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General => What is this??? => Topic started by: Keesinho on April 11, 2013, 21:17:11
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First two..knights. Clearly they are not from " my " time. I reckon my mother got these somewhere for free in the 90's or with a shop action or something...
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8111/8641543656_5119ba34ee_c.jpg)
Secondly...this pirate. Now maybe you would say..that has got to be one from the Pirate Color Playmobil set or something, as he's all white. Or maybe a custom. But I know that I never owned any color-playmobil and I never customized any playmobil as a child (except for changing hair) ...so where on earth did I get this little guy?
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8640439219_59d6df5980_c.jpg)
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Hi,
The knight is Special 4519 which was originally released in 1995 and apparently sold until 1998.
(http://collectobil.com/images/items/4517.jpg)
I'm not sure about the colour one. I like the hooked arm, though!
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Secondly...this pirate. Now maybe you would say..that has got to be one from the Pirate Color Playmobil set or something, as he's all white. Or maybe a custom. But I know that I never owned any color-playmobil and I never customized any playmobil as a child (except for changing hair) ...so where on earth did I get this little guy?
If it has not had its parts swapped around ("customised"), then this figure is from set 3657 issued in 1980/1 and yes, that was one of the Color sets (a 5-klicky pirate set). No other set contains this klicky with that combination of parts and colours (he did have black hair). I can be reasonably certain of this because recently I have been surveying all the early fixed-wrist klickies using Klickywelt's Datenbank-Setinhalt, Collector 3rd Edition and Produkt-Archiv on playmobil.de. I cannot pass any comment on whether it comes from a Schaper, Famobil or other such range (but its not Play People).
Otherwise, its a custom, using a hooked arm from a klicky in set 3550 or 3480 (the white hooked arm appeared in only these two sets and 3657 as far as I can tell). In your photo, the arms do look to be a slightly different white from the torso and legs, but that doesn't mean he's definitely a recombinant (custom). Are his arms or head loose (a possible sign he's been wrenched apart at some time in the past!)?
This may not help you work out where he came from! Perhaps someone dropped him in with your other figures one day, or perhaps he travelled through a freak worm-hole in the space-time continuum (silly)!
Best wishes
Graham
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I'd agree with the verdict on the Dark Knights I can remember them from when I was a kid they always seemed like a very cool figure, as for your Pirate I've got no idea but, he's really cute love his hooked arm :arrr: :captain:
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Thanks Graham for that thorough analysis of my mystery klicky!
I will have to assume that this klicky entered my collection by accident then, maybe I "borrowed" it from someone when I was young or it got mixed up when playing with friends. I really can't remember, its been well over 20 years :)