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Great news! Here's hoping 6357254 will still be available next time I have enough for a full order.

Yeah I noticed - but as I had just placed an order for the torsos and everything else I needed, I couldn't be bothered placing another order just for the legs... and they're gone again now...

Black Falcon torsos are back, I just ordered. Finally. Now I'll start the hunt for the legs...

You're trying hard to make parts fit - but if you think about it, none of them really scream "you must have me for your city!" like so many parts from these series usually do. Except for, again, the excellent cheese. I will have to get me some of those.

Thanks for another great CMF review, WhiteFang. Stellar as always. For me personally, this series is the absolute worst they have done so far. Except for the great cheese slopes actually printed as cheese, this series has zero figures or parts of usage to me.

Still nothing for us Europeans...

I'd expect them to re-use the new Black Falcons for the set - but I would be disappointed if they didn't give us at least one new torso as well, where the Lion Knights or the Forestmen would make the most sense. I'd be happy about either, but hopes for Lion Knights.

I have all my historical (pirates and castle) themed thorsos in a separate bin, but no further organization than that.

I can't really give any praise without it sounding repetitive, but... wow. Truly amazing work. Love it.

I actually think the last pirate line, from 2015, was really solid. A lot of repitition, and it suffered from having just the one wave - but good stuff overall. Certainly a lot better than the last castle theme from 2013.

I was really hoping for the Caribbean Clipper, as I think it's one of the most wonderful Ideas sets ever. Though I didn't believe in it, I expected them to reject it. A huge shame though. It would have been worth buying for the sails alone.

Thanks a bunch for this! I was bummed out about missing out on the Dickens GWP because I really liked this torso, and had tried in vain to look up parts from the set several times. And then it turns out that it was simply "hidden"... well, I ordered one today and I am very pleased.

Sure, if you go strictly by the age range they put on the box. But are you arguing that you can't see that 2013 was more cartoonish than Kingdoms or Fantasy Castle? The sets themselves also felt more generic and run-of-the-mill compared to some of the pretty innovative and fresh set ideas from the two previous themes - though of course, those did have more more waves and opportunity to develop than 2013. Of course, it's all a matter of preference. And 2013 probably has its fans - though I'm fairly certain most AFOLs prefer Kingdoms or Fantasy Castle.

As much as I love 10193, this set would have had to be "dumbed down" a great deal in detail compared with other Ideas sets to fit with it. To me, I think it's a bonus that the set is build more like a modular than to fit the old hinge style. I'll be trying to rebuild the 10193 buildings to fit with this set when I get it.

Some great ideas listed - like a harbor, merchant ship and a community figure pack. Top of my list would be a ship that dares to do something a bit different than being dominated by red and with white/red striped flags. They gave us different ships in the good old days, they could do so now. I do not care for the armada/islander stuff, though. I prefer something that aims to be from the actual age of piracy.

I'd really prefer something to do with Pirates or Castle, but I'll vote for anything not Bionicle in the next round.

The problem is that themes like Pirates, Castle and Space are split up in many different subthemes - while Bionicle gets to have just the one. It makes for a very biased and skewed voting.

My bad, I missed that part. I agree that a homage to the Forestmen would have been epic.

That makes perfect sense, given that the torso in question was made for last year's Pirates of Barracuda Bay set. They simply re-used it for this. While a new, exclusive civilian castle torso (we don't have a lot of those as is) would have been preferable, I can forgive them on account of giving us two new and extremely beautiful Black Falcon torsos/legs.

It's a lost cause, as Bionicle seems to be winning by a landslide...

Amazing news! Thank you.

Ah yes, I see that now. Wasn't aware of that picture. Well, it's certainly a shame that we aren't getting any goats - especially since I gambled and sold the ones I had from my Mill Village Raid when this set was approved. Oh well. Husky #171 is completely irrelevant, but cool to get a horse in a new colour. And the minifigs seem promising, with some Black Falcon love. While the set has very little in common with the submitted idea, I'm thrilled to finally be getting another good castle set after all these many years of absence. And when I voted for the set, I went in knowing that it would never pass on to an actual set 1:1. Just like the Pirate Bay.

How do you guys know there won't be any animals? Have I missed some new information?

Sure, the surfboard placement is a downgrade... but to me, the biggest disappointment is not using the original hairpiece for the female. Also, I don't get why the glas isn't clear.