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Pirates

Pirates I

  • 1747: Treasure Cave (Instructions Added!)
  • 1970: Pirate’s Gun Cart
  • 6232: Skeleton Crew
  • 6234: Renegade’s Raft (Instructions Added!)
  • 6235: Buried Treasure (Instructions Added!)
  • 6237: Pirates’ Plunder (Instructions Added!)
  • 6249: Pirates Ambush
  • 6250: Cross Bone Clipper
  • 6251: Pirate Mini Figures (Sea Mates)
  • 6257: Castaway’s Raft (Instructions Added!)
  • 6258: Smuggler’s Shanty (Instructions Added!)
  • 6260: Shipwreck Island (Instructions Added!)
  • 6261: Raft Raiders
  • 6268: Renegade Runner
  • 6270: Forbidden Island (Instructions Added!)
  • 6273: Rock Island Refuge (Instructions Added!)
  • 6279: Skull Island
  • 6281: Pirates Perilous Pitfall
  • 6285: Black Seas Barracuda
  • 6286: Skull’s Eye Schooner
  • 6289: Red Beard Runner
  • 6296: Shipwreck Island

—Imperial Armada

  • 6244: Armada Sentry (Instructions Added!)
  • 6280: Armada Flagship

—Imperial Guards

  • 6247: Bounty Boat
  • 6263: Imperial Outpost (Instructions Added!)
  • 6266: Cannon Cove
  • 6271: Imperial Flagship
  • 6277: Imperial Trading Post

—Imperial Soldiers

  • 6245: Harbor Sentry
  • 6259: Broadside’s Brig
  • 6265: Sabre Island (Instructions Added!)
  • 6267: Lagoon Lock-Up (+3 Instructions Added!)
  • 6274: Caribbean Clipper
  • 6276: Eldorado Fortress (Instructions Added!)

—Islanders

  • 6236: King Kahuka (Instructions Added!)
  • 6246: Crocodile Cage (Instructions Added!)
  • 6256: Islander Catamaran (Instructions Added!)
  • 6262: King Kahuka’s Throne (Instructions Added!)
  • 6264: Forbidden Cove (Instructions Added!)
  • 6278: Enchanted Island

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There were once pictures of additional LEGO® builds on the back of set boxes. Written on the boxes was typically something about the endless building possibilities, "Build any of these exciting models with this set!" There were no instructions for these alternate builds, until now.

Sets

  • Adventurers
  • Aquazone
  • BATMAN
  • Bionicle
  • Belville
  • Building Set with People
  • Castle
  • Duplo
  • Fabuland
  • Harry Potter
  • Holiday and Event
  • LEGOLAND
  • Model Team
  • Pirates
  • Space
  • Star Wars
  • Technic
  • Train
  • Town
  • Universal Building Set
  • Western
  • More Sets
  • Misc

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