Setting up the Captain Blood and The Buccaneers playset was the last thing I did with the Pirate toys before packing it all away. It was a lot of fun and my grand daughter even helped with the set-up! The board this was set up on was meant for our seasonal train displays but it was a lot of fun putting it to use for the playsets before breaking out the trains. Here's the first group of shots from that little adventure. Enjoy! Opa Fritz
Ahoy mateys! Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum and all that jazz. LOL National Talk Like A Pirate day is fast approaching on 19 Sep and I thought it would be fun to take a look at some of pirate toys, both vintage and modern. Now to be sure, I was never a huge pirate fan but hey, watching Saturday morning TV certainly exposed me to a few classics: Captain Blood, Treasure Island, Swiss Family Robinson to name a few. As I grew older and had kids there would be, Hook, Goonies, Princess Bride, Pirates of The Caribbean and probably a few more. All fun to watch and certainly a reason (excuse?) to collect a few toys. The funny thing is, as much as I wrack what little brains I have, I cannot remember having any pirate toys as a kid. I'm sure there must of been a couple thrown in the mix of toys when I was a kid. The store across the street always had cheap header bags or carded toys that my mother would buy to keep the little brat me) quiet - I just don't remember them now. Enjoy! Opa Fritz
Let's start this series with a modern era toy (because I have all the photos ready now): Hing Fat Pirate Set #775. The set includes:
- 1 Cannon 4" (10.16cm) L x 1 3/4" (4.44cm) H
- 1 Large Treasure chest 3" (7.62cm) W x 1 3/8" (3.49cm) H
-15 54mm figures in 8 poses
The cannon is quite large but is suitable for use on a shore battery vs. a ship. The treasure chest is quite large and totally out of scale - best used for putting your pieces-of-eight in! The figures I'm almost sure are copies (being Hing Fat) but cannot identify the original sculpts at the moment. Overall it's a nice little starter set of Pirate fun.
