Classic-Pirates.com News Coordinator and ‘Behind The Helm’ host, Connor Hicks is interviewed by co-host Izzy Kilmartin in Episode #13 – Captain Zuloo. Sharing a number of things from LEGO@reg; in Australia to Pillage the Village II, this is an interesting interview, worth a listen or read.

Listen to ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode #13 – Captain Zuloo in the Pirate forum!

Although not eligable for prizes, the Eurobricks and Classic-Pirates.com staff can still enter into the staff division. Minifig Customization Workshop Moderator LuxorV has built the first staff entry, and what a fantastic entry it is! There is even a little back story, so make sure you visit our Pirate forum for more.

See Glory to the Braves by LuxorV in the Pirate forum!

Yet again the fate of a poll has come to you. Today vote for your favourite Islander set from the 6 original well loved sets. Is your favourite Crocodile Cage, or perhaps Enchanted Island? Whatever your choice is go to the Classic-Pirates.com forum to submit it and let the world know.

Click to vote for your favourite LEGO@reg; Pirates Islander set in the Classic-pirates.com forum.

The Phantom will set sail soon again!

Zcerberus fantastic ship the Phantom is undergoing an immense update! The black ship wasn’t called the Phantom for nothing. Now there is a change on the way! The ship will contain more dark red, a nice tiled deck and much more!

Follow the progress on Phantom MkII by Zcerberus here!

Classic-Pirates.com LEGO® Ambassador, Bonaparte, was fortunate enough to attend LEGO World 2009. Whilst there, he saw a huge Pirate layout with ships and islands, outposts and fortresses, and he was kind enough to share some photos of this spectacular layout in out forum!

Set sail to Pirates at LEGO World 2009 photos in the Pirate forum.

Ahoy there mateys, unless you have been living in a cave, you’ll know about Classic-Pirates.com’s Pillage The Village II contest. It’s just like Pillage The Village I this time last year, but with a twist. And the Prize Pool is massive, way bigger than last year. Yep, we have the entire new LEGO® Pirates line for you to win, including an Advent Calendar for the winner of the Creative Critic division. Some websites only offer a few sets as their prizes, but never an entire product line! This is a milestone in history, so make sure you are a part of it!

Race to the Pillage The Village II thread for rules and questions.

Wow, we have another minifig scale ship in the making! Perfectionist has started work on a minifig scale (1:52) French 80-gun ship-of-the-line. Next to the massive projects by Teddy and Captain Green Hair, there is a fairly large minifig scale fleet floating around the Pirate forum!

So check out the WIP Superbe by Perfectionist in the Pirate forum!

Last week we released Part 1 of an exciting interview with LEGO® set designer Jamie Berard, and now we are releasing Part 2! Full of more interesting facts about LEGO trains, The Emerald Night and LEGO in general, this is another ‘Behind The Helm’ that you don’t want to miss.

Listen to ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode #12 – Jamie Berard (Part 2) in the forum!

A 100% complete Armada Flagship for only 49,99 USD!

Armada Flagship - 49,99 USD

Or do you want to expand your Redcoat Army? Then check out this set: 2 Days left and only priced at 3.25 USD!

Redcoat Soldiers - 3.25USD

 Also check out the eBay finds thread in the Pirates forum!

Now we all know where the bell sound comes from!

Eurobricks member Derfel Cardarn strikes again! This time he has been working on this church! With some great building and landscaping techniques he managed to surprise us once again. There is even a sinister story behind it which you really have to read! Perhaps we will see some night scenes in the near future as well…

Now hurry to the forum and discuss For Whom The Bell Tolls by Derfel Cardarnbefore the priest closes the doors!

Woody64 has created for us this vignette based off the respective painting. Not only is this accurate top to bottom to the original painting piece of work but also historically, so all you history fans will be pleased. This was also a great opportunity for Woody to show off some of his excellent moulded minifig accessories such has the hats some of the troops are wearing. Woody has also gone to the effort of producing custom torso decals for his men providing a source of inspiration for all the customizers out there. It seems like this vignette has something for everyone!

Click to view Malborghet by Woody64 in the forump

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Watch out for the Blowgunners!

Exotrator surprises us with his nice comeback, making a Spanish Colonial Outpost! There are a lot of cool aspects in his creation, the landscaping looks great and there is an interesting Carib blowgunner in there as well.

Make sure you check Exotrator’s Colonial Outpost out before the Carib blowgunners capture the outpost!

Fort Brighton keeps expanding! Read all about it in ZCerberus’ thread about his impressive work!

Some teasers:

The latest updates on the village.

And for those that haven’t seen Fort Brighton yet (WIP):

Fort Brighton

Now  discuss ZCerberus’ latest work on Fort Brighton in the Pirates forum!

Now who is the winner after all?

As some of you may know, a couple of weeks ago the famous Tournament of Retribution ended. We’ve seen a lot of slaughter on both the Red and the Blue side, and we’ve seen even more fun!

A quick summary of the tournament: It all started with 4 Blue and 4 Red teams.
They had furious and humoristic battles no one had ever seen before!

Ravenous Redcoats vs. Blue Thunder
Bloody Brilliant Redcoats vs. Bluecoats Team 3
Raging Redcoats Regiment vs. Out of the Blue
Courageous Redcoat Company vs. Big Bad Blue Bastards

The four winners were chosen by the judges and the winning teams went through to the next round!

Out of the Blue vs Green Thunder
Bloody Brilliant Redcoats vs. Big Bad Blue Bastards
The judges picked out the best teams, so there were two teams left!
This time the spectators had the opportunity to choose which Red and Blue member were the best of all!
The winners this time are:

Joey Lock from the Red side, and Captain Green Hair from the Blue side!

The organisator, Commodore Hornbricker donated two LEGO 6242 Soldiers’ Forts for the winners! A great prize!
Perhaps we’ll see another Tournament of Retribution in the future…