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LEGO Pack of 3 Pirate Imperial Guards Red Coats with Shako Hat

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Prior to the launch of Lego Pirates, minifigures were distinguished in function and organization by their torso, headgear (either a helmet or hair), and accessories, being generic roles without any specified character.

This ended a long running gag in Lego Pirates where the previous three Imperials' flagships were smaller than contemporary pirate ships; traditionally the pirate ship was also the largest and most expensive set of its era in Lego Pirates. Like many others I really liked the Pirates of Barracuda Bay, it was fun to build, nice to look at, could be a shipwreck hideout or a normal ship, and had an impressive amount of minifigures. In 2021, a Lego Pirates-themed land was introduced to Legoland New York, based on the Lego Pirates toy theme. Both the Imperial Soldiers and the Imperial Guards used two crossed cannons under a crown as their emblem, though the Soldiers' blue flag was similar to the Flag of Quebec while the Guards had three thick red horizontal stripes. Although a professional historian may be able to provide evidence of a period when the French uniforms were closer to the bluecoat minifigures.Being considered the benchmark for Lego pirate ships, the 6285 Black Seas Barracuda (1989) was re-released as 10040 Black Seas Barracuda (2002) as part of the Lego Legends series. So I would not say the blue coats were Americans, although I could see them as revolutionary officers, but not the Navy itself. If looked at alone this year is great (though for those pure pirate fans it is lacking somewhat) if compared with what came before it is even better. Like in the comic, Governor Broadside appeared with his sister Prudence and niece Camilla once again.

The 70413 The Brick Bounty has a rear cabin built directly onto the rearmost hull piece which is a middle hull piece section (there is no longer unique stern hull piece). However, the 2011 (brick beards bounty and similar) is more accurate as the marines have a fort and small rowing boats, however, the next line of pirate sets (2015/16) got it all wrong again by giving the navy forts and big guns when they should've had a ship of their own, and that's why I miss classic pirates, TLG, the navy deserve ships too! Why did Lego not just add three sailors like before, there cannot be much of a difference cost wise and it’s a shame because there is not actually anyone to sail the ship. The attrition of constant fighting, the inability of the Royal Navy to decisively defeat the French Navy, and the withdrawal of the majority of British forces from North America in 1778 ultimately led to the British army's defeat.

Also what is the officer doing in this set, he is outnumbered in a rowboat (where our his soldiers) did Lego simply have an abundance of officer minifigs and needed a reason to use them, so far if you owned the three small sets containing imperials released this year you would have owned Three Officers and only one Soldier, these number make no sense. Hello, please forgive my grave ignorance on the matter of redcoats vs bluecoats, but I need to clarify this to avoid blunders in the future. The stories revolved around the misadventures of the crew of Dark Shark and their run-ins with Broadside's Imperial Soldiers. Ironhook commands the masted raft 6261 Raft Raiders (also known as 6261 Ironhook's Escape Craft) (1992) and the small pirate ship 6268 Renegade Runner (1993).

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