Hurry! Pillage the Village is almost over, and what a fantastic competition it has been. So many prizes and such worthy entries all round! Surely the biggest LEGO© contest of the year. But remember, there is only a short time left, so take your final images and make your final constructive critisism, and get them into the Pillage the Village subforum before it’s too late!
Good luck to everyone from the Classic-Pirates.com team!
Finally what we have all been waiting for – a comprehensive guide to the new 2009 LEGO® Pirates sets by our fantastic Regulator TheBrickster.
The guide even has forum ratings of the sets!
So now if there is anything you need to know about the new 2009 Pirate LEGO® sets, this is the one-stop place to go! Thank ye to TheBrickster for taking the time out of his town duties to compile this masterpiece for us!
Click to view and discuss the 2009 LEGO® Pirate set article by TheBrickster in the forum.
Congratulations to oDDerFisken and LegoKing for being the first two contestants to reach 20 posts. Both have won a 6257 Castaway’s Raft.
Creative Critic Mini-Contest Prize
In case you weren’t aware we sprung this mini-contest upon our regular users a week ago, you can read the official announcement, OR, congratulate the winners in the LEGO Pirate Forum.
SlyOwl brings us the lowly tail of a sea monster who wishes nothing more than to have a single friend. However the sailors are rather angry about the proposal and have retaliated…
The Monster decides to play with the sailors and their boat
Our friendly golden eyed monster just wants to play with the sailors and their ship. Although failing, it persists trying to make friends. I don’t think it will at this rate. Do you?
Come and discuss Why Won’t you be my Friends? in the pirate forum.
Classic Pirates now host their own Legostore link, this allows you to easily see and use all of the large discounts on many different themes and sets given by the LEGO Group!
You can find this banner on the bottom of every page!
And the new Pirates 2009 line will soon appear in the online LEGO Shop as well, so be on your lookout to see any possible discounts and sales!
A great set just got even better…
This here is a fine MOC to be sure. This was a great set, and now that we know what a bit of skill can do with it, it just got a whole heap better. Utilising clever techniques and innovative uses of everyday bricks, this is a Brickshelf find not to be missed!
Take a look at Lagoon Lockup Overhauled by PorscheCm2 in the pirate forum.
Which is mightier? The BSB or Brickbeard’s Bounty? They are both fierce ships that dominate the sea, but which one is more powerful? Who do you think would win? To see what other members think and to give your own opinion, rush to the pirate forum and cast your vote!
Brian Darrow presents us with this wonderful pirate scene depicting miscalculated time travel! This is what happens when many hundred pirates zip out of a time portal to discover – a modernised water front.
Discuss this inventive MOC in the pirate forum.
Have you ever wanted to make custom sails but didn’t know how to make them? Take a look at Paul Cantu’s handy tutorial and discuss it on the Classic Pirates forum.
And yes, it is cheap as well!
If you want to see some examples of sails build this way, look at The Avenger and The Acadia at Paul Cantu’s MOCpages or discuss this handy tutorial in the Classic Pirates forum.
Puerto Rodrego is an old shanty town located somewhere on the Spanish coastline. Created by someone who has lost their socks, it is shrouded with secret and mystery.
The town is encapsulated in deception and the occult...
Puerto Rodrego has been tainted by a small drug industry, murder and famine. Even the Imperials struggle to survive in the barren landscape that they have been put in charge of!
Of all the participants of the Pillage the Village Contest the Creative Critics have the most arduous task – providing feedback for as many entries as they possibly can. This is no doubt exhausting after all these weeks so we want to give the Creative Critics a little something extra…
The first entrant to write 20 post of feedback (has to be a solid paragraph) before Friday 28th of November will win a 6257 Castaway’s Raft.
Creative Critic Mini-Contest Prize - 6257 Castaway's Raft (actual prize)
Entering in the Mini-Contest also has strategical benefits:
Exciting stuff! But no doubt some of you have questions so get yourself to the Creative Critic Mini-Contest FAQ thread in the LEGO Pirate Forum for a Q&A session.
One of our best forum members, NewRight, visited a local Toys R’ Us store, as you can see, it proved to be very succesful!
Imperial Guard Impulse Pack
The Pirates Impulse Pack
The cheapest LEGO Pirates sets on the market! And they go very well with all the other Pirates sets, so this leaves no possible excuse to NOT buy them! If you are not from the USA, and you already want them you can try this link to look at some sets available on eBay.
Rush to the Pirates forum to discuss NewRight’s Soldier’s Arsenal and Pirate Survival reviews!
TheBrickser does it again! Our incredible reviewing machine has produced a review for 6253 Shipwreck Hideout. Apparently this one is “Limited Edition” so you better see what you could be missing if you don’t buy one soon enough!
It doesn't look very hidden for a "hideout" does it?
As with all of our 2009 Pirate set reviews, TheBrickster has analysed Shipwreck Hideout in anal retentive detail to give you a complete overview of everything thing the set has to offer.
To read the Pictorial Review of this Limited Edition Extravaganza dash to the LEGO Pirates forum this very instant!
TheBrickster seems to be currently spending a lot of his free time in the Name Of The Holy Brick, just hours after his previous reviews he made another pictorial review about this fantastic Pirate Construction Set (6192). Thank you TheBrickster!
A bit more info: For the first time LEGO releases a small scala of Construction Sets, something closely linked to the Creator sets, but still a bit different. For now, there is one Pirates, one City and one Castle Construction set, although I believe they might develop more if this is a succes (and going by this great review, I think they will sell very well!).
This is a good initiative from LEGO!
They cost 10 USD and the set is recommended for ages 4 to 7, but because of the good MOC parts, the unique minifig and the low price, this Pirate Construction set will appeal to a lot of AFOLs as well!
Head your merry way over to the LEGO Pirates forum to read the 6192 Pirate Construction Set Review by the Brickster!
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