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Offline doug

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(Belated) Hello From Ohio
« on: May 03, 2011, 16:29:02 »
Hello. 

My name is Doug, and I'm a Playmobil addict. 

I had been recovering for a couple decades.

I passed by hundreds of enticing sets in toy stores all through the 80's, 90's and 00's.
 I resisted them all: druids, sorcerers, castles, ruins, wolf knights...

Then a few moths ago my 4-yr-old niece found my old stash at my parent's house. 
She LOVED the stuff. 
So, it was OK to get HER some Playmobil animals for Christmas, right?  Just for her!  *I* didn't need any....

I was still strong and resisting, until my S.O. started checking out the toys in detail.
So well designed!..  so CUTE!!   And, aren't the 90's toys SOOO much better than most of the newer sets?!

Maybe she could find the fairy garden on E-pay.  Done.   Oh, and  look!  The unicorns she just won came in a lot with the fire wizard.  Didn't I always say how cool that wizard was?

And down the hole we fell.

We actually signed on with with Playmofriends 4 months ago, but have been "catching up" (compiling older sets) for the majority of our free time since then.

As an occasional lurker, I see you as a wonderful community, and I'm looking forward to becoming a part of it.


And now that we're pretty much "caught up", I hope to be building much more and buying much less.  So, see you in the customs section!




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Re: (Belated) Hello From Ohio
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2011, 16:32:31 »
Welcome from Buenos Aires Argetina Doug! great to have you with us!
We'd love to see your creations in the customs section asap! Enjoy!  :wave:
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Re: (Belated) Hello From Ohio
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2011, 16:35:10 »
Hello and  :welcome: from Louisiana! Great to have you with us! I really enjoyed reading your story, and I can't wait to see your collection!
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Re: (Belated) Hello From Ohio
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2011, 16:42:29 »
Hello and welcome to Playmofriends from Greece!!

Interesting story, more or less it applies to a lot of members here!

Looking forward to seeing your creations!

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Re: (Belated) Hello From Ohio
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2011, 18:28:52 »
Welcome from Oregon!

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Re: (Belated) Hello From Ohio
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2011, 18:29:36 »
Hello, and warm welcome from sunny Arizona. :welcome:

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Re: (Belated) Hello From Ohio
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2011, 21:15:16 »
 :welcome: to Playmofriends from South Carolina USA, Doug!
  Forget about all of the other stuff,....all we need is the reintroduction of the 3526 Fire Engine!

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Re: (Belated) Hello From Ohio
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2011, 21:16:10 »
Hello from California!  Glad to have you!

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Re: (Belated) Hello From Ohio
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2011, 22:36:37 »
Welcome from San Francisco, loved your introduction.
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Re: (Belated) Hello From Ohio
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2011, 00:04:51 »
Hey Doug, welcome from the Netherlands!

I think you'll find it hard to stop buying once you've become a more active member here, we're not very good in discouraging people!!

Great intro btw and there is lots of room here down in the hole of the addicts :-)