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GrahamB’s collection
Tiermann:
The orange set is really rare I think. It looks great, and yours is in beautiful condition. The old acrobat acts are great, and I think that may be the only circus horse act with black horses, they are usually white. Thanks for sharing these great photos
GrahamB:
It's a while since I posted any additions to this topic, but I have several more lovely sets to share, starting with
Aristocrats set 3543
This is another sought-after set from Playmobil’s days of fixed-wrist klickies. Issued first in 1978, it contains several parts not found in any other set.
PlaymoDB has the set in the ‘Multiklicky’ theme. It has five klickies, three adult females and two adult males.
What makes them aristocrats? Probably the fact that they have fine clothes (cloaks, bonnets, hats), fans and walking canes and more luggage than any mere commoner would carry, including two hatboxes and two travel baskets. The hatboxes hold an extra top hat and an extra wide-brimmed lady's hat.
One of the figures, a woman dressed in black and white with a white ‘mob cap’ is probably a lady’s maid. Here she is practising bowing to her betters.
The ‘special’ parts in this set include the mob cap (not in any other set), the blue ‘stovepipe’ hat (not in any other set), a green ‘poke bonnet’ (white and yellow versions exist in other sets), two blue ‘boot cuffs’, the stickers on the luggage and two pointed cuffs in white.
One of the male figures has a twisty walking cane. This came on a sprue with a straight white cane, a furled umbrella in white and two white fans, found only in this set and the Color set 3637 (Travellers with pig). The white furled umbrella is now commonplace thanks to its inclusion in the give-away set 9855 for several years. The twisty cane is, however, quite a rarity. The light brown dog is only found in this set and one other.
playmofire:
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One of the male figures has a twisty walking cane. This came on a sprue with a straight white cane, a furled umbrella in white and two white fans, found only in this set and the Color set 3637 (Travellers with pig).er.
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"Travellers with pig" - that is amazing. I have been setting up a railway scene supposedly in France and thought of having a baggage car with a sign on saying "Baggage only, no farm animals".
Klickteryx:
The green bonnet is a fine piece. One of the ones that made playmobil stand out in its early days.
GrahamB:
--- Quote from: playmofire on October 29, 2024, 21:52:14 ---"Travellers with pig" - that is amazing. I have been setting up a railway scene supposedly in France and thought of having a baggage car with a sign on saying "Baggage only, no farm animals".
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Heather calls set 3637 "Family With Suitcases and Pig??" in PlaymoDB. But there is definitely a pig there! The family must have taken the pig in Third Class with them if it wasn't allowed in the baggage car!
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