Answers.Body: <p>ALL parts can be used for something other than the original theme.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24681250@N07/6897018407/">Here's an example of a use for the boat hull by Flickr user 2 Much Caffeine:</a> </p>
  
  <p>There's also a rather humorous saying that goes: "All parts are space parts".  It's equally applicable to any other theme.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>(promoting this from comment to answer, since it now has pictures)</p>
  
  <p>In my experience, they're not that useful.  I have a mast and rigging from <a href="http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6270-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">6270: Forbidden Island</a>, and more rigging from <a href="http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6261-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">6261: Raft Raiders</a>.  The <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4318" rel="nofollow noreferrer">mast from 6261 is more useful</a> (and has been in 20 sets) because it also has the two finger hinges, which make it a bit more versatile than the two mast pieces of 6270 (<a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4844" rel="nofollow noreferrer">first part</a> [8 sets], <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=2537a" rel="nofollow noreferrer">second part</a> [3 sets]).  The <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=2539" rel="nofollow noreferrer">mast platform</a> is quite reusable, given its generic shape.</p>
  
  <p>All the pieces apart look like this:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/k7H83.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>And you can combine the small rigging and mast platform to make a rudimentary TIE Fighter:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/RcjpA.jpg" alt="rudimentary tie fighter"></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Nice work on the TIE fighter - it proves that imagination is the only real limit
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Body: <p>I am looking at buying one of the pirate ship sets, such as <a href="http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6285-1" rel="nofollow">6285-1: Black Seas Barracuda</a>,
  however, I am concerned the parts in the set are too specialized, and could not be easily adapted to make custom creations. The three main parts are: the pieces of the ship's hull, the masts, and the sails. Are there any uses for these parts outside of making other pirate ships?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I have a mast and rigging from [6270: Forbidden Island](http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6270-1), I haven't really found them to be all that useful otherwise. Of course, that could just be my lack of imagination... ;)
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Comments.Text: Is the entire black part of the mast, except for the round base of the crow's nest, just one piece?
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Comments.Text: If you don't know what the parts inside look like, keep in mind you can check [an inventory](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=6285-1) of the set.
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Title: How versatile are the parts in a lego pirate ship set?
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ThreadText: # How versatile are the parts in a lego pirate ship set?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-02-26)
  
  I am looking at buying one of the pirate ship sets, such as [6285-1: Black Seas Barracuda](http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6285-1),
  however, I am concerned the parts in the set are too specialized, and could not be easily adapted to make custom creations. The three main parts are: the pieces of the ship's hull, the masts, and the sails. Are there any uses for these parts outside of making other pirate ships?
  
  **Tags:** sets, boat
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I have a mast and rigging from [6270: Forbidden Island](http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6270-1), I haven't really found them to be all that useful otherwise. Of course, that could just be my lack of imagination... ;)  
  > **username_0**: Is the entire black part of the mast, except for the round base of the crow's nest, just one piece?  
  > **username_2**: If you don't know what the parts inside look like, keep in mind you can check [an inventory](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=6285-1) of the set.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2012-02-27. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  (promoting this from comment to answer, since it now has pictures)
  
  In my experience, they're not that useful. I have a mast and rigging from [6270: Forbidden Island](http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6270-1), and more rigging from [6261: Raft Raiders](http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6261-1). The [mast from 6261 is more useful](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4318) (and has been in 20 sets) because it also has the two finger hinges, which make it a bit more versatile than the two mast pieces of 6270 ([first part](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4844) [8 sets], [second part](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=2537a) [3 sets]). The [mast platform](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=2539) is quite reusable, given its generic shape.
  
  All the pieces apart look like this:
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/k7H83.jpg)
  
  And you can combine the small rigging and mast platform to make a rudimentary TIE Fighter:
  
  ![rudimentary tie fighter](https://i.sstatic.net/RcjpA.jpg)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Nice work on the TIE fighter - it proves that imagination is the only real limit  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2012-02-27. Score: 11
  
  ALL parts can be used for something other than the original theme.
  
  [Here's an example of a use for the boat hull by Flickr user 2 Much Caffeine:](http://www.flickr.com/photos/24681250@N07/6897018407/)
  
  There's also a rather humorous saying that goes: "All parts are space parts". It's equally applicable to any other theme.
  
  
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