The Pirate week finale is here. This themed week ends with a look at the top 10 biggest pirates sets produced by the LEGO® Group! A while back, I looked at the biggest ships ever produced. However, the focus of that list was not the pirates theme (click here to view it). Additionally, it covered only on sail-and-mast ships. Today’s
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What?!? Two pirate set reviews in one week. How can that be? It’s pirate week, that’s how! Earlier this week, True North Bricks brought you the pre-release review of the Pirates of Barracuda Bay. Continuing the theme of the week, I dug up an old kit that I never assembled. The Classic Pirate Minifigure (5003082) set came out in 2015
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To celebrate the upcoming release of Pirates of Barracuda Bay from LEGO® Ideas, it is Pirate week at True North Bricks! Consequently, all my usual weekly posts are taking on a swashbuckling theme, including a new coloring page. This installment features a Robin Loot coloring page, based on one of the eight new characters from the set. To read more from
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I have often thought about writing an article that compares old LEGO® pieces with their newer counterparts. With the release of Pirates of Barracuda Bay (21322), the time seems right. This LEGO® Ideas set really takes you back to the Pirates theme of old. There are so many familiar little odds and ends. However, many of these familiar bits are
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Growing up, Pirates LEGO® sets were my favorite. Of all the sets that I owned, most of them were from that swashbuckling theme. Consequently, imagine my joy when I opened a plain brown box from the LEGO Group and found The Pirates of Barracuda Bay (21322) inside. In my prime KFOL years, I saw the end of the original Pirates
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I have been chomping at the bit for weeks to share this news. In late February, I received an offer to review an upcoming LEGO® Ideas set. The only information provided was the set number, 21322. Other than that, I had nothing to go on. A couple of weeks ago, a large, plain brown box arrived at my door with
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of Minifigures through art. This week, there be a whisper on the wind… Something big is on the horizon… To celebrate, I have a fun, themed week planned for you all. The whole world needs a little distraction these days anyway. Consequently, my ’90s pirates Minifigures came out to set the tone. Pirates was
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LEGO® bricks inspire me in many ways. Every Monday, I take a moment to share how Minifigures in particular get my creativity flowing. At times, I like to imagine scenarios in which these characters find themselves. Alternatively, they can remind me of something I have already seen, which I can then recreate. Sometimes, I just happen upon a fun shot
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Journeys Make You Wise(An original Minifigure inspired poem from True North Bricks) Far and wide you’ll have to rove,Searching for a treasure trove.Maps might lead you to the fruit,Even show the easy route.But, try to make your own ways,There’s value in the trail you blaze.Don’t fixate on just the prize,Journeys are what make you wise.
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Last month, I took a look at the biggest LEGO® Castle sets that have ever been produced (click here to read it). This month, I am taking another trip down memory lane, and looking at another of my childhood favorites, pirate ships. However, there have been several themes other than Pirates which have also featured awesome boats. In fact, the
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