LEGO® Icons 10365 Black Pearl: Hanging Your Ship in a Wooden Wall Frame

The LEGO® Icons 10365 Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship is a serious build: almost 3,000 pieces and rigging that took real patience to get right. A ship like that deserves more than shelf space. We built our European Classical Wooden Frame for exactly this kind of set, so the Black Pearl reads as a piece on your wall rather than a box on a shelf.See the frame

Why This Frame Suits the Black Pearl

Carved European styling. The frame has a deep, vintage-finish wooden border that sits well against the ship's dark timber hull and black sails, so the whole set looks like a historical piece rather than a toy.See the frame

A stormy-seas backdrop. Every frame ships with a UV-printed canvas backdrop, and built-in LEDs light it from behind. It gives the ship a sense of rolling water and weather without touching the model itself.See the frame

Space saved, presence gained. Hung vertically, the frame takes up far less floor and shelf room than a stand, while giving the ship the kind of commanding wall presence you'd expect from a gallery piece.

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Installing the Frame

Watch the installation video for the Display Frame for LEGO® Icons The Black Pearl Collector's Edition Set 10365

Getting your 10365 onto the wall is a straightforward job once you know the order of steps. Here's how we recommend doing it.See the frame

Step 1: Lay Everything Out

Unpack the frame onto a soft surface first. You should have the wooden frame itself, the UV-printed ocean backboard, two hull support brackets, and a set of heavy-duty security ties.See the frame

Step 2: Fit the Hull Supports

Find the pre-drilled holes near the bottom of the backdrop and fasten the support brackets there from behind. These brackets are shaped for the Black Pearl's hull specifically, so the ship sits level once it's resting on them.See the frame

Step 3: Set the Ship in Place

Lift your built LEGO 10365 model onto the brackets carefully. Check that the figurehead at the bow and the stern both sit centered and balanced inside the frame.See the frame

Step 4: Hang the Frame

With the ship secured, hang the whole assembly using the pre-installed wall brackets. A spirit level is worth using here so your display sits straight.See the frame

Questions We Get About This Display

How does the frame hold the weight of a 2,862-piece ship on a wall?

The bracket system anchors the ship's keel straight onto the solid backboard, spreading the weight evenly across the frame. That makes it considerably more secure than a DIY shelf or a floating mount not built for the model.See the frame

Why choose a wooden frame for this particular set?

The 10365 set is built around an Age of Sail look, and a wooden frame plays into that directly. It gives the finished display an 18th-century, nautical feel that reads as a proper exhibit rather than a toy mounted on a board.See the frame

A Few Tips From Us

Securing the minifigures. A small dab of museum wax under Jack Sparrow and the rest of the crew keeps them from shifting on deck while you mount the ship.See the frame

Mind the light. Keep the display out of direct sunlight. It protects the brick colors over time and makes the built-in LED "lightning" effect stand out much more clearly.See the frame

Building out a gallery wall. If this setup works for you, our other display cases follow the same basic approach. You can pair the Black Pearl with sets like the LEGO Technic Ferrari SF-24 F1 car or even a large build like the black Millennium Falcon for a matching wall of frames.See the frame

Your LEGO® 10365 deserves a spot worthy of the build. Get it off the shelf and onto the wall with KABO.See the frame