Prologue
This is the last set I bought second-hand from Bricklink and is a medium sized one. Below is a cover art of the set. Like most Pirates II sets, it features marine creatures, pirates, jewels and Imperial Guards in this one.
The person who sold it to me packaged it very well and so there was no concern on damaged parts on arrival unlike my second-hand Brickbeard's Bounty where the box came squashed.
Parts List
Here is a shot of the parts of this set and since it is not that large, we are able to capture it all in one screenshot. This set has some large pieces like the row boat, bridge and large panels. The colour assortment is what is to be expected of a shipwreck though pearl gold which was found in abundance in Brickbeard's Bounty is sorely missing here. Maybe all the gold parts on the ship were pawned away...
The Build
This set features six minifigures if you consider the skeleton as a minifigure as well. The line up of characters is quite standard with the exception of the female pirate. Equal opportunity does not yet exists in pirates and she is rarely found. One the Imperial Guards side, they are represented by an officer and a grunt. They are packing more fire power this time with rifles.
The Imperial Guards have a row boat to row furiously onto the shipwreck island and it comes with 2 water snakes! Not sure what is the backdrop of the story here for them to have snakes on their boat.
The first piece of the shipwreck is the forecastle and bow, or what is left of it anyways. In this section is a treasure chest, in pearl gold no less.
The second piece is the bridge and stern of the shipwreck. For some reason there is a sabre right in front of the steering wheel. Normal ships do not have such an arrangement.
Next comes the base of the shipwreck which is basically a piece of rock. It is very sturdy and features a good mix of dark green, reddish brown and grey bricks.
Next up is the captain's cabin. I must say that it looks very good. There is a cannon and a pirate flag at the top of the cabin that functions a good defensive position. The portion of the set has a play feature where the skull heads can be used as boulders and drop through a hole hidden under the table in the captain's cabin. The skull will come out at the centre of the slit at the rock base.
Finally we have the bridge. This part has a crow's net for a lookout of the Imperial Guards and a small crab probably guarding the bridge. The bridge can flip over when a technic pin is removed, dumping any minifigure below.
Here is the set with all the 4 pieces connected up. The bridge portion beefs up the apparent size of the set and it does look very sparse and shipwrecked I must say. The mix of colours is along the pirates line and overall mixes very well.
Final Thoughts
This set was bought second-hand on Bricklink and was quite a good price. It is a fun set to own but is it worth buying? Well again like the other smaller pirate sets, if you like the pirates line, this is not a must have but it does add a colourful scene to your current pirate sets. It does not have that many interesting marine creatures like Loot Island or Kraken Attackin'. What it does offer though is a set with some interesting play features. So this set leans more to a good to have to me too. By nature of it being a shipwreck, it does look a bit sparse in structures. When combine with Loot Island and Kraken Attackin' though, it does make it look like a dilapidated territory of the pirates, a suitable hideout for them. So if you do see one that is at a good bargain, why not get it and combine them into a pirate landscape? I leave this review with pictures of the whole set.
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