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1:18 pirates of the caribbean @target

Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:55 am
by captain hawkins 1696
Don't know if this has been mentioned or not but these have been spotted at Target stores......I myself purchased 5 of these...they are a little high in price at 6.99 a pieace.....the gear they come with is amazing nice swords and pistols.....one of the jack sparrow figures comes with a wooden looking casket with a removable top......great for those who customize.....yes figures do fit in it........so check these out..there are about 7 in all.... :wink: :wink: :wink:

Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:54 pm
by steelbonnet
Saw these on JoeCustoms & with photos too :D

I`m hoping they will be available in the UK anytime now :D Well I hope they will.

I`m pretty impressed with the figures & most certainly the likeness I`ve seen posted.

Any chance you can post photos of your`s?

Ja
Steel Bonnet

Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:33 am
by immeww2
I saw these at WM too! So I guess WM should be offering them also. :D

Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:07 pm
by Tinman
Checked one of my local Targets today - no sign of them yet.

Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 11:09 pm
by Jesse James
Anyone with a picture link?

I'm curious as to the looks of these... PLus any useable bits and pieces.

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:13 am
by Tinman
Anyone know of an online source for these?

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 1:53 pm
by Morian Miner
If you can be patient, I'm sure these will be everywhere. I get the feeling they are going to try to make up for dropping the merchanidising ball on the first one. I still can't beleive they did nothing when the first one came out. (oh, wait, McDonald's put banners up :roll: )

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:19 pm
by pokeyjtc
Just found all of these guys at Target tonight. Pretty cool, but the articulation was somewhat limited. Not my thing though, so I left them for someone else.

Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:28 pm
by Morian Miner
Walmart has these now. I've seen them reported for as low as 4.48, but my Walmart had them $4.88. Much more resonable price for custom fodder, and I'm a big pirates fan, so this is great news (the price, not having to go to Walmart for something else :? )

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 6:35 am
by FieldmarshalX
These are pretty neat figures I bought a few for my boys and thier playmobil pirate ships have not been the same since!

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 8:12 am
by aferguson
we need pictures!

:)

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 11:59 am
by Morian Miner
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodi ... IZ00001A11

Articulation varies by figure. Most have jointed shoulders, elbows and hips. One of the Jacks (haven't checked the other) have jointed knees. My only complaint is the giant hands. Otherwise, really happy with them.

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 12:01 pm
by aferguson
those are them? i thought those were the 7 inch figures. Wow...look great.

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 1:20 pm
by Morian Miner
I just hope with them showing up this early, there's a second series coming out once the movie is released.

haha

Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 11:38 pm
by Coreyeagle48
Too bad they can't offer a real life Kiera Knightly clone

That I'd buy:)

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:25 pm
by stv9000
Great now I want a 1/18 black pearl. Or some other ship.

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:33 pm
by WGP Klaus
Found three of these figures yesterday (dont know why I purchased, but they're pretty interesting subjects) at a local WM, so let it be know they're available there as well.

HTH

Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:54 pm
by aferguson
as i recall from Figures.com coverage they are coming out with a variety of accessories and playsets for the 3 3/4 inch figures including a Black Pearl. It is way underscale of course but probably still 25 inches + in length..

Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:58 am
by Morian Miner
I beleive the Pearl is 30 inches in length, but has a lot of "play" features, so it looks very toylike. But, like someone said, they look really good on Playmobil pirate ships :wink: Theres also an island playset with some sort of building and waterwheel. I'll wait for that to go on clearance.

Quick aside on the playmobil pirate ships. Changing the sails and repainted the bright parts, you can have a fairly decent 1/18 pirate ship. Not exactly ships of the line, but remember most of the caribbean pirates operated with small sloops 35-65 feet in length.

Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:59 am
by CW4USARMY
I agree,

I recently bought the 2 large ships from the Megablocks line of lego-like
toys for my two little ones and I was blown away with how good they look. I just looked at a picture of the play ship coming for the Pirates figures and it is very toylike compared to the megablocks ships.

Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:15 am
by aferguson
I've seen the megabloks ships assembled at TRU, they are quite nice. I've toyed with the idea of getting one but felt they were just too small to hold 1/18 figures of any type. Surprisingly detailed and weathered, don't look like 'lego' type ships at all..

Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 11:17 am
by Morian Miner
I've wanted to take a look at the Megablocks ships again, as I think they might be a good starting point for making Davy Jones ship. Plus, the wife has is into building the Lego kits, so maybe for mother's day :wink:

Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:34 pm
by stv9000
The Megablocks ships are great! I... I mean my kids have both the ships and the Islands. I did all the rigging on the ships. I have an extra Storm stalker that I have been doing some heavy modifying to.