Monkey island ripoff anyone?
So I was searching around for info on the Tales DVD and I came across this:http://videodetective.com/TitleDetails.aspx?publishedid=00860897 "The Secret of Pirate Island? What the heck?" were my first thoughts. Its some film or game or something by some company called PlayMobil.
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"Some company called Playmobil"?! Wow, I always thought Playmobil was at least as famous as lego.
And I agree, playmobil is much more focusing on playing, and lego on building. It's still quite common to think about one when you hear the other, even though they're different.
(As a kid I always preferred playmobil. They had all the cool animals and accessories).
I think they're much bigger in Europe. I had a castle and a victorian house!
We could have done battle.
Had? I still have mine! In fact, I feel a need to go for a sail... Nikasaur? Wanna fight?
Also, i had a pirate ship too. And an airport:p
That trailer does look very Monkey Island inspired, not only because it's got that typical pirate-y atmosphere. But also the title, the style of the music, and it even has voodoo and living skeletons.
BTW was that voodoo guy in the trailer called the "Voodoo Laddy"? Maybe I just heard it wrong and they said Voodoo Daddy or something. XD
They started getting into really modern stuff, like grocery stores and gas stations and such. I can understand the draw (making it more like normal dolls for instance) but it kind of bothered me that they put the rest by the wayside. It was a little bit classier than your run-of-the-mill doll playing, when they had fancy hats and clip-on vests, I felt classier just by playing. You can't even find the old Victorian stuff anymore, and I'm still missing my kitchen set, so I have to find some re-seller someday.
http://www.amazon.com/Playmobil-5300-Victorian-House/dp/B00006AN0M
See. HOLY COW I HAVE A COLLECTOR'S ITEM.
That reminds me, I need to buy a new LEGO pirate ship some day, my old one broke into a thousand pieces that are now lost forever.
You should creat a diorama, with your old ship at the bottom, and your new one sailing over the top.
Twould be epic, my friend...epic.
Never bought any so I only know what I had as a kid, and it was all castles and cowboys and other old stuff like that... It was great, I had the most amazing adventures. It's kinda harder to imagine young me playing epic stories in a... gas station. Or grocery store. I don't know, doesn't sparkle my imagination as much I guess.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7FYKJ4HRf4
I used to have an awesome Lego pirate ship when I was little (mostly assembled by my dad), but it sat put together in its box in a spare room and eventually got dismantled a bit, and when I was old enough to put it together myself, I found that the mast was missing. Lego did a re-issue of the Black Seas Barracuda a couple years ago, but it was way too expensive.
I used to have a Lego castle (assembled by my mums friend), and i really loved it, and was devastated when someone knocked it off the table, causing significant damage. Looked pretty cool though, like modern day castle ruins. I wish i still had that...
Oh and, just found this on google
Can't stop laughing now.
Also the Lego digital designer was kind of clunky when I messed with it. I couldn't get every piece in every color as I preferred, and I knew there was special pieces that I missed out on. Then again this was MAYBE 2 years ago when I tried it? I wanted to build some Lego-Bamboo and came out disappointed. Going to a Lego store is much more preferable, SOOOO many bins of blocks to be had...
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He also made a plastercine garden (for the royal flower show), the worlds largest scalextric track, a giant Model plane and a real Meccano Bridge (crossing the river Mersey, Liverpool). (well, i say he, they were actually community-like projects)