HELO{"id":31543,"date":"2018-02-14T15:30:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T15:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/?p=31543"},"modified":"2018-02-14T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T14:17:17","slug":"lego-ideas-21313-ship-in-a-bottle-building-a-bigger-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickfanatics.com\/lego-ideas-21313-ship-in-a-bottle-building-a-bigger-boat","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Ideas 21313 Ship in a Bottle \u2013 building a bigger boat","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Some\u00a0LEGO<\/a> aficionados\u00a0were disappointed\u00a0that the ship inside 21313 Ship in a Bottle<\/a> did not live up to the name Leviathan. Brick Fanatics takes up the challenge to build a vessel that more fully fills the available\u00a0space\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The original ship which\u00a0included in the LEGO<\/a> Ideas<\/a> project that led to 21313 Ship in a Bottle<\/a> was noticeably larger than the one included with the official set. It also includes a variety of uniquely coloured parts\u00a0that make re-creating it difficult at best.\u00a0After building a mini Skull’s Eye Schooner<\/a> to fit inside the bottle, the team at Brick Fanatics decided that the next challenge should be to make an alternative ship that\u00a0could\u00a0really fill the bottle’s space, and use readily available pieces.\"Galleon<\/a><\/p>\n

Increasing the size of the ship allowed for some additional features to be added,\u00a0that\u00a0the officially released ship \u2013 the smaller Leviathan \u2013 could not incorporate. First and foremost, a micro figure serves as a figurehead that matches the gold accent colouration used throughout. Miniature doors allowing access to the foredeck, a detail\u00a0that no official LEGO<\/a> ship has ever included unfortunately, but were standard on many actual period vessels. Wider decks facilitated rigging\u00a0that harkens back to the LEGO<\/a> Pirates theme construction and, at least with the later ships, colour. Finally, the rear of the ship contains stained glass windows, a rear deck, and another shoutout to\u00a0the classic<\/a> LEGO<\/a> theme with a flapping Redcoats flag.<\/p>\n