My sister bought her son this toy for Christmas last year, and I was watching him play with it the other day, and it still confusing me as to how a child can have so much fun with a simple little toy, I always wonder what they are thinking about when they play it. Then again, my nephew says he wants to be a pirate when he grows up so I think that question is answered. She paid £150 for it at Christmas, which I thought was an absolute waste of money when she told me what it was, but when I saw it, I could understand the pricing. It isn't just a small plastic boat, it is so much more. Not only is it a lot bigger than I imagined it to be, but there is much to you can do ...  Read the complete review

I bought the Mega blocks Pirates of the Caribbean Black Pearl for my son for his third Birthday. It came in a huge box so it looked very impressive all wrapped up when he got up. It took a long time to assemble it, which I had to do myself as my son is three and my husband is an academic and not remotely practical. It took me a few hours the next evening to build the ship and the extras that came with it, it took my son a few minutes, the following day, to destroy all my hard work. It was quite a surprise to open the box and pull out everything that was featured on the box and more. I wasn't really expecting this as when you normally see a scene on a box ...  Read the complete review

The Pirates of the Caribbean Black Pearl Pirate Ship is available as end-of-line stock from a few places for a bargain price these days. The Bargain Warehouse have it on sale for only £45 as their normal selling price! When this was new in the shops, it retailed for nearly £100 and that doesn't include any figures even. The box that this comes in is absolutely huge. It's about a meter long, and a good size round. There's quite a lot of assembly that goes into this, unfortunately, so you have to be prepared to put in a good hour of construction time before this toy is ready to be played with. There are some reasons for the construction being so ...  Read the complete review