Jack & the Fortune Teller

Jack seeking advise from the fortune teller. 

When i got hold of this series 9 minifigure, the fortune teller headdress reminds me of Jack. So here we had a picture of them together. This fortune teller minifig can be used for both pirates & castle play theme.

Lego pictures from New York

Toys R Us in New York

hi readers, here are some of the pictures taken from New York, last week. My brother was there for a business trip and he had helped me to take a few shots. Enjoyed the pictures.

times square

Life size Jack Sparrow

Halo

Stay tune for the next post, i will update the lego purchase from US :) Just 2 boxes.

Lego 4189 POTC Black Pearl Review

4189 Black Pearl

Retail Price: US $99.99/UK £84.99/ SGD 189.90

Number of pieces: 804
7 minifigures (including the black woman statue)

Date of released: 1 Nov 2011

On a Sunday afternoon, i spend less than 1 hr to fix this set, i won't say this is a superb piece, what is special about this ship is being black throughout (i do like it) plus nice minifigures, Davy Jones & Maccus the hammerhead being my favourite. I don't really get the "wow" factor while fixing the ship, at around 800 pieces, in my opinion it is just too few pieces to really enjoy the building process. QAR has 1094 pieces, that is almost 3oo pieces more!

For local buyers who are getting this ship, i would recommend buying it at 20% off (which i got mine), or if you can't wait then at least get a 10% off. At $189.90, it is on the high side, a breakdown of $0.23 per piece.

the minifigures from this set

Comparing with the minifigures from Queen Anne's Revenge

QAR & Black Pearl, the new set has a glossy box

The free poster from this set (printed on both side)

there are 6 packets, each packet will have 1 minifigure

the minifigures including the black woman statue

black pearl comes with 2 canons... she can't win any sea battles!

Remarks: This is the first time i'm using D7000 to capture pictures for a lego review, i'm unable to take close up pictures has i don't have the right lens at the moment. I will be adding more pictures of the ship interior on this post (using my old panasonic Lumix). Welcome your comments below.

Lego 4184 Black Pearl Update

minifigures from Black Pearl source from Nori

Lego Black Pearl is avaliable in some of the target stores in US and Poland. Here is an excellent review by Nori from Poland. The ship will arrive in Singapore next month.

Lego Black Pearl Review by Nori

interesting to see Black Pearl side by side with QAR

On LEGO 4184 The Black Pearl Stop-motion/Timelapse Build



Clip from Lego showing QAR & Black Pearl

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Jack Tales Commercial 2011

An interesting clip.

Lego POTC Mermaid from White Cap Bay

received the mermaids yesterday

printed face on both side (good & evil)

the 2 mermaids are from POTC set 4194 White Cap Bay
The mermaid game from Lego.
Mermaids Song Game

Lego 4184 Black Pearl (The Pirates of the Caribbean) PICTURE

Lego 4184 Black Pearl (click to enlarge)

$99.99 (USD) $129.99(CAD) 804 PIECES

The six minifigures are:

• Jack Sparrow
• Davy Jones
• Maccus (the Hammerhead Shark Pirate)
• Will Turner
• Joshamee Gibbs
• Bootstrap Bill Turner

This is the "Preliminary Image" of black pearl, the actual ship might look different.

a picture of the catalog from my smart phone, shows the dimension of the box

582 x 378 x 87mm, NOV 2011

Do provide a link to the LegoAsia.blogspot, if you intend to post this picture. Thank you!

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Battle Pack (Jul Update)

The Pirates of the Caribbean Battle Pack is now out for sale in Singapore. The retail price at S$20.90, works out to around $4 for each figure which is quite good!

The 5 minifigures Captain Jack Sparrow, Gunner Zombie, Yeoman Zombie, Scrum and King George's Officer.

will update each individual figures in the next post

The new Star Wars KeyChain Shaak Ti at S$6.90

Hope to buy a Shaak Ti minifigure one of these days, she's one of the most expensive Stars Wars Jedi master figure.

The new alien conquest battle pack (reminds me of ipad game Tower Defense) the attacking aliens. Retail price at $24.90.

5 minifigures: Alien Invader Trooper, 2 Alien Defense Unit Soldier, Alien Invader Pilot and Business man.

The New Alien Conquest sets are avaliable in retail today (check the earlier blog post on each individual sets). They do look nice, but not into those at the moment. (waiting for discount & sales)

Pirates of the Caribbean 4195 Queen's Ann Revenge (1)

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean 4195 Queen's Ann Revenge (front & back)

the pirates

Box comparison with Imperial Flagship

Black Pearl will be on sale in Singapore coming November, retail price at $189.90, cheaper than Queen's Ann Revenge

I will post the pictures at an appropriate time (so do check the blog again), at the moment, the pieces in BP is probably less than QAR.

Below are some of the pictures of Black Pearl MOC, we are expecting black sails of course, i'm not sure if there will be holes to make it realistic.

black pearl model

Black Pearl MOC by Sir Nadroj

Black Pearl MOC by an unknown AFOL

With Black Pearl coming out later this year, the clip shows the scene pirates fans would like to re-create in their play. Having 3 ships and lots of fun. (but almost S$800 poorer for Singapore buyers if buying at retail price).

Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End, the death of Lord Cutler Beckett.



Earlier post on Lego Black Pearl
Lego Black Pearl Info

FREE Jack Sparrow in Boat (For UK visitors!)

