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old news to me, but I spend more time in the LEGO aisle than anywhere else at TRU. [img]wink.gif[/img] \they also have a Drogons line that's the same idea.
I have a few of those sets.
damn cool stuff.
although mine are packed away, due to space. [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]
Speaking of, Stendhal dragon is out! Sweeeeeeeeet. Thoron is still my fave, but Stendhal is actually a little better articulated and has some interesting detail work, like scarified celtic symbols in his wings, and carved into his horns...very interesting.
We're talking pirates, not dragons here mister! [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]
...bite me, Bionic Man! Besides, they can play together, its all the same scale. [img]wink.gif[/img]
The only thing that has stopped me from getting the pirates is because I have nowhere to put my tons of similar dragon sets as it is...and no desire to start collecting another line...I've been almost hoping all the lines I am into would just die off so I can have an excuse to stop collecting, I have too much as it is...
I'd call that blasphemy, but coming from you, well...meh.
I haven't been down the LEGO aisle (intentionally) in at least 6-7 years. [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]
Must do that again next time...
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Originally posted by Peeker:
I'd call that blasphemy, but coming from you, well...meh.
We have almost all of the dragons line stuff, but just partial metal ages. (The big dragon mountain set is at tru for 50% off right now, BTW. Excellent deal.
We already have both Pyrates ships, and while the island looks tempting, Treasure island is supposed to be out for Christmas, and looks MUCH more impressive.
I have the older megabloks ships, which were the BEST at the time. (The ice skimmer being pulled by the skeletal dragon is discounted at TRU right now, and is a great concept piece.
I actually bought two of the larger Dragons ships, to make one LARGE dragons ship, and one smaller one. Pretyt cool, especially since the 2nd one was on clearance for $10!)
The new Pyrate ships are easily the best work Megabloks has done. Both ships look excellent once complete, have more features, and are more realistic looking, with proper decks and structure. I do think they skimped a little on the crew this go around. though.
The battle damage features of the skeleton ship are great, and the sculpting on it is excellent, but I think the lightup feature leaves a little to be desired. No biggie, since I can always toss a string of christmas lights in there, if I really want.
I'm going to do a hanging wall shelf for ships, and it'll have the megabloks ships, the ship from Pirates of Darkwater, the Disney Treasure Island playset ship, and the Trimarine from waterworld.
And Walmart has a el cheap-o pirate ship in the generic box aisle that looks sorta tempting for $9.99.
I mentioned before that I saw the Pyrate sets when I picked up my Mag Warriors. They looked cool, but I resisted the temptation....for now. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Only real MAJOR downside to these at all, is that this go around the parts are molded very specific, so you won't be doing a lot of mixing and matching of parts to create new ships.
But the ships are SO good, that I can forgive that issue.
The smaller Pyrate ship is a much better deal right now, maybe pic that one up, and get hooked for Christmas.
Right after Christmas, you can usually pic up almost all the sets at Target, clearanced 50% or more. We've always picked up our bulk then, and if we had bought everything retail, we'd probably have $400-$600 worth of Megabloks dragon and pyrate stuff.
Our old display (till the new kittens played "Godzilla" on it) was 6 foot long, by about 3 feet high or so, and it did NOT have room for all the dragons, and the large ships.
I'll probably get two of those large folding tables at wal-Mart one of these days, and setup a massive display in one of the extra bedroom/storerooms. Plans are to hanfg something from the ceiling with holes in it, so I can hang the dragons up over the display. I'll probably plan it using amber red and blue christmas lights for lighting as well.
I'd [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img] to see pics of that when it's done [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
why yes DA, I think they might mix ok together. *starts charging defibrilator for protection* [img]wink.gif[/img]
I think I'll for sure try and get the big ship. its a very cool looking set
I had pics somewhere here from the old setup. .I'll post them if I find them. (It was like a year ago.)
Ok, here's a pic of the skull and stuff that came in it. you'd be surprised how much articluation they put into those tiny figures. this is really a cool line of toys, and not real expensive either
http://a0.cpimg.com/image/A8/91/5174...-02000180-.jpg
oh and the cannon really works pretty well. it shoots that thing pretty far. now if I could only make it use gun powder and a marble [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ September 03, 2005 03:57 PM: Message edited by: Chaserfan half man half machine ]</font>
Oh Yeah! Those are very cool. My youngest picked out the skull with the green eye for his birthday shopping spree earlier this month.
