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Hello all!
My Pirates have constructed a tree house!
Click Here For Pics:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=112348
They’ve hoisted the pieces from some wrecked ships up into three large trees.
The Captain’s cabin serves as the main storage, while various platforms, huts,
and canopies round out the quarters. They’ve just returned from a treasure hunt
and are using the winch to raise their loot into the tree for safekeeping.
This was an attempt to be a little more whimsical, and I hope you have fun
looking at it. It was a lot of fun to build! As always I’d love to hear your
comments.
–Jon Furman
Lugnet #1123
“Use the brick separator, your teeth will thank you later….”
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Hey Jon,
Long time no see, welcome back. Arr, this be a great MOC, matey (though
shouldn’t you be busy making Minas Tirith? ;) ). I love the incorporation of
ship elements, and the use of tan rounds really looks like they used bamboo to
make the walls (kinda Gilligan’s Island-esque). It looks like an oversized
version of 6071,
Forestmen’s Crossing gone all pirate-y.
Btw, I’ve linked your MOC over on Classic-Castle.com. You should stop by there sometime.
One critique, many of the photos look fairly grainy to me.
Bruce
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Hey Bruce, How is it going for you? I hope you are doing well. It has been a
while since my last MOC posting, but I’ve been lurking and posting here and
there. I had a lot of problems with lighting and sharpness during the picture
taking (I’m not a very good photographer....) so that is why several pics are
grainy. I think the similarities to the Forestmen’s Crossing weren’t entirely
subconcious. It’s one of the only sets from my childhood that still really
fascinates me. I think I have a real affection for that type of multilevel
outdoor playset environment. I even tried to fit the treehouse onto the 6071
baseplate, but the white dots are so obvious if you don’t cover them (plus the
plate is pretty small.) The 6071 set itself really hints at so many
possibilities...Who buit the tower?, Did the forestmen add the bridge to an
extant structure? What are they doing there? Who is the leader? Is it the
girl, or is she just guarding the tower? Maybe it’s a romantic situation (or
maybe all those gradeschool productions of Juliet in the balcony sublimate in
your head forever...) Anyway I love the set and drew upon it for a lot of
inspiration. Thanks for the nod man! I’ll catch you later. Jon
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman wrote:
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Hello all!
My Pirates have constructed a tree house!
Click Here For Pics:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=112348
They’ve hoisted the pieces from some wrecked ships up into three large trees.
The Captain’s cabin serves as the main storage, while various platforms,
huts, and canopies round out the quarters. They’ve just returned from a
treasure hunt and are using the winch to raise their loot into the tree for
safekeeping.
This was an attempt to be a little more whimsical, and I hope you have fun
looking at it. It was a lot of fun to build! As always I’d love to hear
your comments.
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Ahoy!
Nice work! It reminds me of the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse (now Tarzan’s
treehouse, I believe) at Disneyland - whimsical, but also believable.
You’ve achieved a good tropical feel (great choice of foliage for the trees),
and I love the use of chains, string and nets for hanging things too.
If I was a pirate, I’d like to live there!
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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Nice work! It reminds me of the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse (now Tarzan’s
treehouse, I believe) at Disneyland
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Thanks for the compliments Richie. I was just down in CA during the Holiday and
I must admit that I did take a lot of inspiration from the Tarzan Treehouse (it
certainly was much more detailed when it was SFR). Especially the Ship’s bow as
an observation deck. I’d have loved to have done the trees in brown, but the
corner pieces are harder to find, and I wanted to use brown for the ships
pieces. I figured that the ship would be more believable if it were closer to
the actual color a sailing ship might have been. Thanks again. Jon
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Hello!
This is so cool! Looking at your MOC I instantly got the feeling I was in a
Monkey-Islandish cartoon scene. Very atmospheric, very detailed and of course
very skillfully built. Well, I wouldn't have expected the opposite. :-)
I didn't even conciously notice the tree trunks are not brown. It simply looked
naturally to me, and the contrast to the brown ship is worth it.
All in all great work and fun to look at!
Bye
Jojo
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In lugnet.pirates, Johannes Koehler wrote:
> Hello!
> This is so cool! Looking at your MOC I instantly got the feeling I was in a
> Monkey-Islandish cartoon scene. Very atmospheric, very detailed and of course
> very skillfully built. Well, I wouldn't have expected the opposite. :-)
> I didn't even conciously notice the tree trunks are not brown. It simply looked
> naturally to me, and the contrast to the brown ship is worth it
Thanks for your kind words Jojo. The praise of the praiseworthy is the most
satisfying sort! I did fret a bit over the black trees but figured that if they
were good enough for the forestmen, then they would work for the pirates. I
can't believe you remembered Monkey Island- Jon
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Hello!
