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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yep, that's a collie for you. Herding instinct are strong in this one.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Huzzah! My kobold minions look forward to your progress.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Like what I'm seeing so far. Long as I can run a handful of kobolds at some point, just for laughs... :D

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

...they did WHAT? How... why... but... ... ... ... no. Just... no. This feels like they're running out of ideas for M:tG expansions. 😑

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Up to you. Don't know how well it would sell if you did, but it would be cool to see.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Retro Lego: 1995's Skull Island Pirate haven. Skull rotates, crane works. Nice pirate base. Got this from ebay as a present for my 49th birthday this weekend. Scrounged the figures from my parts bins, will dig out the other missing parts eventually. Sheer nostalgia.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Also not-as-retro: Soldier's Arsenal (2009). Little polybag sets like these were a great way to fill out your collection and add play features to bigger sets. Kind of wish I'd snagged more of them back in the day...

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I do find it interesting that they leaned into fantasy a little and showed the skeleton acting like a crew member in the little cartoons in the back. They leaned heavily into play features with this. Moving scythe, drop-bridge, trapdoor to an escape hatch. Overall, kind of fun. :)

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Not-as-retro: 6253 Shipwreck Hideout (2009) Tower-like base built into a wrecked ship? Yes, please! I wasn't as big a fan of the late 2000s release line, but I did get them. This set slipped by me, had to snag it from ebay. It is missing a few minifigs and parts, but I can fill them in from parts.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

For some reason I'm picturing her as an Animal Crossing character in the most adorable way. "Yes, Mister Mayor, trapping the others with pitfall seeds is hilarious."

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Retro Lego: Rocky Reef (1995) Two pirates, a rowboat, and buried treasure. Classic scenario. Looks basic, but had a lot of play value and looks like a proper island. Swing out the plate to reveal the hidden treasure, and a hidden skeleton pops out too. I can post a reveal pic if someone asks.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

You have my interest, tell me more...

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I find that trying to actually... build... anything these days is a lesson in futility. Ironic, given the amount of time I have spent sorting my Lego so I can find parts, that I now don't know what I want to DO with them. Anyone else with this issue?

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I just now realized that I put the flag onto the antenna upside-down. 🤦 But on the plus side, Eddie Izzard says that little fort is claimed in the name of... whatever country the Imperials are from, because they have a FLAG.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Retro Lego: 1492 Battle Cove Not quite the counterpart to the Imperial Cannon, but similar idea from the Pirates side of the theme. One cannon on a small sandy beach, a single pirate minifigure, and a bit of wall. Oh, and a shark, because shark. Minimal build, still fun. No cannonballs though?

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Retro Lego: 1795 Imperial Cannon This is what it says. One Armada soldier, a cannon, and a tiny fort-in-shallow-water. No roof, minimal support, no land, and for once in an Imperial "base," no jail cell! Still a fun little build, but kind of minimal overall.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Retro Lookback: Bounty Boat... ...well, it doesn't have a prison cell. This is basically a boat with minifigures trying to hide or having just reclaimed treasure. Potential is here - build an island for them to bury the treasure on, or have them searching the island to dig UP the treasure?

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

He was all "okay, Christmas is over, I'ma lie down now..."

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Holiday update: I have expanded the beach! Added some sand, made the water in the front here bigger so I can dock a ship, added a small rock to anchor the docks, and made a stand-in Harbormaster's Office kitbashed from the Lagoon Lock-Up and Broadside's Brig sets from the 90s.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Oh - will post new pics of the beach build soon. My parts order for more sand/ocean arrived the other day, so I'm going to try to use the holiday as an excuse to go to the beach! 😁

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Retro Lego: 6266 Cannon Cove Another Imperial set... with a cannon... and the apparently required jail cell. I really do think the old Pirate sets had a theme going. I checked some other sets and a lot of the pirate-side sets have prisons as well! 😅

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Forgot to add something - it is curious how almost every Imperial-side set includes some kind of jail cell. Eldorado Fortress has one, the Lagoon Lock-Up has one, Broadside's Brig has one, and the Imperial Outpost has one. Kind of feels like Lego wants people to have a jail break be a subtheme...

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Retro Lego: Broadside's Brig 1991 Small Imperial Soldiers set. Maybe meant as an add-on to the original Eldorado Fortress, it has a jail and a guard post and not much else. Still, nice little set.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

...I have just realized that I'm going to have to shift this whole build at least one 16x16 plate to the left and add more ocean. Gonna be hard to dock a ship in what is there without knocking it to the floor... 🤦‍♂️

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Lagoon Lock-Up is going to be a nice start for the Island Colony build, but instead of a prison, it is going to be the office/storage warehouse for the colony's harbormaster (with some additions and modifications). Just need more dock space and a crane for unloading cargo.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

5 minifigures, lots of play features. The beach in my first post is eventually going to be the starting setup for a Pirates-themed build. I've been playing a game called Whiskerwood on Steam recently. Basically Timberborn with mice in the Age of Sail. Which I will build in Lego using normal figs.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Time for Retro Lego Lookback! In 1991, the second run of Pirate theme sets came out, and I missed out on most of them because I was distracted by other things. I should not have access to ebay. Below is set 6267, the Lagoon Lock-Up. Picked up from ebay recently. Bigger than I expected. Nice set.

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TatterScrap Builds Stuff @tatterscrap.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Life... is not a beach. It is an ocean, and sometimes you have to build your own beach. So I did. Well, I started to, anyway... kind of ran out of tan plates for the time being, so until I can order more this won't change much.

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