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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: bml87 on October 04, 2017, 20:53:01
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Dear Playmobil-friends!
I'm Boris, I'm currently 30 and I'm living in Deinze (Belgium, near Ghent). I'm new here so I'd like you to tell my personal Playmobil story, I used the text I wrote before in the PCC in order to apply for the Collector of the Month, which I won in January 2016. Since its closure was announced I was searching a new place where collectors are united. I'm glad I found PlaymoFriends and I look forward to share my stories, pictures and opinions about our beloved toy brand: Playmobil.
As for the most - including me - it all started in our childhood. As far as I can remember I got my first set when I was 4 years old. I got the Esso gas station (3434) and the bus (3782) as a present from Saint-Nicolas:
(https://i.imgur.com/lZriMgL.jpg)
Afterwards my parents tried to spoil me with some different themes, it turned out that I liked sets including animals the most. So when I turned 6, my family surprised me with circus Romani. I think it was one of my happiest moments as a child! Everything was set up on the kitchen table as in the picture below:
(https://i.imgur.com/MpNSeLx.jpg)
Since I was born in Summer, I spent the whole holiday playing with the circus. Some other sets including the mother and her baby elephant - which I kept with my great-grandparents - had to be a part of the greater circus (of course). So I held a big ceremony introducing them to the audience (I clearly wasn't a great photographer at that time...):
(https://i.imgur.com/DzTkDR8.jpg)
In the right corner below you can see a hint of the 1900-oldtimer (5620), which unfortunately didn't survive my childhood. Years passed away and I eventually got the zoo and the jungle too, since I was a big fan of the animal themes. A couple of years ago I left my elder house (and my Playmobil), but my parents recently moved to another city, so my mother asked if I wanted to stock my old toys at my apartment. Of course I said yes... And when I got them (back), I couldn't resist to sort out the Playmobil per theme, which eventually turned into... Building a new diorama and collecting new sets! I have built a zoo (after the idea of a Belgian zoo Pairi Daiza) and a circus in the past years. The mother elephant (which I like to call Mary) and her baby are now adopted by the zoo, which makes them the oldest animals I have. Hereby two pictures, I will post more detailed pictures in the future. As for today I'm working on a new diorama, this time I'll go the Far West... To be continued!
(https://i.imgur.com/FNqY47R.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TlpgR6S.jpg)
I am very glad I came across this fanpage and I'm very happy to share my Playmobil-stories with you all!!!
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Hello and a welcome aboard on Playmofriends :) from ... Destelbergen, just on the other side of Ghent! :lol:
And thanks for sharing those images, I think I remember you winning the CotM-award in the PCC.
Looking forward to see your Far West developments...
Btw, do you know any other adult collector/fan in or near Ghent besides the two of us? ???
The ones I know who are closest to Ghent are from Dendermonde and Sint-Niklaas...
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Hello bml87
I am very happy to welcome you in PF!
I'm a Dutchman now living in Germany. Like you I love PM, though never branched out into Circus. After years of historical & ethnological stuff I only now discover the whole Space theme. There is just so much to enjoy!
Have fun in the forum and please make sure to ask Birdie, or another mod, to register you as a PCC member (even though that won't last very long ;D). Doing so will open the PCC-members-only corner of the forum where over the last few weeks a lot of discussion has been going on (perhaps to the detriment of other sections of PF).
Best wishes
StJohn
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Btw, do you know any other adult collector/fan in or near Ghent besides the two of us? ???
The ones I know who are closest to Ghent are from Dendermonde and Sint-Niklaas...
Thanks Hadoque! Well, to be honest, you're the only one I know that lives in the close area. And to be more honest, I never met a co-collector. I know there are more Belgians (via the PCC), as you probably do too, and recently I bought some second hand Playmobil from an (older) collector that wasn't aware of the PCC (or anything like it) at all. Or we are very rare and almost extinct in our country or there are many secret collectors.. I hope to visit a exposition (beurs) in the near future, the meet more people.
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I am very happy to welcome you in PF!
Have fun in the forum and please make sure to ask Birdie, or another mod, to register you as a PCC member (even though that won't last very long ;D). Doing so will open the PCC-members-only corner of the forum where over the last few weeks a lot of discussion has been going on (perhaps to the detriment of other sections of PF).
Thanks StJohn! I hope to go to Germany soon, I was thinking of Aachen or Köln, to complete the Roncalli sets! They are obviously cheaper in Kaufhof than in the Special Sale...
Well, I guess Sylvia already added me to that section, I will check it out!
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Welcome from Oregon in the USA!
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Welcome from Oregon in the USA!
