Everyone’s going pirate crazy this week on Poptropica with the official release of Poptropica Skullduggery Island. OK, maybe it’s just me that’s going pirate crazy, but what can I say? I love pirates. All the talk of pirates got me to thinking about the two biggest kind of toy pirate sets out there: Lego and Playmobil. I have lots of both and I know a lot of people have owned or still have some as well. So it got me thinking, which is better? Lego or Playmobil?
Let’s take a look at the different things you can get with each and then I’ll ask some Poptropicans from Skullduggery Island what they think? Have your own favorites? Take the Pirate Poll or post your thoughts in the comments section!
Lego Pirates
Brickbeard's Ship is a great set for Lego Pirates fans.
Man, Legos are really cool. They come in all kinds of different sets and if you’re a Lego purist, you can even just buy the simple Lego bricks and build whatever you want. Some people are totally crazy about Legos and put together some really amazing Lego buildings. But one of the best sets of Legos you can buy is without a doubt the pirates. There are a lot of different collections, which giant pirate ships, pirate islands and all kinds of stuff. Let’s look at some of my favorites.
One of the more expensive sets is LEGO Pirates Brickbeard’s Bounty
, which costs about $140. It’s a complete pirate ship with three cannons and a removable captain’s quarters. You can even have your Lego people walk the plank. It comes with four pirates, two soldiers, the Admiral’s daughter, a monkey, a shark, and even a mermaid, so there’s all kinds of adventures you can create with this ship set.
Get the Soldiers set which comes with a fortress for them to defend from the pirates.
Another great set is the LEGO Pirates Soldiers
set. It has a whole fortress that soldiers occupy and defend with a canon. It comes with both soldier and pirate figures so you can stage a battle at the fortress. There’s no ship in this set, but it does come with a rowboat and some extra figures, like a monkey and a crocodile. It’s a great companion set to the Brickbeard’s Ship set above. You can put together an awesome pirate attack.
The cool thing about Legos is that there are a lot of other sets to choose from and tons of smaller pieces that don’t cost as much. Because they’re Legos, you can mix and match them with other sets and regular bricks to create all kinds of cool pirate places to explore. If I had enough Legos and plenty of time, I’d re-create Poptropica Skullduggery Island in Legos!
Playmobil
Blackbeard's Ship is a really cool pirate ship with cannons that fire.
Playmobil toys don’t allow for as much customization as Lego, because they’re fixed toys. But they are bigger and easier to pose and they usually come with some great accessories. They can get kind of expensive and take up a lot of space, but if you have enough of them you can create some really epic scenes. Of course, I love the pirate collection the best and Playmobil doesn’t disappoint when it comes to what they have in their different pirate sets. Here’s a look at some of the really cool things you can get with Playmobil to create your own huge pirate battles at sea.
There are currently two different main sets of Playmobil Pirates that you can get. The first is the original Playmobil Pirates and the second is the Playmobil Ghost Pirates
.
With a cabin, and a treasure area, it doesn't get any better than this ship.
The regular pirates set has lots of different pieces and the main ones are the different ships you can get, like Blackbeard’s Ship and the Large Pirate Ship. The Large Pirate ship is by far the more awesome of the two but it’s also super expensive at more than $100. There are also island sets and individual pieces that you can get. There are actually a lot of different ships available and if you have trouble finding them in the stores, just look on eBay because people sell them new and used all the time. You ca find some really good ones that they don’t sell anymore.
Ghost Pirates: they glow in the dark!
The ghost pirates are a little creepier but they’re kind of cool because they glow in the dark. There are also some cool sea monsters in this set, like a three headed hydra serpent (kind of like the Hydra from Poptropica Mythology Island) and a giant crab. There’s also a ghost pirate ship with tattered sails and special hiding places for the ghost pirates to “pop out” of.
Which pirate toys do you think are best? Take the Pirate Poll!
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I’m going to quit playing on my player that’s on Skullduggery Island. (I should have stayed on Super Island.)
I mean Super Power Island.
You said in your Lego Pirates section that you would recreate Skullduggery in Lego. Well, I’m going to be creating Early Poptropica, Shark Tooth, Time Tangled, and maybe even Astro Knights in Lego in my Summer Vacation. I may finish Early Poptropica and Shark Tooth since they aren’t that complex and don’t have that much pieces, a low possibility of Time Tangled, but a there is a 0% chance I’ll finish Astro Knights this Summer! At least I’ll start most of those four islands! Maybe if I am successful with them, I’ll create Skullduggery Island. If it turns out okay, I’ll create all the islands-maybe even Big Nate! What do you know? Maybe I can present my islands to Lego, and a theme called LEGO Poptropica will be released….
Oh, and speaking of Big Nate, how come you don’t have a walk through for that? It’s an easy to medium difficulty island, and a lot of people (including me) has finished it. But some people for some reason struggle a bit, so maybe you can create a walk through of Big Nate.
(Oh-and Serious Brain is my name on Poptropica)
Why I said “maybe even Big Nate” is because I’ll have to print pictures of the characters except for the player Poptropican and will have to glue them onto Lego bricks.
Well, that seems like an awesome summer planned out for you Serious Brain. Crank up some tunes while you’re at it, and I could help!
Lol… Jk. Have fun! Anyways, I have to let ya’ll know I won’t be here from July 1st to July 26th. I’m visiting relatives. So, when I come back could someone fill me in?
I think they should make a fairy tale island. At the beginning, you’re just in modern times, but there’s this rumour going around town about this magic book. And there’s a bunch of spells in it. And you end up finding it in a library, and then accidentally use a transportation spell. And then you end up in a fairy tale land that’s in ruins. So it’s like an alternate reality and each island, instead of being like Shark Tooth and Astro-Knights, they’re different fairy tales! And if someone beats it during early access, they get 500 credits! And everyone else gets 300!
