, I don't buy them very often. Only when some interesting minifigs come out, usually pirate-related. I'm sure that an army-builder redcoat or bluecoat soldier in a CMF series would be highly sought-after (just like the Wolfpack Beastmaster in the current series which is very hard to find in shops near me (but I found one and got it too, just in case ).

Truth be told, I hardly ever keep those collectible minifigs in their original configuration. These two will be split into several minifigs combined with other body parts and populate future MOCs.

Well, now I officially have two quartermasters in my collection.

Well it seems then that LEGO is following exactly the same path as with 2024's Endurance. The main set is not minifig scale, while the accompanying GWP set is... And I'm sure it's no coincidence that LEGO chose one of the few types of shuttlecraft that Blue Brixx did NOT release.

I vaguely remember that when redcoats were introduced for the first time, they had hollow studs, at least the ones I got. Obviously, the bluecoats which continued to be released simultaneously for some time could also have hollow studs, unlike the early bluecoats with solid studs. Another issue is the shape of the minifig heads. At one point they changed to a more streamlined shape with a narrower chin. For example, I have the head of the first female pirate in both shapes.

Neither did the Bell Riots

I have other plans right now. But in the future, anything is possible

I'm sure we'll see some soon enough.

Since no one seems to want to discuss this set anymore, I just want to give you a short impression of mine, as I built it recently. I like the ship very much for the most part. The SNOT techniques used to build the hull are great and you can definitely see all the effort put into the design. The overall shape and the colours are great. I agree that the sails are the biggest drawback. First of all, they are too flat. Those sails should have some wind in them! I also don't like the way they are attached, as most of them have sides or corners which hang loosely. These are supposed to be sails, not flags! I understand that certain trade-offs were needed to gain access to the removable sections of the deck. Speaking of which, they are not that easily accessible anyway! Don't get me wrong though, I like this set a lot, just the sails are a bit of a letdown for me. By the way, if you want to see a truly objective video review of this set, not sponsored in any way by LEGO, with all the pros and cons, I highly recommend this one:

Aye, the stairs are quite stable! In all my ships, I always try to make them as accessible as possible, with removable deck sections wherever possible. The only place not really accessible in this ship is the forecastle section, a solution which was necessitated by the complicated structures used to build the ship's bow, which in turn had to look as similar to the album cover drawing as possible!

Well, I concur that the design is not very good. Not meaning to defend Blue Brixx, as I do not own any of their stuff anyway, but some of their designs do look much better than this set. One couple I know own Kirk's original Enterprise from Blue Brixx with a piece count much closer to that of the planned LEGO set, and from their pictures I've seen, I'd say it's an OK model. With that said though, I'm kind of glad that Blue Brixx' Enterprise D exists. It should inspire LEGO to try to make their version as better as it can get. Competition is usually beneficial for quality, even if the competitors are knockoffs.

I agree. However, Blue Brixx released its Enterprise earlier, using bricks copied from LEGO of course. That's why I'm curious about LEGO's approach towards the model, whether they will try to make it look differently from the one by Blue Brixx. After all, the source material is the same.

I guess comparisons with the Blue Brixx Enterprise-D will be inevitable. Of course, the piece count here is 1971, versus the announced figure of 3600. I wonder how LEGO will pull it off when avoiding to copy the design solutions from the Blue Brixx set.

Personally, I don't care if it's the Black Pearl or not; as long as it's minifig scale, it's always good to have another pirate ship released. Still, I am currently very sceptical about this rumour, considering the same source also announced a Star Trek set which I have always deemed impossible to happen. Of course, I am also aware that Blue Brixx' Star Trek licence expires in just 2 days, so theoretically, anything is possible.

Just an interesting side note... I remember those very pages from the Polish catalogue and there was an obvious error in the translation. The original sentence is: "Admiral Woodhouse thinks that Broadside is a fool the way he deals with the pirates." The Polish version was something along the lines of: "Admiral Woodhouse thinks that Broadside made a fool of the pirates." Which would actually mean that Woodhouse is praising Broadside, not the other way around.

As I still wasn't sure which parts you meant, here's a group photo of three detached sections, all of which have stairs: Left: the aftmost part of the main deck, with stairs leading up to the quarterdeck. Middle: the quarterdeck and the (higher) poop deck. The opening in the quarterdeck is for the helm, which is not removable as it has its mechanism attached to the rudder. Right: this section can be removed once the quarterdeck/poop deck piece has been removed. This is a portion of the captain's cabin, below which you can access a storage area with treasure chests and a rope operating the rudder (seen in a photo in the first post). Hope this clarifies things a bit. Thanks! The custom sails were a real challenge! Not easy to make them the right colour at all! Thank ye!