Thank you, Tim! And thanks for bringing us Animobil, has helped me a lot to collect rare animals!
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A warm welcome from North Yorkshire in the UK! :wave:
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Welcome from New Mexico (USA)! I'm glad you found your way to PF.
I'm from the same Playmobil era, except my theme was Victorian. :P
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Welcome from Stroud, England. You have come to the right place for friendly fellow-collectors, bml87! As things have been a little quiet here, we hoped the demise of the PCC might bring a few new people here (though there is nothing much to celebrate about the end of the PCC, really).
I too love the Circus theme and we (me, wife Ruth and children) have collected quite a lot of the sets. One of the most colourful themes, certainly!
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Welcome from Portugal! ;D
Glad to see you here!
I too remember your post for Collector of the month - those old pics are amazing. I wish I had more of mine. And that I knew where the few that do exist are :-[
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Welcome from the Netherlands, great to see playmobil pictures of your childhood! I always found it a shame I never made any as a kid.
Looks like we are from about the same era, I'm 32. It has always been medieval for me mainly, with quite some modern stuff too.
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Welcome from New Mexico (USA)! I'm glad you found your way to PF.
I'm from the same Playmobil era, except my theme was Victorian. :P
Thank you Ismene, I've only been to USA to take another plane to Mexico (where my girlfriend comes from), so I was close :) ! I remember I liked to watch the Victorian pages in the catalogues when I was a child. Playmobil always made them so beautiful!
A warm welcome from North Yorkshire in the UK! :wave:
Thank you playmofire!
Welcome from Stroud, England. You have come to the right place for friendly fellow-collectors, bml87! As things have been a little quiet here, we hoped the demise of the PCC might bring a few new people here (though there is nothing much to celebrate about the end of the PCC, really).
I too love the Circus theme and we (me, wife Ruth and children) have collected quite a lot of the sets. One of the most colourful themes, certainly!
Thank you GrahamB, well so far I only heard very positive things about PF! Well, I hope the fanclubs can bring new fire in the Playmobil spirit, after the closure of the PCC.
After I made my Western diorama, I'm planning to make a new circus diorama :) . I'm curious to find out about your collection.
Welcome from Portugal! ;D
Glad to see you here!
I too remember your post for Collector of the month - those old pics are amazing. I wish I had more of mine. And that I knew where the few that do exist are :-[
Thanks Tahra :) ! I actually have quite some pictures of my Playmobil when I was a child, most of them a bit blurry, I remember taking them with a disposable camera ;D , but it's nice to see how my ideas were at that time!
Welcome from the Netherlands, great to see playmobil pictures of your childhood! I always found it a shame I never made any as a kid.
Looks like we are from about the same era, I'm 32. It has always been medieval for me mainly, with quite some modern stuff too.
Thanks neighbour :wave: ! I have some medieval Playmobil too, it was my brother's, we kinda made a deal, he got all the Lego and I the Playmobil. I think I will use it once for a Forest diorama.
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I'm curious to find out about your collection.
It's all in boxes in our wardrobe at the moment. I threw all the clothes away to make room!
.. he got all the Lego and I the Playmobil.
Sounds good to me! (me and my 3 brothers had Lego as children, but not PM :( My youngest brother got the Lego).
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Fantastic stuff. You are in the right place and I hope you find a comfortable home here at Playmofriends.
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Thank you Ismene, I've only been to USA to take another plane to Mexico (where my girlfriend comes from), so I was close :) ! I remember I liked to watch the Victorian pages in the catalogues when I was a child. Playmobil always made them so beautiful!
We're a border-state, so maybe you flew over. :P
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Welcome Boris. A great personal story - and I love your photos!
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Welcome! :)
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Fantastic stuff. You are in the right place and I hope you find a comfortable home here at Playmofriends.
Thank you Mad Hadder! I curious to discover all the stories here.
Welcome Boris. A great personal story - and I love your photos!
Thank you Raven, I will post more pictures in the future!
Welcome! :)
Thank you Pynedor!
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Welcome from Assenede, Belgium!! Near you :D
Since you are from Belgium, you should take a look at the Exposition in Balen, Belgium. It's in the first weekend of March.
It's a great expo with lot's of vendors and diorama builders from the Benelux and more! (incl myself :love:)
Greetings!
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Welcome from Assenede, Belgium!! Near you :D
Since you are from Belgium, you should take a look at the Exposition in Balen, Belgium. It's in the first weekend of March.
It's a great expo with lot's of vendors and diorama builders from the Benelux and more! (incl myself :love:)
Greetings!