And I have NEVER had a tofu dog. But when I get the costume, the first thing I’m going to do is fly on Super Power. And then in the hot dog costume. I’m going to create an epic battle between Tofu Man and Hot Dog Boy!
or write a book about them. It will be very epic. 
P.S. Hot Dog Boy will have a ray that makes stuff melt into ketchup. 
And White Dragon sorry but I won’t be here for most of july. But I might be able to fill you in because my dad has a laptop. And the reason I might not be able to fill you in is because it’s for work.
Aaaaaawwwwwwwww white dragon you are my peep & the only one who can defeat my evil twin narrnis/lary.
i won’t be here wednesday through friday.
Who is Narris/Lary?
I’m glad everyone will miss me here, but they miss me there too! I’ll be back before you know it! And luckily I’ll be leaving 2 weeks later than my mom and my sister cuz I have camp. So I’ll be here as long as I can. Anyways, Styx, can the fairytale island have dwarfs. I’m sorry, but that just seems sooo cool!!! I mean, tiny poptropicans! Who wouldn’t love it??? And mathmoticious, I’m sorry, but I don’t know you’re twin’s “weakness”. Although I may be able to help if it’s Tofu Dogs. Lol, I’ll just buy the costume and wha-la! Show up and he’ll run away.
What do you think?
By the way, mathmoticious posted earlier on about how he can’t beat Captain Crawfish. Try ramming your boat into him and firing tons of cannon balls at his ship. Although you lose health because of the ramming part, you easily beat Crawfish.
hi, it’s a long story, but to shorten things up, mathmoticious here has a evil twin named lary who is brainwashing her to take blame for destroying everyone.
HEEYYYYY, I THINK I JUST POSTED THE 100TH COMMENT!!!! AWESOME!
Did anyone remember that it’s fathers day today? I’m making a powerpoint for my dad, if anyone is late thinking of ideas…
Ill fill you in White Dragon. Oh howd pop secrets complete skull duggery island in 59 days?(Why I say 59 days is at each port it says Day Whatever when you first dock at a port) Im on day 81 and I have my whole crew but the little Carrabelle (The ship you can upgrade for like 6,000 dubloons in the place where you find the shipwright that comes right after the Jolly Rigger). Howd He/she do that?
yeah. white dragon you do know his weakness,it’s white dragons. and hi im a girl. i did rember fathers day so we had a funday for my dad
White Dragon, Thanks. My school has been out for 18 days and we made a fathers day progect and I tottaly forgot about it. He loved it. Thanks!!!!
hellooooooooooooooo anyone
I’m here.
Are you still here?
Apparently not.
If anyone is there, please say something.
Something.
Lol, white dragons? My name may be White Dragon, but my character’s all purple. Look at her at Avatars: tanban12. Electrifying Purple!
And I’m not medusa where I can just stand in front of someone and turn them to stone.
Ok I’m going now… Byyyeeee!
I bought a ship that was worse than the one I had, and I can’t afford the one I had now. Why did it have to happen to me? Why?!
Welcome Jeall! Man, I love makin’ people happy!!!
!!!
And Jeall, I finish the island in like, 98 days (2 earth days). My poptropican is totally seasick, although mine shouldn’t be the only one.
I will do it, Mathmaticious!
Oh: White Dragon. You probably don’t live too close to me, considering the fact that I live Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! And I know from a previous post that you made that you live somewhere in the U.S. Anyways: Does anyone have any theories about what the next island will be about? I just posted my theory on the “Plant Monster on New Island’ post five to ten minutes ago!
Yeah, eastern US, in South Carolina. Although I’m not sure where Edmonton is, I’m also sure it’s far from SC! I hope the next island is a robot island! And we could make and keep a pet robot! That would be sooo cool!
It’s the capital city of Alberta, and kind of in the center. It along with Calgary are the best known cities of the province. Maybe try finding Edmonton in the map. You know that Canada is right above of the U.S.A. You probably don’t know where Alberta is, though. It’s near the west coast- it’s the second province from the west. And it IS far from where you live.
Alberta is a nice state name.
It must be cool to live there. SC is a quiet state.
But it’s easy to sleep in!
lol…
Actually, in Canada, we don’t call them states. We call them provinces.
HEEEEEYYYYY, White Dragon, I been seein’ you post alot lately with that “friend” thing and I’d like to be “added.” K?
TMI Fact: I’m sooooooooo weird.
TMI Fact 2: I “HEART” aka looooo-ooove Greek Mythology so when Poptropica made Mythology Island I TOTALLY ROCKED OUT!!!!!!! Yay, Percy Jackson comes out June 29!
P.S. Every post I’ll put on 2 TMI Facts.
Sure Greek fan! I’d like to be your friend.
And FYi:
)
1) I’m also weird, so you aren’t the only one. Although if related to hot sauce, I’m a mild. You’re probably a fire (but that’s awesome!
2) I also like mythology, and loooove Percy Jackson!!! I wonder when the 2nd movie will come out…
SOMONE KEEPS HACKING ON MY ACCOUNT!!!!!
WHO IS IT??
i’ve finished skullduggery in less than 59 days it was so easy and i have the warship its awesome and i dont get why everyone says that its so hard cuz 4 me it was so easy
I go for both,They have different features but they cater one thing which is to enjoy and be fun out of their playing toys.The two types of toys have in common which make them both interesting to play.
My brother would pick LEGO in a second.
same for me as Blue Dragon. It is my favorite island
me too shiny pear
Can anyone believe it, I got goosebumps from this amazing post?
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