From the moment I started to build it I could tell this set was pure genieus.
It has tons of brown cylinder bricks and a classic red octopus. I must say that those cylinder bricks give a simply astounding illusion of alog raft.

Pros.

Mini-figs

Octopus

Size

classic pirate weapons

tons of brown

It really feels like a raft

Cons.

Only one thing comes to mind, That parrot and its stand kinda get the way.

Set #6240 Kraken Attackin': Beware the Kraken, it will lead only to Davy Jones' locker, especially if you prefer Johnny Depp to LEGO Pirates.

This set is one of those 12.99 sets that offer up fun models for a small cost. I see no problem with that, in fact I see nothing truly wrong with this set overall. You build a raft from a shipwreck for two pirates to reach land on. The raft is a really clever design and something that actually looks like it could have been built out of flotsam and whatever scraps what washed up on shore.

The Mini-Figures are two great additions to the Pirates theme and add more Pirates for you to display and play with. This set includes a familiar parrot piece with a brand new colorful design. In fact when I first saw the new parrot look I was actually quite taken with it, though I can't pinpoint just why that is, perhaps because it's something fresh and new in the world of LEGO.

I really like the new spyglass piece, there are also the usual cutlasses (one extra so both can wield the blade in battle.) and the Pirate rifle or musket as it is also known. The titular Kraken of this set is just a fancy new reddish toned octopus from the old Aquazone sets, but it is a very nice piece. The new coloring really makes it stand out on the shelf and tends to draw the eye.

For your money you can't go wrong with Kraken Attackin', it may not have 300 + pieces and depict a creature from myth the size of... well I'm not too sure just how big a Kraken is supposed to be, but it does offer up a lot of potential for play and display and you can't go wrong with Pirates. (They can even fight Ninjas you know.) And the double-sided print torsos for the Mini-Figures are a real treat.

I was hesitant to buy this set in the year 2009 because it has lesser minifigures than 6257 (Castaway's Raft) and it is smaller in size. I manage to get hold of this set in the year 2010 and I am very happy and pleased with this set. Hence, I think it is time for me to give this set a nice review.

This set has many features, pros and something that can be improved upon. I will make a list below based on the various aspects.

1) Cost: I paid SGD$17 for it at a sales and I am happy with the price though I hope it could be even cheaper.

2) Minifigures: The prints are awesome and these two pirates are not 100% repetitive. Most of the pirates in this series are unique or have different combination of headdress and clothings.

3) Weapons: 1 rifle and 2 swords. I think this is self-sufficient as a set on its own and I don't have to pay for more weapons.

4) Accessories: It has a parrot with tropical colours (Red and Green), a paddle, a crate and most importantly the 2 gems (blue and red, so i suppose they are sapphire and ruby). I love it when the amount of treasure for my pirates increase over time and this set simply adds more treasure on top of the other sets like 6243 (Brickbeard's Bounty).

5) Kraken (Octopus): I never had this rare or uncommon piece before so I think it's a good buy got me.

6) Playability: I will leave it up to your imagination but I imagine that the two pirates are the underlings of Captain Brickbeard and they are on this raft to set off on a mission etc.

Conclusion: I think this set is a very nice set. It increases the total number of pirates in this series; increases the treasure of the pirates; increases the weapons of the pirates and you get a kraken. Just get it and I had so much fun playing with it.

I bought this set in Downtown disney a few months ago because I had bought a snack with part of the twenty dollars I was going to use to buy loot island, and so only had enough for this. I ended up liking it much more than I though I would.

The 'Kraken' - I agree that this piece is not big enough to be considered a Kraken. But it's still pretty cool. It is an octopus, not a squid, as some others have said, because it only has eight arms. In addition to the four arms that can attach to studded platforms, the octopus can grasp things the same width as things minifig hands can grasp with the four middle arms. (try it, it works!) The maroon color is very nice and realistic, and contrasts well with the raft.

The Raft - I liked it. The SNOT design really enhances the looks, and it feels like something made of chopped-down palm trees with a sail-canvas floor. I moved the crow's nest off center and really played around with the floor layout depending on what I wanted for the scenario I was acting out. Most of the time that would have put it off balance on the ocean, but it's hard to capsize on my floor. The one thing that makes the pirates seem stupid is their placement of the musket. How do they reach it up there?

The Pirates - They have the awesome double-sided torsos. I ended up mixing and matching hats, shirts, and faces between all three of my pirates (I got another one later), to find a combination that looked like a good pirate, and one that looked like a bad pirate.

The Accessories - Even thought box only shows one sword, you really get one more, just like in every other set with swords, for which I am eternally grateful to Lego. The gems are just gems, and the parrot is pretty, although useless. The spyglass is good, the musket is good (but out of the pirates' reach), and it's always handy to have another brown bin.

I really like this set - once I fixed it up. If you get one, try playing around with the floor layout and the pirates until you get one you like. It's a five.

In my opinion there are two types of sets: the kind you get just because it looks big and cool or the kind that you get for all the pointless little extras. I think that this set fits into the extras category, extras like the colorful parrot, the telescope the two crystals and an extra sword. It also comes with two cool pirate minifigs and of course the octopus or "kraken" as LEGO refers to it. The raft features a look out tower pole, an adjusting ladder, and little stand thing for the parrot. I think that it was cool that the kraken's tentacles were adjusted at the ends so that it could connect with studded platforms. However, I did not like that the kraken was so small. Well, everything, besides the kraken's size, seems to make this great. It also works well with Loot Island and Cannon Battle lego sets.