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Something most land-bound souls don’t know or understand is the truth that a
worthy sailing craft has a soul. Born among the timber and sweat of the
craftsmen, bound to the heart of the captain and crew, the ship serves out her
life to further the end for which she was created.
But as so often happens
through the annals of maritime history, one unfortunate craft was captured,
brought down, laid low to the whims of its captors. Twisted and bent by the
evil intentions and shadowy purposes of a dark-hearted captain. What was once
La Concorde has been reborn in Hades’ fires to become the Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Held aloft and driven forth by a spirit that both fights against and for the
evil one that is her captain, should she ever break free of her hell-forged
shackles, pity the black soul of the madman known as Blackbeard.
It’s been ages since I built or reviewed a Lego Pirate model. Aside from a
review
I did last year of a clone brand (which in itself was pretty satisfying) the
last model I put together was probably one of the Armada ships back in 1997 (can
ya say ‘holy moley!’?). I’m a long-time fan of Pirate stuff and dang if they
aren’t great playing models but if you get too many of them there’s just no
place to display them (unless you have oodles of shelf space).
I’ve been very much looking forward to this new Pirate ship! Where I usually
wait a bit to pick up and review the newer models, there was just no waiting for
this baby. For the most part I’m not overly crazy about model/theme crossovers
with movies. I think the themes ought to be able to stand on their own merits,
but the new models look very promising toward reviving the line with some new
designs and some much needed additional structures (castle/buildings, alternate
locations like islands and such, and coaches).
The first thing to catch my attention on opening the box was the presence of a
poster (one side is a picture of the model, the other side is an odd collage of
cartoon depictions of the various characters for this theme). I was also
surprised to see a small playing card with the picture of the Blackbeard
character on it (maybe a different card comes with each set?), no stats or
details, just the picture of ‘beardy’.
The finished three mast model measures about 25 inches long by 19 inches high.
The craft mainly consists of a lower deck with six firing hatches on each side
of the ship (though there are only eight berths for cannon placement). Three
cannons are supplied to arm the ship (and this is the first time I’ve seen the
cannon elements in a chrome gun grey color..cool!) There’s a small upper deck
at the front of the ship, a rear second-level deck for the (somewhat enclosed)
captain’s quarters and there’s a third-level poopdeck for the ship’s navigation
wheel.
Throughout the ship’s design, there’s a distinct skeleton motif that is done
fairly well with a skeleton figure head, various torso/skulls/bones adorning the
sides ending with a large black lantern hanging off the end made up of, again,
more skeletal torsos. The nice touch of dark scarlet-hued sails bearing crossed
swords and a crown (instead of a giant skull and crossbones) is very welcome.
Pardon the pun, but there are boatloads of new parts (at least new to me)
including: somewhat different bow and stern sections, minifig size bottles, a
large cutlass, sand-tone tricorn hat, new hat/with hair elements (minor
complaint- the hats can’t be separated from the hair), a big beard element, pail
and handle, fiery skeleton torso, flaired ladder sections and bone elements (2
and 5 studs long). There’s also the cool use of the new ‘trophy’ element that
is painted like an idol/statue of some sort. Decals/stickers are included for
the firing hatches and windows.
Specific figures include Jack Sparrow, Angelica, Blackbeard (comes with the
aforementioned big beard element but also has a good face/beard paint so you can
go without using the atrociously large beard element if you so desire),
quartermaster, chef, two ‘zombie’ pirates, plus two complete skeletons that are
part of the ship’s design.
There’s a LOT of satisfaction with the build of this boat. Throughout the build
there was a definite feeling that the designers specifically went out of their
way to come up with new ideas. In essence, there’s a feel of evolutionary
design rather than just copying what has been done before: The hull sections
use technic pieces instead of bricks to connect to each other, the sail booms
are made up of technic elements instead of the standard plate constructions
we’ve seen in the past and there is a lot of detail that goes into building up
the sides and cabin walls (lots of smaller parts make up the more than 1000
piece count for the additional detail).
If there’s any complaint at all, it might be that I would have liked some more
deck levels but I really can’t complain about the final product, it was worth
the money and makes for a beautiful display or play model.
!!! 4x2ReVu Stats !!!
Rating: Eight out of eight studs.
