A couple of examples that come to mind for a more muted – and perhaps bit more appropriate – color-scheme can be found on two versions of the Flying Dutchman the first one is by Carl Greatrix, and the second one is by Sebeus (click on the names for full album).īesides those fairly minor issues, the LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Silent Mary is definitely a daring attempt that stretches the boundaries of what is usually expected from an official LEGO set, and the final result looks very impressive. Of course, you can replace some of the pieces, if you would like to make your ship look more menacing. Another point JANG brings up that I have to agree with is that while there has been much effort put into making the ship look decayed using some very nice building techniques, the brightness of all the gold embellishments is a bit too much for a haunted ship. Other than that, the ship is pretty much just for display.Īs JANGBRiCKS points out in his video-review (which I’m also enclosing below), it is quite disappointing that the interior of the ship is not accessible at all. Another play-feature is that one of the three masts is collapsible. The main play-feature of the ship is that you can raise the hinged bow section and open the skeleton hull (like a big shark opening its mouth) to swallow up smaller ships.

I have enclosed the video for you below.Īs you can see in the designer-video, the LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Silent Mary has no solid hull, so it is sort of floating over the surface, supported only by some clear LEGO elements. Since we last discussed the LEGO Silent Mary (see links at the end of this post), the official designer-video has been released, so now we can hear directly from LEGO designer Marcos Bessa, explaining some of the interesting features of the set, as well as the challenges that came up while making it.

The set also comes with an excellent collection of minifigures, and two awesome ghost sharks everyone is talking about. This exclusive set includes a large and very detailed display-model of the ghost ship from the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales movie – the fifth and final installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The #71042 LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Silent Mary became available for LEGO VIP members a couple of weeks ago, and on April 1st (tomorrow) it will also be available to the general public.

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