News & Announcements

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Veteran ship MOCer Kurt Baty, better known as Republic of Texas Navy LEGO Naval Architect, took his fleet (and numerous other MOCs) to Brickworld last month, and the display sure is a sight to behold! Furthermore, the RTS Zavala was nominated for, and won, the prestigious Brickworld 2009 Best Sea Craft Award. Be sure to […]

Congratulations laddies and lassies! The Classic-Pirates.com website, NOT including the LEGO Pirates Forum hosted by Eurobricks, received over 12,000 unique visitors for June alone! And for the first half of 2009, it received over a total of 70,000 unique visitors, check out the statistics below: As you can see things are going very well here […]

More photos from Brickworld have been dug up, and some of them are quite impressive. This time, Bluesecrets presents us with her tavern, d’Blue-n Lagoon Saloon. With a nice little cove and docking spaces for your ships, it seems some vikings have heard of this place too… To see more or to post your own […]

The purpose of this contest is the following: Create a Minifigure for a New Theme And what better theme to create than another Pirates theme? Be it a Napoleonic soldier or a Mayan warrior, the choice is yours. What do you want to see in the new Pirates line? Well now you can make it! […]

As more coverage of Brickworld 2009 is released, Mister Phes finds us a great little scenic MOC, a Pirate Volcano created by Classic-Castle.com admin Ben Ellermann. Featuring a light up interior giving the effect of real lava (well, almost real) this nice MOC includes some great techniques including the use of 1 x 2 grey […]

After another exciting LEGO® filled weekend at Brickworld, we are starting to see coverage of the amazing event. And Pirates certainly made their presence! What did you think of Pirates at Brickworld 2009? To let us know your opinion, or post your own pictures of the event, head on over to the Pirate forum!

Classic-Pirates.com members Emperor Claudius Rome and Dr Steve bring us news of the appearance of Bluecoats, Caribbean Clippers and Islanders in the upcoming LEGO Battles Game for Nintendo DS, leading to mass-speculation about the future of the Pirate line. The majority seem to wish for Bluecoats to replace the current Redcoats, whilst the appearance of […]

Hurry, don’t miss your chance to make a nomination for who you think deserves to become the Classic-Pirates.com LEGO Ambassador for 2009! Not much time left, be sure to make your nominations ASAP. Quickly, go to the Pirate forum and make yerself heard!

With Mister Phes taking a break, the dedicated Classic-Pirates.com team has been working harder than ever to maintain our wonderful site, and strong at the helm, was Vice Admiral Zorro! Now, Vice Admiral Zorro is Admiral Zorro. Not much changes other than his rank – he’s as dedicated as anyone ever was! So hurry on […]

Yargh, we be in need of yer help! It’s time for the Cycle 7 LEGO Ambassador nominations, and we need you to make them! The way it works, is any member can nominate up to three people to represent Classic-Pirates.com and the LEGO Pirate theme. If your nomination accepts, then they go into the running […]

Classic-Pirates.com is pleased to announce the return of an older member who entered his dark ages a while ago. Previously known as HMS243, Admiral B©jaune is not only a great poster who lightens the mood of the Pirate forum, but he is also a master of shipbuilding. With ships such as the Sang Royale in […]

Over the last 24 hours Classic-Pirates.com has been having some server issues, but we have been working to rectify the issue. Classic-Pirates is back and we will resume our daily news blog from tomorrow onwards. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you, The Classic-Pirates.com Team

That mean old Mister Phes has gone and removed the image! It was due to copyright uncertaintity, so the image may or may not appear again… Kris Kelvin has produced an amazing piece of news – the 2009 Advent Calender, set 6299, has a Pirate theme! Not suprisingly, as well as a boatload of pirate […]