Thanks a lot! I appreciate that very much!

Do you mean the part of the deck from which the stairs go up? The stairs are just built on that part of the deck, and they reach the quarterdeck but are not attached to it in any way. I can provide more pictures if this is what you mean. Thanks matey!

Thanks! There are some differences obviously, but overall I am happy with the result! I must say I loved the idea right away when it occurred to me! Thanks! I must say it's easily my favourite of all the ones I've built. For now, anyway. I agree, it looks pretty dark actually, but that was the general idea and the look of the original! Thanks! This really reminds me of my childhood and the times when I wore this ship on my chest. You're right in both instances, even literally in the former case. I am planning to make a video showing all the references. Meanwhile, I have prepared a short film showing how various sections of the ship can be removed for easy access, and also presenting the working rudder mechanism! You can watch it on Instagram!

Well, I got myself the Endurance. The plan is to build it according to the instruction first, then after some time maybe try to convert it to minifg scale? We shall see.

Hello there! After quite some time (as always), I’m returning with a new ship. However, this time let me begin with a story. As you may or may not know, I got into LEGO Pirates not long after the series started back in 1989. I was 8. The theme obviously blew my mind, and I started collecting whatever I could with the little money I had at the time. Then I convinced my parents to buy my a Caribbean Clipper for Christmas and I couldn’t be happier. Fast forward to maybe two years later. Either in our local marketplace, or in one of the shops, I don’t exactly remember, my mother saw this sweatshirt with a pirate ship on it. She knew I liked pirates and LEGO Pirates in particular, so she thought I’d like it and bought this for me. Of course I liked it, and I still have some pictures of myself from back then, wearing it. Fast forward again, to one or two years later. I guess the sweatshirt was initially a bit too large or something, because I kept wearing it for some time while growing, obviously. But then a new guy came to our school. A bit older than me, and he was a metalhead of sorts. He was the one to explain it to me, that the image was actually the cover of the “Under Jolly Roger” album by the German heavy metal band Running Wild, of which I previously had had no idea. He also explained that the band basically sang songs about pirates and stuff like that. He even lent be two cassettes with their music, although they were different albums, with different covers. I must admit I liked the music right away, and I got to like it even more as time passed. Meanwhile, I got more and more LEGO Pirates stuff, started building MOCs, posting here, etc. And now let’s jump right to the present year. Early in 2024, a thought occurred to me. Why not build this? Why not build the ship from the cover of the “Under Jolly Roger” LP? Hell yeah! Let’s do this! And right here and now, I need to mention that the author of this beautiful artwork is a Turkish illustrator named Ertuğrul Edirne, who has done a lot of other great stuff for comic books, etc. So I printed a few copies of Mr. Edirne’s cover art, I even found one on-line without the band’s name and the title. This one was very useful for the upper parts of the ship which are obscured by the letters on the actual cover. And I started building. Of course, certain artistic liberties had to be taken. After all, I was trying to recreate a drawn ship which doesn’t really exist, using LEGO bricks. Also, the cover more or less only shows the bow of the ship. So the stern, the interior and some other details are entirely by my own design. So, over three decades later, the story has now come full circle. I built the ship from the sweatshirt which I wore as a kid due to my fondness for LEGO Pirates. This is Adrian, named after Running Wild’s mascot, along with the record it is based on standing right next to it. The sails are of course customs, and it took me A LOT of effort to make them look more or less the way I wanted. I even printed two complete sets of sails, put them on the ship, and threw them into the waste bin because I didn’t like the colours. This is the third and final version, not counting all the attempts that were not printed! By the way, the ship has several allusions to Running Wild songs, which I might explain later (or maybe someone else dares to find them ). This is my second ship with a working rudder, but the mechanism is a bit different compared to my previous ship, the Kiss of Death (also a title of a Running Wild song). I’m planning to make a film showing how it works and upload it to Instagram. By the way, pictures of Adrian are also available there already, so go check them out on INSTAGRAM! As with most of my ships, the interior is fully accessible... You can see the captain's cabin below! The white rope operates the rudder. The gun deck with some custom cannons! And that's it! It was a tough one for sure. But I'm glad I finally managed to build it! Thanks for watching and as always, any comments are very much welcome!