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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: CymroMobil on November 01, 2017, 22:53:48

Title: New member
Post by: CymroMobil on November 01, 2017, 22:53:48
Greetings from Wales!
New member from the city of Louis Marx - Swansea!

I have my own 70’s playpeople and now I have my (grown up) children’s playmobil!

Looking forward to learning more about your collections.

My faves are medieval and redcoats from the pirate range.

I also like the historical modern stuff like the Luther, British bobby, Prussian etc.
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Post by: JLMatterer on November 02, 2017, 00:12:30
:wave:  :woohoo:  :wave:

(https://i.imgur.com/kNx1nES.jpg?1)
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Post by: leefert on November 02, 2017, 01:30:01
Welcome from the Smokie Montains of Tennessee !
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Post by: playmofire on November 02, 2017, 06:49:46
A warm welcome from North Yorkshire!    :wave:
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Post by: tahra on November 02, 2017, 07:20:34
Welcome from Portugal! :)
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Post by: Rhalius on November 02, 2017, 09:08:38
Welcome from the Netherlands!  :)

It's mainly medieval and some pirates for me too. And some Romans since its a small theme.
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Post by: Tiermann on November 02, 2017, 14:59:45
Welcome from Oregon!
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Post by: flatcat on November 03, 2017, 08:48:48
Welcome from Hertfordshire :wave:
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Post by: GrahamB on November 03, 2017, 16:38:18
Welcome from Stroud, Glos. We have to pay to get over the bridge into Wales, your lot can get out free!

Do you know much about Marx toys in Swansea, CymroMobil?
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Post by: CymroMobil on November 03, 2017, 17:00:41
Thanks For welcome peeps!

I don’t know much about The Marx factory, but met a woman about 2001 who claimed she worked there and had loads of stuff.
I never followed it up though.
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Post by: GrahamB on November 03, 2017, 18:21:33
Oh that's a shame. The daughter of the MD of the Swansea factory posted a few times on here, years ago, but went quiet soon after. I sent her a Personal Message recently, but got no response either.

I would love to know what they DID in that Swansea factory. Did they have molding machines and so on, or did they just assemble klickies and other parts using pieces manufactured in Germany? That and packaging, marketing, etc. Playpeople klickies are very similar to German klickies from the same era, so I suspect the actual molding process took place in Germany, even for parts unique to Playpeople, like the parts of the old British Bobby.

If you (or anyone else...) could shed light on that, I would be interested to hear! Perhaps I should place a Personal Ad, in the South Wales Evening Post? Gentleman, 82, seeks former employee of Marx Toys, Swansea for klicky-popping sessions and reminiscences about injection molding processes....
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Post by: Birdie on November 03, 2017, 20:24:49
Hi there, a warm welcome from Belgium  :wave:
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Post by: skypurr on November 04, 2017, 11:31:53
A warm welcome from Southern Scotland  :wave:
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Post by: Mr Raven on November 04, 2017, 12:47:48
Welcome from the Netherlands!
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Post by: tahra on November 04, 2017, 15:25:25
Perhaps I should place a Personal Ad, in the South Wales Evening Post? Gentleman, 82, seeks former employee of Marx Toys, Swansea for klicky-popping sessions and reminiscences about injection molding processes....

 :yup:
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Post by: bml87 on November 12, 2017, 14:42:41
A late, but warm welcome from Belgium :) enjoy!
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Post by: Pynedor on January 13, 2018, 15:37:34
Welcome to another Medieval collector! <*)