Captain Patch is the most curious of all the World's Greatest Super Pirates, seeing as he's a generic character. His other three counterparts in the line are all based on historical or literary figures and Mego certainly had more choices from those wells but for some reason, they chose to create Captain Patch.
The good Captain comes not only with a pistol but with a rifle that is unique to him. he's one of the more colorful pirates which offsets his generic nature.
The Super Pirates were only released in these deluxe window boxes.
Each had the same painted cardboard insert and the figures were
secured to the insert with white twist ties.
The box backs feature photographs of early production samples
of the figures.
The box backs feature photographs of early production samples
of the figures.
The Super Pirates were also released abroad by Toltoys (Australia) and Marx (Europe and UK), they are thought to have been better received in those areas.
Above is a Marx Stickered Pirate box, no packaging variations exist, the box is merely stickered.
A close up of the Toltoys sticker.
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Captain Patch was recycled by an anonymous toy distributor in the mid seventies to get rid of excess Matchbox "Fighting Furies" outfits. The head is a reverse of the Mego head (Meaning his eye patch is on the other eye), his body is the exact same as Captain Eagle who was marketed with spare Action Jackson outfits. For some reason he's wearing Jean Lafitte's duds. Photo courtesy of Bill Frost.