Pros: Terrific, new design for a ship that isn’t necessarily just for
pirates/bad guys (if you can overlook the overabundance of skeletal remains that
adorn the whole thing). Great details in the design and it comes with a
poster!
Walletwise: 1094 pieces for around $120.
Date: 5/2/11
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Ian McShane Joins Disney in Reveal of LEGO Captain Jack Sparrow Life-Size
Statue
Earlier this evening, Disney Consumer Products debuted new lines of toys from
LEGO and JAKKS Pacific for this summer’s blockbuster, Pirates of the Caribbean
4: On Stranger Tides. Highlights of the event included appearances by
production designer John Myhre and Ian McShane who takes on the role of
Blackbeard, the pirate all pirates fear.
As part of the event, Disney and LEGO unveiled a six foot tall ‘life-size’
statue of Captain Jack Sparrow, the first of its kind. The highly detailed
statue, which includes a removable sword, consists of approximately 150,000 LEGO
bricks and took more than 200 man hours to design and build. Approximately 70 of
those hours alone were used in the creation of Jack’s head which was all done
without the assistance of computers.
Also taking place during the event, Ian McShane was presented with his very own
one-off custom Blackbeard transforming pirate which reveals the pirate’s curse
when placed under blacklight. Production designer John Myhre, who talked at
length about the fiery and skeletal details of the Queen Anne’s Revenge and
Blackbeard himself, received a limited edition print of the ship from Acme
Archives.
Attendees also got a preview of the LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean video game
after viewing the trailer for the film.
LEGO 2011 Pirates of Caribbean sets list:
4181 Isla De la Muerta
4182 The Cannibal Escape
4183 The Mill
4191 The Captain’s Cabin
4192 Fountain of Youth
4193 The London Escape
4194 Whitecap Bay
4195 Queen Anne’s Revenge
Pictures and trailer are on the websites listed.
Source:
stichkingdom.com
MTV.com
-end of report-
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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Another thing to consider is that licensed themes, contrary to popular
griping, almost certainly keep costs down. ...(snip)... To me that says
that they either don’t know what they’re
talking about, or what they’re really trying to say is that they regret the
passage of time taking the primary market in a direction that’s different
from what they’d prefer to see.
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Good points, all. And I must confess to at least sometimes being in the
latter group.
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Okay, so here’s a question I have for you. If the PotC theme results in the
release of a set based on Sao Feng’s junk, would that appease you? Not saying
that I expect it to happen, but I realized today that it is something they would
be able to produce under the current license, and which I very much hope they
do.
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Hello everyone,
We are happy to announce that Brickworld registration is now open. We have been
hard at work performing a complete overhaul on the registration process. In
response to your feedback in the survey after last year’s event, we have done a
couple things to the event. Some items that impact registration:
1.There are now 2 types of registration: Full and light. These are described on
the web site. But, essentially, full registration is for someone that is
contributing to the event and partaking in the workshops and presentations.
Light registration is for families that want to show up Friday afternoon, see
the event hall without the public, participate in weekend non-public activities,
and learn from the AFOLs and TFOLs.
2.The full registration will be capped at 650 people to keep things from being
unmanagable.
3.When you register for the event, you aren’t considered registered until you
pay (the new process leads you through this)
4.The event will start on Wednesday evening with opening ceremonies later in the
evening. This will lead to having most of the display space available for MoC
setup starting on Thursday morning instead of Thursday evening. Essentially, we
are spreading the event out a bit so it is more relaxing for everyone. The
survey feedback indicated there was too much happening in too small a space in
time.
Don’t forget to sign up for your hotel rooms too. Last year the hotel filled up.
And, if you are a first time attendee, everyone will tell you that it makes the
event a lot more fun to be at the hotel.
You can register at the Brickworld web site.
We hope you like the new process and the changes to the event. We are all very
excited about Brickworld 2011.
We hope to see you all in Chicago at the Westin North Shore in Wheeling, IL.
June 15th through 19th.
Warm Regards, The Brickworld Team
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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True, but similar comments could be made of any theme.
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And they often are. How many times have you seen complaints about how the Town
theme largely consisted of a 3-year repeating schedule of police, fire
department, and hospital stuff? Only in the last couple years have they started
to really branch out into civilian stuff like they used to do 20ish years ago.
