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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: Martin Milner on November 26, 2008, 20:52:48
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heh heh gloat gloat
I'll do more details reviews soon, for now I'm too full of gloatage. They're gorgeous.
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They are, aren't they.
My kids love them too!
Bogro
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What ??? Have you already bought them. I thought you said that you would wait until they came to the UK ;)
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What ??? Have you already bought them. I thought you said that you would wait until they came to the UK ;)
I lied >:D
These are just figures, I haven't bought any full sets yet, but they looked at me from the pages of eBay (play-123's shop) and were just too powerful to refuse. I've got a representative sample on my desk at the moment, so I can look at them closely and enjoy the colours and patterns.
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GORGEOUS is the right word martin. :love:
congratulations on your egyptians. :yup:
sometimes i think that the fact that all of us playmofriends are interested in so many different families, and use this forum to share our joy in having them, keeps me from going mad (and poor) wanting to have all the sets i find great.
in a strange way, being a playmofriend helps me feeling confortable in collecting "only" (a bit more than 100 sets) pirates.
i have to say, though, that the urge to buy all the egyptians and all the romans still "attacks" me sometimes. 8}
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Martin, I love your Egyptians! I'm very jealous, but I really like your sampling of klickies.
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Very nice Martin, congratulations!
Gepetto
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I'll do more details reviews soon, for now I'm too full of gloatage. They're gorgeous.
They are indeed gorgeous, Martin!
I've asked Santa to please leave a few Egyptian sets here at Villarisa, when he flies by on Christmas Eve. Hopefully, I'll be pleasantly surprised on Christmas morning ... :klickywink:
Thanks for the photo.
All the best,
Richard
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Playmobil sure did a good job designing these fellas . I just can not help but wonder why the one gold hat has to look so much like a Hershey's Kiss ?
You must be so tempted to just stock up now that you have a taste of what they like .
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Perhaps, Martin, as a break from gloating you could do some portraits for the DB? I'm sure everyone would like up-close views. They're so detailed... beautiful!
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Perhaps, Martin, as a break from gloating you could do some portraits for the DB? I'm sure everyone would like up-close views. They're so detailed... beautiful!
You are a wonderful task-mistress, Heather! ... I love it ... :klickygrin:
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Martin,
gorgeous is faint praise indeed. I really want these and the Romans too, but i have to put a limit on this madness.
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Perhaps, Martin, as a break from gloating you could do some portraits for the DB? I'm sure everyone would like up-close views. They're so detailed... beautiful!
I meant to get down to it at the weekend, but other matters took precedence. I've tried shooting under the normal room lights in the evnings, but the shots are too grainy, I really need natural light.
I'll try to schedule a photoshoot for Sunday.
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I can't tell--in the far rear right, are you trying to balance the keg on the klicky's head?
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I can't tell--in the far rear right, are you trying to balance the keg on the klicky's head?
Ah you spotted it, the water jar is indeed being carried back from the well on the klacky's head. I don't know if Egyptian women did this, but I've seen it done (via the pages of Tintin) by Arabian women, and it seems sensible, plus the jar has an indent in the bottom which seems to match the hair shape of the klacky.
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If she is the one carying it is more like Klacky with out the K ;)
I just figured it was something similar to the old set 3585
(http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/340/3585wu2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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Hello, Martin ...
Ah you spotted it, the water jar is indeed being carried back from the well on the klacky's head. I don't know if Egyptian women did this, but I've seen it done (via the pages of Tintin) by Arabian women, and it seems sensible, plus the jar has an indent in the bottom which seems to match the hair shape of the klacky.
As you probably already know, Playmobil made a headpiece for Arab Klackys so that they would be able to carry the water jar back from the well.
see attachment
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Ooops ... Rasputin beat me to it ... 8}
If she is the one carying it is more like Klacky with out the K ;)
I just figured it was something similar to the old set 3585
(http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/340/3585wu2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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Ah you spotted it, the water jar is indeed being carried back from the well on the klacky's head. I don't know if Egyptian women did this, but I've seen it done (via the pages of Tintin) by Arabian women, and it seems sensible, plus the jar has an indent in the bottom which seems to match the hair shape of the klacky.
I've seen photos of real-life women carrying baskets and such this way. Strikes me as really painful and inefficient (in the far east, by contrast, heavy items are carried on the back).
