Lord Augusta Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 I just got this set from ebay recently, nice and include its original instruction in as new condition. I think everyone own this set do know about its little flaw, that the stair is leading to water. The yellow colour on the baseplate ends on the forth stud from the edge, and the stair is built on the third stud, so it's leading to water. a picture from Manta: However, the island in the official photo is larger. You can see from the box art, or the instruction, that the yellow area extent to the third stud ( the third stud is still yellow ). And it makes the stair leading to a bit land. Why would this happen? Did Lego make a mistake on printing the size of the island? If so, than what is the baseplate that they used for taking official photo? Quote
General Armendariz Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 My baseplate end at the half mark of the third stud. I think LEGO just had a hard time printing this piece correctly. I'll show a pic later. Quote
ProducePrincess Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 (edited) The stairs lead to the water for easy acess to the pirate boat maybe? My motto is" if it looks cool i'm fine with it". It could also be a trap for bluecoats since they don't like to get wet maybe? Edited October 20, 2009 by Black Rabbit Quote
Big Cam Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 I own this set and I am really curious to see how my baseplate is now. Quote
Lord Augusta Posted October 20, 2009 Author Posted October 20, 2009 Sorry for my title, it's too long that cannot be shown, should be "official pics" General Armendar, mine do have one side likes yours. The four sides of the island look identical, but they do have a bit difference on the shore line position. There are some white marks on the island that tell you where to start building at the beginning, so you can tell which is front, back, left and right. ( if you follow those marks) I have 3 third row studs on the front side, that have half yellow ending on them. Quote
Rick Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 The early versions of the set had a printed light gray baseplate, later sets printed only the island on a blue baseplate apparently. I own a copy with a gray baseplate, but maybe the print for the blue and gray baseplates that were used for this set are also different. Quote
Lord Augusta Posted October 20, 2009 Author Posted October 20, 2009 The early versions of the set had a printed light gray baseplate, later sets printed only the island on a blue baseplate apparently. I own a copy with a gray baseplate, but maybe the print for the blue and gray baseplates that were used for this set are also different. Hi Rick, Mine is the early version, that has a gray back. But it is already different to that from the official pictures. So I think it is not likely to have difference because it is a later version than that in the offcial pictures. Does anyone here have a later version that only the island is printed on a blue baseplate? Did LEGO correct the flaw and offer you a larger island? Quote
Zorro Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Mine must be the early version too it seems...well, I think the stairs design flaw is worse then the dots which are different. On the other side: this baseplate does have a lot of good building options IMO! Quote
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