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The truth is, how a tall ship is trimmed makes a notable difference, as it
would have in the real world.
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True, but I recall at least one ship in the original Pirates line that looked
like someone had stolen half the sails. And to a parent, one ship is not that
different from the next, which can kill a theme.
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Also, like with Castle, Pirates could be so much more than a few ships and
islands.
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Also true, but it never really was. Did they ever once do a straight merchant
ship, or were they always pirates and soldiers? It’s not that there weren’t
possibilities, just that they always stuck to the few core elements until they’d
beaten them into the ground.
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The recent (and arguably expensive) Medieval Market set was an example of
a “civilian” set for Castle. Pirates could always do well with similar
merchant ports... Though I don’t expect a POTC theme to include such.
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Tortuga Island filled with minifig hookers doesn’t do it for you, huh?
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In lugnet.mediawatch, David Laswell wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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I’m torn about this announcement. On one hand, I am not a fan
of the licensed Lego products. IMO, they limit the imaginary story and
characters, and thus influence creative building. Star Wars, though a movie
series that I love, is no exception, and I would much rather see Lego
produce more “generic” space themed sets. For PIRATES, my feelings are
similar - I fear that a licensed POTC theme would limit some creative
potential.
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What I always saw as a core problem with the Pirates theme is that you
basically get small ships, large ships, forts, and the occassional island.
That’s pretty much it. Ships are ships are ships are ships, and where the
Space subthemes had some very distinct hull designs, tall ships almost always
used the same large hull pieces, and it all basically boiled down to how they
trimmed the model. (snip).
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True, but similar comments could be made of any theme. Trains are trains are
trains, Castles are castles are castles. Yet for a fan of a theme, a greater
number of models of varying price-points is always welcome. The truth is, how a
tall ship is trimmed makes a notable difference, as it would have in the real
world. So if sail configuration is the only variation, it can still be worth it
to a fan of the theme. Also, like with Castle, Pirates could be so much more
than a few ships and islands. The recent (and arguably expensive) Medieval
Market set was an example of a “civilian” set for Castle. Pirates could always
do well with similar merchant ports... Though I don’t expect a POTC theme to
include such.
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Another thing to consider is that licensed themes, contrary to popular
griping, almost certainly keep costs down. ...(snip)... To me that says
that they either don’t know what they’re
talking about, or what they’re really trying to say is that they regret the
passage of time taking the primary market in a direction that’s different
from what they’d prefer to see.
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Good points, all. And I must confess to at least sometimes being in the latter
group.
-Hendo
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Abner Finley wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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In lugnet.disney, Abner Finley wrote:
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LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired
by Pirates of the Caribbean Films
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A) I don’t like “corporate speak” where executives use ridiculously long
run on sentences to make their “mission statement” sound Biblically
important.
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(snip)
I only copy and report the news information from the web. Sorry, if you
feel that way.
-Abner
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Abner you provide a valuable service, please don’t stop! I don’t think Hendo
was complaining about your work in reproducing this stuff, but rather
commenting on the original content. Which does, to be sure, have some
marketspeak in it. But all press releases do.
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Yes, just poking a little fun at the original article. No insult directed at
you Abner. :)
-Hendo
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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Still I think it will be interesting to see if this theme has legs or not.
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I would’ve been interested to see if a licensing of
THIS MOVIE would have been unstoppable
or not;-)
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Never work, because we know kids NEVER run trains around curves too fast. Or
crash them into things.
IIRC, TRAINS magazine had a writeup of this movie (focusing on the “how it was
made” details but with some other coverage) and the writer admitted it wasn’t
nearly as inaccurate as he expected it to be and begrudgingly admitting he liked
it.
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Abner Finley wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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In lugnet.disney, Abner Finley wrote:
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LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by
Pirates of the Caribbean Films
(snip)
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A) I don’t like “corporate speak” where executives use ridiculously long run
on sentences to make their “mission statement” sound Biblically important.
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(snip)
I only copy and report the news information from the web. Sorry, if you feel
that way.
-Abner
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Abner you provide a valuable service, please don’t stop! I don’t think Hendo was
complaining about your work in reproducing this stuff, but rather commenting on
the original content. Which does, to be sure, have some marketspeak in it. But
all press releases do.
