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Re: The NEXT Pirates Legend
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lugnet.pirates
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Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:22:16 GMT
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To help with the Pirate line, I would prefer to see a re-release of the
Pirate mini-figs sets such as : 6204, 6251, 6252, 6257, and/or even 6265,
6266, and 6267.
Hugh
In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> Black Sea Barracuda will return as the first Pirates Legend, probably helped
> in part that new Pirates sets have been absent for several years. It's
> quite possible that all the other nominees will see production as a Legend
> before we see another Pirate set considered again.
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> All we have for a long time is speculation, so let the speculation begin! :-)
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> Now, I can go through Castle and pick out all sorts of medium and small sets
> that I would like to see as Legends (or at least go back into production as
> Classics before others). Castle needs more than just a castle. You need a
> village, carts and wagons, even ships. Logically, you can use all the same
> in Pirates, but Pirates never really did that. Is there a horse in *any*
> Pirates set? Howver, one can always just draft the castle stuff into
> service. For Pirates, then, the most obvious and most popular sets are the
> big ones: BSB, Sculls Eye Schooner (SES), ElDorado Fortress (Fortress), and
> Imperial Trading Post (Post).
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> Okay, we can X out BSB: done deal. Will SES become a Legend? Certainly it
> deserves it, but with BSB already providing a Pirate ship, I doubt it will
> be any time soon. A better choice then would be one of the bases, with the
> realization that the winner hurts the chances of the loser for the future,
> deserving though it may be. The Fortress is closer to the Castle line in
> concept, with barely a nod at a wharf. I'd argue the Post over the
> Fortress. It is more uniquely Pirates. It provides a unique and desireable
> small ship, and a clear connection between the ships and the land. It isn't
> just a slightly modified Castle with Pirate minifigs.
>
> Bruce
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| (...) These would all be good Classic releases. Sabre Island, Cannon Cove, and Lagoon Lockup (6265, 66, and 67 respectively for onlookers) are all solid mid-size to smallish sets. I'm not sure that they are Legends, but I wouldn't turn any of them (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Black Sea Barracuda will return as the first Pirates Legend, probably helped in part that new Pirates sets have been absent for several years. It's quite possible that all the other nominees will see production as a Legend before we see another (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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