That Revell "pirate ship" must be one of the weirder stories in the history of scale (?) modeling.
According to Dr. Graham's history of Revell, it was originally issued in 1960, with the kit number H-377 and the name "Peter Pan's Pirate Ship Jolly Roger." It was a scale reproduction of the "ship" at the original California Disneyland (which had opened five years earlier - the first of what later would be called "theme parks"). I never bought the kit, and I've never been to Disneyland, but as I understand it the kit actually is a highly detailed and accurate reproduction of the real thing - the real thing being based on the fertile imaginations of the animators who created the Disney animated movie "Peter Pan." Neither the model nor the "ship" itself bears any resemblance to anything that ever floated. (The "ship," in fact, never did, as I understand it; it was mounted firmly in concrete.) The web site to which Division 6 kindly linked us is most interesting. Apparently this...thing...has acquired not only a second life but a Japanese offspring.
The Revell kit, according to Dr. Graham, was reissued once: in 1969 with the kit number H-364. (Yes - the reissue had a kit number that was lower than the original one. Revell did that sometimes.) Dr. Graham's coverage stops in 1979; I think it may have appeared again sometime after that.
In its most recent incarnation it's labeled "Caribbean Pirate Ship." Note the verbiage: the phrase "Pirates of the Caribbean" is conspicuous by its absence. This clearly is not an "authorized" movie tie-in. Reading between the lines, it's obvious that Disney holds copyright on the phrase "Pirates of the Caribbean," but nobody can copyright the individual words "Caribbean," "pirate," and "ship." Note the careful avoidance of any reference to the movies in the catalog description: http://www.revell.com/catalog/products/1_72_Scale_Caribbean_Pirate_Ship-840-0.html . Revell clearly is trying to reap some profit from the popularity of the movies, without paying Disney. (Interesting irony: the kit is based on a half-century-old Disney design. I suspect some people at Disney are getting a rather sour laugh out of it all.)
The entire ship catalog of Revell USA now consists of twelve kits. (That's actually an improvement over a few years ago; in March, 2008, we had a discussion of the fact that there were only ten.) What an assortment. With acknowledgment to Dr. Graham for the dates, here's the current Revell ship line, with dates of original release:
1. U.S.S. Tarawa, 1/720 - 1977
2. U.S.S. Helena, 1/481 - 1954
3. Steamboat Robert E. Lee, 1/271 - 1956
4. U.S.S. Constitution, 1/96 - 1965
5. Gato-class submarine, 1/72 - quite recent (not in Dr. Graham's book)
6. PT-109, 1/72 - 1963
7. "Caribbean Pirate Ship," 1/72 - 1960
8. U.S.S. Constitution, 1/192 - 1956
9. U.S.S. Lionfish, 1/180 - 1971
10. U.S.S. Missouri, 1/535 - 1953 (Revell's first ship kit)
11. U.S.S. Arizona, 1/426 - 1958
12. R.M.S. Titanic, 1/570 - 1976
Note that, with the sole exception of the big Gato-class kit, all of these are at least 32 years old - i.e., they've been on the market for more than half of the 56 years that Revell has been selling models. It's getting hard to take Revell (Revell of the U.S., that is) seriously as a manufacturer of scale ship model kits. The good news is that the picture at Revell Europe looks considerably brighter.
I have the impression that the 1/72 Gato is selling pretty well. Maybe - maybe - that fact will cause the decision makers at Revell to rethink their attitude toward ship kits. But I'm not holding my breath.