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I've seen photos of real-life women carrying baskets and such this way. Strikes me as really painful and inefficient (in the far east, by contrast, heavy items are carried on the back).
@Timmy ...
The School of Physics at the University of South Wales says,
"Carrying a load on the head is efficient, as the weight is taken straight downwards. There is no tilting force on the spine since the center of mass lies on the spinal axis."
... the water jar is indeed being carried back from the well on the klacky's head. I don't know if Egyptian women did this ...
@Martin ...
The egyptians did indeed carry burdens on their heads as illustrated in this Herget graphic from the National Geographic (October 1941).
see attachment
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Hey Tim just go ask these guys what is the easiest way to carry stuff :lol:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2ce_1227473490
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Hey Tim just go ask these guys what is the easiest way to carry stuff :lol:
:o
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@My dear brother Timothy ...
The School of Physics at the University of South Wales says,
"Carrying a load on the head is efficient, as the weight is taken straight downwards. There is no tilting force on the spine since the center of mass lies on the spinal axis."
It must require proper padding or support.
I once had to carry a 70 pound suitcase. It was too heavy to carry on my hip or in front of me, so I tried positioning the load on my head (remembering similar photos of the technique) with my hands balancing the container at the sides.
It really was uncomfortable against the center top of my skull and walking was difficult because the load, like a top-heavy bookshelf, cantered forward and back.
I'm certain the ladies (and brick wallah in Bangladesh) grew up carrying loads like that and probably had conditioned heads as a result.
From my experience, the backpack braced against the hips makes for easiest carrying of heavy loads with the bulk of the weight supported by the legs.
Though admittedly a fellow sweats like a big. A 70-pound backpack is the thermal equivalent of a parka.*
* In the military, I had to ruck several miles under an antenna-laden back pack weighing between 70-80 pounds, heavy enough that one needed to roll into it from a seated position then tumble forward and struggle to stand up. My buddy and I also rucked heavy packs through India that were about as heavy.**
** Why do I love throwing info like that out whenever I have an audience?
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"Brother," Timmy ...
It really was uncomfortable against the center top of my skull and walking was difficult because the load, like a top-heavy bookshelf, cantered forward and back.
Your "cantering" description suggests that you never went to modeling school. Which may mean that you bounce like a camel when you walk.
Even though I only quoted the Australian reference, ALL of the research that I did strongly indicated that carrying a heavy load on one's head had the lowest risk of spinal injury.
All the best,
Richard
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Certainly some form of head-padding would make the experience less painful. My skull comes to a distinct front-to-back ridge, and being bald I don't have much padding.
A back pack always makes you lean forward to balance, while a weight on top of the head, as Richard says, transfers the force straight down the spine, but it's harder to balance, so maybe that method is favoured in desert areas where surfaces are flatter and there's less to trip over.
Thanks for the picture Richard!
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A back pack always makes you lean forward to balance, while a weight on top of the head, as Richard says, transfers the force straight down the spine, but it's harder to balance, so maybe that method is favoured in desert areas where surfaces are flatter and there's less to trip over.
It may be a life-training thing--deserts aren't necessarily flat (desert in Aurangabad, India is quite hilly). And my spine, due to imperfect posture, isn't perfectly vertical, so weight on my head doesn't channel directly to the pelvis, but against curvatures in my spine. It seems you'd have to be raised to have good posture to take full advantage of this.
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Thanks for the picture Richard!
You're very welcome, Martin ...
Here are a couple more from the same October 1941 National Geographic article on Ancient Egypt.
(Does the house and well device look familiar?)
see attachments
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:yup: i find it very natural to see women carrying hevy loads on the top of their heads.
i remember when i was a child seing women who worked in my family's farm doing it constantly.
nowadays it is very rare to see it in portugal.
i guess it can be traced to a northern-african "style" of carrying things.
what is now portugal and spain was an arab kingdom from 711 a.d to 1249 a.d. (to 1491 in spain) and the cultural heritage is undeniable (stronger in spain), from water irrigation to hardware names.
the way to do it is to get a large scarfe and roll it into a donut shape ring (the blue ring in playmobil's very accurate set) around the top of your head.
with this protection on and with the right kinf of (cat)walk you can just about carry anything on the top of your head.
:yup: if you don't need to run or move very much, this method is much efficient than a back-pack.
it helps, of course, to have the inside of your skull filled with brain matter (just kidding, timotheos :P).