Pop-up pirate!

Last week I got a hold of a bunch of magazine scans of one of my obsessions du jour, Kis-My-Ft2. Since it was basically photos of hot guys (occasionally without shirts on), I had already expected my jaw to drop at one point or another anyway, but then something else totally bowled me over:


See that pirate toy thing they're playing with? I had that when I was a kid! 8D

Turns out it's called the Kurohige Kiki Ippatsu (I didn't know what it was called back then). My sister brought home one of those from one of her first few times going to Japan, 1989 or '90, I think. The game starts with the pirate inside the barrel, then you stick the little plastic knives into it. But one of the slots will be a random trigger that'll make the pirate pop up. And because I was a nervous little wuss as a child, it scared the hell out of me so I hated playing with it. XD

Oh, hey--if the cute little pirate doesn't do it for you, try the Hard Gay version:

Oh, admit it. You think it's cute, too. XD In an unsettling sort of way.