Product Description

Swashbucklers beware! If the pirate pops up, ye be out! TOMY's Pop-Up Pirate Game is loaded with fun! Legend has it Pirate Pete got stuck in this barrel years ago and is just itching to get out. The only way to discover if he’s trapped or on the loose is to slide something through the sides of the barrel. Heart rates will rise, fingers will quiver… Will you be the one to free the mischievous Pirate Pete? To play, take turns sliding one of your colorful pirate swords into the slots right around the barrel. If nothing happens, you’re safe. You can breathe. But wham! If you make Pirate Pete pop, you’ll walk the plank right out of the game! Press and twist the pirate back into the barrel and keep taking turns. Nobody knows which slot will make him pop next – it’s different every time! Keep playing in rounds with family and friends, as this is one of the perfect board games for kids. The last surviving land lubber left behind wins the game! Pirate fans young and old will love this exciting kids' game that’s quick to set up and easy to learn, but always leaves you wondering what will happen next. One wrong move and Pirate Pete is off to do more mischief! Contains 1 Pirate Pete, 1 barrel, 24 colored swords, and easy instructions. The Pop-Up family board games are suitable for 2-4 kids ages 4 years and up.

Amazon.com

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

From the Manufacturer

Push the pirate into the barrel, select your sword, then slide the swords into the barrel slots.