Those skulls rock! Love to see the ship in person!
I just wish there was a Bag o Skeletons! I want a passel for my skeleton ship.
I might also use some GITD spraypaint on it's sails and maybe some on other parts that would look cool.
The ships just plain rock.
dude a bag o' skeleton would rock! I'm gonna get the big ship. doesnt it come with a bunch of them?
Nope.. just like 3 guys, and one is a Pyrate.
Check out the Dragons Ice ship next time you hit Tru.. it's a steal for the current price, and the skeletal dragon it comes with is pretty cool.
I'll do that. I can believe as big as the ship is that they give you the same amount of characters as in the little skull boxed ones. We definatly need a bag o' skeleton!
The Dragons ships came with more guys, but the new ships have much better detailing, and unique parts, and I'm much rather have a better ship, and fewer guys (I can always buy a few more, and they will eventually be on clearance down the road), then had more 'toyish" ships.
I'm probably going to add the additional rigging to the masta using some coarse thread that looks like scale "rope".
well I went out and saw the Dragons. they are very cool, and I might have to pick up the dragons, but I think I'm hooked on the Pyrates. In fact I'm gonna end up with the whole line. The pirate ships are absolutly fantastic! the sails, the canons, all the details are just too cool
Yep. I started with the smaller pirate ship, and ended up having to own the bigger one as soon as I saw it in the store.
I'm not even gonna fool myself on these. I'm just gonna get everything I see of them and not do that "oh, I'll get it later" thing. they sell pretty good and I dont want to hunt for them
Bri-
Don't leave them alone too long.....they'll turn into BUTT PYRATES!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Nomalas/bp1.jpg
Mine did. [img]frown.gif[/img]
so I was at walmart last night and once again saw these skulls on the shelves. when you look under the patch over the eye theres a little tiny character. I got one with a skeleton. Well you open these up and theres a whole little playset inside. and a lot more than you think would be. Mine is Maroon Gally. you put it together and bada bing a playset. It has two little skelleton pirates and one non skeleton. the little tiny pirates are even articulated!
so there's all thesse little sets you can buy and theres a huge pirate ship with shooting cannons and other movable parts, and even a skeleton crew.
Anyone else see these? are these old news?
They are actually cool as hell. I'm probably gonna get the huge ship.
and yeah, I'm too lazy to get the camera and post pics...so here's a link
www.megabloks.com/pyrates
LOL! wait until they get with more, there will be an orgy going on! little pirate perverts!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Nomalas/bp1.jpg
"Arrgh, I'll swab ye poop deck, matey!"
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ September 04, 2005 08:44 PM: Message edited by: Daj of the Dead ]</font>
butt-fuckers or not, these are cool toys!
Our man Lando da Pimp reviewed the big bony pyrate ship
Big Pyrate ship
Pretty sweet looking
but you're right about the specific pieces
http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/im...ostship_01.jpg
Mr. Stinkhead
I was disapointed about the lightup feature as well. I'd rather it had a switch to turn them all on, then a light underneath a cannon when you fire it.
can it be rigged to put a light in? even if theres a few downs, there's so many good things that have to out-weigh the bad
There's a whole compartment in there, and I can easily just slip a small string of blue Christmas lights in there...
And yeah, the good far outweighs the bad, but a few extrea skellies woulda been nice.. [img]smile.gif[/img]
I kinda wish they'd also paint the sails and some other parts in GITD as well, but that's an easy fix.
are the lights supposed to represent flashes from the cannons being fired? and arent the sails white or ivory?
Yeah they are, but they lightup below the cannons themselves. There are two tiers, the cannon tier, and a lower "basement" tier. The basement tier holds the lights.
The sails are an excellent material, creamy colored, and light material so they almost look scale. They even almost look like GITD material.
BTW, if you go to megablocks homepage, they have a pyrate game, and a dragon game that are worth spending a few minutes on. the interactive desktops are also worth tinkering with, if nothing more then to see good quality images of the products.
They also did a cgi movie of the dragons, and are coming out with a sequel this fall.
Since Pirates of the Caribbean will be having a few sequels, I wouldn;t be surprised if we see a cgi pyrates movie.
very cool thanks