News & Announcements

Recently Maxim I shared his beautiful MOC of the Götheborg, an 18th century sailing ship, in the LEGO Pirate Forum.  Simply sharing her pictures would only partially do the build justice, so this editor reached out and landed the following interview.  Enjoy! What was your original inspiration to build the Götheborg in Brick? => I have […]

Eurobricks and Classic-Pirates.com member Derfel Cardarn is in the hotseat in this interview. In episode #16 of ‘Behind The Helm’, Izzy and Connor get a chance to chat with Luke Watkins, a Eurobricks MOC Expert and a master of brick built landscapes. Luke shares with us past, present and upcoming projects from him as well […]

Izzy, in a solo flight, interviews the worlds first and only female freelance LEGO® artist and writer.  Mariann Asanuma shares with us some of her past as a LEGOLAND Master Builder, and she also talks about her hopes for the future of the LEGO hobby itself. Read ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode #15.5 – Mariann Asanuma […]

‘Behind The Helm’ has just released Part 2 of Episode #15 – Nik Groves. With 25 minutes of rich information and a few laughing points along the way, this is a great opportunity to hear about what goes on behind the scenes at LEGO! Listen to ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode 15 – Nik Groves (Part 2) in […]

  Ahoy there mateys, joining Cutlass and Zuloo today be forum user and Eurobricks MOC Expert Teddy! Talking about everything from “Game Grannies” to traffic in the Netherlands, this is an…interesting interview. Check out ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode #14 – Teddy in the Pirate forum!

Avast there ye landlubbers! Unfortunately, there be no interview this weekend for us, but that’s because we would like you all to fill in a small survey for us. Designed to help us make the programme better for everyone and more enjoyable, please take a moment to tick some boxes and post some feedback. The […]

Classic-Pirates.com News Coordinator and ‘Behind The Helm’ host, Connor Hicks is interviewed by co-host Izzy Kilmartin in Episode #13 – Captain Zuloo. Sharing a number of things from LEGO@reg; in Australia to Pillage the Village II, this is an interesting interview, worth a listen or read. Listen to ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode #13 – Captain […]

Last week we released Part 1 of an exciting interview with LEGO® set designer Jamie Berard, and now we are releasing Part 2! Full of more interesting facts about LEGO trains, The Emerald Night and LEGO in general, this is another ‘Behind The Helm’ that you don’t want to miss. Listen to ‘Behind The Helm’ […]

Ahoy there matey’s, today be no normal interview! LEGO set designer Jamie Berard, responsible for great sets like 10194 Emerald Night and 10182 Cafe Corner, has agreed to be interviewed. This is part 1. Listen to ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode #12 – Jamie Berard (Part 1) in the forum!

Yargh, Cutlass_Iz and Captain Zuloo are pleased to present Episode #11 of ‘Behind The Helm’ – Cap’n Blackmoor. Packed full of audio goodness, we discuss the future of LEGO, his Pillage The Village entry and scallywags putting garden gnomes on the road… Check out ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode #11 – Cap’n Blackmoor in the Pirate […]

Episode #10 of ‘Behind The Helm’ has been released, and again it’s in audio format! Today I have the pleasure of presenting to you a brilliant interview with forum user Cutlass_Iz. We discuss the history, future and present of LEGO, the discontinuation of the 2009 Pirates line, and Pirate themed restaurants! Have a listen below:

Ahoy there ye scallywaygs, it be a special time fer Classic-Pirates.com. Along with Pillage the Village II being announced, we have launched a whole new concept of ‘Behind The Helm’ interviews. We’re running a few episodes in audio format rather than text to see how things pan out. Joining me for the first of hopefully […]

In this episode of ‘Behind The Helm’ I talk to one of the masters of LEGO Napoleonic army customization. Joining me today is member michaelozzie, a Pirate fan from the Gold Coast of Australia responsible for some brilliant custom army minifigs! So come on over and read ‘Behind The Helm’ Episode #7 ~ michaelozzie in the Pirates […]

‘Behind The Helm’ is Classic-Pirates.com’s interview program that sort of fizzled out a few months ago due to other high demands in running Classic-Pirates.com. But not to worry, because the ever-popular ‘Behind The Helm’ is on its way back! While you’re waiting, check out previous episodes here: Episode #1 ~ Zorro Episode #2 ~ SlyOwl […]