6285 Black Sea's Barracuda - Captain Red Beard's Telescope

[kelceycoe]

In one of the UK commercials for the Pirates theme, Captain Red Beard / Roger is seen holding a black atennea backwards as a telescope. In another shot, it appears to have been cut to make the piece smaller. Has then been officially confirmed or was it the angle he held the piece?

 

 

[TalonCard]

I don't think that specific use has been confirmed, but there was a Blocks magazine article awhile back that said the designers did all manner of cutting and gluing for catalog displays; I would assume it would be the same for commercials.

[Mister Phes]

15 hours ago, kelceycoe said:

In one of the UK commercials for the Pirates theme

You don't happen to have a link to this commercial?

[thewatchman]

12 hours ago, Mister Phes said:

You don't happen to have a link to this commercial?

I believe he is talking about this. 
 At first I thought it was a perspective trick but the end appears to be flat; and antenna had rounded ends until 2012 or something so it appears to have been cut and sanded resulting in a slightly “matte” finish.

[Mister Phes]

19 minutes ago, thewatchman said:

I believe he is talking about this. 

Thank ye!

Another theory is he's actually holding a plunger

[PxChris]

8 hours ago, Mister Phes said:

Another theory is he's actually holding a plunger

Yeah...
For the poop deck.

[kelceycoe]

On 6/16/2024 at 2:07 AM, TalonCard said:

I don't think that specific use has been confirmed, but there was a Blocks magazine article awhile back that said the designers did all manner of cutting and gluing for catalog displays; I would assume it would be the same for commercials.

Uh, that's what I was afraid of lol

[Doddsino]

Man, you learn about new stuff all the time on here.