- The surprise family game that is a real barrel of fun
- Take turns sliding the colorful swords into the barrel
- Beware – if the pirate pops up on your turn, you are out
- Kids love the popping action of the pirate flying out of the barrel
- No reading required
Product Description
Pop Up Pirate! promises hours of amusement. After all, who doesn’t like to see a pirate get shot out of a barrel? The game is simple. The unlucky pirateis pushed into the top of a brown plastic barrel, readying the spring mechanism for his eventual launch. Players then take turns pushing colorful plastic swords into holes on the side of the barrel, one by one until finally someone releases the spring and sends the poor little pirate on his way. Whoever makes the pirate pop loses, until the next round at any rate. The game includes a blue plastic base, the brown barrel (the sort that pirates would use for grog), and 24 plastic swords–six each of yellow, red, green, and blue. There’s also lots of stickers of birds, smiling sharks, and even an ogling octopus.Editorial Review
Pop Up Pirate! promises hours of amusement. After all, who doesn’t like to see a pirate get shot out of a barrel? The game is simple. The unlucky pirate is pushed into the top of a brown plastic barrel, readying the spring mechanism for his eventual launch. Players then take turns pushing colorful plastic swords into holes on the side of the barrel, one by one until finally someone releases the spring and sends the poor little pirate on his way. Whoever makes the pirate pop loses, until the next round at any rate. The game includes a blue plastic base, the brown barrel (the sort that pirates would use for grog), and 24 plastic swords–six each of yellow, red, green, and blue. There’s also lots of stickers of birds, smiling sharks, and even an ogling octopus, although they don’t stay stuck very well. The pirate himself has a big black mustache and wears an eye patch and a purple plastic scarf over his head. Luckily, he doesn’t seem to mind getting jounced around so much, since he also has a gigantic, if somewhat cautious, grin. –David Morel
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Bought it for my 3 year old. He knows his colors and how to take turns so no educational value beyond that. Boring, not much fun at all. Lots of small parts (swords) to find around the house…
Amazon User Rating: 1 / 5
On the surface, Pop-Up Pirate looks like it’s aimed towards the younger crowd, but underneath that kiddy exterior is a game so complex and demanding that we Mensa members even bust it out occasionally. What you don’t know is that Pop-Up Pirate uses super-advanced algorithms and formulas to determine what slit will blow that silly little pirate’s top off.
It is very hard to explain, but I will try to put as best as I can in layman’s terms. Every slit and sword color combination produces a certain number. For example; Slit #17, combined with a red sword, produces the number 678. This number by itself means nothing, but once another sword is put in the barrel, a certain condition is made. For example; Slit #12 with a blue sword followed by slit #8 with a green sword produces the condition “factor of 4″. Subsequent numbers that are produced must adhere to this condition, or else the pirate pop meter raises by 1. When the meter reaches 5, the pirate of course pops out of the barrel. The meter may raise more than 1 depending on the severity of a produced number’s unfaithfulness to the condition, but we’re not sure yet how this severity is measured.
Another factor to the game is where exactly the pirate lands. The location were his head meets the ground will affect the pirate pop meter in the next match. We believe that is the pirate lands on his northwestern quadrant, the pirate pop meter changes its maximum capacity to 7 in the next match. This is only a claim, but rest assured we are doing extensive testing to prove this and other hypotheses.
So you see, to you it is but a simple child’s game. To us here at Mensa, it is an ongoing intelligent battle that we may never come to fully understand unless we preform at our very best.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
this toy rocks. my kids (4 & 1.5) love it. the swords come on this plastic rack thing and you have to pop them off and it leaves sharp points, i just sanded them. it also comes with a random blue plastic thing to set the barrel on, i threw that away. you have to hold the barrel when putting the sword in or the barrel tips over. i prefer toys that are crafted well and mainly not plastic, i bought this one because of the fun factor. a friend told me about it, and it is fun! i also threw away the stickers since i read that they fall off anyway, and put the swords in a little canvas bag to try and curb the plastic issue and it’s great, worth it for the fun factor. also it’s easy, my 1.5 year old daughter gets the game.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
This was a gift for my 5-year-old grandson. He and his 3-year-old sister have had a ball with it! It is a good toy to teach taking turns. The excitement builds each time a sword is inserted into the barrel. The children also enjoy playing the game alone. Big hit!!!
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
Bought this for my son b/c it reminded me of a similar game (w/ pop-up lollypops) that I still remember from early childhood. Very fun, simple game that can be enjoyed by the tot set, their parents, and older siblings. Lovely break from the tediousness of Candy Land. My box says it’s for ages 4+, but a 2yo could easily play this game, perhaps even younger. Quick turns, few details keep youngest kids enthralled. Any number could really play it – it has four colors of swords, but you don’t really have to keep track. If it pops on your turn, you’re out! My 3yo son will also play this alone, laughing his head off every time the pirate goes flying. His sibs enjoy playing it with him (7 and 14), as do we.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5