I built the primary build of 31109 3-in-1 Pirate Ship. What a fun build! It had me guessing the whole way through. The engineering of the set is top notch. I love the way it is constructed. It surprised me that the bags were numbered 1 through 9. I rather enjoyed the bagged piece approach for the primary build. I’m looking forward to building the other two builds. My eventual goal is to put this as the center piece of a MOC roller coaster, using two Pirate Coasters for the surrounding elements. I have the track laid out. Now I need to test place the ship and start plotting how it’s all going to work. Here are the pics!
Time lapse of my day today... The boy was building from the second we brought bin's in, the girl spent some time building minifigs, and the wife said "I'm gonna build that Bonsai tree tomorrow". I didn't know how much we missed it! Now all we need is: more parts, more drawers, more tables, and more time. MOARRRRR!
Build table Build.mp4
Here is some of the giving back that SPS has done this year.... soda tabs for Ronald McDonald House, Food Drive in the fall, Book Drive during National Reading Month just to name a few. Your contribution helps make this all happen year after year. Thank you for all of that!!!
Ohhh And a picture of that cute kid in 5th grade with the “good lookin” dad lol
you can ..you know...just push the pump manually 😁
I loved building this set w/ my son. Teaching him about pneumatic systems and him actually building and testing as we went. He used it on a show and tell in his class.
I bought a few older sets with my proceeds from the items I sold, and based upon the condition of some of the boxes I received, I'd say Stockx's focus is more on whether the set is genuine than the overall condition of the boxes.
The boxes for the first few sets I bought didn't have any obvious flaws, but the last 3 or 4 had dents/creases that were significant enough that I would have mentioned them if I was listing the set on eBay. Stockx doesn't provide a return option, but for the sets I bought, it's not an issue because I will throw the boxes away after I build the set.
My guess is that Stockx doesn't have much motivation to reject sets based on box condition because they miss out on a commission if they do.
I'm glad (and I'm sure everyone else is too) to read that you're slowly getting back to normal. We're all pulling for you and appreciate the updates. Stay strong and more importantly, stay sane.