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Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship

The Black Pearl reborn as a huge, gorgeous, and genuinely impressive display ship.

4.5/5

Set 10365 · 2025

Pieces2,862

Minifigs8

Year2025

Set number10365

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The verdict

If you love pirates and have the shelf space plus the budget, this is about as good as a LEGO® pirate ship gets.

It's a proper display piece at 64cm long and 64cm tall, with a crew of eight great minifigs and clever building all over the hull. Just know it's a serious spend at $379.99, and it's aimed squarely at grown-up fans, not a kid's toybox.

Best for: Adult Pirates of the Caribbean fans who want a centerpiece display ship

The full review

What it is

Right, let's talk about the boat you've probably been staring at online. This is the Black Pearl done properly, badged as Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship, and it's the set old-school pirate fans have been begging LEGO for since the 2011 original. At 2,862 pieces it stretches to 64cm long and stands 64cm tall with masts and sails up, so it's less a toy and more a full-on display centerpiece. You get the whole first-movie crew crammed onto the deck, and the shaping of that hull is the kind of thing that makes you want to show people even if they've never seen the films. Reviewers across the board have been gushing about it, and the Brickset community has it sitting at a lovely 4.5 out of 5.

The catch

Now the honest bit, because that's the whole point of me telling you about this. It's $379.99, which is a proper chunk of money, and it's worth knowing the old 4184 Black Pearl from 2011 was 804 pieces at around 85 quid. This one more than tripled the price. You're paying for size, licensing, and a much better minifig lineup, but nobody should pretend it's cheap. It's also genuinely large, so before you buy, go measure the spot you're planning to put it, because 64cm in both directions eats a shelf fast. And while the build is clever, there's a fair amount of black-on-black hull planking that can feel a little samey when you're deep in it. None of that is a dealbreaker, it's just the stuff you'd want a mate to mention before you hit buy.

Who it's for

So who's this actually for? If you're an adult Pirates of the Caribbean fan, or just someone who's always wanted a big minifig-scale pirate ship on display, this is an easy yes. It looks the part, it builds well, and it's the definitive LEGO pirate ship right now. If you're shopping for a kid to actually play with, or you're tight on both budget and space, this probably isn't your set, and there's no shame in admiring it from afar. But if you've got the room and you've been eyeing it, I don't think you'll regret it. This is the one to get.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build breaks down into satisfying chunks. You start low with the hull, working through those tapered shaping techniques that give the ship its curved, believable shape rather than a boxy brick shape, and it's the sort of building that teaches you a trick or two. From there you move up into the decks, where LEGO has baked in the play features: dials that deploy the port or starboard cannons, a working wheel that turns the rudder, and an opening deck that reveals the captain's quarters with furnishings inside. The masts and rigging cap it off. One neat touch is that the hull can split at the waterline, so you can display it as a full ship on the included stand or in a low action-oriented sailing pose.

On the parts front there's real stuff for collectors here. New Elementary counted five recolored elements, including the 61483 wheel holder that had only ever come in light bluish grey until now, plus a black bandana element only just introduced in the One Piece sets, and the figurehead uses a bird and wings in colors that have barely appeared before. The minifigs are the headline though: Jack gets dual-molded printed legs and a far better face and hat than any previous version, and Barbossa finally gets a proper new combined hair and hat mold that makes him instantly recognizable. At roughly 13 cents a piece it's fair value for an Icons licensed set this size, and the sheer number of larger elements helps justify the sticker.

Fun facts

01It's a massive upgrade of 2011's beloved 4184 The Black Pearl, jumping from 804 pieces to 2,862 and from six minifigs to eight.
02Senior Designer Mike Psiaki led the set, and even he couldn't explain the clunky official name, since LEGO's product naming is an internal decision made away from the designers.
03The crew is basically the who's who of the first film: Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Barbossa, Gibbs, Cotton, Anamaria, and Marty.
04Barbossa's new combined hair-and-hat piece is a brand new mold, a big glow-up from older versions that only gave him a plain hat.