I disagree whit that statement. Altough I love the Idea of more Lego Pirates, and ships to sail our way, making a minifigure scale large ships like Endeavour and Victory simply isnt realistic.
The parts count would be trough the roof, and the price whit it. And altough Endurance is in miniature scale and hence costs a fortune! (Atleast what we know so far). I think we should go the opposite round!
Go back to the roots, make simple, playsets, aimed for young audience! Just look at the Original Eldorado Fortress! Its simple, not a lot of parts. Sure its blocky and doesnt have all the detail the newer one has, but its was made to be played whit!
AFOLs have ruined Lego, we expect bigger, better sets! And ofcourse we are ready to spend the money! But if youre a Kid, thats out of reach. Lego as a company is a Toy making company aimed mainly for Kids, whit evergrowing AFOL market. And Im not saying there shouldnt be ANY Expert AFOL lines out there. But we dont need 15000+ part HMS Lego Minifigure scale ships.