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6281: Pirates Perilous Pitfall

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Year Released: 1997
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The box reads, “Captain Redbeard and his renegade Pirates want to get their hands on the Imperial gold. With the building sets from the LEGO SYSTEM™ Pirate collection, only you, the LEGO MANIAC™, can help keep the gold with its rightful owners.”

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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.

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