A huge island!
Classic-Pirates.com user Pavel has posted a MOC which, as he describes it, is inspired by his two favourite 1990s LEGO Pirates sets - 6273 Rock Island Refuge and 6279 Skull Island. It's a big pirate hideout and indeed has a feel of the classic sets we all love.
Discuss Captain Ultimo's Refuge in the forum!
Seems rather quiet...
Check out this fine MOC from Brickshelf user Elena, brought to our attention by Classic-Pirates.com news scout SirSven7. The place seems rather peaceful for a pirate house, but hey - those guys need some place to relax too!
Discuss House of Pirates in the forum!
A huge and detailed vessel!
Take a good look at this huge ship built by Classic-Pirates.com user De Sandman. He named it Prinses Nikki after his daughter! It took him about three months to build this powerful Dutch vessel. She's a real beauty!
Discuss Prinses Nikki in the forum!
Don't mess with the bluecoats!
Classic-Pirates.com user Brig. Brick presents his latest MOC - the Bluecoat stronghold. As you can see, it includes a fort, a harbour town, and we even witness two ships arrive at the place! The blue-coated soldiers who we have seen sailing these waters since 1989 now have a new base to plan their attacks against enemies!
Discuss Bluecoat stronghold in the forum!
Relics of a Mayan city.
Classic-Pirates.com user Capt. Stabbin has built this MOC inspired by a real-life Mayan city called Palenque. It really catches the feel of the original - you can tell it yourself by comparing it to the picture provided by Capt. Stabbin himself in the forum thread.
Check out Ruins of Palenque in the forum!
Just an example - there are other reviews too!
A long time ago lots of interesting reviews of old LEGO Pirate sets were published on a website known as Adequate.com. Those were very imaginative, with a special made-up backstory for each set. That site has not been updated for years, but the old reviews are still there, and they're really worth taking a look at!
As a taste of what you can find there, we've posted their review of 6249 Pirates Ambush at Classic-Pirates.com forum. It was written by Joseph Gonzales back in 1997! We chose this set as it has not yet been reviewed on our website. Feel free to read it, and if you like it, proceed to other reviews at Adequate.com, and discuss them in our forum!
Read 6249 Pirates Ambush & other set reviews and discuss them in the forum!
Some old alternate sets shown in LDD
In the very previous blog entry we showed you some alternate Pirate sets published in LEGO Idea Books in the 1990s. But, lo and behold, Classic-Pirates.com user Skipper actually decided to recreate some of them using LEGO Digital Designer! So check them out and tell us what you think!
Discuss LDD versions of LEGO Idea Book sets in the forum!
Alternate instructions from the 1990s
Anyone remember LEGO Idea Books? They were released as a way to promote creative building and show ways to build alternate sets. They included some interesting Pirate stuff too! Thanks to Classic-Pirates.com News Scout SirSven7 we can now take a good look at those special sets from the 1990s!
Discuss LEGO Idea Books in the forum!
