LEGO Pirates 6289 Red Beard Runner

LEGO set 6289, Red Beard Runner, depicts a pirate ship in the Pirates theme, specifically within Pirates I. Released in 1996, it contains 711 pieces and includes 7 minifigures arranged as a seafaring pirate crew.

Red Beard Runner belongs to the Pirates I branch of the Pirates theme. The model focuses on a pirate ship, with its identity built around the crew, the captain and life aboard the vessel rather than a land based setting.

The build uses 711 pieces and comes with 7 minifigures. The line up includes the pirate captain with light gray hook and skull bicorne, a pirate with red and black stripes, characters with anchor tattoos, blue, red or black bandanas, tricornes, a green vest and a brown shirt. These figures give the ship a varied crew for command, watch and boarding scenes.

The set suits display collections of Pirates ships, story driven play and collectors focusing on Pirates I. Within the theme, it can serve as a major pirate vessel and can be placed alongside islands, ports or other maritime sets to build a broader pirate setting.

Inventory of set 6289

The inventory of set 6289 lists 711 pieces, spare parts excluded: 226 different lots (one shape in one color) for 162 part shapes. The box also contains 4 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 6289

Main color: black, making up 45% of the parts, followed by white (21%) and light gray (9.3%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 6289

122 of the 162 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

No part in set 6289 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

Rebuilding set 6289 from another set

Share of the parts of set 6289 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 6290 Red Beard Runner supplies 98% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 6289 within its line

With 711 pieces, set 6289 ranks #6 out of 35 Pirates sets in our database, which have an average of 326 parts. Among the 121 sets released in 1996, it ranks #11. That is 2.2 times the average Pirates set size.