Finding Some Booty
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The new Pirates of the Caribbean sets have started to appear on shelves, and I definitely want to get one. I just can't decide if I should get The Captain's Cabin ($13) or Isla De Muerta ($20). Care to give me your own thoughts on the matter? Here are mine:
First off, they are both priced a little higher than proper proportions because this is a licensed theme with quite a few new parts. The price is unimportant, aside from that I am willing to spend the extra $7 for the larger set if it comes to it. They both have a good Captain Jack Harkness Sparrow figure, neither with a hat. The larger set does have Jack with a normal head (if it was only ghostly I'd go for the smaller set), so no worries there.
The Captain's Cabin has some cool ships in a bottle, new bones, a cool globe, two cutthroats, one sword belt/holder in brown, and a few nice brown pieces and gold pieces. It looks like it also has the map seen at the end of Pirates 3.
Isla De Muerta is a classic final battle scene from our favorite Curse of the Black Pearl, the movie that started all this madness. There's Jack, Barbossa, skeleton Barbossa, and Elizabeth (more female figs to my collection is always welcome). There's an apple, new gold pieces, some cool rock structure of sorts, the boat, and Jack's compass. Along with two sword belts/holders in black.
OK, after typing out those pros (and some cons), I've pretty much sold myself on Muerta. But I had been pretty set on buying Cabin for a while, it just seems like Muerta is the better choice. Except that it seems small. But for collecting minifigs and pieces I am more likely to use, that seems the natural choice. I still welcome your input though.
-CF 
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