Archive for July, 2008
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

The Imperial Guards discovered the secret Rum storage!
Metalandi has penetrated into the heart of Captain Redbeard’s (or was that Roger’s?) third and final base of operations! The mere sight is enough to drive fear into the hearts of even the bravest Imperial Guard… Dare you enter Skull Harbor?
Posted by Zorro in Reviews | Comments Off on PICTORIAL REVIEW: 6279 Skull Harbor by Metalandi
Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Yes...there are prizes involved!
Posted by Zorro in News & Announcements, Contests | Comments Off on Pirate Smiley Wars Contest: Coming soon!
Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Amazing ship...Fvin is the creator's signature!
Have you ever seen a broadside quite like this? Or even a ship like this? Vincent Cheung’s ship is elaborately decorated using skeletons – and their horses – to give a bone-chilling effect!
Posted by Zorro in Pirates, Ships | Comments Off on Skeleton Pirate Ship, by Vincent Cheung
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Most Pirate weddings are unhelpfully interrupted by Imperial troops;
luckily there’s none around in Legolas’ vignette!
Posted by Zorro in Pirates, Vignettes | Comments Off on Pirate Wedding, by Legolas
Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Mister Phes wants to know…
“Is it OK to mix dark skinned minfigures with yellow skinned minifigures?”
Posted by Zorro in Polls, Other | Comments Off on Poll: Is it OK to mix dark skinned minifigures with yellow skinned minifigures?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The God of the Sun will protect us!
TinyPiesRUs puts the might of the Aztec Empire against the invading Conquistadores! As a playset, it is packed full of action features such as a collapsing wall and prison, but it is also a superb MOC, with details including a sacrificial altar and a golden statue!
Posted by Zorro in Islanders | Comments Off on Aztec Temple Attack, by TinyPiesRUs
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Dream away...
Mister Phes continues to expand Classic-Pirates’ library of backgrounds for your MOCs!
View the entire collection!
Discuss what backgrounds you would like to see!
Posted by Zorro in CG Backgrounds | Comments Off on Pre-Rendered Backgrounds
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Pour Libert© et Egalit©! En avance!
Che Guevara once said, “The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.” Duke has certainly been down to the orchard with his latest MOC, depicting the storming of the Bastille in Paris by rebel soldiers!
Posted by Zorro in Armies, Land Based | Comments Off on The Storming Of The Bastille, by Duke
Monday, July 14th, 2008
13-year old Neal McClatchey showed the Piratical world what could be done with LDD; his micro-scale version of the Black Seas Barracuda was even included in LEGO set 5525.

13 year old Neal McClatchey won the first LEGO Factory Design Competition!
Discuss Neal’s creation in the Pirate LEGO Forum
When faced with the daunting task of creating a model, many builders just give up, claiming to be victim to an inadequate brick palette, however, there are superb LDD Pirate MOCs.
Checkout LDD creations by our users:
Captain Cavinano’s Black Pearl
Medib’s Ship-wrecked Island
Joey Lock’s Fort Laurence and HMS Unicorn
You could produce something like this, and what’s more, you can also have the bricks sent straight to your front-door!
Posted by Zorro in Websites, Digitial Design | Comments Off on The possibilities of LEGO Digital Designer
Friday, July 11th, 2008

BUP-BIP W.E.L.C.O.M.E. ! BEEEP-BUP-BIB-BOP
BlueBard’s shipwrecked pirates stagger ashore to find something rather unusual… Look out for different textures of foam and a myriad of floatation devices.
Posted by Zorro in Pirates, Islanders | Comments Off on Strange Shores, by BlueBard
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Click on the picture to buy the 6276 Eldorado fortress on eBay!

Click on the picture to buy the 6277 Imperial Trading Post on eBay!
Each picture links directly to the eBay auction
Both sets are legendary – but do you prefer the quaint port that is the Imperial Trading Post or the mighty Eldorado Fortress? Why not get both?
Click here to discuss them in the LEGO Pirate Forum
Posted by Zorro in eBay Auctions | Comments Off on Put land beneath your feet!
Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Mmmm...that soldier does look quite real!
Could this be the first picture of a new LEGO Pirate line? SirNadroj’s photographs from the opening of the Chandler Store in Arizona provide a unique source of speculation and discussion about the future of Pirates; with the re-release of parts such as cutlasses and morion helmets, are they actually returning?
Posted by Zorro in Articles | Comments Off on A new LEGO Pirates line?
Saturday, July 5th, 2008

A Doug Vandegrift Production!
Doug Vandegrift’s Brickfilm is packed with epic twists and turns, battle monkeys, and – of course – a savage pirate with a curiously black beard… At 30 minutes long, it is almost a Pirate Blockbuster!
Posted by Zorro in Brickfilms | Comments Off on Doug Vandegrift’s Brickfilm: Pirates!
Friday, July 4th, 2008

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Posted by Zorro in News & Announcements | Comments Off on June 2008 Newsletter