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Eldorado Fortress Bag 7

Eldorado Fortress Bag 7/10: We build more jetty this time with a table set for a meal and a trapdoor that one of the guards is about to step onto. Comes with two Imperial Guards and a monkey.

LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. A small black jetty bearing a table set for a feast. Two Imperial guards look to be celebrating with a monkey.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 6/10: We complete a small guard tower with cannon and Imperial guard. Underneath is a grotto with a treasure chest and some kegs. This clips together with the larger gatehouse portion.

LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. A small white tower with cannon and an Imperial Guard atop it. A sand beach and two palm trees are in front.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 5

Eldorado Fortress Bag 5/10: We add a second story to the gatehouse with twin rifles aimed down at the ramp to protect the gate. Governor Broadside’s office is there (not shown) and a second cannon is mounted above the office. Governor Broadside looks jaunty with his fancy plumed hat and golden epaulets. This completes the gatehouse. Bag 6 will begin a separate structure.

LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. A second story has been added to the gatehouse. It features a balcony with two rifles pointed down at the ramp leading to the gate, a small office with a cannon mounted above it, and a blue and white flag with crossed cannons. An officer stands on the balcony brandishing a cutlass.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 4

Eldorado Fortress Bag 4/10: We add the first floor of the gatehouse at the top of the ramp, some crenelated walls, a rotating cannon emplacement, and a palm tree. I like the dark red bits representing exposed brickwork (once again replicating printed details of the original set using LEGO parts).

LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. The first floor of a gatehouse sits at the top of a ramp that leads up from the jetty. There's a palm tree on the right and a rowboat crewed by two pirates on the left.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 3

Eldorado Fortress Bag 3/10: We build the cobbled stone ramp from the jetty up to where the fortress will sit. In the original set the ramp and raised island were all just a single printed raised baseplate.

LEGO build in progress. A light and dark gray cobbled ramp leads from a black jetty. A bit of sand beach reaches into turquoise waters to the left.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 2

Eldorado Fortress Bag 2/10: We build the foundations and part of the jetty. I can see where one of the cannon emplacements will be.

LEGO build in progress. Turquoise waters, black jetty, darkand light gray craggy rocks, and some white brick foundations. A few green leaves peek out amongst the rocks.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 1

Eldorado Fortress Bag 1/10: A small cutter with fabric sails plus a rowboat crewed by two pirates. This is an upgrade over the two rowboats included in the original set.

LEGO sailing ship with one mast and three sails piloted by a single soldier. A brown rowboat crewed by two pirates, one rowing and the other holding a pair of cutlasses.

Eldorado Fortress

Christmas present. This will pair well with the Pirates of Barracuda Bay set from 2020. This is a modern remake of one of the original pirates sets from 1989.

Box of LEGO set 10320 Eldorado Fortress from 2023. The box art shows an island fortress manned by soldiers, a small cutter, and a rowboat with a pair of pirates.
Box art of LEGO set 6276 Eldorado Fortress from 1989. An island fortress manned by soldiers and two rowboats, one crewed by a pair of pirates.

The weather was so nice (rare sunny day in winter) that I had to take the standup paddle out for the first time in two months. Gorgeous day.

Lake view on a sunny winter’s day. Hills with some buildings edge the lake. The water looks dark blue and is ever so slightly choppy.

Today I jumped in the Ägerisee (lake Ägeri) as part of an annual Christmas Swim event organized by the local expat community. Water temperature was 5.8°C while air temperature was maybe 9°C and sunny. We went last year but just watched. This was my first year jumping in. I hadn’t been in the lake since the summer.