Return of the Lego PiratesAuthor: jawapro
Date: Tue 10/03/2009 10:21 PM
I happened to be in Toyworld today (hunting for some things from their catalogue which they didn't have) and I noticed something odd. There were a few new additions to the lego 'pocket money' sets. These are small sets for about $6 each - and there were pirate ones!
I had to take a second look.
Lego hasn't made pirate lego for years.
Well, I lie - it made some stupid stuff for a little while in 2004 - but the last true pirate lego was discontinued in 1997! There were a couple of re-releases in the Lego Legends range in 2001 - but the pirates have been extinct ever since.
So I did some research when I got back - and lo and behold - Lego have bought the pirates back!
Gone is the dodgey over-sized junk from the 2004 failed sets. Lego Pirates are now once again the correct size (I call them Lego-Men, Lego calls them Minifigures).
The new stuff is still rather lame when compared to the original - but it's a great step in the right direction. If I was going to collect Pirates - I'd definatly stick with the old-school stuff, but for kids this is great news. Lego Pirates can once again be the envy of kids everywhere! And maybe some (like me) won't ever grow out of it.
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