However, although the Thousand Sunny has many interesting features and is an extremely powerful addition to the crew, the ship seems to lack the same emotional storytelling that the Going Merry had.

While One Piece has never released an official LEGO build, one fan has looked to change that by recreating the first ship of Luffy and his crew, the Going Merry, by using the well-known blocks ...

The Going Merry was the first ship that the Straw Hat Pirates had acquired in their quest to make Monkey D. Luffy the king of the pirates, as well as move forward on their individual goals.