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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: playmo1989 on April 21, 2010, 21:00:33
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i thought of this topic intresting to see how many of us play with playmobil and how many only collect them
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i thought of this topic intresting to see how many of us play with playmobil and how many only collect them
Oh, we can certainly do both!!!! ;D ;D ;D I always buy two or three boxes of each set...new anyways, unless i find a good bargain for older ones...One is kept as an investment (or two depending on the mood and most importantly...funds..., the second one is used for display, the third, fourth, fifht ones for setting up, customisation or playing.... ;D ;D ;D
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I'm sorry to say I can't leave any of the boxes unopened :-[! Even if I don't have room to display a particular set, I at least open it to inspect the contents, especially if it is something I bought MIB on eBay! The reason for this excessively paranoid behavior is due to digging a "MIB" 5721 fire department rescue raft set I purchased from an eBay seller out of a storage box for a picture story long after receiving it. The auction description stated that it was a MIB set still factory sealed, but the condition of the box had wear. When I received the box by USPS after the close of auction I never opened it to check anything due to trusting the sellers description & placed the box in a larger storage box until I decided to use it later. I decided to assemble it, & when I opened one end of the box, I found that the box had been reglued, & the contents had been previously assembled with the base of the FD flag broken off & still inserted inside the holder hole of the raft. Next I found the rope for the raft hand holds, & rescue rope both had excessive knots tied in them. The grey parts spree had all parts removed & the parts were secured in one of the original plastic bags inside of the box along with the broken flag, so no rattling of loose parts was detected. I went back & questioned the seller explaining the reason for delay in discovery of this problem to which they explained that they had purchased this set in a group of items from a big name toy store that were on clearance, & they were unaware of any of the sets being previously opened or used, in other words, too bad, so sad! Too much time had passed, & a good lesson was learned from this event, check everything!
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Oh I am checking everything out once I receive them Bill... I only buy from trusted sellers on ebay and as far as finding olders sets in stores is concerned, true they are not always intact... Two sets have been previously opened but thankfully the were still wrapped and nothing was missing... but still, having a set in bad condition...well its bad...so I am usually opening that set....
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Well, I am collecting, constructing, decorating, and playing with it. :P
best,
socrates
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I like the idea of buying more than one set. I have to say that our Playmobil is played with daily but my son is a bit hard on it and "crashes" things too often for my liking (our cars have scratches and I don't like it!). I would really like stuff just for me but doubt the kids would allow this unless I hide it. I have a MIB Victorian bathroom set I have carefully stashed away after many tears over not being allowed to play with it.
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Apart from a few MISB's and special items (customs etc)
I PLAY, PLAY, PLAY ;D ;D ;D
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I play play play!
After all it has Play in its name... (Playmobil) ;)
I cannot leave a box unopened,
Especially if it is a castle! :love:
So I guess I don't "collect" in the strictest sense. ;)
Though I do enjoy getting really old sets...
So I can enjoy playing with them. ;D
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i guess i'am the only one who doesn't play :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ i like to buy rare sets some set them up and some on unopened boxes and love watching them!!!!
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I collect MISB / MIB but open them and when I get a room for them I will display them.
I do play, but only with the used items I buy restore and sell on.
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I collect MISB / MIB but open them and when I get a room for them I will display them.
I do play, but only with the used items I buy restore and sell on.
you sell on ebay
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I purchase PLAYmobil to PLAY with it! :)
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I accumulate and play.
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I obsess to accumulate many.............. :doh:
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Buy , buy ,buy , open , open , open , play , play, play . Actually i cannot imagine a life without klickies , they have been my hobby and best toy since i was 4..... :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
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you sell on ebay
Iv'e been selling Playmobil on ebay since 2001, back then there was about 6 -8 pages only on ebay UK and Paypal was hardly ever used.
My seller name is yrragnwad.
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intresting you sell misb as well ??
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intresting you sell misb as well ??
Sometimes I find Misb sets to sell but it is mainly used sets that I find at car boots, charity shops and adverts in the local paper.
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Sometimes I find Misb sets to sell but it is mainly used sets that I find at car boots, charity shops and adverts in the local paper.
Why dont we get events/places/shops like these here in greece???? >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( :( People just throw away what they do not need instead of letting someone else enjoy it, or get it because he really needs it....
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hmmmmm i think if you will search you will find but difficult in greece because we don't do those things >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Definitely PLAY! Free the klickies from their boxes!
