News & Announcements

Bonaparte’s work as Ambassador of classic-pirates.com has paid of. He has been re-elected for this important job. In the future, he will keep doing his work as Ambassador: giving news and announcements straight from TLG. Congratulate Bonaparte in the LEGO Pirates forum!

All the recent talking about the new Pirates of the Caribbean-line raised a new question. Since all the recent licensed LEGO themes contain flesh-coloured minifigs, and they will probably continue doing so in the future, it may seem odd to match them up with the yellow minifig’s that most of us already have. So do […]

The names of the eight LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean sets, due to be released next year, have been announced. The complete list of set names, along with their numbers and prices, is shown below: 4181 – Isla De la Muerta – £ 21,99 4182 – The Cannibal Escape – £ 30,99 4183 – The […]

BILLUND, Denmark, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — The LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products today announced an upcoming collection of LEGO® brand Pirates of the Caribbean construction toys that will set children’s imaginations sailing on thousands of build-and-play adventures. Scheduled to launch in spring 2011, eight new building sets will bring the action, stories and […]

Captain Blackmoor and Big Cam have been promoted! Captain Blackmoor is the new Pirate Regulator, one of the highest “pirate ranks”. Big Cam is the new Shipyard Master in Blackmoor’s place. Shipyard Master is the highest rank of the Shipyardigans. So be nice to these guys as they are the managers now, and the administers […]

The LEGO group wants to hear from you! They want to know more about the needs and wishes of the global AFOL and TFOL communities. In the forum you can also find the key findings of the last survey and discuss your answers. The survey won’t take you more than 5 minutes and it’s worth […]

You read that right, you can obtain one of these special blue coat mini figures for free when shopping at your Local Toys R Us toy store. Here is what we know:   With a LEGO purchase of $20(U.S.) or $35(Canada) or more, you will receive 1 free mini figure, the week of October 3-9 happens to […]

As you may recall, we the members of Classic-Pirates.com have a reason to believe that LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean line will be released some time in the future. It’s also been stated that the POTC: On Stranger Tides movie (which is to be released next year) will include some Spanish characters, ships and locations. […]

Classic-Pirates.com proudly presents the Tournament of Retribution II Rat Award winner. It was hard to pick the best entry as there was something great about each of them. Anyway, the prize goes to Skalldyr for his ‘Down to the Rats’ entry. Well done Skalldyr! Feel free to congratulate the winner in the forum!

What is the brown stuff those redcoats are eating? Could it have something to do with rats? It probably does because it’s an entry for the Rat Award! Oky Wan has made both a very funny and a very disgusting entry, certainly worth to take a look at! Check out Things aren’t what they seem […]

Many of us, the fans of LEGO Pirates, have those gold coins that are included in many Pirate sets. They come in values of 10, 20, 30 and 40. Have you ever tried adding all of your coins up, like real money, to find out how rich you are? Some Classic-Pirates.com users have already done […]

Mister Phes wants to know! For the 2009 Pirate Theme the LEGO Group used the newer, larger sharks which first appeared in the Agent sets. Would you prefer to see a return to classic sharks if future LEGO Pirate sets are released? Or maybe it should be the newer shark all the way. Or perhaps […]

The second edition of the famous Tournament of Retribution has come to an end, the votes have been counted and the winners have been announced! We have seen epic battles, cruelty but above all we have seen a lot of fun! The Tournament of Retribution II has written history with such spectacular prizes! A big thanks […]

For the Rat Award, a special catagory in the Tournament of Retribution, Skalldyr presents his latest work. When you are running away with your arms filled with treasure, and Imperial Watchmen chasing upon you, it’s better to hide untill the storm is over. Sometimes no other option then the sewers down below is available. Check […]