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
30131 Jack Sparrow in Boat

Starts: 14/05/2011 Expires: 20/05/2011

Free Lego is back. This time in the Sun rather than the Mirror. Starts on Sat 14th of May. source: hotukdeals

Complete list are:
30051 - Star Wars x-wing
30131 - Pirates of the Caribbean Jack's boat
30130 - Pirates of the Caribbean Mini Black Pearl
30080 - Ninjano Ninja glider
30081 - Ninjano Skeleton chopper
30083 - Ninjano Dragon flight
Pharaoh's Quest Desert Rover

30091 - Car (have to check the ads)

Complete set includes 5 minifigs

Collect at WH Smiths or Toys R Us

Not sure how much delivery is.

Check here:
Brickset News

For UK visitors, please post your comments below and let me know if you get the free lego! :)

Lego 4184 Black Pearl (The Pirates of the Caribbean)

UPDATE: 9 Jul
Check the Black Pearl picture here:
Lego Black Pearl

Following the sale of 4195 Queen's Ann Revenge in US & Singapore, well there is another pirate ship to look forward to later this year, 4184 Black Pearl (from Lego Toy Fair 2011). Amazing to have 2 big ships in one year.

4184 Black Pearl
804 pieces
$99.99 USD
$129.99 CAD
Available November

the Black Pearl on location
The Black Pearl, originally Wicked Wench, is a fictional ship in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. In the screenplay, the Black Pearl is easily recognized by her distinctive black hull and sails. (from wiki)

A pirate fan from US had posted pictures of Queen's Ann Revenge (with 3 cannons only) together with Imperial Flagship, doing a comparison in terms of length & height, it is always interesting to see the ships together.

3 ships in a fierce sea battle (BP, QAR firing at IF), with the mermaid looking across the sea.

Pirate fans (including me) can look forward to the 3rd ship in about 6 mths time. 2 pirate ships having a sea battle with the Imperial Flagship will be AWESOME SCENE!

catalog picture from ftbt's flickr photostream

POTC Singapore Retail Price

Queen Ann's Revenge, the pirate ship fans looking forward to
at SGD 249.90

Here is the price list for Pirates of The Caribbean sets (US, Canada, UK and Singapore).

As usual the difference in retail price (before discount) in Singapore is 40-50% more expensive as compared to US.

Unless there is a BIG sales of 30-40% discount, i won't be getting any POTC sets here. For local fans on budget, if they are patience enough, just wait for another 3 -4 mths or by the end of this year, i foreseen POTC will be similiar as POP (Prince of Persia), they will be on discount - clearing stock (applicable to Singapore market).

LEGO 4195 Queen Anne’s Revenge ($119.99 USD / $149.99 CAD / £102.99 GBP) SGD 249.90

LEGO 4194 Whitecap Bay ($69.99 USD / $89.99 CAD / £71.99 GBP) SGD 179.90

LEGO 4193 The London Escape ($49.99 USD / $69.99 CAD / £49.99 GBP) SGD 139.90

LEGO 4192 Fountain of Youth ($24.99 USD / $34.99 CAD / £21.99 GBP) SGD 59.90

LEGO 4191 The Captain’s Cabin ($10.99 USD / $14.99 CAD / £10.49 GBP) SGD 29.90

LEGO 4183 The Mill ($39.99 USD / $54.99 CAD / £40.99 GBP) SGD 109.90

LEGO 4182 The Cannibal Escape ($29.99 USD / $39.99 CAD / £30.99 GBP) SGD 79.90

LEGO 4181 Isla De la Muerta ($24.99 USD / $34.99 CAD / £21.99 GBP) SGD 50.90

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean Packs (May)

Pirates of the Caribbean
30130 Pirate Ship

Pirates of the Caribbean
30132 Jack Sparrow Minifigure

Here are the 2 packs from Pirates of the Caribbean coming in May. The pirate ship looks too simple, there isn't any wow factor.

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LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game Dead Man's Chest Trailer

Here's the new lego video game on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii.

We see the character Davy Jones in this game. My guess is we will have this minifigure appearing in the 2nd release of PoC sets. Davy Jones first appearing as the primary villain the series's second film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. In the series, Davy Jones is the captain of the Flying Dutchman. In the story, his original purpose was to carry souls of those who died at sea from this world to the next on his vessel.

hope we get a set with Davy Jones and the Kraken!

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Preview

*Pictures removed*

Lego 4193 Pirates of the Caribbean The London Escape

4194 White Cape Bay and 4195 Queen Anne's Revenge (very nice sail!)
Pirates fans will surely add this ship, together with the Imperial Flagship we can create a little battle.

I have updates last night, the sets are now on sale at a Dutch online toy store (the pictures are really small). A total of 9 boxes, attached 3 pictures here, for the rest you can check on the link provided.

The retail price for Lego Pirates of The Caribbean are going to be very expensive because of licensing agreement with Disney. Will blog on the prices when I'm informed.

These 3 sets looks really exciting and i can see a lot of fun playing with it, will see how it goes in June. More pictures update shortly, this year is really awesome for lego fans.

* The pictures including the link had been removed on 19 Jan.
Will update this post again with pictures once it is appropriate to post

Lego Sets for 2011

2011 Community Minifigures Set 9348 and Fairtale and Historic Minifigures 9349

Few more days to a new year, I do not intend to list all the new sets here, it is a bit too long. Simply click & check the pictures from Bricksets, some of them are not available yet.

Brickset 2011 Lego Sets

For pictures of Ninjago and a few pirates of caribbean sets, just click on the flickr link (24 Dec post).

The set I am considering...Creator Log Cabin 5766

There will be a first Star Wars Advent calendar in 2011, will update more here once I received the pictures. I'm not going into Atlantis, Ninjago, Cars and Star Wars (maybe just the ewok set), have to be selective and not overspend, it will be challenging though, with creator lighthouse, city fishing boat, log cabin the "want list" just keep getting longer.