Armada Port achieves 10,000 Supporters

9th August 2022

Armada Port has made it to 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas and is now in the running for becoming an official set.

The set’s designer is BrickHammer who has achieved 10,000 supporters on several previous occasions. One of those is the Viking Village project, which has also made it into the second review round of 2022. BrickHammer’s creations tend to be focused on classic historical LEGO themes, such as Castle, Western, Adventurers, and Pirates. The Armada Port is one such example, as it pays homage to Imperial Armada, which was a small subtheme of Pirates. Enthusiasts of LEGO Pirates will see some resemblance to the Eldorado Fortress and Imperial Trading Post sets, which were the two largest sets for the Imperial Guards, as there is a familiar white and yellow colour scheme. Both these sets are now very popular on the secondary market and fondly remembered by older LEGO fans, so it’s no surprise that this project made it to the 10K mark.

The build includes some design elements of real-life Caribbean architecture and tries to capture the feel of Caribbean ports like Havana. The small island settlement contains a wooden pier, storehouse, small residential dwelling, and a large fort housing a bastion and governor’s house. There is also a small crane and boat for loading/unloading cargo and four minifigures to populate the port.

One of our criticisms of the Pirate theme was that the villains frequently overpowered the colonial and imperial guards by having larger ships. If this project was approved for becoming an official LEGO ideas set, it would bring some balance to maritime battles and give the recently retired Pirates of Barracuda Bay an enemy to attack.

The Armada Port joins 36 other projects in the second review of 2022. The full list of projects can be found below:

• Medieval Watchtower
• The Treasury – Petra
• Heartstopper Charlie’s Room
• The A-Team: I Love it When a Plan Comes Together
• Golden Trumpet Tree with Park Bench
• Chinese Garden
• Gravity Falls – The Mystery Shack
• The Great Wave of Kanagawa
• The Old Train Engine Shed
• The Witch House
• Red London Telephone Box
• Ski Chalet
• Taskmaster
• Medieval Guarded Inn
• Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk Cal Fire Edition
• Viking Village
• The Krusty Krab – Spongebob Squarepants
• Traditional Japanese Village
• Tuscan Villa
• University of Brickester
• The Art Center
• The World of Civil Engineering: Types of Bridges
• LEGO Mushroom House
• Working Polaroid Sun 600 LMS
• Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: Escher Room
• Working Orrery
• Medieval Alchemist
• Lisbon Tram (Elétrico De Lisboa)
• Fishing in the Muddy Waters
• Escape Game: Carter’s Secret
• Auto Repair Garage 1930s
• Motorized Steampunk Ship
• Indiana Jones, Raiders Of The Lost Ark – 40th Anniversary
• Lilo & Stitch: Beach House

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