LEGO 7416 Emperor's Ship ~ R.R. Slugger's Orient Expedition Retrospective

Welcome back Adventurers! Today we sail aboard the Emperor's Ship, en route to our final destination... CHAPTERS: 0:00 Introduction 0:23 Minifigures 0:53 Oh right, THOSE minifigures... 2:25 The "Helmet" (and why it's a problem) 5:51 The Torso, (and other related problems) 7:01 The Weapons (yep, you guessed it - also a problem) 8:37 FINALLY, the Good Stuff (the ship itself) 12:29 Alternate Build 1 13:11 Alternate Build 2 13:42 Comparing 7416 to 7415 & 7414 14:02 Orient Expedition Board Game 15:13 Our Next Adventure... Photography and other resources used in this episode: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... Some additional sources used in this video: HELMETS: http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/201... http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/201... https://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/... https://www.militarytrader.com/milita... UNIFORM & WEAPONS: https://riseofthewhitesun.com/index.p... https://www.asianstudies.org/publicat... https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar... https://ctfirearmsauction.com/auction... https://books.google.ca/books?id=T6eX... https://opentextbooks.clemson.edu/sci... CARICATURES: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/... JUNK: https://monovisions.com/vintage-boats... https://contextsforreading.com/steerb... Looking for the tunes used in this video? Check them out for free right here: https://rrslugger.bandcamp.com/album/... For quality retro Lego conversation in the best online community I have ever been a part of, you can join the discussion on the Manic Miners Discord:   / discord   Interested in the history and research that goes into videos just like this one? You can join the discussion in the Lego Research Realm Discord:   / discord   I created the photography, stop motion animation, and music in this video. Original artwork by Brett Halland. Thanks for watching! See you next time for another adventure...