See pictures here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=350966

They are available beacuse of a special Master Builder event and the Festival of the Masters at Lake Buena Vista. They are excluseive release to this location only for the moment. Rumor is they will be available at iother locations eventually before Christmas but you can call the store and order them. I just happened to wbe going there forvthec event and stumbled across them. And yes, the cannons do shoot like the old one from years and years ago and the old Pirates stuff is better, new soldiers are nice especially with the hats now touched up with a little paint. I picked up all the sets available.

6239 Cannon Battle $6
6240 Kraken Attackin' $10
6241 Loot Island $20
6242 Soldiers' Fort $50
6243 Brickbeard's Bounty $100
8396 Soldier's Arsenal $3.50
8307 Pirate Survival $3.50

Those are the sets I purchased. I saw a piture of 6253 Shipwreck Hideout posted at Eurobricks, but didn't see it on the shelf, might have overlooked it with all the mayhem going on in the store. Will go back TUE to see if it is there.

All cannons fire.

if any of you have 2009 pirates sets please review or put pics on brickshelf.com

Man those are expensive , i'll get the ones throught $20 and down. I like loot island a lot , iwant it badly. :)

I think the pirates sets are not for me because of their simple build. The 6-12 age range tells me that the build is simple and/or easy. Anybody who owns any of these sets and who is an advanced buider can help confirm this(or go against my opinion?)
Also, if i remember, shipwreck hideout is limeted edition with 360 pieces so it may be $40 or $50 right?

You think those are expensive? Try living in the UK where Lego seems to be twice the price of sets in the US! I want all the pirate sets except the ship, as I already have one of the old ships which is way better looking.

Having had the 'old' pirate ship, i have to say it looks near identical to this one, except this one is just spruced up with newer parts. Looking at it, it looks the same level of build to me.

Having almost completely missed out on the original pirate line, I'll be eagerly buying these sets when they come out. They all look very nice and remain true to the original theme - they even have the formerly rare shooting cannons!

Water Jedi, even if you feel these sets are simplistic, I think you should at least invest in the smaller ones. There is literally a treasure trove of pirate themed molds and minifigures in these sets - both old and new. The three smallest ones especially look wonderful for army building. ;)

I don't know what to think of them. They definitely look awesome but I think I'm going to save for the star wars and indiana jones sets although the ship looks great! The detail of the cabin in the back and the mermaid is pretty cool.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=351555 this is a link to one of the sets out of the box

That. Is. BEAUTIFUL.

I hope that all the sets that are set for 2009 come out soon including the middlevil village, when are they set to be out in regular stores, they will be available right?

Let's see... They're already in the US. They should be on Lego LEGO.com within a few weeks, and experience shows that new stuff is usually available on LEGO.com UK before US. So, I think Canadians should see them around December- January.

Commandercody654 that is my brickshelf! I did a review on Eurobricks! Check it out!

I hope that these new pirate sets will not be so expensive here in Brazil. But according to the prices in USA, I think that they will be. But I will get at least two sets. They are nice in design and playability (I think), but about the building, I don't know yet.

For fellow Canadians, I would translate the prices to:

6239 Cannon Battle: $7.99
6240 Kraken Attackin': $12.99
6241 Loot Island: $26.99
6242 Soldiers' Fort: $69.99
6243 Brickbeards Bounty: $119.99
8396 Soldier's Arsenal and 8307 Pirate Survival: $4.99 each

The rebirth of Lego Pirates has finally come... AND IT IS SWEET!!
I love the napoleonic soldier guys!

Who cares about Star Wars!? These are honest to goodness real Lego Pirates! I was too young to get the originals, the only LEGO brand pirates I got were the Jack Stone size ones. I can't wait for these to be in the UK!

I found 2 at my local toys r us
prices
kraken attackin $9.99
Shipwreak hideout $40.99

These I found in northern usa today at my local tru
first find of shipreak hideout?
These were the only ones they had and I got them both
does this mean other than lego store florida release or just a stocking mistake?

were is your local tru store, is it close to a lego store?

there is no lego store by me at all closest is 5 hr drive

Great that means they will be in other toys r us very soon I CANT WAIT

Just a heads-up: I stopped at TRU in Cool Springs (Nashville), TN area and found the following Pirates sets and prices:

6239 Cannon Battle $5.99
6240 Kracken Attackin' $9.99
6241 Loot Island $19.99
6253 Shipwreck Hideout $39.99

Note that 6253 appears to be a TRU exclusive.

Ok, that is all.

softybones:

Sorry about that, I only have a 1hr Drive (Downtown Disney in Orlando).

And for TRU's, about the same time.

TRU in Michigan Has 6239,6240 and 6253. They also had alot of new racers.

I so hope they are at mine. I will havean army of soldiers!!!

The_Best_Fighter:

Beats me.

6253 has 310 pieces

My Toys R Us in Greenville, NC has them now. Well, all the sets except the two largest...and they may have them just not room to put them out, ( the Lego section was packed.)

Oh, BTW...I picked up the smallest pirate set...and the figure had back painted as well as front!!!

they only had kraken attackin
Shipwreak hideout
at my tru in michigan

I just bought Shipwreck Hideout at Toys R Us in Los Angeles. They only had Two

Any news about 'em in northeastern US?.....Say NY?

