"I grew up with LEGO Pirates in the 80's and 90's, I still have the original Pirate Ship from 1989 and some of the small islands and extras. (See image of original box)
As soon as this was announced I couldn't believe it, I tried not to buy it, but that nostalgia was too strong!
Suffice to say I am so glad I did, this was the most fun set I have ever built, even more so than the Ghostbusters Firehouse and Car!
The design is perfection, the set is huge and gorgeous to look at, some of the brick usage is genius and I love the attention to detail.
Pictures of this do not do it justice, you need to see it and grasp the scope of it for yourself as its a huge set.
Its quite a challenging build hence 16+, but if you have smaller kids this has some seriously amazing playability and the fact it turns into a ship is the icing on the cake.
Honestly the most fun I have had in years, i took my time building this and it took me 3-4 days, averaging 2-3 hours a day.
Well done LEGO, amazing details, fantastic use of bricks, bright, colourful and genuinely wonderful to build 10/10.