6277 & 6278 share my personal #1 spot. As a playset itself, 6277 leads. It has just so many different playoptions. It's a little world in itself. It has everything and more what I desire(d) form a (play) set in building-, landscape-, figure-/faction- (3!! with pirate, soldiers AND merchant(s), the latter figure was my fav pirate theme character of all childhood-time) and vehicle-diversity. I'd call it an epic set! set 6278 blew my mind, because after all those passionate years of lego pirate theme playing, they came up with this amazing new faction/world with the islanders. it felt like my playworld-horizont/universe was expanding. I was so happy!
You’ve hit the nail on the head there. They did just fill you with joy - something Lego still does with the odd set but rarely now. Those were just so brilliant to grow up with
Solid list. I admit I only got into lego around 2020 during Covid so I don’t the nostalgia build up. To me Pirates of Barracuda Bay and the more recent El Dorado Fortress are just on a different level.