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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I’m torn about this announcement. On one hand, I am not a fan
of the licensed Lego products. IMO, they limit the imaginary story and
characters, and thus influence creative building. Star Wars, though a movie
series that I love, is no exception, and I would much rather see Lego produce
more “generic” space themed sets. For PIRATES, my feelings are similar - I
fear that a licensed POTC theme would limit some creative potential.
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What I always saw as a core problem with the Pirates theme is that you basically
get small ships, large ships, forts, and the occassional island. That’s pretty
much it. Ships are ships are ships are ships, and where the Space subthemes had
some very distinct hull designs, tall ships almost always used the same large
hull pieces, and it all basically boiled down to how they trimmed the model.
PotC might force a change in that regard, as the Flying Dutchmen would require a
very different look than anything they’ve ever done before, and there’s the
possibility of seeing a large non-Western hull design (namely junks, as seen in
PotC3). We might also see some of the fishy types from PotC2 and PotC3, where
previously every minifig fell into five distinct factions (only three of which
got any serious coverage). Oh, and the skeletal pirates, which was only hinted
at with that half-ship from the recent Castle theme.
Another thing to consider is that licensed themes, contrary to popular griping,
almost certainly keep costs down. The release of the first Star Wars sets is
what catapulted the US into the largest single consumer-nation of LEGO sets,
which means they’re selling a LOT more sets than they were in 1998, which in
turn means the theme should have no problem covering the licensing fees and
still turn a nice profit without having to jack the prices up. If you go back
through the last ten years and do a price/piece comparison, you’ll find that
Star Wars sets are no more expensive than any interal IPs, but people are always
crying about how expensive the sets are. Well, compared to a bulk bucket that
requires very little product development and even less in terms of part
selection, yes, they’re expensive. So are City sets, so that argument doesn’t
hold up no matter how you look at it. Now, look back a few years to when TLC
posted not one, but two annual losses in a fairly short period of time.
BIONICLE was the top theme coming out of that period, and Star Wars was right
behind it. Harry Potter was another strong seller in those days, so a huge
chunk of the sales that were keeping the company solvent and allowing it to make
a comeback were from three themes that hardcore traditionalists have regularly
held up as what’s wrong with the company. To me that says that they either
don’t know what they’re talking about, or what they’re really trying to say is
that they regret the passage of time taking the primary market in a direction
that’s different from what they’d prefer to see.
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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In lugnet.disney, Abner Finley wrote:
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LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by
Pirates of the Caribbean Films
(snip)
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A) I don’t like “corporate speak” where executives use ridiculously long run
on sentences to make their “mission statement” sound Biblically important.
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(snip)
I only copy and report the news information from the web. Sorry, if you feel
that way.
-Abner
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So I guess I’m in the “wait and see” camp.
This rambling brought to you by...
-Hendo
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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Still I think it will be interesting to see if this theme has legs or not.
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I would’ve been interested to see if a licensing of
THIS MOVIE would have been unstoppable or
not;-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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In lugnet.disney, Abner Finley wrote:
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LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by
Pirates of the Caribbean Films
(snip)
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A) I don’t like “corporate speak” where executives use ridiculously long run
on sentences to make their “mission statement” sound Biblically important.
B) On topic: I’m torn about this announcement. On one hand, I am not a fan
of the licensed Lego products. IMO, they limit the imaginary story and
characters, and thus influence creative building. Star Wars, though a movie
series that I love, is no exception, and I would much rather see Lego produce
more “generic” space themed sets. For PIRATES, my feelings are similar - I
fear that a licensed POTC theme would limit some creative potential.
However, I say “torn” because I’ve always felt that Lego could offer so much
more in the Pirate theme, and perhaps this license deal is the boost the
theme needs. The most recent Pirate series had a great start and several
good sets, but then it kind of fizzled with nothing new beyond the first
small selection of offerings (the giant Imperial Flagship being the
exception). A theme like this needs “support” by way of new sets being
offered from time to time. A child might have fun with a pirate ship, but
the play gets stale if there is no merchant ship to plunder, and no navy ship
to escape. And if you look at the different sail configurations and types of
ships of the era, there is no shortage of inspiration to offer more variety.
