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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: Bolingbroke on August 15, 2010, 22:20:24

Title: Hello!
Post by: Bolingbroke on August 15, 2010, 22:20:24: Hi all :)

I'm not very good at this kind of thing, but here goes:

I am (almost) 34 years old and I come from Malta. I've been into PM since my childhood, but it's only since my 27th birthday - when my parents gave me the 3940 pirate ship - that I've been 'collecting' the stuff. I'm into pirates, romans and knights, and anything to do with armies.

I've lurked around here, as a guest, for some years, and I used to love reading the reviews - now I'm finally a proper member. :P

Looking forward to joining the fray ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Ali Baba on August 15, 2010, 22:46:37: Hello Bollingbroke,

Welcome to PlaymoFriends!

My my, you are priviliged living in Malta!

Nice Avatar, by the way.
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Post by: basilsdad on August 15, 2010, 23:46:50: :wave: Greetings from Pennsylvania, Bolingbroke! It is good to have you aboard.
Joe
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Post by: Rasputin on August 16, 2010, 01:09:10: Hello

Welcome to the group from Sonoma County California :wave: So living in malta and collecting playmobil, do you ever visit the factory ?

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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Post by: Heronimus on August 16, 2010, 04:29:11: Welcome from Hong Kong, good that we have more members coming from Malta~~!!! 3940 is a really nice pirate ship~!!! You are so fortunate :love:
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Post by: playmofire on August 16, 2010, 06:26:01: Welcome, Bolingbroke, from North Yorkshire in the UK. :wave:
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Post by: Gis on August 16, 2010, 06:29:47: Welcome from the Netherlands, Bolingbroke.

I hope you will enjoy it here in our little community. At least your themes are very popular with many of us so there should be interesting things to find!
Title: Re: Hello!
Post by: Bolingbroke on August 16, 2010, 07:34:03: Thanks for the welcome, guys.

Do I feel I'm privileged, because I live in Malta? I guess it has its advantages: prices are somewhat cheaper and the funpark's a 20 minute drive away. But then, we have no DS system that I know of, for example, and we don't get much by way of exclusive sets like you do in the US or in Germany.

I've never been to the factory proper, no. I'd feel a bit silly doing the tour to be honest. It's bad enough already that the salespeople at the fun shop know me as 'the weird guy who collects toys' ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Wolf Knight on August 16, 2010, 07:39:01: Welcome to Playmofriends Bolingbroke!!! Warm greetings from Greece!!
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Post by: flatcat on August 16, 2010, 07:44:18: Welcome from the UK :wave:

Damo :)
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Post by: Heronimus on August 16, 2010, 07:48:07: Do you get tired of visiting the funpark or shopping playmobil from the stores? given you are in the sea of klickies...?
Somehow I guess I am also labled the "guy who collect toys" in my local stores. Tell you what, close to my office are two stores selling playmobil, the official importer, one to the east and one to the west, within 5-minute walk. It is weird I see the same saleladies in different days. They must be like....oh.....it is him again >:D

Quote from: Bolingbroke on August 16, 2010, 07:34:03
Thanks for the welcome, guys.

Do I feel I'm privileged, because I live in Malta? I guess it has its advantages: prices are somewhat cheaper and the funpark's a 20 minute drive away. But then, we have no DS system that I know of, for example, and we don't get much by way of exclusive sets like you do in the US or in Germany.

I've never been to the factory proper, no. I'd feel a bit silly doing the tour to be honest. It's bad enough already that the salespeople at the fun shop know me as 'the weird guy who collects toys' ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Klickus Mobilius on August 16, 2010, 08:00:25: Welcome from Northern California! :wave:
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Post by: baden-wurttemberg on August 16, 2010, 13:33:48: Welcome from the US! :wave:

Glad to have you here with us.

Baden :wave:
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Post by: Jimbo on August 16, 2010, 15:14:28: Hello :wave: and welcome from sunny Arizona!

Jimbo
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Post by: Bolingbroke on August 16, 2010, 15:19:27: Thanks for the latest batch of greetings ;D

No, I never get tired, H. I do most of my shopping from the shop at the Fun Park, and since I travel quite frequently, from the PM shop at the Departures area of the Maltese airport. Most toy shops in Malta are small and cramped places - they're not exactly Toys R Us. Choice is often limited, too.

So ...
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on August 16, 2010, 16:46:35: HIYA Bolingbroke! ;D :wave:
Welcome to PlaymoFriends,
I watched this forum for sometime before gathering the money to become a member...
You'll soon realize your mistake... :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Hello!
Post by: Rasputin on August 16, 2010, 19:30:07: Quote from: Bolingbroke on August 16, 2010, 07:34:03
Thanks for the welcome, guys.

Do I feel I'm privileged, because I live in Malta? I guess it has its advantages: prices are somewhat cheaper and the funpark's a 20 minute drive away. But then, we have no DS system that I know of, for example, and we don't get much by way of exclusive sets like you do in the US or in Germany.

