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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!

Classic-Pirates.com member Nodwas brings to our attention a fantastic metal band that are based around the theme of pirates. The swashbuckling musicians have great songs and exciting album artwork. Their most recent album is Black Sails At Midnight which is well worth a listen. If you call yourself a metal head and a Pirates fan, you can’t miss this group!

Check out Alestorm in the Pirates forum!

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

Check out this fantastic customization work in the forum!

And yet again, michaelozzie brings us an amazing ammount of highly detailed and accurate custom minifigures! This time it is the famous Grenadiers a Cheval, nicknamed “the gods” because they were never defeated in the campaigns they took part in. With an outstanding job of customization you really don’t want to miss it!

Check michaelozzie’s Grenadiers a Cheval out before they march to battle!

Unfortunately, The LEGO® Group has decided to not sell the Pirates Advent Calendar for Christmas 2009 in the United States. Our Classic-Pirates.com LEGO Ambassador has started a petition for us all to sign to share our support for our American friends. So sign the petition now, and maybe make a difference to an AFOL’s Christmas countdown.

Come and sign the Pirates Advent Calendar petition in the Pirates forum!

“Grimmhavn, situated on the precipitous rock coast of the northland, shows the commercial centre of northern country.”

Sigfig picture master Hound Knight has shared with us this brilliant large diorama of a LEGO® harbour. The creator of this impressive MOC, Mr. Brick, has included many wonderful techniques such as the angled windmill that really make this model stand out.

Check it out in the Pirate forum!

Pirates of the Caribbean, based on the Disneyland ride of the same name,  is one of the most successful Pirate trilogies out there. With a swashbuckling Cap’n Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) at the helm, the 3 films were fantasticly produced. And now there has been an official announcement by Johnny Depp himself that there will be  fourth film coming in Summer of 2011. There are mixed feelings about this, some saying that Disney doesn’t know when to quit, others saying that the new film sounds brilliant.

What do you think about this? Share your thoughts in the Pirate forum!

The vote is on! You must vote for which ship you think is best. Do you vote for the almighty Carribean Clipper or the Fearsome Imperial Flagship? Both sets have their good and bad points but which is best? The choice is yours, so head on over to the Classic-Pirates.com forum to submit your vote!

Click here to vote on which ship you think is best, the Carribean Clipper or the Imperial Flagship in the Pirate forum!

One of the handfull of MOC experts who you would truly call a Pirate master has created a Pirate masterpiece. His name is ZCerberus and he is right in the middle of constructing an amazingly detailed harbour! With fortifications and a large church, the sheer size is enough to impress anyone before they even encounter the level of detail included in this stunning work!

See the latest updates in the Pirate forum!

In this episode of ‘Behind The Helm’ I talk to one of the masters of LEGO Napoleonic army customization. Joining me today is member michaelozzie, a Pirate fan from the Gold Coast of Australia responsible for some brilliant custom army minifigs!

So come on over and read ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode #7 ~ michaelozzie in the Pirates forum!

It’s now official: the 6299 LEGO Pirates Advent calender won’t be available in the US!

If you don’t agree with this, then  sign this petition by making one post in the petition thread (one per member only please!).

There’s no guarantee this petition will change anything, but we can at least try and it will be delivered to LEGO by your ambassador!

You can sign the petition here.

Although not quite the golden age of sail, this was a ship that ended the era. Classic-Pirates.com member jansued has created the feel of an old timer warship brilliantly with a few things that maybe aren’t so realistic added to crush the bluecoats…

Check out HMS Destiny by jansued in the Pirate forum!

Teenage Fan of LEGO, Lamanda, has been producing quality custom cloth products, such as capes, for some time now, including some pirate flags. Recently she has been adding to her repertoire with sails following the templates of the official LEGO ones, such as this –

Although the current sail designs are based on the Castle factions, Lamanda takes commissions – got a design in mind?

Discuss future designs in the Pirate forum!