And then there can be more offerings of the land variety too... But I
digress. My point is that a licensed POTC theme could spark new interest in
the Pirate theme and it could offer sets and elements useful to fans of it.
So I guess I’m in the “wait and see” camp.
This rambling brought to you by...
-Hendo
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Hey Hendo! Long time no see.
I think your points are valid for the main market (kids)... but for us, all sets
are parts, and fodder for our own creations. So if this means more parts of
certain kinds I’m pleased at the prospect. The problem of course is that
licensed sets drive up cost per part.
Still I think it will be interesting to see if this theme has legs or not.
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In lugnet.disney, Abner Finley wrote:
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LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by
Pirates of the Caribbean Films
(snip)
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A) I don’t like “corporate speak” where executives use ridiculously long run on
sentences to make their “mission statement” sound Biblically important.
B) On topic: I’m torn about this announcement. On one hand, I am not a fan of
the licensed Lego products. IMO, they limit the imaginary story and characters,
and thus influence creative building. Star Wars, though a movie series that I
love, is no exception, and I would much rather see Lego produce more “generic”
space themed sets. For PIRATES, my feelings are similar - I fear that a
licensed POTC theme would limit some creative potential.
However, I say “torn” because I’ve always felt that Lego could offer so much
more in the Pirate theme, and perhaps this license deal is the boost the theme
needs. The most recent Pirate series had a great start and several good sets,
but then it kind of fizzled with nothing new beyond the first small selection of
offerings (the giant Imperial Flagship being the exception). A theme like this
needs “support” by way of new sets being offered from time to time. A child
might have fun with a pirate ship, but the play gets stale if there is no
merchant ship to plunder, and no navy ship to escape. And if you look at the
different sail configurations and types of ships of the era, there is no
shortage of inspiration to offer more variety. And then there can be more
offerings of the land variety too... But I digress. My point is that a
licensed POTC theme could spark new interest in the Pirate theme and it could
offer sets and elements useful to fans of it.
So I guess I’m in the “wait and see” camp.
This rambling brought to you by...
-Hendo
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In lugnet.pirates, Nathan Todd wrote:
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Some very nice work there! And of course good to see you back posting. I’m
always a fan of the castle/pirate interface MOCs since they share the joy
around. I like the ‘solidness’ of your structure, the thought put into
furnishing it, and the overall fig lay out. Some great work!
God bless,
Nathan
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Thanks, I appreciate your comments especially given that your work has always
been very impressive to me.
-Ben Harris
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Some very nice work there! And of course good to see you back posting. I’m
always a fan of the castle/pirate interface MOCs since they share the joy
around. I like the ‘solidness’ of your structure, the thought put into
furnishing it, and the overall fig lay out. Some great work!
God bless,
Nathan
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Hello Lugnet,
It has been nearly six years since I last posted my
Romanesque Bascilica here and a lot has
changed. However, I am proud to display my most recent creation, Fortress
Redband. Since I think it fits both the Pirates theme and the Castle theme,
I’ve cross posted it to both newsgroups.
Fortress Redband began as a traditional Castle-themed project and quickly
spiraled out of control into a large Pirate-themed fort complete with a full
complement of soldiers from the 2009 Pirates sets. Some of the highlights of
the fortress in my opinion include the
dining hall and the
prison full of ghosts.
I’ve tried to throw in other details like monkeys and parrots in the trees,
spiders on the cliff walls, a crocodile, realistic looking cannon balls, and
more. I’m also am fond of the fort’s
kitchen and
armory.
Here’s the url to my Brickshelf Folder:
Brickshelf Folder
And for those who prefer Flickr’s services, here’s that url too:
Flickr
I recommend viewing it on Flickr, actually, because I went a little crazy with
photographing this thing and filled two whole Brickshelf pages! Any comments or
suggestions are welcome. If you see how I could improve my building style in
the future, feel free to share.
Thanks,
Ben Harris
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CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo.‏
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Posted on Behalf of Jenn Wagner (jenn@thebrickchick.com)
BricksNorth
where: Downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada at the Delta Chelsea Hotel.
when: August 25-28th, 2011
Hello everybody!!