I've never been to the factory proper, no. I'd feel a bit silly doing the tour to be honest. It's bad enough already that the salespeople at the fun shop know me as 'the weird guy who collects toys' ;D ;D ;D

Hi

I think any collector gets this reaction from time to time. Most of mine comes from private local sales where people are showing me items and I can identify any part and where it goes :hmm:. The usual response is not so much what they say but how they look at me ::)

I guess it makes sense that you do not have a DS as you are a relatively small market.

If you do go to the factory cant you pick up the damaged, misprinted, rejects parts and Klickies. If I remember there is a lady who lives in Malta and all she does is puts klickies together and auctions them off. In a factory of that caliber there must be tons of "industry waste" .

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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Post by: Sylvia on August 16, 2010, 20:06:43: Hi Bolingbroke! :*)

Welcome to the forum from Scotland. :wave:

Really glad you decided to join us! It's much more fun than lurking. ;D
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Post by: bonniebeth on August 17, 2010, 03:11:53: Hi and welcome from Louisiana! :wave:

I also have to endure strange looks from people who can't believe I'm buying all these toys for myself! After a while you get used to it, though. I remember when I first got back into collecting as an adult, I would always feel embarassed walking from my car to my apartment carrying playmo. Was always trying to coceal it somehow. Or when I was in a store, I would feel self-conscious looking in the toy section. but now I own it. I freely tell people -- when they ask!
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Post by: Heronimus on August 17, 2010, 04:37:05: I have the same feeling initially, and now I have no concerns over this, and sometimes suggest the kids some cool sets when they are shopping with their parents next to me. I have also been doing inception on my friends' kids.....buying them a lot of playmobil 123 >:D

Quote from: bonniebeth on August 17, 2010, 03:11:53
Hi and welcome from Louisiana! :wave:

I also have to endure strange looks from people who can't believe I'm buying all these toys for myself! After a while you get used to it, though. I remember when I first got back into collecting as an adult, I would always feel embarassed walking from my car to my apartment carrying playmo. Was always trying to coceal it somehow. Or when I was in a store, I would feel self-conscious looking in the toy section. but now I own it. I freely tell people -- when they ask!
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Post by: Bolingbroke on August 17, 2010, 15:58:04: It's somewhat worse in my case (but it's a long story that's best left for some other time). Just out of curiosity: why are there so many PM fans from the US? Was PM big in the US, in the 70s and 80s, or is it something more recent? I would've though the only toys American children played with were Barbies and GI Joes ;D
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Post by: playmo1989 on August 17, 2010, 16:56:54: welcome Bolingbroke from athens greece :wave:

hope you'll have a nice time here :)
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Post by: Heronimus on August 18, 2010, 02:42:19: Quote from: Bolingbroke on August 17, 2010, 15:58:04
It's somewhat worse in my case (but it's a long story that's best left for some other time). Just out of curiosity: why are there so many PM fans from the US? Was PM big in the US, in the 70s and 80s, or is it something more recent? I would've though the only toys American children played with were Barbies and GI Joes ;D
Could the reason be PF is an English medium forum???
Title: Re: Hello!
Post by: Bolingbroke on August 18, 2010, 09:21:57: Smarty pants :)

You're from HK: HK is one of my favourite (if not THE favourite) holiday destinations ever! I was there last year, and I'm counting the days till the next trip. Everything about the place is amazing, really.

Thanks to you too, playmo1989. I look forward to visiting Athens. But Rhodes comes first: I've been wanting to go there for years.
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Post by: Elric on August 18, 2010, 12:19:47: Welcome from South Carolina!
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Post by: skypurr on August 18, 2010, 16:01:45: Hi Bolingbroke,
Welcome from Southern Scotland (http://planetsmilies.net/flag-smiley-7326.gif)
I'm sure you'll enjoy being here.

Elaine :)

(I typed this a few days ago also but must not have clicked on post :-[ )
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Post by: grangel on August 19, 2010, 23:13:58: A big Welcome from Greece!!!!
i hope to see your collections and your pictures soon!!!
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Post by: Richard on August 20, 2010, 01:57:59: Hello, Bolingbroke ... of Malta (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/malta.gif)

A BIG (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/welcome-2.gif) to PlaymoFriends from the warm and sunny United States Virgin Islands (http://www.usvitourism.vi/) (America's Paradise)! ... (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/usvi.gif) (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/usa.gif)
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Post by: playmo1989 on August 20, 2010, 15:24:51: Quote from: Richard on August 20, 2010, 01:57:59

Hello, Bolingbroke ... of Malta (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/malta.gif)

A BIG (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/welcome-2.gif) to PlaymoFriends from the warm and sunny United States Virgin Islands (http://www.usvitourism.vi/) (America's Paradise)! ... (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/usvi.gif) (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/usa.gif)

you live in malta now richard ?

Good catch, Alexis ... :klickygrin:

I've changed the word "from" to "of" and will do so in the future! Thanks!
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Post by: Bolingbroke on August 20, 2010, 17:08:42: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by: Justindo on August 21, 2010, 03:47:56: Welcome from Southern California! :wave:

I too like the pirate, knight, and Roman themes! :)9
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Post by: playmovictorian on August 24, 2010, 21:19:39: A very warm welcome to you from Windsor UK, dear Bolingbroke :wave:

Karim :)

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