Thank you!!! I used to live in Eeklo, which was even more closer.
Thanks for the tip, I always wanted to go to an exposition of Playmobil! Do I understand it well, that you will build a diorama in Balen?
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Thank you!!! I used to live in Eeklo, which was even more closer.
Thanks for the tip, I always wanted to go to an exposition of Playmobil! Do I understand it well, that you will build a diorama in Balen?
Yes!
Also this may be a bit of advertising but you should check out " Connect To Smile ", we are a group of collectors/vendors/diorama builders from Belgium & Holland.
They organise the exposition coming March, and we do lots of other stuff too :wave:
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And "Hello!" from Aalst (BE).
Brand new member but Playmobil fan since my childhood.
Awesome story!
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And "Hello!" from Aalst (BE).
Hoorah, the "East-Flanders Collectors Company" is expanding! :captain: :lol:
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A warm welcome to the forum! :wave:
I'm a 33-year-old collector and I live in Antwerp. The sets you mention bring back lots of memories for me too. Those elephants! The old-timer! :love:
I'm sure there are lots of Belgian collectors who still think they're the only adult Playmobil fans in the world...
I'm very glad you found your way to our forum!
And the Playmo fair in Balen is a must, seriously, it is extremely well organised and the dioramas are amazing.
Don't worry about getting access to the PCC-members-only lounge here, because it is now open for everyone. There won't be any spoilers or secret information anymore, so we decided to make that section public to all Playmofriends. You can find it as a subboard of the PCC board here.
Have fun browsing and sharing your ideas/pictures/opinions...
:**: (Dat was de enige emoticon die ik met België kon linken, haha) (That was the only smiley that made me think of Belgium)
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A warm welcome to the forum! :wave:
I'm a 33-year-old collector and I live in Antwerp. The sets you mention bring back lots of memories for me too. Those elephants! The old-timer! :love:
I'm sure there are lots of Belgian collectors who still think they're the only adult Playmobil fans in the world...
I'm very glad you found your way to our forum!
And the Playmo fair in Balen is a must, seriously, it is extremely well organised and the dioramas are amazing.
Don't worry about getting access to the PCC-members-only lounge here, because it is now open for everyone. There won't be any spoilers or secret information anymore, so we decided to make that section public to all Playmofriends. You can find it as a subboard of the PCC board here.
Have fun browsing and sharing your ideas/pictures/opinions...
:**: (Dat was de enige emoticon die ik met België kon linken, haha) (That was the only smiley that made me think of Belgium)
Thanks Birdie!
You were one of the first profiles I came to visit on the PCC when I was searching for pictures and inspiration for my zoo diorama. I really like your creativity and detailed diorama's. Are you busy with building new diorama's?
Well, since the ending of the Collector of the Month, I guess less and less PCC members took time to present themselves via a blog. I think we could have known of more Belgians if the PCC had its own welcoming board. Anyway, it's nice to meet new people here!
Balen is on the agenda! Unfortunately it's still a couple of months ;)
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And "Hello!" from Aalst (BE).
Brand new member but Playmobil fan since my childhood.
Awesome story!
Hello and welcome Singleklicky69! And thanks, I look forward to learn about your collection!
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You were one of the first profiles I came to visit on the PCC when I was searching for pictures and inspiration for my zoo diorama. I really like your creativity and detailed diorama's. Are you busy with building new diorama's?
Oh wow thanks for the compliment :)
I wish I was working on something new - I miss it so much! But we have a two-year-old and since she was born, I haven't been able to do any dioramas. Lack of sleep + full-time job + household + family life = basement filled with untouched Playmobil :'(
Ah well, I'm sure there will come a time when I'm back in business.
Do show some of your work here, I'd love to see what you came up with!
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Oh wow thanks for the compliment :)
I wish I was working on something new - I miss it so much! But we have a two-year-old and since she was born, I haven't been able to do any dioramas. Lack of sleep + full-time job + household + family life = basement filled with untouched Playmobil :'(
Ah well, I'm sure there will come a time when I'm back in business.
Do show some of your work here, I'd love to see what you came up with!
Anytime :) I can imagine it is difficult with a young daughter to spend time on your hobbies, on the other hand you get the unforgettable joy of a child!
Since I moved to another city last year, I don't want to put my playmobil on the ground anymore (I want to set up my diorama in the cellar). So, after a year we finally found a dining room we both like, it will be delivered in 2 weeks and then I will move my Ikea table to the cellar where it will serve as the ground for my Western diorama. At the moment I'm still ordering parts and sets and if everything goes well, I'll be able to build my Western city in 3 weeks. Pictures will follow for sure!