Value Box, Hand-out & Mail-In Redemption Pack Game Pieces
- 2005 - Value Boxes (Revolutions) - Special Edition (green cornered) pre-assembled ships in a box which includes a stack of cards from the set. This release included four new Pirates of the Revolution ships, (Franklin, Concord, Red Curse, and Hangman's Noose). Note that these four ships only exist in the "UL" (Unlimited) version.
- 2005 - Pirates of the North Pole Ship & Crew (The Sleigh & Captain Whitebeard) - Distributed to WizKids employees, envoys, registered retail venues and business associates as a Holiday present. Also given away in a drawing for members of WizKids online Pirates community. The Sleigh and Captain Whitebeard can be used any day of the year, however on Christmas Eve they gain special bonuses.
- 2006 - Value Boxes (Davy Jones Curse) - Wave 1 had new ships (Boneyard, Fool's Gold, Electric Eel, and Drowned Man) and Wave 2 included new ships (Broken Key, Black Diamond, Nightmare and HMS Richard). Wave 2 released in October 2006 - this was the only set to feature 8 total Value Boxes.
- 2006 - 10-masted Cursed Treasure Ship (Guichuan) - A customer loyalty promotional piece for customers who sent twelve proofs of purchase from Pirates of Davy Jones' Curse to WizKids along with a redemption certificate.
- 2006 - Value Boxes (Mysterious Islands) - new ships (Tasmanian Devil, Revolution, Empty Sky, Independence).
- 2006 - "Message In A Bottle" promo pack - 2 submarines (USS Mercury, Slipstream), crew (Thane Hartless) and the Unique Treasure Abandoned Crew. This was a customer loyalty promotional piece for the Pirates of the Mysterious Islands set in return for proof-of-purchase for four boosters, four booster wrappers and one each of the four special messages (paper slips) from the boosters.
- 2007 - Promo ship (Obago) - a giveaway sent to retailers to hand out as they saw fit.
- 2007 - "Nordic Raiders" promo pack with 2 longships (Polaris and Serpent's Fang) & a Unique Treasure Odin's Revenge. Available after sending in 'four lost pieces' of armory found on crew/treasure cards, four wrappers, receipt of purchase, and postage.
- 2007 - Value Boxes (Ocean's Edge) - new ships (Last Hope, Jape, HMS Burma, USS Seattle).
- 2007 - 10-masted Pirate Treasure Ship (Zeus) - Same requirements as the Guichuan (12 "regular" wrappers or 12 "mega-pack" wrappers or a combination of both, alongside a coupon from the site and proof-of-purchase).
- 2007 - Value Boxes (Pirates of the Caribbean) - new ships (HMS Diamond, HMS Phoenix, Neptune, Sea Nymph).
- 2008 - Rise of the Fiends Cursed Ship (Specter) - originally customers had to mail in the Specter story (a paper insert) from a pack, but after a packaging snafu that saw few of these actually packed, WizKids changed this to any story from this set, plus a receipt & postage.
- 2008 - Value Boxes (Rise of the Fiends) - new ships (HMS Forge, Rusty Harpoon, Hades' Realm, Isabela).
- 2008 - Value Boxes (Fire & Steel) - new ships (HMS Resolution, Nox, Lucky Seven, Crocodile).
- 2008 - Fire & Steel Cursed Scorpion Ship (Chum Maker) - customers had to mail in the Chum Maker story (a paper insert) from a pack plus a receipt, wrapper and postage.
- 2008 - Promo Ship Obago Deuce - This extremely rare ship was scheduled to be a late year promo for in-store handout, but was only distributed in ~very~ limited quantities to employees and convention-helper Privateers. Some have made their way out on the resellers market as well. About 30 are known to exist, but more are assumed to have been printed. As such, this is the rarest 'produced ship' in the series, and highly sought after by collectors, though thoroughly unspectacular in game-play.
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