LEGO 10210 Imperial Flagship

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The Imperial Flagship is a fully-rigged ship: she has three masts - foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast - all of them square-rigged. In my opinion, 10210 Imperial Flagship very closely resembles a minifigure scale representation of a ship with celebrity status such as the original HMS Endeavour that was the centrepiece of James Cook's first global circumnavigation between 1768 and 1771. We fired the cannon one clear morning, midway across the Tasman Sea. I used this opportunity to get some images of a minifig gun-crew in juxtaposition with the real cannon. The Skull’s Eye Schooner is LEGO’s most giant pirate vessel ever constructed. It has everything a person can ask for. The 912-piece set is quite extensive and very detailed. It has six cannons, a captain’s cabin and nine mini-figures. 4. Which Cruise Line has a partnership with LEGO? One of the most striking features of the parts list for Imperial Flagship is the number of parts: it has 1664 pieces.

Imperial Flagship flies a flag with five equal horizontal alternating stripes of red and white with crossed cannons and a Coronet crown.I have recently had the privilege of sailing in the replica HMB Endeavour during the eighteen-day delivery voyage from Sydney, Australia to New Zealand. The replica HMB Endeavour has been chartered by the NZ Government to take part in the Tuia – Encounters 250 commemoration. Many great LEGO® Ship sets are still not in the market for consumers, especially those based on the LEGO® Cruise Ship theme. However, a few cruise ship companies and individuals have made their cruise ship LEGO® sets. All ships have a nationality. Civilian ships have a document which is similar to a passport called a Certificate of Registry. HMB Endeavour is registered in Sydney so she is an Australian ship. She flies an Australian Red Ensign. I have a passion for traditional navigation techniques, and during the voyage in HMB Endeavour, I lead some celestial navigation and astronomical activities.

This image shows HMB Endeavour's Main Course sail and Main Mast. You can see the complex rigging and the reef points in the sail.Compare this with the model 10210 Imperial Flagship and you can see why I have made the connection. The 135 cm long LEGO Titanic set is the company’s most extensive ship toy construction set in size. The 1:200 scale model of the legendary ship makes it the ultimate building set that comes with 9,090 pieces. 3. What is the biggest LEGO Pirate Ship? The jib (the foremost staysail on the bowsprit) is not attached to any cords and is instead held aloft by a pole that wouldn't be there on an actual sailing ship.

Ships were often decorated with gilded carving and scrollwork around the stern. This is called gingerbread. My father won the sextant in the above image when he was a cadet in HMS Conway in 1954. This image is Jim Wardle aboard mv Crusader in the late 1950s using his sextant.

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New Zealand is currently commemorating the 250th anniversary of the landfall encounter between Europeans and the indigenous Maori already living in Aotearoa. A sail is reefed to reduce sail area. The reef points on a square sail are the top of the sail, the head, and the sail is lifted up to the yardarm when reefed.

Traditionally it was where the captain commanded his vessel. Imperial Flagship has a big wooden wheel to control the rudder. Many adults are being pulled in by the addictive LEGO® sets, which have become so famous among older people that some fans say adults spend more than kids and account for almost half or more revenue at the LEGO® stores. Both of these flags are considered "defaced" as they have a badge - the Southern Cross - in the fly. Fascinating review! One of the big obstacles I’ve struggled with when discussing ship sets (or even reviewing them, in the case of Naida’s ship from the Elves theme) is not knowing a lot of the technical terminology or historical details relevant to sailing vessels, and so often having to look them up as I write. So it’s good to see a review like this which goes into a lot of detail about that stuff that I can really learn from! The comparisons to a real ship similar to those which inspired the set enhance the review even further!You can see the ship is flying the New Zealand Flag - as a courtesy - from the starboard yardarm as the ship was berthed in an NZ port. Given that this set is a "Flag" ship and my LEGO User name is Flags NZ. I would like to share a commentary on the two flags visible in the next image. Though the initial thoughts of LEGO® indicate a favourite pass time for kids, the rapidly expanding “LEGO® Universe” clearly states that the LEGO®s are not just for kids.