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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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7194: Yoda – UCS
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7194: Yoda – UCS

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6386: Police Command Base
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6736: Beach Lookout
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6736: Beach Lookout

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4856: Doc Ock’s Hideout
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4856: Doc Ock’s Hideout

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6984: Galactic Mediator
ABCs Box Marketing Blurb Jørn Thomsen Large Builds Official Sets Space Space Police II Space Police II Sets 

6984: Galactic Mediator

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4767: Harry and the Hungarian Horntail
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4767: Harry and the Hungarian Horntail

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6876: Alienator
ABCs Bjarne Tveskov Blacktron Blacktron Sets Official Sets Small Builds Space 

6876: Alienator

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6646: Screaming Patriot
Classic Town Official Sets Race Small Builds Town Town Sets 

6646: Screaming Patriot

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022 Master Builder
6846: Tri-Star Voyager
Classic Space Classic Space Sets Official Sets Small Builds 

6846: Tri-Star Voyager

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6900: Cyber Saucer
ABCs Large Builds Official Sets Space UFO UFO Sets 

6900: Cyber Saucer

October 2, 2024March 22, 2025 Master Builder
6901-2: Space Plane
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6901-2: Space Plane

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6506: Precinct Cruiser
Classic Town Official Sets Police Town Town Sets Very Small Builds 

6506: Precinct Cruiser

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369: Coast Guard Station
Coast Guard LEGOLAND Medium Builds Official Sets 

369: Coast Guard Station

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Master Builder
1736 (1746 and 2891): Wizard’s Cart
Castle Castle Sets Dragon Knights Official Sets Very Small Builds 

1736 (1746 and 2891): Wizard’s Cart

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770: Rescue Set
Hospital LEGOLAND Medium Builds Official Sets 

770: Rescue Set

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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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