John_Young

Sing is a nice word for what we do... Hey Jim, if'n ye be at the ball Friday, ye can talk te my cap'n

My crew "Blackwood's Buccaneers" will be there performing, so hope to see everyone.

Funny. I've owned that sword for about 2 years now and no problems. Blades nick. Even on an expensive Starfire sword. But if you are fighting balls to the wall, sword slamming and not proper casting then of course it will break.

I went to a TRU just south of me today and found all the sets save the Black Pearl. The female fig in the one skull is Tia who looks like a voodoo priestess. They had a set called Port Royale not on any of the package pics (TRU Exclusive?) Which has Jack, Liz, and A British Soldier. Looks to be fun hunting them all down.

Depends... are you looking for fight quality? Or just a hip hanger? Check eBay for Cutlasses, the pretty but useless kind. Prices vary. Museum Replicas has a couple good fight quality ones. Then Starfire has a good fight quality one and it will cost you a pretty penny.

Th' first gold doubloon be mine fer spottin' the prize! I was at me local TRU (TRUe Pirates they are with jackin' up the prices) and found 2 of the PotC2 Megablok sets. According to the packaging and instruction insert, this line has: 2 Jack Compass (like the MB Pyrates treasure pouch, in theory). One has Davey Jones, and the other has Jack and both come with little pieces to assemble. I got the Davey compass (twas the only one they had) and he comes with a miniature ship to ride in. 2 Skull Islands. Now with Jack "braid" . One has Jack and a Liz (I'm guessing, it was a female fig and she makes the most sense), the other has Jack and the Hammerhead guy (I got this one since twas the only one they had). The Black Pearl! Oh how I wish they had that in stock. It's the size of the Sea Marauder's Stormstalker, only it is failyful to the BP, they didn't just rerelease the first ship with a different figurehead. Looks to come with Jack, Will, and Bootstrap. (Those pics are tiny).

I would care if a simple, easy search of the forums didn't find at least 5 other topics talking about the same game. It's been in development and it will probably be released the same time Middle-Earth Online finally gets out. Which is to say necer.

I don't like the large "dueling" figures. I went to my Target last Sunday and for the small figs they had some Will Turner, Pintel, Bootstrap, and Captain Cthulhu. Went back the next day and they had just 1 Bootstrap left and the telltale sign of giddy girl slobber all over the empty pegs. I think I'll just be collecting the "pirates", none of the supernaturals for me this time thank ye.

My In-laws live in Philly and it's only about an hour and some change outside the limits to the faire. If anyone will be there in early September (aye, the same weekend as Dragon*con, alas) Give me a shout.

Who is going to John Levique days this year? It promises to be the best one ever!

Well let's be technical too... I could put a copyrighted item on a shirt. And I shouldn't get in trouble as long as it's for my own personal use and I neither sell them nor give them to anyone for any purpose or profit.

Yeah... NQG... considering they're why this forum exists...

I can't believe No one else has made this comment yet... So what you're asking is... Are you going to Scarborough Faire? Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme...

Don't think of it as full of yerself... but rather Pirate Pride. We have our own flag, we have our own parades, We dress outlandishly, and Conservatives cringe when they see us. "We're Here, We're Buccaneers, Get Used to it!"

Did anyone make the raid from the boards?

Has anyone else heard the Japanese Buzz that in Kingdom Hearts 2 for the ps2 or whatever game system... you encounter Jack Sparrow on a PotC world? I know G4's X-Play has shown clips of the Jap version but the English translation won't hit until Spring.

Was there someone now famous then working on the Danger Island portion... like Renny Harlan or someone known for action movies?

Um... helps if you put the exact date and where it is there swabby.

This is a raid how?

Funny how most "historical" women don't try and portray them. However I doubt they were all Lucy Liu, Kung Fu chicks...

I've never been fond of Gasparilla since it's way to Mardi Gras and not to my tastes... but I hear folks have a blast. Hurricane, I see yer ship is called the Blackheart. Did ye hear that the Blackheart will be a ship in the "Pirates of the South Seas" set?

You, sir, should check the history books. If you can recall my post, I spoke of Grace O'Malley, a true historical female pirate figure. I suggest you visit your local library and look it up. I'm done with this subject now. No more will be said. Grace O'Malley who is by and large a mythological figure blown out of proportion by "history" you mean? I would suggest you read No Quarter Given's January 1996 issue where it discusses female pirates and that not everyone can be Anne Bonney and just how rare female pirates really are.

Bonney and Reed were by all accounts true Dogs. Let's leave the Pirate Queen ideas to the LaMorte sisters and to Geena Davis overacting all over the silver screen in Cutthroat Island. Women were BAD LUCK at sea, and any woman who wanted to go on a ship had to be either well protected or a slut who serviced the men on long voyages. Period. Check your history books. Let's leave the female pirates to ren faires and PotC fanfiction, mmm'kay?

Hmm... *No undead *No makeup on the men folk *No females as pyrates, instead show how they were really treated. Also, must be slutty and not so pretty. *No cutesy nods to PotC or anything of the ilk.

Wouldn't that be a great reality show though? Combat trained Rennies fighting Samurai Pandas and Gorillas with huge swords! Sure it would get PETA up in arms, but it would make for some great viewing!