MatrixQuest:

Good to see TRU's are still supporting LEGO.

Eerex Sweeher:

Hopefully soon.

I guess i'll have to look at my local toysrus.

just picked up 6239 cannon battleAs well As 7531 dump truck and 7635 4wd with horse trailer at my local TRU

jonbuddy:

Not only are TRU's still supporting Lego, but so is the public! The Lego aisles were so jam-packed today with all sorts of people and kids that it was a bit of a challenge making my way to the 2009 sets. Despite the minor inconvenience, though, I'm glad to see so much new interest in Lego. It's good to know the future of my favorite company is secure ;)

nottooold, how much was the dumptruck?

dhaas06:

There's only one superstore that barely changes their Lego Aisle: Target.

Well, some Targets at least.

It's kind of dissapointing. Though I have bought Skeleton Tower from there.

I was also thinking about Target's and Walmart's Lego Aisles. I was surprised that TRU was still supporting LEGO because of that. Yeah, TRU's are always selling new stuff! LEGO stuff, that is. :)

Just checked and found these 4 Pirates sets IN STOCK on TRU's website.

Here is the info for the Pirates and a link to follow to TRU.
6239 Cannon Battle 5.99
6240 Kraken Attakin 9.99
6241 Loot Island 19.99
6253 Shipwreck Hideout 39.99

http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=lego%20pirates&origkw=lego%20pirates&f=Taxonomy/TRUS/2255956&sr=1

MONEY SAVING DEALS AT TOYS R US

For those of you who don't know, TRU has a FREE Reward program called Rewardsrus that you can sign up for. It is a loyalty program card that rewards you with a $5 Gift Card for every $150 you spend before Christmas Eve. I know it isn't much but it is better than nothing and can add up to money for free LEGO!

Also, in many of the TRU weekly circulars that are delivered with the Sunday Newspapers there is a coupon for $10 gift card with a $75 purchase. Don't forget the other LEGO sales at TRU as well. TRU is getting their act together in time for the holidays.

They have the LEGO Creator: Street Speeder (6743) Green Car set for '09 in stock for $12.99. They have many of the '09 sets online already, just search for LEGO and they'll come up.

2 sets on sale at the stores and online are the Creator Beach House for $5 off and the LEGO Agents: Mobile Command Center (8635) set for $20 off! I bought both of these sets at my TRU and I believe the sale ends on the 22nd.

So, the new sets have broken their way into TRU, have they? I have a feeling this means they'll migrate north in a few short weeks... I didn't see anything when I was there yesterday, but I have a VERY good feeling...

is it just an early usa releace of the lego pirates or will the be eraly in other countrys ?

Captin Rex dump truck $22.99 and horse trailer $24.99

hey so are star wars sets coming before next year like pirates? Or is it just pirates?

You can find some of the sets on ToysRus.com. They have the Kraken Attacking, Loot Island, Ship Wreck Island, and the 5.99 set.

I don't know about our TRU, but I'm glad that they at least brought back the yellow people. The 'realistic' skin tone was grating on my eyes.

I think it has been used in anything movie related since the Spiderman 2, Harry Potter 3 and Star Wars Falcon 2 era. Star Wars, Harry Potter, Spider Man, Batman, The Formula one real-life ferrari Drivers set, Avatar, and Indy. Everything else has always been yellow, except for the origional Bespin Lando and non-humans. And mummies.

Now at Toysrus, Soilders fort.

In some states , but you can get it on their website.

In Canada?

The 6243 is finally available at ToysRus

The Pirate set, 6243 is finally available at my local ToysRus!
Also, I have seen all of the other Pirate set in store! Some city sets such as the 7635, 7631 and 7633 are there also. I have seen some Tiny Turbos and other Racers sets as well.

hey is the ship out yet?

I saw all the pirates, some City, and some racers at TRU today. I got 5 of the pirate sets (and Prisoner Trnsport which I thought was a Lego exclusive)

Eerex Sweeher:

Can you get the piece count? Then the Brickset people can put the piece count on the sets.

Read my reviews on Kraken Attackin' and Loot Island. Most of the people who have read them have found them useful.

P.S. I typed this without looking at the keyboard. I usually can't do that.

I found all pirate sets at TRU and here are prices and piece counts
Soldiers Arsenal 17 pieces-$5.00
Pirate Survival 16 pieces-$5.00
Cannon Battle 45 pieces-$5.00
Kraken Attack 78 pieces $9.99
Loot Island142 pieces-$19.99
Soldiers Fort 367 pieces-$49.99
Brickbeard's Bounty 592 pieces-$99.99
Shipwreck Hideout 310 pieces-$39.99

I know, I also went to toysrus yesterday and got loot islan and soldiers arsenal.

I went toy toysrus yesterday man the had theer lanes fulled of lego due to 2009 sets they had almost 40 2009 sets

what sets chrisdog121411?

they had all 4 tt sets the 4fold out race track sets all pirates 3 ten $ racers and i think the only place to get the 3.49 sets is toysrus in usa.

i already bought some, but i need to find power miners sets

Add in today's TRU Pamphlet for Pirates!

Saw some neat Glatorian pics here: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=355561