It was a toss up between Jean and the cookie duster and overall Grandpa Walton for today's "Moustache Week" entry. Jean won out, mostly due to him being a pirate and that fact that he defended America in 1812. Making him an "outlaw hero" in the vein of Han Solo.
Plus I may want to do an "old coots" week somewhere down the road and without Grandpa Walton, I'd have to use Uncle Jessie twice.....
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The Pirate line is so cool. Jean is probably my least favorite of the set though. Probably because the sculpt just looks so... clean cut. I think he was an accountant before hitting the high seas.
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He really does look like a guy from the next cubicle over.Originally Posted by Dave Mc
Not only did I not know about the Pirates when I was a kid, when I returned to Mego as a big kid, it took me a bit to realize these were not the Matchbox figures. I guess my lack of a nostalgic connection to them has never really pulled me to these figures. I've chased down a bunch from the other Legends lines, but this one has yet to turn on the urge.
HE might make an interesting Tony Stark, however.
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I was never a fan of the Pirates, but I always liked this one.
I think because his sculpt reminds me of Dick Smothers
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I'll admit he's not my favourite pirate but he does look french. I have family who look just like this guy...
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Never had the Pirates as a kid but have them now. STILL need 2 original pirate pistols to complete my LaFitte. Anyone???
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I want all the pirates. Pirates rule. I have a couple pretty nice Matchbox ones, and half the Castaway Pirates, but I need to get some Mego ones so they can band together and invade Barbados or Indiana.
"Steel-like jaws clacked away, each bite slashing flesh from my body - I used my knife and my hands, and when they were gone, my bloody stumps - and yet the turtles came."
Never had, or knew of the pirates as a kid, but they are cool. Lafite's color combos are...intersting, but he's still a nice figure. And he does indeed look like Dick Smothers!
Chris
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Pretty sure the sculpt came from Yul Brynner playing Jean Lafitte in "The Buccaneer"
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He was the most elusive Pirate for me to find,
and the last 8" figure I needed to complete my original collection.
I bought him from Mark Huckabone as he was setting up his table at the 1997 Mego Con in Toledo.
Still one of my favorites.
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