Unfortunately, I no longer have the imagination I used to... :'(
But every night, I bring my daughter (2 1/2) into the basement to feed the kitties, and after the kitties are fed, she gets a few minutes to tour the current set up- "daddies toys". And we happen to have an 8 year old friend who is a playmo fanatic, and the best thing is hanging out with him and my daughter watching him play, as she runs around the village pointing out "ducks" and "sheep" and "dragon" and "Snow White".
As I tell her and her infant brother, "this will all be your someday..."
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As I tell her and her infant brother, "this will all be your someday..."
That's when you you find yourself turning into a referee or guardians position saying; Please don't take that apart, it took Daddy 3 years to complete that one from ebay job lots! ...or,.....Honey, don't throw that at your brother because if it becomes lost there are no replacement parts available,....or....Sweetheart, don't chew on that because it's from a rare MIB set! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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That's when you you find yourself turning into a referee or guardians position saying; Please don't take that apart, it took Daddy 3 years to complete that one from ebay job lots! ...or,.....Honey, don't throw that at your brother because if it becomes lost there are no replacement parts available,....or....Sweetheart, don't chew on that because it's from a rare MIB set! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I find myself doing tht all the time with my sister!
And when we had company over, one of the much younger kids really liked my Roman ship and a few of the knights...
I let him play with them, and managed to keep my mouth shut the whole time... 0)
But I swear you could see me twitch whenever he smashed the hull into the desk... :o
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I find myself doing tht all the time with my sister!
And when we had company over, one of the much younger kids really liked my Roman ship and a few of the knights...
I let him play with them, and managed to keep my mouth shut the whole time... 0)
But I swear you could see me twitch whenever he smashed the hull into the desk... :o
I've got grandchildren that love to play with my construction theme vehicles! They also love playing with the add on "coal" nuggets they call "wocks"! I make sure to show them the proper etiquette of playing with someone else's toys & not to abuse them! Surprisingly enough they are doing well with everything, so gradually I add more items as we go along, but there are days when I find myself twitching through temper tantrums,.........:0!
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I have a niece, age 5, my cousin's daughter...thankfully I keep the playable items lying around free at my bedroom in my parents house...And thankfully they never visit my house, they always visit my parents...I am fine with her mistreating my playable items ....
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I have a niece, age 5, my cousin's daughter...thankfully I keep the playable items lying around free at my bedroom in my parents house...And thankfully they never visit my house, they always visit my parents...I am fine with her mistreating my playable items ....
:lol: :lol: :lol: i remember when i was a kid around 8-10 my parents were bringing to our home some of their friends who's child was a katastrophy he Treated my playmo badly he destroeyd many, and i will never forget the reaction of my friend when he came into my room after that kid "what happened in here"!!!
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:lol: :lol: :lol: i remember when i was a kid around 8-10 my parents were bringing to our home some of their friends who's child was a katastrophy he Treated my playmo badly he destroeyd many, and i will never forget the reaction of my friend when he came into my room after that kid "what happened in here"!!!
When i was about 9 was this young boy used to destroy other kids toys, he once tried to mess with one of me klickies, i threw him a glass of water , he cried and never played with me again. i was very please back then i remember with me little naughty act >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D!!!
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When i was about 9 was this young boy used to destroy other kids toys, he once tried to mess with one of me klickies, i threw him a glass of water , he cried and never played with me again. i was very please back then i remember with me little naughty act >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D!!!
if i could run in time back then i would have done that :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: i remember once we went to their house we bought him some playmobil he destoyed it at once and the box and the toy,well when he was 12 he was doing other things than trowing glasses on children he had the girlfriend on the bed playing with that :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
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When i was about 9 was this young boy used to destroy other kids toys, he once tried to mess with one of me klickies, i threw him a glass of water , he cried and never played with me again. i was very please back then i remember with me little naughty act >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D!!!
you said that when you were 12 and then you changed it when you were 9 or i'am imagining things ::) :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
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you said that when you were 12 and then you changed it when you were 9 or i'am imagining things ::) :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Nope .. going down memory lane i realised i coukldnt have been 12 and put some other memory pieces together and i am pretty certain was when i was about 9... At 12 noone would dare come close to my klickies !!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nope .. going down memory lane i realised i coukldnt have been 12 and put some other memory pieces together and i am pretty certain was when i was about 9... At 12 noone would dare come close to my klickies !!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
well i was passive to it i couldent fight :( :( :( ,a!!! you wrote 12 the first time i started to think that i see other i write other ::) ::)
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well i was passive to it i couldent fight :( :( :( ,a!!! you wrote 12 the first time i started to think that i see other i write other ::) ::)
no problemo.... i often like to modify me mails... adds a sense of mystery lol..... 8} 8} 8} 8}
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I'm with Gepetto on this. I'm accumilating and playing.