Prizes for Pirates: One Month Left to Build For Our “pi-RATS & BUG-aneers” Contest

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BrickNerd’s pirates contest in honor of LEGO’s 90th anniversary is in full swing, and there is only one month left to submit your entry! The full rules and contest description can be found here, but for those needing a little bit of additional motivation, here are the prizes for“pi-RATS & BUG-aneers!”

The Mission

For a contest recap, build a pirate-themed creation inspired by your crew—but remember, no standard human minifigures are allowed except for costumed ones! Think of pirate dragons, animals, Chima figures, rock monsters, brick-built buccaneers and other non-human potential pirates like Vidiyo robots, mythical creatures, and aliens. Here are a few examples to inspire your pirate crew:

But remember, your LEGO creation (ship, fort, hideaway, etc.) must both FEEL like it belongs in a sea-faring pirate world AND be directly INSPIRED by your crew. (Take a look at the original LEGO Pirates theme for more insight and design cues if you need a jump start or this Eurobricks Pirates forum with some great building tutorials.)

Entries can be posted either on Flickr or Instagram. A link to your entry should be posted in the pi-RATS & BUG-aneers Flickr group using the hashtags #piRATSandBUGaneers and #BrickNerd. You have until the end of August!

The Prizes

Any good pirate contest needs piles of treasure! And wow, do we have a lot of loot to give away!

Our winners will walk away with gold (our shiny Golden Nerdly trophy), bounty (LEGO shopping sprees for the top three), and rare gems (the top eight will get a Rolli mouse and the figs that inspired our contest logo as pictured above). We also have some other prize sponsors like Crazy Bricks and Ktown Bricks providing custom creature and pirate-themed fig elements.

The amazing pad-printing geniuses at Ktown Bricks have created this incredible custom pirate-themed torso for us to give away as prizes

And the crazy creatives at Crazy Bricks have thrown three custom Mouse Guard figures in the prize pool as well! (Make sure to not miss their upcoming Kickstarter for Mouse Guard 3—we here there may even be a super rare all-gold reward mouse too! Pirates love gold!)

Here are all the prize details:

1st, 2nd & 3rd Places

  • Golden Nerdly Trophy & BrickNerd Swag Box

  • LEGO shopping spree (First: $150, Second: $100, Third: $50) (or local equivalent)

  • Rolli mouse with pirate hat (and accompanying CMF Series 18 Elephant Girl minifigure)

  • Fly guy pirate figure (based on CMF Series 14 Fly Monster minifigure)

  • Crazy Bricks custom Mouse Guard minifigure (Conrad, Celanawe or Saxon chosen in winning order)

  • Ktown Bricks custom pirate torso (new, unreleased design)

5 Honorable Mentions

  • Rolli mouse with pirate hat (and accompanying CMF Series 18 Elephant Girl minifigure)

  • Fly guy pirate figure (based on CMF Series 14 Fly Monster minifigure)

  • Ktown Bricks custom pirate torso (new, unreleased design)

  • Crazy Bricks custom minifigure weapons pack

  • BrickNerd swag

Promotion Raffle

If you are not one of the lucky top-8 to receive a Rolli mouse and Fly-guy pirate figure, fear not! Entrants not named as top-3 or honorable mentions still have a chance to win a pair of those figures by helping us promote this contest. All you need to do is promote the contest on a platform of your choice, submit an entry to the contest, and provide us with proof of your promotion (a link sent to us or put in your submission usually works best). Then the rest is left to fate.

So batten down the hatches and get building! You have until August 31st to get your crews and pirate creations afloat!

Which LEGO prize is your favorite? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

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