Giant pirate ship wall-decal for kids' rooms

Check out this massive (180cm X 190cm) pirate ship wall-decal for your kiddies' room. A perfect way to get the li'l downloaders off on the right foot. Or peg. Link (via Babygadget)

[#1 posted by bookninja , February 28, 2008 10:17 AM]

The parent in me cries foul at this. Loose oars in a kid's room (at least in a room for a kid young enough to have an anchor pillow and wall stickers of a preschool-looking pirate ship)? Next to a mirror? Methinks a trip to the ship's leech will soon be in order, yarr.

[#2 posted by dculberson , February 28, 2008 10:34 AM]

Ehh, who knows if the oars are loose? Maybe they're glued or screwed the the wall. Maybe the mirror is polycarbonate.

Also, I'm definitely not a kid, but I'd love to have that pirate ship on my wall. I'm not keen on the anchor pillow, though.

[#3 posted by fibreoptik , February 28, 2008 10:46 AM]

/agreed
this cartoonish pirate ship decal thingy is pretty cool :)

[#4 posted by Avram , February 28, 2008 10:57 AM]

The anchor pillow is my favorite part!

[#5 posted by pez , February 28, 2008 12:56 PM]

Or you could build a real pirate-ship bed....

http://pez.multiply.com/photos/album/258/Captain_Dimitri_and_his_Pirate_Ship_Bed#7

[#6 posted by arkizzle , February 28, 2008 1:03 PM]

Also: A HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS!

That said, they handily include the 'swatches'.. aka a printable thumbnail of the original design.
If one was so inclined, and had access to an art supplies shop and a printer, a cheaper version might be forthcoming :)

[#7 posted by artbot , February 28, 2008 1:41 PM]

The price was my first (horrified) reaction, too. I could make something similar for $30 or less. More work, sure, but A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FREAKIN' DOLLARS?!

I like the anchor pillow, too.

[#8 posted by calittle , February 28, 2008 2:30 PM]

There's also BLIK wall decals. They might be slightly less expensive than the pirate ship, and they have ROBOTS!

http://www.whatisblik.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=B&Product_Code=GR-01SM

[#9 posted by VitaminCM , February 28, 2008 4:09 PM]

Forget my kids room. I'm hanging that on the wall behind my computer.
It's a little more appropriate there.

[#10 posted by ableto , February 28, 2008 7:11 PM]

i think the room looks good. i know my twin boys would love the ship on their wall. blik is very small so not worth the $.

[#11 posted by DeWynken , February 28, 2008 8:01 PM]

$160 buys A LOT of paint. Cool idea though.

[#12 posted by Takuan , February 28, 2008 8:13 PM]

four gallons of good stuff?

[#13 posted by Antinous , February 28, 2008 8:19 PM]

I thought that I was the only one who's noticed that paint prices have quadrupled in a decade. And that blue tape that you need to mask the shapes without ripping off the base coat? $6 per roll.

[#14 posted by Takuan , February 28, 2008 8:23 PM]

it's a kids room, ya gotta use the lead based enamel for durability

[#15 posted by brandonc , February 28, 2008 8:31 PM]

Great: Kids horseplaying grab one of the oars, which hits the heavy brass mirror thingy, which falls and cracks a skull or breaks a shoulder: oops!

[#16 posted by ableto , February 28, 2008 10:44 PM]

might be able to buy the paint cheaper but then its there till you muck around re painting. oh dont know about you but i know i dont have time to paint something that detailed.

[#17 posted by Antinous , February 28, 2008 10:51 PM]

I painted a sailboat scene once in a walk-in closet, or as they're called in San Francisco, a child's bedroom. It pretty much took all day.