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 Arriving in Singapore

Lego POTC ship Black Pearl will be arriving in Singapore shortly. It will probably be on the shelves within 2 weeks.

i will be receiving this set shortly, hopefully before my overseas trip. I will upload more pictures in a moment.

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Jack Tales Commercial 2011

An interesting clip.

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Battle Pack Review

The battle pack figures:
Gunner Zombie, Jack, Yeoman Zombie, Scrum and King George's Officer
Jack Sparrow & Yeoman Zombie are having printed head on both side.

L to R: Yeoman Zombie from 4191, Yeoman Zombie from battle pack, Gunner zombie from 4191, Gunner Zombie from battle pack.

Having a close study with the earlier figures from 4191 Captain's Cabin to spot any difference. There is always a saying that the quality of the minifigures from the battle packs are usually not as good as those from the box set. It happens in Kingdoms and a few others. Overall i don't see much difference, but i still prefer the figures from the box set.

Yeoman zombie is not suppose to have the weapon sling, the hair becomes loose and come off quite easily. Fans will not mind the additional piece, good to hold the weapon and keep the hands free.

the battle pack figure on the right is actually having a darker print on the torso and head

The Jack figure from the battle pack is unable to hold the compass. I'm not sure if the problem lies with the tile compass? The figure's hand is just too widen.

Overall nice to have this battlepack. More Zombie soldiers & King George's Officers for army builders.

POTC Captain's Cabin Review
Captain's Cabin Review

Do check the blog again, i will include the zombie armies with Queen Ann's Revenge!

Next lego review will be on the new Kingdoms Windmill - 7189 Mill Village Raid.

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 Pirates of Caribbean Landed in Singapore 27 April

Lego 4194 Pirates of the Caribbean Whitecap Bay
4194 Whitecap Bay retail price S$179.90. Member's price $143.90.

The POTC sets are now available in local Lego Store. Usually on the first day of release, there will be lego fans rushing for it and be the first to own them. Well between "Instant & Delayed Gratification", i prefer the latter.

Members get 10% off the retail price.

My order will be send on 1 May. The blog will have a review on the sets 4194 Whitecap Bay and 4195 Queen's Ann Revenge in about 2 weeks time. For Whitecap bay, the US retail is at USD69.99, about 30% less than the member's price (even including shipment), so there's nothing exciting on the member's price.

With the marked up prices in local stores, buying them from overseas is a good choice.

An earlier post:
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Retail Price