In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman wrote:
> I can't believe you remembered Monkey Island
How could I possibly not! It's the most hilarious computer game I ever played.
In fact it's the last and only game still worthy being plaid. It was IIRC
released about 1990, the time when LEGO Pirates were pretty new on the market
and in my private Legoland. Monkey Island kept me playing with LEGO although I
was already older than the suggested 12 years. Unfortunatelly I only ever played
the German version (translated), so I would necessarily fail with proper
quotations, though I still know the German texts by heart.
Anyway, since then for me Pirates have to be funny and cartoonish, and your MOC
does cover that.
Bye
Jojo
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman wrote:
Oh hey...that’s a lot of fun! Great meshing of the galleon bits into the
structure. How you’ve also interspersed the levels to give it a nice flow from
section to section. I love the placement of the figs ‘in action’ as
well...really captures the magic of the 80’s/90’s catalogues I poured over.
Great build!
-Gil
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In lugnet.pirates, Gil Shaw wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman wrote:
Oh hey...that’s a lot of fun! Great meshing of the galleon bits into the
structure. How you’ve also interspersed the levels to give it a nice flow
from section to section. I love the placement of the figs ‘in action’ as
well...really captures the magic of the 80’s/90’s catalogues I poured over.
Great build!
-Gil
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Wouldn’t it be awesome for TLC to make more of those catalogs and Idea books.
As a child I would stare at those and dream about what I would do if I had that
many bricks. Thanks again for the complements Gil. Jon
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I haven’t posted in awhile, but this MOC made me sit up and grin (even at 5am)
:)
Favorite parts:
- iron winches
- deck-style fencing
- tree leaves (palm-style)
- crow’s nest (awesome!)
Keep up the great work - better to post gold periodically than bronze frequently
:)
-Stephen
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Keep up the great work - better to post gold periodically than bronze
frequently :)
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Stephen,
Thanks for your compliments, I really struggled as to whether to include the
crows nest, I was nervous it would be a little too much. I’m really glad you
enjoyed that bit! Jon
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman wrote:
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Hello all!
My Pirates have constructed a tree house!
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Now that is neat! Reminds me of the glory days of Pirates, when we’d get nifty
little playsets like this:
This was always one of my favorite pirate sets. Very cool, and very playable
too.
Adrian
http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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In lugnet.pirates, Adrian Drake wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman wrote:
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Hello all!
My Pirates have constructed a tree house!
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Now that is neat! Reminds me of the glory days of Pirates, when we’d get
nifty little playsets like this:
This was always one of my favorite pirate sets. Very cool, and very playable
too.
Adrian
http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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Adrian,
I was wondering if you could tell me more about the baseplate in this set? Do
you have it, and if so What size is it? Is this the only set to utilize it?
Jon
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman wrote:
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In lugnet.pirates, Adrian Drake wrote:
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Now that is neat! Reminds me of the glory days of Pirates, when we’d get
nifty little playsets like this:
This was always one of my favorite pirate sets. Very cool, and very
playable too.
Adrian
http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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Adrian,
I was wondering if you could tell me more about the baseplate in this set?
Do you have it, and if so What size is it? Is this the only set to utilize
it? Jon
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I imagine you’ve already checked out http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3811p02 I
loved this set too... I waited eight months in high school to get this after
seeing it in the beginning-of-the-year catalog, and then waiting for a Target
sale.
It’s a 32x32 baseplate with a few grey dots for placement of pieces. I thought
a couple other sets had a similar baseplate without the dots, but I don’t see
that now. The baseplate is actually grey but the surface is mostly blue
Peter
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In lugnet.pirates, Peter F. Guenther wrote:
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I imagine you’ve already checked out http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3811p02
I loved this set too... I waited eight months in high school to get this
after seeing it in the beginning-of-the-year catalog, and then waiting for a
Target sale.
It’s a 32x32 baseplate with a few grey dots for placement of pieces. I
thought a couple other sets had a similar baseplate without the dots, but I
don’t see that now. The baseplate is actually grey but the surface is mostly
blue
Peter
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Yours is grey? Fascinating. Mine is blue, through and through.
Adrian
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In lugnet.pirates, Adrian Drake wrote:
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Yours is grey? Fascinating. Mine is blue, through and through.
Adrian
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Indeed:
That’s probably why I thought it had been in more than one set... I’ve seen the
all-blue variant from the collection of some GameLUG member in an Evil Stevie’s
game and just assumed it was from a different set. I think I’ve seen variations
without the starter dots as well. I can’t tell if those are unprinted grey
plastic showing through, or dots of white.
