The entries begin to roll into the Pillage the Village II Contest, and it's time to do some Creative Critiquing! What do you like about each entry? What could be improved, and how? You could win a Pirates Advent Calendar for your efforts!
The pirates finally got tired of pillaging, plundering and looting, and decided to partake in more civilised hobbies, letting life return to normal for the poor afflicted soldiers, civilians, islanders and sea monsters: a period of peace and prosperity has arrived! From taking tea with the Governor to bombarding their sweethearts with barrages of roses, this next chapter of the Pillage the Village saga explores the unchartered waters of peaceful pirates, impotent imperials, carefree civilians, Do they polish the cannons, or polish off the rum? Race their rowing boats, or repair the harbor? Chill out under a palm tree, or cut it down to build a shack? Explore foreign territories, or the local brothels?
Yargh, the prize pool of Pillage the Village II has been announced! With a loot worth an arm and a leg, this contest just got a whole heap better!
Check out the prize pool in the Pirates forum!
The Great Western LEGO® show is the largest LEGO show in the UK. It is held at the Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon on 3rd and 4th October 2009. It features a wide variety of displays from Pirates, Cars and Space through to Technic and Trains. There will also be building workshops where the public can get involved with the expert builders to help create a 100,000 brick mosaic. Visit the LEGO Shop and other independent LEGO traders for great deals on some exclusive LEGO sets not available on the high street.
We will have a Classic-Pirates.com Crew member at this event and hope to bring back some very cool coverage of the fun!
For more information, please visit STEAM.
And happy birthday to Skipper 24!
Classic-Pirates.com LEGO Ambassador Bonaparte brings us sad news this time. The pirates line will discontinue in the middle of 2010! Lucky enough it is a break, which means the Pirate theme will come back sometime in the future. But for how long do we have to wait? Some people think it will be a year, other people are afraid it takes another couple of years like the previous Pirates line. Since the new Pirate sets sell like hot cakes, and all the positive upcoming Pirate sets speculations it is unexpected news the line will take a break during 2010.
Share your thoughts about the fact the Pirates line discontinues here!
But don't give up the ship! A petition has started to keep the Pirates theme running! Sign it here!
Find out more in the Pirates forum...
Yargh, it be that time again when the world stops to talk like pirates! September 19 of every year is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and no-one is celebrating it more than the Classic-Pirates.com Crew! With much discussion about the build up in the Pirates forum, the LEGO Pirates community is very excited about the annul event. What are you planning fir the day? Share it here! And to make things even more exciting, Classic-Pirates.com has a unique suprise for ye all - Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers, one of the founders of Talk Like A Pirate Day, has agreed to appear in an exclusive 'Behind The Helm' episode. This was a great interview to conduct and I'm sure you'll all enjoy it!
Check out 'Behind The Helm' Episode #8 ~ Cap'n Slappy in the Pirate forum!
Enjoy yer Talk Like A Pirate Day everyone, and thanks to ye all for your constant support of Classic-Pirates.com!
Dear LEGO Pirate fans,
Today the burden to bring you sad news rests upon my shoulders. The LEGO Ambassadors have been informed that LEGO Pirates theme will be discontinued by mid 2010. We were told that the new Pirates line wasn't designed to be an ongoing theme this time, so it's only going to be on the shelves until second half next year by when it will disappear. This means there's not a new line designed for LEGO Pirates for 2010. There is some hope that LEGO Pirates might be back one day because the theme did sell rather well.
Share your thoughts and feeling about this sad news in our forum. Your feedback will be relayed to the LEGO Community team by your Classic-Pirates.com ambassador.
Bonaparte, Ambassador Classic-Pirates.com
Update from Steve Witt (LEGO Community team):
Just so you know, Pirates isn't gone its on hiatus like every other line that isn't one of our primary themes: CASTLE, SPACE, and CITY
Pirates isn't going away, its just not going to be a constant theme. Its going to phase in and out just like every other theme that isn't one of those three. Everyone is freaking out just a bit too much on this one and I just wanted to reassure you guys that pirates isn't disappearing. Just taking a break
Steve
