2009 LEGO Pirates now available from LEGO Shop [News]

The first 2009 LEGO sets are starting to show up in the LEGO Shop online, starting with Pirates!

Behold 6243 Brickbeard’s Bounty. Yarrrrrrr!!!

Unlike the Pirates sets available in the US back in the 1990s, the cannons in these sets actually fire (and they’re a cool gun-metal gray).

The two “impulse purchase” sets look like a great way to build your army:

6242 Soldiers’ Fort reminds me a lot of 6277 Imperial Trading Post from 1992:

Here’s the full list of 2009 LEGO Pirates sets available so far (prices in USD):

A couple more sets, including ~~6242 Soldiers’ Fort~~ and 6253 Shipwreck Hideout, haven’t been added to the site yet. We’ll keep you updated as the rest of the 2009 LEGO sets begin showing up in the LEGO Shop online.

The links will probably only work in the US and Canada. And yes, I’m aware that these have been available from a certain mega-store run by a giraffe for a while now.

18 comments on “2009 LEGO Pirates now available from LEGO Shop [News]”

Chris Edwards December 2, 2008 at 9:33 pm

The giraffe charged me 4.99 for the impulse sets! This is a big improvement.

John December 2, 2008 at 10:06 pm

What’s with the leap from $20 to $100. Nothing around 40? #whitewhine

wunztwice December 2, 2008 at 10:26 pm

I did notice that the certain girraffe is only charging $85 for the 6243 ship, fas opposed to the $100 @ S@H. (At least today) But they were out of stock. Might be worth checking stores, I would, but I live 3 hours form the closest one…

Andrew Post authorDecember 2, 2008 at 10:28 pm

@John: I think one or both of the sets that aren’t available yet fit in that range.

@wunztwice: Which is why you buy all your LEGO from S@H through TBB, right? Right? :-P

TooMuchDew December 2, 2008 at 10:42 pm

John:
6253 – LEGO Pirates Shipwreck Hideout $39.99
TRU Exclusive (historically most of these will eventually be available at S@H) Out Of Stock, Temporarily Not Available
6242 – LEGO Pirates Soldiers’ Fort (367 pieces) $49.99
also Out Of Stock, Temporarily Not Available due to TRU’s current “Buy 1 get 1 HALF OFF!” sale
Hmmm…
6242 – LEGO Pirates Brickbeard’s Bounty (592 pieces) $84.99
$15.00 cheaper than S@H!

neko December 3, 2008 at 7:57 am

At my local TRU, Brickbeard’s Bounty is $99.99. It appears that the $85.00 price is only online, and is already out of stock.

neko December 3, 2008 at 7:59 am

Just checked the TRU website and its still out of stock, but now listed at $99.99!

Joe December 3, 2008 at 8:40 am

I saw 6253 Shipwreck Hideout at TRU over the weekend. It’s a very nice set.

Ryan December 3, 2008 at 9:09 am

The S@H site also has a pirate t-shirt now, for $15…

Ian Mankowski December 3, 2008 at 11:22 am

Though the pirate ship cannons didn’t fire, one of the first original imperial ships had cannons that were spring loaded for firing fun.

It quickly disappeared though, I assume for litigation concerns, but the exact reason I don’t know.

My 8 year old self remembers bitterly that he couldn’t pick up firing cannons anywhere, and his best friend would fire them all day long at him.

Ramone December 3, 2008 at 11:22 am

Can 6239 really be called “Cannon Battle” when only one of them has a cannon? Cannon Slaughter was perhaps too morbid?

/Want all of these.
//Looking forward to the soldier outpost thingy.
///Might need two of those!

bmwlego December 3, 2008 at 1:17 pm

I too noticed TRU charging retail price online when they first started carrying the ’09 sets. For instance, the Tiny Turbos were “only” $4.99 online whereas TRU was charging their normally expensive, marked up $5.99 in stores for the ’09 TT’s. I was shocked to see TRU charging the MSRP on the newest sets. Of course about 2 days after I noticed that TRU wasn’t ripping me off and they were having a sale on LEGO I went to TRU online to buy the ’09 sets and the prices were adjusted to match the inflated prices TRU normally charges!

This is why I normally buy my LEGO at Target and avoid TRU. Even when TRU has a sale, it is almost not worth it. If I were to buy 1 and get 1 half off on the Racers at TRU ($6 and $3 for a $9 total), it would only save me $1 over the retail price at Target ($5 each car for a total of $10)! This is not a great deal at all!