![]() ![]() Milan: Most recently, 21319 LEGO Ideas Friends Central Perk alongside Aymeric, the fan designer on that model. What other sets/minifigures have you designed? I think I must have had three of the 6252: Sea Mates, which looking back was probably a big sign towards my interest in Minifigures, haha! I think even Johnny Thunder made an appearance in my sprawling Islanders layouts!Īustin: I couldn’t afford a lot of big LEGO sets so I missed out on the big ships but I was a big fan of the small boxes that provide a decent amount of Pirates and a treasure. I could really imagine this dense jungle with winding rivers. I think for me, as a kid, it just sparked something in my imagination that enabled me to start building whole worlds for my Minifigures. There are a lot of really great LEGO Pirates sets out there but for some reason I have fond memories of Enchanted Island. What is your favorite (other) LEGO pirates set? I was around to see the work on the 2015 Pirate line and was circling that project like a shark but I wasn’t the designer assigned to it so I had to wait for this set to be the real first pirate set I worked on. I’ve never had the pleasure to work on LEGO Pirates before, so this is new ground for me, but I spent an awful lot of time making huge pirate and castle dioramas as a kid.Īustin: The closest thing to a Pirate set I worked on was designing the Scallywag from Minifigure Collectibles series 16. We worked really hard to try and deliver something that would take you back to your childhood, just as the theme does for Pablo, the fan designer, so I’m so glad it did. Milan: Thanks for the kind words! I think I speak for the whole team when I say that we are so pleased you like it. Have either of you worked on any pirates sets previously? And if so, which ones? For people like me who grew up with the original Pirates theme, this set is loaded with nostalgia and is so much fun, plus it’s a great build. Read the TBB review of 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay here.įirst of all, let me say that I just finished building the set, and I absolutely love it. You’ll definitely want to read our full review first, though. We got our hands on an early copy to bring you a full review, but we also had a chance to sit down (virtually) with the two LEGO designers behind the set, set Designer Milan Madge and minifigure Designer Austin William Carlson, to ask them a few more things we wanted to know about the set. And not only that, but the set can also be transformed to create the full, seaworthy sailing ship too, and it will be available April 1, 2020, for US $199.99 | CAN $259.99 | UK £179.99. ![]() A few days ago LEGO took the wraps off the newest Ideas set, 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay, a massive shipwreck island that contains the wreckage of the infamous Black Seas Barracuda.
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