As I mentioned already, this was from the very first run of the set--within a
couple weeks of it coming out in the fall of ‘89. Maybe they went to blue
baseplates later.
Peter
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Peter F. Guenther wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Adrian Drake wrote:
> > Yours is grey? Fascinating. Mine is blue, through and through.
> >
> > Adrian
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> Indeed:
> <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pguenthe/misc/baseplate.jpg>>
>
> That's probably why I thought it had been in more than one set...
> I've seen the all-blue variant from the collection of some GameLUG
> member in an Evil Stevie's game and just assumed it was from a
> different set. I think I've seen variations without the starter dots
> as well. I can't tell if those are unprinted grey plastic showing
> through, or dots of white.
>
> As I mentioned already, this was from the very first run of the
> set--within a couple weeks of it coming out in the fall of '89.
> Maybe they went to blue baseplates later.
As far as I am aware, there is only one set using this baseplate. There is a
Paradisa set with a somewhat similar plate. I have this baseplate in both
grey and blue, all have the white dots, though on some the dots have faded
somewhat.
Frank
(the GameLUG member mentioned above).
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman wrote:
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In lugnet.pirates, Adrian Drake wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman wrote:
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Hello all!
My Pirates have constructed a tree house!
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Now that is neat! Reminds me of the glory days of Pirates, when we’d get
nifty little playsets like this:
This was always one of my favorite pirate sets. Very cool, and very
playable too.
Adrian
http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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Adrian,
I was wondering if you could tell me more about the baseplate in this set?
Do you have it, and if so What size is it? Is this the only set to utilize
it? Jon
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Sure. It looks a little like this: http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3811p02
This is, as far as I know, the only set in which it comes. It is a 32x32 blue
baseplate with the sand pattern and some little white starter dots for the first
few steps of the build.
And yes, I do own it.
Adrian
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Hello!
> This is, as far as I know, the only set in which it comes. It is a 32x32
> blue baseplate with the sand pattern and some little white starter dots for
> the first few steps of the build.
I too think 6270 is the only set with this baseplate. There is a similiar (not
the same!) baseplate in Paradisa set 6414 "Dolphin Point":
http://www.bricklink.com/PL/3811pb01.jpg
Bye
Jojo
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman wrote:
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Hello all!
My Pirates have constructed a tree house!
Click Here For Pics:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=112348
They’ve hoisted the pieces from some wrecked ships up into three large trees.
The Captain’s cabin serves as the main storage, while various platforms,
huts, and canopies round out the quarters. They’ve just returned from a
treasure hunt and are using the winch to raise their loot into the tree for
safekeeping.
This was an attempt to be a little more whimsical, and I hope you have fun
looking at it. It was a lot of fun to build! As always I’d love to hear
your comments.
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Good work, Jon. I was a big fan of SFR as a kid and now you’ve got me wanting to
go watch it again. Also, I’ve wanted to make a village in the trees but always
wimped out, worrying about having enough parts to make the massive trees. But
your scale is much more managable, yet still looks good.
I like the number of hanging details and use of string. Also the railing by the
wheel being incomplete is a nice touch.
Jason Spears | BrickCentral | MichLUG | CLB
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In lugnet.pirates, Jason Spears wrote:
Jason,
great to hear from you again, I hope you are doing well. Thanks for noticing
the broken rail, it’s always a question of how broken in should things be, so I
figured that it would be pretty damaged after the hoist. Thanks again! Jon
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman wrote:
> Hello all!
> My Pirates have constructed a tree house!
>
> <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Obi-Juan-Kenobi/TreeHouse/000.jpg>>
>
> Click Here For Pics:
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=112348>
This is fantastic!!! I love the color scheme - the brown and tan just go so
well together and the black works nicely for the trees (making the brown/tan
stand out even more). What is the color of the 1 x 1 cylinder bricks by the
windows - is that the new brown? Neat minifig customization too - esp. with the
NBA faces as pirates.
This set looks great, but also extremely *playable* Very well done.
--
Thomas Main
thomasmain@myrealbox.com
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What is the color of the 1 x 1 cylinder bricks by the
> windows - is that the new brown? Neat minifig customization too - esp. with the
> NBA faces as pirates.
>
> This set looks great, but also extremely *playable* Very well done.
>
> --
> Thomas Main
> thomasmain@myrealbox.com
Hey Thomas
That earthy brown colored cylinder is from the Quality Quidditch supplies set.
It isn't the "new bluish brown", but it is a color I really like and am trying
to incorporate into my MOC's. I think the NBA players heads I used were Allen
Iverson and Tony Parker. Thanks for your compliments. Jon
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“How many monkey butlers?”
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How much? haha. I really want to own this as a set. Amazing work! any chance we
get some instructions for this one?
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