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Percy Jackson Movie Action Figures, Pen, and Sword

Rebecca King — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:30 +0000

JazWares, Inc is the maker of the new Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief action figures, pen, and sword. At Toys R Us they range from $5.99 to $14.99.

The one thing that I did not see was an action figure of Annabeth which I thought to be a little odd.

JazWares, Inc

Percy Jackson vs Harry Potter: Round 2

Kyle King — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:01:33 +0000

In the first post of the series Percy Jackson vs Harry Potter we saw that Harry Potter would most likely beat Percy Jackson in a one-on-one physical fight between the two. Mostly owning to Percy downfall? Riptide, which cannot harm mortals.

However, that is not really what this series is about. This series will focus on the similarities and differences of the the two books into movies.

Today, who has the cooler weapon? A wand vs a sword.

The cooler weapon

Harry’s wand is a piece of holly with a feather of a phoenix (fawkes to be exact) created by Mr. Ollivander that channels Harry’s unfocused magic energy. But what of Riptide, Percy Jackson’s sword? Riptide has a mythological history…

Riptide was formerly owned and used by the demigod, Hercules. The sword originated as Zoë Nightshade’s hairclip, which she gave to Hercules to help him defeat the monster Ladon and is said to have the ocean as its source of power, which would explain why it works well for Percy. Riptide is made of celestial bronze which destroys monsters but cannot harm mortals. You can read more about Riptide here.

The two best features of riptide are its ability to always come back to the owner and secondly when sheathed it becomes a pen. Pretty useful to have a full sword in your pocket or for the geeks, in your pocket protector made of kevlar just in case you click it (movie edition of riptide)!

This one is an easy round to judge…the round goes to Percy Jackson and Riptide! Do you think that Percy should win? Leave your comments below.

Harry Potter VS Percy Jackson

Kyle King — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:00:57 +0000

Fight between Harry Potter and Percy Jackson coming soon!

Riptide

Kyle King — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:25:13 +0000

My Riptide Sword

With the resent release of the two Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief posters, Riptide the personal sword of Percy Jackson has been released. Below is a analysis and discussion of the changes in the movie prop from the books.

Riptide (in Greek, Anaklusmos) is Percy Jackson’s demigod sword. Riptide is made out of celestial bronze, a material that is only effective on magical creatures such as the Minotaur. Mortals see riptide as a gun and riptide cannot harm mortals. Riptide’s most useful feature is the fact that it takes the form of a ballpoint pen (that reads “Anaklusmos” on the side) when not in use. Once the pen is uncapped, it transforms into sword form. Percy cannot ever lose Riptide for if he drops Riptide the sword returns into his pocket in pen form. Riptide is given to Percy by Chiron to defeat Mrs. Dodds at the beginning of Lightning Thief. Riptide was formerly owned and used by the Demigod Hercules.

Movie Poster Riptide Description

Riptide from the movie poster

First looking at the Riptide from the Percy Jackson movie poster you see the classic Hoplite sword form. The blade of the hoplite sword are leaf-shaped blades called xiphos and are usually around to two feet long. The large pommel counterweights the added weight of the leaf-shaped blade making a more balanced and easier to use weapon. The crossguard is interesting on this sword as it retains the classic hoplite look but adds a upward design which looks like an upside down crest.

Changes

There are three changes that are evident from the the movie poster. According to page 13 of The Lightning Thief riptide is bronze (celestial bronze to be exact) as well as in the book cover art. This fits with the hoplite sword and the the sword is a golden color. It is unclear from the movie poster but the sword seems not to be golden in color. Not a big deal.

Secondly, the sword’s general shape is that of a hoplite sword and in the book cover art the sword is in the shape of well…a large dagger.

Lastly, the crosspiece in the book cover art is hard to put into words but looks protrudes at the ends. The movie riptide has a classic guard of a hoplite sword and just is shaped as a block. The only difference from a classic hoplite sword is the ornamental guard extension up the blade. It gives the sword a little more elegance but has no real use but to push your opponents sword up and over the guard, cutting off your arm, hand, or head. But it looks good!

Riptide from Lightning Thief Book Cover

Riptide from Battle of the Labrinyth Book Cover