Lego Pirates Imperial soldier 1980s/90s key chain/promo figure - need help identifying

[TheAbsoluteSt81]

Hello, I have a lego pirates imperial soldier figure which I cannot find on bricklink, brickset or any price guide (and that includes the ones that include the rarest of figures, like 'figure with only 50 copies which was given away at a lego convention in Romania in 2006'), and I think it may be worth money. Will upload a picture once I find it but basically it's this figure: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=pi004b#T=S&O={"iconly":0} except with a tricorn and possibly slightly different head, and with the lego logo on his back. It seems to have been a keychain as it does not come apart. He used to have the bottom of a plastic key chain (like this: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=3977c&name=Legoland Ambassador Key Chain - plastic chain, with stripes on back&category=[Key Chain][Legoland Parks]#T=S&O={"iconly":0}) on his head but this broke off years ago, probably still in a box somewhere! I think I got the figure at a young age in a box of second-hand lego my mum got me from a co-worker (mostly 90s stuff).

If anyone can give a link to a bricklink page or any sources about the figure, please let me know. Would love to know if it's valuable/how it was initially sold.

If there's a different forum for which this may be more appropriate please let me know.

Edited February 23, 2021 by TheAbsoluteSt81

[deraven]

I assume it's this one:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=KC018#T=P

There were a bunch of them that were Pirate-themed starting from 1989/1990 (like this one of yours) and various similar releases since.  You can see some of them here:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=G&catString=334.61.688

I think the one you're referring to may have only been available in the UK, and was certainly less common - may have been an item available to Lego Club members at the time, like the Islander one from the same era.  I guess technically yours would be a "keyring" not "keychain" since it had the black plastic loop instead of the metal chain.

While uncommon, I don't think it's particularly rare or high-value.  It looks like the last one that sold on Bricklink went for USD $10, but still a neat item to have.  

[TheAbsoluteSt81]

On 2/24/2021 at 7:20 AM, deraven said:

I assume it's this one:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=KC018#T=P

There were a bunch of them that were Pirate-themed starting from 1989/1990 (like this one of yours) and various similar releases since.  You can see some of them here:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=G&catString=334.61.688

I think the one you're referring to may have only been available in the UK, and was certainly less common - may have been an item available to Lego Club members at the time, like the Islander one from the same era.  I guess technically yours would be a "keyring" not "keychain" since it had the black plastic loop instead of the metal chain.

While uncommon, I don't think it's particularly rare or high-value.  It looks like the last one that sold on Bricklink went for USD $10, but still a neat item to have.  

Thanks! Yeah it's a cool figure, I like having rarities like this and the chrome Darth Vader in my collection