tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post9033128494616071779..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: PIRATES of the M.P.C.!Evan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-86099153494070926782016-02-06T10:02:30.338-08:002016-02-06T10:02:30.338-08:00The cat o' nine tails was also the source of t...The cat o' nine tails was also the source of the expression "not enough room to sling a cat."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-8333030751023327142011-06-24T19:01:10.935-07:002011-06-24T19:01:10.935-07:00I had some of these or a very similar set. I have...I had some of these or a very similar set. I have no idea what happened to most of the figures but I do know that the pirate captain met a grisly end. My older brother decided to see what happens if you put a plastic pirate (<i>my</i> plastic pirate, that is) in the flame of a gas stove. What happens is, not surprisingly, that it melts. What did surprise my brother is that when you melt plastic all over a burner on a gas stove, it makes a colossal mess which colossally annoys your parents. I don't recall what his punishment was; I suspect that I was in favor of melting my brother, but that didn’t happen. Just as well – now, fifty years later, I have forgiven him…almost.SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745665231586422220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-38636909234821306152011-06-18T14:56:01.478-07:002011-06-18T14:56:01.478-07:00Wrong, both of you. I never paint originals. I thi...Wrong, both of you. I never paint originals. I think there were lab guys in ringhands, too, Evan. I have a lot of them but was never a big fan, although your impressive photography makes these guys look appealing. The accessories got lost easily and the poses were stilted, IMHO. <br />Speaking of pirate ships, when my 7th grade class went to Richmond, VA, for a field trip our final stop was a Woolworth's, to buy souvenirs. I couldn't decide on anything and with time running out grabbed a pirate ship with figures. Everyone thought I was a dork for buying toys. My shame was such that to this day I have no idea who made that ship.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-88939507909068974442011-06-18T14:32:51.771-07:002011-06-18T14:32:51.771-07:00Probably does.Probably does.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-48812124218983968772011-06-18T14:09:41.541-07:002011-06-18T14:09:41.541-07:00Napier would have them all painted by now.Napier would have them all painted by now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-10969971354740669672011-06-18T07:42:56.466-07:002011-06-18T07:42:56.466-07:00oh man, I would have loved these. Hell I probably ...oh man, I would have loved these. Hell I probably still would. I did have some of these kinds of figures, soldiers. They had holes for guns and such.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-67462663113525052132011-06-18T01:13:00.184-07:002011-06-18T01:13:00.184-07:00Arrr, piratic day this. remember me of a kind of e...Arrr, piratic day this. remember me of a kind of envelopes with badly articulated plastic toys i buyed in my chilhood.Deka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.com