Some of you may have heard that Canada will be getting a LEGO fan convention
in 2011 called BricksNorth. I am so pleased to be able to be a part of such a
worthwhile enterprise!! I sure hope I can pull this off as Canada has many
challenges...as does my schedule! But I am fortunate to have the help of many
terrific local AFOLs and the advice of my esteemed fellow North American event
coordinators so I’m not too worried. (yet!)
I do have a very very full plate lately and it is of the utmost importance that
the BricksNorth website gets put up very soon. So many people seem want to get
on the attendance list and I’d like to give them that opportunity as soon as
possible. To do so I need your help to get a LOGO designed for the event.
Here’s what I propose! I need ideas from you all. Anyone who submits the chosen
idea for the BricksNorth logo will win a $50 gift certificate to be used in my
BrickLink store www.thebrickchick.com. IF the winning idea is submitted as
finished artwork that needs little revising then the prize increases to $100 to
spend in my store. So bring on your imaginative ideas!! I need them desperately
so I can get things rolling.
Not much has been decided outside of the dates and venue for this event so it’s
wide open to whatever you think this should be. Canadian is an important
consideration of course...and the location is Toronto but that needs not play a
big role.
The deadline for submissions is Monday June 14th at midnight EST so that my
right hand man Jeff Van Winden and I can discuss the results for ten hours on
our drive to BrickWorld the following day. LOL
Good luck everyone! And feel free to pass this around or post it to any other
forums/groups you frequent. Anything you can do to help is very very much
appreciated.
Jenn Wagner
http://www.thebrickchick.com
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2010: Bricks In Space
Brickworld is only a couple weeks away and you are helping us set records with
this year’s event already with a massive 795 registered attendees. While this
is incredible, the one record we really love to break every year is the amount
of money we collect for the three charities that benefit from the Esther Walner
Memorial Charity Auction. To help make sure this happens in 2010, many of you
donated T-shirts to use in the making of a quilt for the auction. Thanks to
Bunnie Cleland and Barbara Price, we actually have 2 quilts made from these
T-shirts.
These quilts are so cool, that we didn’t want them just going to the highest
bidder. Instead, we will be raffling tickets to win the quilts with all the
raffle proceeds going to the charity auction total. You will be able to buy
your raffle tickets for the quilt at the event. But, we wanted to give you a
teaser. So, here is a picture of one of the quilts. All we can say is that the
picture does NOT do the quilt justice. They are just so awesome in person.
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!!! Save some money to buy raffle
tickets for the quilts.
Regards, the Brickworld Team
Brickworld will be held June 17 - 20, 2010 at the Westin North Shore Hotel in
Wheeling, IL (a suburb of Chicago).
visit the Brickworld Web Site by clicking here
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2010: Bricks In Space
A lot has been happening lately as we prepare for Brickworld 2010!!!
We have a wonderful Keynote Speaker from the upper management of LEGO lined up
for the event: Lisbeth Valther Pallesen, Executive Vice President for
Consumer Education Direct (CED). CED includes: LEGO CLUB, LEGO Digital
(Universe/LEGO.com), Community Engagement and Communications (Steve Witt), LEGO
Brand Retail, LEGO Shop@Home, LEGO Education, and probably at least one other
thing I’m forgetting. We are very excited!!!
Brickworld has also reached almost 600 registered attendees. This sets a new
record for attendees and there is still almost a month left to register. Thanks
everyone!!
Workshops are almost all lined up. We need to set the times and then we will
open up registration for the workshops.
Presentation slots are filling up fast. So, if you would like to contribute
your expertise in the form of a 50 minute presentation, please contact us soon.
And, no Brickworld would be complete without a whole pile of really cool stuff
for the Esther Walner Memorial Charity Auction. This year is no exception. We
have the coolest pile of rare and unique LEGO related items ever for the
auction.
The collaborative display coordinators have all asked for more space than ever
for each display. And, the World of Lights is back.
This is going to be the best Brickworld so far. You all keep topping yourselves
every year.
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!!!
Regards, the Brickworld Team
Brickworld will be held June 17 - 20, 2010 at the Westin North Shore Hotel in
Wheeling, IL (a suburb of Chicago).
visit the Brickworld Web Site by clicking here
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