Comments on: Yo-ho! Yo-ho! A Piratey Obsession for me… http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/jeff-cope/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-piratey-obsession-for-me/ A toy blog written by AFI's best & brightest... Sat, 25 May 2013 05:22:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jeff Cope http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/jeff-cope/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-piratey-obsession-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8083 Jeff Cope Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:32:54 +0000 http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/?p=4977#comment-8083 Sadly, I’ve not be to Disneyland since around ’97 or so. We want to take our daughter as soon as we can afford to do so, ‘though!

]]> By: Frogdog http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/jeff-cope/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-piratey-obsession-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8081 Frogdog Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:22:13 +0000 http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/?p=4977#comment-8081 If it’s not just the Disney franchise you like but all things piratical, do be sure to try and scour up as many of the old Chap Mei “Pirates Expeditions” playsets and action figures that you can find. Highly influenced by the POTC series, these are terrific and well made pirate adventure toys, colorful and flamboyant with lots of accessories. I’m a big fan of the Chap Mei offerings and it’s sad that their toys are largely unavailable now in the U.S. (Toys R Us still carries some of their stuff in the Animal Planet line, but it’s so PC most of the adventure is squeezed out and, of course, no pirates on Animal Planet). If you’ve never seen the Chap Mei line, it’s worth checking out.

And if you don’t mind non-poseable PVC figures, both Papo and Safari Ltd. offer lines of historical and fantasy based pirates.

Finally, if you haven’t read it, you really should add Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island to your reading list. A lot of people snub it nowadays, but it really is quite a good yarn.

Avast, Matey!!

]]> By: Sallah http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/jeff-cope/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-piratey-obsession-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8078 Sallah Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:18:30 +0000 http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/?p=4977#comment-8078 Jeff- have you been on the Pirates ride since they added Jack Sparrow? We went last year and I thought it was handled REALLY well… That was the only ride at Disney that we did more than one time…

]]> By: Russ http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/jeff-cope/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-piratey-obsession-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8071 Russ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:28:40 +0000 http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/?p=4977#comment-8071 I actually thought movies 2 & 3 were the best ones.

1 was good, but didn’t make me want to buy the secondary characters as much as 2 & 3 did.

]]> By: d. verburg http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/jeff-cope/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-piratey-obsession-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8066 d. verburg Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:06:31 +0000 http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/?p=4977#comment-8066 the third one was the only potc movie i really liked :(

]]> By: Shellhead http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/jeff-cope/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-piratey-obsession-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8052 Shellhead Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:58:09 +0000 http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/?p=4977#comment-8052 Meh. Always been more of a Ninja guy. Did enjoy the first two movies a lot, though. Don’t own either one, however.

]]> By: SpyMagician http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/jeff-cope/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-piratey-obsession-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8050 SpyMagician Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:12:44 +0000 http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/blog/?p=4977#comment-8050 I still want a Mr. Cotton and Parrot!!!

Hopefully the Jakks line will be compatible w/ Zizzle OR be so much better that I happily re-buy characters!

And if you head out to D-Land in So Cal and not D-World down Florida, make sure to let me know bro! I’ve got a Annual Pass so I’d love to hang out at Disneyland with you and the family (assuming they don’t mind scurvey dogs like me!)

Spy

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