Tomy Pop-Up Pirate Game
by International Playthings
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: International PlaythingsBrand: Tomy
Release Date: 2010-03-29
Model: TY7028
Product features:
- 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
Toys and Games Reviews of Tomy Pop-Up Pirate Game
Customer Review: A super intelligent competition masked as a kids' game!
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Description of Tomy Pop-Up Pirate Game
Its a barrel of fun for the whole family! Push the pirate into his barrel, select your favourite color swords, then take turns sliding a sword into the barrel slots. But beware - if the pirate pops up you're OUT! The last remaining player is the winner. No batteries required.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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