Now maybe we can answer that old age question of who would win in a fight between Ninja Batman and Pirate Batman.
S.H. Figuarts’ Ninja Batman Action Figure
Tag: Pirates
La Brise Sanguine Dice
These dice are intended for use with the La Brise Sanguine expansion for the board game Rum & Bones. I’d really like a set of these in black and white for general use.
Lego Pirate Paradise
Very well done Lego Pirate Paradise created for a Lego building contest.
Sideshow’s 1:4 Scale Blackbeard
Sideshow Collectibles is accepting pre-orders for this 1:4 scale Blackbeard figure. Arrr, but it will cost ye $399.99.
Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Pirates/Ninjas T-Shirts
Forget Republican vs. Democrat. These t-shirts will let you register your vote in the only debate that matters — Pirates vs. Ninjas:
Economic Studies of Pirates and Privateers
A couple of PDFs of economic studies of pirates and privateers:
Peter Leeson’s An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization (PDF) “investigates the internal governance institutions of violent criminal enterprise by examining the law, economics, and organization of pirates.”
Alexander Tabarrok’s The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Privateers (PDF) looks at the system of privateers — where commercial ships would be given license by states to attack enemy ships — and analyzes why it rose and then declined only to rise again in the last few decades with the widespread use of private military firms such as Blackwater and Global Risk International.