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Check this out: Steve available for $9.99 (+ postage) |-/ Another rare minifig would be the bare chested tatooed pirate with brown vest that is in the Red Beard Runner set. I do not have the set nor the fig but I do not care too much about it. I refuse to buy the ship since I do not like the design and the features at all. Maybe some day, I will get the fig just for fun. :-/

There is a Steve available for under $10 but I would rather buy the set with Steve in it! I always thought that "Steve" was the first mate or helmsman if you wish of the Skull's Eye Schooner. Although I like the Black Seas Barracuda better than the Schooner, I must admit that the Schooner has a slightly better minifig variety.

Winning bid:

Winning bid: $45.10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ended: Sep-21-06 10:37:55 PDT Ships to: Worldwide Item location: Cividale del Friuli, Italy View eBay auction

For me it was Hownblower the series and of course Pirates of the Caribbean.

The web (espacially US eBay) tends to get crowded with knock off sets usually from Hong Kong. Most of of what have seen for sale is castle related and slightly modified from the Lego sets. I have seen 6044 king's carriage and 6046 hemlock stronghold knock-offs for sale at less than $15.00 MISB. Their original boxes were quite identical to the original Lego boxes. They were from a brick brand called "Enlighten" and were said to be Lego compatible. I would never buy such things, not even for collecting purposes. :'-(

The end of the saga is that the set went to Belgium since the seller offered it with a $800.00 buy it now option to the underbidder with the alias bajo-ve. This is a lot indeed, but seriously the set including the box is unharmed and in pristine shape. There is none available on BL at the moment and this set was last offered in 1987 I think after a 3 years production run. It will get older and rarer for sure, since each MISB being opened is one less in existance. Perhaps another one will turn up sooner or later in just as good condition. Oh well, on to the next! P.S. I agree that this Asian NPB is a genuine dick head. *skull*

You could at least have asked the store keeper or one of the shop assistants what the deal was with the loose bag and ask if it would be OK to take it or pay a discounted price. The 4750 has been on clearance sale here in The Netherlands for about $5 a piece. Last time I looked they were all gone. I think you could have had the one bag for let's say a buck or perhaps for free if you explained things. That is what I would have done.

OK, here is my list: 1476 5 Item Bonus Pack MISB (includes 1481 Desert Island) 1696 Pirate Lookout (2x MISB) 1898 Bonus Value Pack MISB (includes 1889 Pirate's Treasure Hold) 1976 Bonus Pack MISB (includes 1970 Pirate's Gun Cart) 5134 Shooting Cannons MISB (service pack) 5139 Pirate Cannons MISB (service pack) 6204 Buccaneers (1x MISB) 6232 Skeleton Crew (2x MISB) 6235 Buried Treasure (1x used without box) 6237 Pirate's Plunder (6x MISB) 6244 Armada Sentry (2x MISB) 6245 Harbor Sentry (2x MISB) 6247 Bounty Boat (2x MISB) 6251 Pirate Mini Figures (2x MISB + 1x used with box) 6252 Pirates (2x MISB) 6257 Castaway's Raft (2x MISB) 6258 Smuggler's Shanty (1x MISB) 6259 Broadside's Brig (3x MISB) 6263 Imperial Outpost (1x MISB) 6265 Sabre Island (1x MISB) 6266 Cannon Cove (1x MISB) 6267 Lagoon Lock-Up (1x MISB older style Legoland box, was also available in Lego System box) 6277 Imperial Trading Post (1x used with box) 6280 Armada Flagship (1x MIB unused with broken box seals) 6285 Black Seas Barracuda (1x used with box) 6291 Spaniard Ship (1x MISB) Added since first post (date of writing = October 15, 2006): 1747 Pirates Treasure Surprise (2x MISB) 6204 Buccaneers (1x MISB on the way) 6235 Burried Treasure (1x MISB) 6236 King Kahuka (2x MISB) 6244 Armada Sentry (1x used with box) 6246 Crocodile Cage (1x MISB on the way) 6254 Rocky Reef (2x MISB) 6256 Islander Catamaran (1x MISB) 6259 Broadside's Brig (1x MISB) 6260 Shipwreck Island (1x MISB) 6261 Raft Raiders (1x MISB) 6263 Imperial Outpost (1x MISBCBTIAH = Mint in Sealed Better Condition Box Than I Already Had) 6265 Sabre Island (1x used with box) 6273 Rock Island Refuge (1x MISB) 6277 Imperial Trading Post (1x MISB) 6279 Skull Island (1x MISB) 6285 Black Seas Barracuda (1x MISB on the way) 6286 Skulls Eye Schooner (1x MISB) Following sets I will get soon from a close friend of mine. She needs to track them first in her attic and then there is the payment thing she will be expecting: 6248 Volcano Island (1x MISB pending) 6264 Forbidden Cove (1x MISB pending) 6296 Shipwreck Island (1x MISB pending) Mind you that most of the above sets are European sets (except the bonus packs and 6204 Buccaneers) and that the ones with cannons are the shooting type versions. And of course I also have many pirates and soldiers that were purchased separately without bricks etc. As you can see no 6267 Eldorado Fortress and no 6286 Skull's Eye Schooner (edit: I got one now!) included although I will get them some day sooner or later. I refuse to buy 6289/6290 Red Beard Runner (still do) since I do not like the design. Same goes for the smaller ships such as Renegade Runner, Cross Bone Clipper, Caribbean Clipper and Imperial Flagship (edit: but I changed my mind and decided to go out and look for these as well since I already completed the challenge of finding the 2 big ships in MISB condition). I have made an exception for the 6280/6291 Armada Flagship / Spaniard Ship since I like the colour scheme of these. I would say, it is a start... :-)

I only have 6765 MI(S)B (box seals broken) and 6764 MISB (re-release of 6755). The first one was purchased last year in the UK, the latter was bought couple weeks ago as new old stock in a Dutch toy store! Unfortunately, both are European "Western" versions, something you do not want. Do not forget that the European sets such as Legoredo and 6765 have the shooting cannons which is a premium. Good luck with the search. By the way, I am new here (European) and I happen to like western sets. It reminds me of the Clint Eastwood movies from the early 1970s and of course the classic Once upon a time in the west.