Customer Reviews

Playmobil Large Pirate Ship

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I have four year old twin boys who are in a big "pirate" phase. I've always loved Playmobil and was very excited to give them this toy for their birthday.
First of all I should have remembered the playmobil motto of a thousand parts. Yes it makes the product more `realistic', but what a pain! I've kept many of the smaller pieces: the coins, the fish, the cats, from the boys since I don't want to either step on them or lose them.
Of course within four hours of my finishing the assembly process, they had torn one of the sails on the bottom corner. Again no big deal and they are four years old.
They love that it floats and we tested that in the bathtub right away.
They love that the cannon shoots little projectiles though we lost two immediately. The pirates are neat too and they play with the ship everyday.
I really like this ship and would buy it again for my boy with the above precautions about the little pieces.

This is Playmobil's newest and most advanced pirate ship. It's been available in Germany for a year, but we're only getting it now and just in time for the Holiday Season/Christmas!

Playmobil already makes 3 pirate ships, and I think they already have reached the size limit of how big they can make a ship, so what do they do next? They make one which is different.

Like all Playmobil products, this ship is beautiful, made with high quality plastic and highly detailed. It has 2 masts, a bowspit, captain's cabin, quarterdeck, hold and plenty of accessories, just like the other ships. Just take a look at the pictures.

What sets this ship apart from the others is that it's a 2 in 1 ship. At first, it masquerades as a regular ship or merchant ship. But once you release the cannons, change the flag and show the pirate head it becomes a pirate ship, ready to attack! This ship also has the new cannons that shoot "safer" projectiles. The old cannons were designed to shoot small projectiles with a spring but were apparently unable to pass safety laws here so the spring was removed and we got cannons that couldn't shoot anything.

If you are a Playmobil fan already, you won't need any urging from me, you'll get this ship, because you can't have too many Playmobil ships and because of the neat tricks this ship has. If you are not familiar with Playmobil, you can't do any worse than to buy this ship because Playmobil is synonymous with quality. I recommend this ship over any other comparable pirate ship. It's also on sale, the MSRP is about $[...] and they're selling this for about $[...].

For those not familiar with Playmobil I woudn't recommend this ship for a child under 7 because there are many small parts. However, if your child is younger, you might want to keep the small acessories in their bags first and not rig the sails or rigging. You can play just as well without them. This ship floats and will make a great bath tub toy, even for adults!

The great secret about this ship and Playmobil in general is that there are tons of add ons. You can buy additional pirates to beef up your crew or government forces to fight against them, plus forts and additional cannons, etc. This ship will grow with your child. If you have any questions about Playmobil there are several on-line guides, catalogs and forums where you can hang out with like minded people.

My four year old son thinks this toy is the greatest and my husband enjoys it also. I do recommend advance assembly as it took my husband several hours to put together this deluxe version - too long for a four year old to wait to play with a new birthday gift. Beware lots of little pieces that are soon to be lost forever! This deluxe version has lots of really cool features and my son hasn't managed to break it yet in the first two weeks.

It took me several HOURS to put this kit together. Maybe an older child would enjoy putting it together with help, but I bought the toy for 4 and 6 year old boys. NO WAY they could wait hours to play with after seeing the box! I worked on it one hour each night for several days. I like to put toys together, so I didn't mind.

Yeah I gave 5 stars all around, even education. My son learned alot of stuff from putting this thing together and maintaining the little ropes and knots the harpoon cannon and the anchor.
What kid wouldn't want this thing, it even floats and you can actually sail it on water with all the little playmobil pirates on it. And you can order some motor for the bottom of it if you want it to go faster in water. We have fun with just the wind though in the park.
Owned it for about 3 months and we still play with it alot.

assembly took about 3 hours with pieces left over, about half the time was spent searching through all the plastic bags for different parts. there was no order to the packing. it would have been quicker if the parts had not been seperated into different bags. the toy is a nice toy but the assembly sucks

We bought this pirate ship for our 3-year old grandson, who enjoys imaginary play. Although it took several hours to assemble the ship, we were thrilled with the outcome. It is a beautiful ship with several clever working features. We have put away many tiny accessories for later, but the primary characters are perfect for pre-school play - whether one child or a small group of young friends.

I bought this for a four year old grandson, and he loves it. Took some patience on my part to assemble, mainly because there were so many parts. I wish that they had included some spare "cannonballs", as they recieve much use and end up under couches and behind dressers. It has given hours of imaginative play. Well built and is holding up nicely.

My five year old loves this ship. Not so great though if you have a small child (under the age of two) as there are lots of small pieces.

This the one toy my grandson wanted for Christmas. He is so excited and can't wait to use it in the tub. Which probably won't leave much room for him. Should be great in the pool during the summer.