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Showing posts with label Imperial Flagship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Imperial Flagship. Show all posts
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Little Yellow Brick Celebrates The 2012 Olympics!
The 2012 Olympics is well underway, and Little Yellow Brick salutes the athletes in the Games! Using our existing Lego collection, we have posted some shots to celebrate some of the sports!
Check out our extended post to find out!
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
10210 Imperial Flagship MOC - Officers on Deck!
Look who just joined the Imperial Flagship!
Two King George's Officers! (We shall give them the rank of Captain!)
Sneak preview - where are they going? Check out the pictures in the extended post!
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
It's February!
Well well well, who do we have here? :) Two freshly minted King George's Officers from the Pirates of the Caribbean Series! For the record, we did not buy any new sets from this series, but we did feel that these two officers made a great addition to our 10210 Imperial Flagship. Well here they are, and do stay tuned as always for a new post on our 10210 Imperial Flagship and 6243 Brickbeard's Bounty!
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Sunday, 1 January 2012
Little Yellow Brick Wishes Readers A Blessed 2012!
With compliments from the veterans of our Imperial Flagship !
Thank you for supporting Little Yellow Brick! We have gone from strength to strength with every post, and we look forward to adding more entries! We wish everyone a successful New Year, and hope you will continue to support us!
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Sunday, 4 September 2011
Imperial Flagship vs Brickbeard's Bounty!
Our first two Lego projects were the Imperial Flagship and Brickbeard's Bounty. After building both ships, we thought, what would happen if we put both ships side by side? Well, let's find out!
Before we start, let us do a recap of our two ships:
Imperial Flagship
Anyway, so here's the new fighting balance:
Imperial: 11 (1 captain, 1 captain's daughter, 3 lieutenants and 6 soldiers)
Pirate: 8 (2 senior, 1 female and 5 junior pirates)
Before we start, let us do a recap of our two ships:
Imperial Flagship
Production Release: in 2010
Pieces: 1664
Dimension: 29"/75cm by 23.6"/60cm
Firepower: 2 x 4 side cannon ports; 4 movable cannons
Speed: Moderate; three masts tempered by size, anchor and one more cannon
Imperial side: 7 (1 captain, 1 captain's daughter, 1 lieutenant and 4 soldiers)
Pirate side: 2 (1 senior and 1 junior pirate)
Brickbeard's Bounty
Production Release: in 2009
Pieces: 592
Dimension: 22"/56cm by 17"/44cm
Firepower: 2 x 2 side cannon ports; 2 movable cannons + 1 mounted cannon
Speed: Fast; smaller in size and no anchor but one less mast
Pirate side: 6 (1 senior, 1 female and 4 junior pirates)
Imperial side: 2 (1 lieutenant and 1 soldier)
Before we start...
Remember we commented that six soldiers for the Imperial Flagship was the bare minimum? Well, we decided to do something about it! We bought 1 lieutenant and 1 soldier. Here they are:
Can't really remember how much each minifig cost, maybe S$5.50? Quite a ripoff huh. Anyway, for those of you who are thinking of buying more minifigs for your ship(s), do note that the lieutenant does not come with the red feather, while the soldier does not come with the blue epaulette / shoulder pads (this sounds wrong!)
Anyway, so here's the new fighting balance:
Imperial: 11 (1 captain, 1 captain's daughter, 3 lieutenants and 6 soldiers)
Pirate: 8 (2 senior, 1 female and 5 junior pirates)
Imperial Flagship vs Brickbeard's Bounty
A shot of the full-blown action from afar!
Close-up of Imperial troops vs Pirates!
If we could add two more Imperial troops, surely we could make the monkey an elite fighting force? :) Also, check out the partially hidden senior and junior pirates on the left side (peekaboo blue bandana) dueling three soldiers!
And if we could make the monkey an elite fighting force, perhaps we could also make the shark a little hungry? :p
Making use of the mounted cannon!
Well, we didn't buy any coastal Imperial or Pirate bases, so we won't be publishing a post on that for now! As with our previous posts on these two ships, building them was very fun, but playing both ships off each other was even more enjoyable. We would recommend that Lego ship enthusiasts try playing them both, and perhaps give us more battle scenarios!
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Sunday, 21 August 2011
Our second Lego project - 6243 Brickbeard's Bounty
- Model: 6243 Brickbeard's Bounty
- 592 pieces
- Released in 2009
- Retail price: $99.99 USD
Brickbeard's Bounty is a visual feast, its bright red and white sails matching the brown hull, maroon captain's quarters and yellow windows. Smaller than the Imperial Battleship at 22" (56cm) by 17" (44cm) and with two masts, one could presume that this ship was built with speed in mind, sacrificing firepower for knots. Going by this theory, we could probably also forgive Lego's designers for not including an anchor in this ship! Building the ship was less of a challenge compared to the Flagship, whose 1,600 pieces is more than 2.5 times of Brickbeard's 592; we completed it within one night, probably took us less than five hours.
In terms of play, the ship's four pirates are probably insufficient for a ship with two movable side cannons, one mounted rear cannon and two mounted rifles at the front of the ship. Brickbeard's Bounty comes with a female prisoner, which allows us to give our two Imperial protagonists one of two missions - to steal the treasure map in the captain's quarters or rescue the damsel in distress, the latter of which probably seems like a suicide mission given the lurking shark and them being outnumbered two to one.
Overall, we would consider Brickbeard's Bounty a beautiful addition to any Lego exhibition display, but we would recommend that it be put next to the Imperial Flagship for a showdown. Otherwise, we could also envision a scenario where Brickbeard's Bounty attacks an Imperial coastal outpost and raid it of its treasure. In conclusion, Brickbeard's Bounty is a sight for the eyes, but would probably need to be put next to another Lego set for maximum play experience!
Our first Lego project - 10210 Imperial Flagship
- Model: 10210 Imperial Flagship
- 1664 pieces
- Released in 2010
- Retail price: $179.99 USD
Our completed Flagship! Stay tuned for Imperial Flagship vs Brickbeard's Bounty!
Minifigs-wise, the Flagship comes with the captain, his daughter, a lieutenant and four soldiers; in terms of bad guys, there are the pirate captain and his sidekick. One might think that the number of soldiers is quite sufficient, but considering the need for hands on deck and four cannon ports on each side, six is probably the bare minimum. The lack of pirates, especially if the junior pirate is played as the ship's cook, is probably the another setback of this ship. We took about 12 hours over a span of three days to complete this beast. Enjoy!
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