This is indeed excellent news for sure. I am glad that is now certain.
...I know some people are arguing about the "unbelievers" ...but seriously, whether or not you believe this series will be produced or not will not change if it actually IS or is not. I chose to not get my hopes up and too worked up until I had more info to go on, and Im sure many others hold that view too.
While by now there are actually official statements to go on, not just a single picture. I have seen many fake things on the internet before about things to be released by companies...
If you go to Serebii, they have a whole section devoted to fake pokemon that people "leaked".
Remember, not everything on the internet is real.
....aaaand back to topic....
I think the Pearl is a likely ship, as it would be insane to have a pirate line without a ship, and that was the iconic ship of the whole series. Dutchman maybe, but im not sure.
I would be glad if they did have a couple of the ships though.
My idea of what the sets will possibly be:
(by typical price category-USD)
$130 Dutchman?
$110? Pearl - the flagship of the series...(pun intended)
$45-$50 either a fort or harbor.
$30 a smaller structure related scene. perhaps the water wheel battle.
$20 battle over the gold. Interior, not the whole cave maybe?
$10/$12 -wow, I cant think of a good idea for the small set. It could be something really random, just with a few figs, and the usual useless structure that was never actually in the movie. (anyone remember that small starwars sets like that?)
And the ever wonderful $5 set. I place my bet on a Jack Sparrow on sinking raft!
...hmmm, well, with 8 sets, it could very well have multiple ships. We'll just have to wait and see...
Plus, we dont know what scenes will be taken from the new movie.