News & Announcements

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

For a long time Mr.Phes along with Bloody Jay have been having a blood thirsty debate on who is better – Pirates of the Caribbean or Vikings. Now the decision has come to you! Head over to the Classic-Pirates.com forum to put your vote across and end the feud. Oh, and if that wasn’t difficult […]

Recently the villainous Captain Brick Beard washed ashore upon the mighty Brick Beard’s Bounty, ready to rival the two other Pirate captains for the top spot. It’s up to you to fight it out, which Pirate captain is your favourite. Weather it be the bountiful Brick Beard, rocky Red Beard or impatient Iron Hook, your […]

There are plenty of hats, hairpieces and helmets that LEGO® have produced that fit in perfectly well. However if you want to make an aristocratic force or possibly just some high status members of your port you have yourself a problem. This poll is for you to vote on whether you think LEGO should make […]

What’s that coming over the horizon? Could it be the near return of LEGO® Imperial Armada sets? Even if it isn’t we would like to know your opinion and whether you would like to see them return. Recently we have seen tell tale signs of a return by the distinctive helmets worn by the Armada […]

Yes, we know, it has been ages since we released an episode of Behind the Helm. But we have been working very hard on other things. Anyhow, as compensation, we have an extra long interview today, with one of the most powerful pirates on our forum – Tom ‘Bonaparte’ Jacobs. So rush over and read […]

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 […]

Dear Classic-Pirates.com readers, Yes, we know. It’s been a long time – too long – since we released an episode of ‘Behind The Helm’, but all has not been lost. We are working on something special with a highly influencial pirate fan… Meanwhile, make sure you check out the already released interviews: Episode #1 – […]

Click the entries to visit their threads, then congratulate the winners in the Pirate forum!

Yargh, today be Zorro’s birth anniversary! That’s right, our Foxy Admiral is turning another year older, and  another year wiser. (Classic-Pirates.com will accept no liability for the truth of the latter satement) So happy birthday Zorro, from all of the crew here at Classic-Pirates.com! We hope you have a very swashbuckling day full of LEGO and happieness! All […]

Fire below!!! Yarghh, Cap’n Blackmoor’s Captain’s Cabin Contest entry features a ship’s gundeck in the heat of battle! Flames spread and soldiers make their attack in this exciting entry.  Vote for it in the Pirate forum!

Brickule’s Captain’s Cabin Contest entry, “Captain Traf’s Cabin” has some nice details, like the boarded-up windows. Vote for it in the Pirate forum!

  Many a poor sailor has perished at his merciless hands, but it is a lonely life on the bottom of the ocean, with only his pet Kraken to keep him company as he plays a mournful dirge on his organ. Vote for it in the Pirate forum!

It’s a cabin of Arend Dickmann – admiral in the Polish Navy. During the time of Polish – Swedish War in 1627, the Commonwealth fleet under command of Dickmann achieved it most famous victory, breaking the Swedish blockade at the Battle of Oliwa. Vote for it in the Pirate forum!