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Title: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 00:56:31
some pics of my harbour for those who had no chance to visit the Wolfsburg Convention ...
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 00:58:13
 :o
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 00:59:23
 :o
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 01:00:46
 :P
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 01:02:25
 :hmm:
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 01:03:46
 :wave:
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 01:06:39
 :yup:
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 01:10:18
 8-)
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 01:12:22
 ;)
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 01:14:17
 0)
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Justindo on April 23, 2009, 01:15:24
That's a wonderful and impressive harbor, Arizzo!  I can't imagine how much time that must have taken!  :o
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 01:23:15
you can even see more pics here ->

Customize it! Board: Port Royal (http://www.playmo-convention.de/board/viewtopic.php?t=4231)

Last pic shows the makers:

to the left Don Lobo (Sascha) who made nearly all of the beautiful soldiers and ships (and without him, the harbour would have been real empty ....)

... and to the right you can see the architect of the harbour ....

(the chick in the middle is just someone we ran into at the Wolfsburg Convention :lol: :lol:)

the stress of the harbour/diorama is the buildings and not so much the scenery ... (besides we ran out of time setting up the scenery ... :-[ )

enjoy

(and leave a feedback if you wish)
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: playmofire on April 23, 2009, 02:37:17
Great work, Arizzo.  Truly impressive architecture there.   :wow: :wow: :wow:
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Richard on April 23, 2009, 02:57:04


Magnificent, Arizzo !!!

Thanks for the link to "Customize it" ... it helped to get a better idea of how big your harbour really is. It is HUGE!

There is so much to see. I think that I would have spent hours just walking around and looking at your incredible creation.

Thank you very much for sharing your photos.

BTW, your barn roof on the warehouse is brilliant!

Thanks again and all the best,
Richard



Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: cachalote on April 23, 2009, 18:06:33
incredible work arizzo (and don lobo)  :wow: :wow: :wow:.
thank you so much for sharing it with us  :yup:.
amazing harbour ambience  :love:.
loved the shipyard pier, a true "pièce de resistence"  :love:.
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: highlandcattle on April 23, 2009, 20:43:17
Very awesome!, I've been looking through all the Wolfsburg pictures and OMG!
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Richard on April 23, 2009, 21:51:41


Hello, HC ...  :wave:


Very awesome!, I've been looking through all the Wolfsburg pictures and OMG!



Where are all the Wolfsburg pictures ...  ???



Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 23, 2009, 22:26:10
Where are all the Wolfsburg pictures ...  ???

http://www.playmo-convention.de/board/viewforum.php?f=63 (http://www.playmo-convention.de/board/viewforum.php?f=63)

http://www.klickywelt.de/wob-2009-f66.html (http://www.klickywelt.de/wob-2009-f66.html)

as far as I know, you need to have an account at Klickywelt to view the pics - but at Customize-It you should be able to see the pics without having an account ...

but of course we at Customize-It (and I guess also the guys from Klickywelt) would be honored, if you'd become a member, Richard  ;)

Everyone else is also welcomed, of course :D



edit:
btw: the measure of the diorama-area (build out of tables) is 7,20m x 4,40m - the harbour itself measures approximately 6,90m x 2,80m - at first I thought there is too much space covered with plain water, but the longer I looked at the diorama, the more I came to the conclusion that the huge expanse of water emphasizes the harbour as a real harbour ...
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: macgayver on April 24, 2009, 09:20:43

Hello, HC ...  :wave:


Where are all the Wolfsburg pictures ...  ???





I'm working on it

we're still recovering and unloading our diorama

I asked several people their Pictures from the fair

I have 3000 and more pics to sort out

I might take a while but I'll put them on my site for those who have no account on the German forums

Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on April 24, 2009, 15:30:56
Excellent custom scenery in all of the displays  :wow:! It brings to light some ideas for my modern Playmobil City Port & Harbor project in process using System X for the elevated crane docks!
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Richard on April 24, 2009, 15:34:41

http://www.playmo-convention.de/board/viewforum.php?f=63 (http://www.playmo-convention.de/board/viewforum.php?f=63)

http://www.klickywelt.de/wob-2009-f66.html (http://www.klickywelt.de/wob-2009-f66.html)

as far as I know, you need to have an account at Klickywelt to view the pics - but at Customize-It you should be able to see the pics without having an account ...


but of course we at Customize-It (and I guess also the guys from Klickywelt) would be honored, if you'd become a member, Richard  ;)



Thank you for the wonderful links, Arizzo !!!

And, thank you for you kind and generous offer ...  :-[

All the best,
Richard

Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Gustavo on April 24, 2009, 20:33:30
I hadn't seen yet an extense model of port with system X ... It's interesting, though steck is still more appealing to me. ('Miss them :-[ )

But the whole haven is very, very beautiful, Arizzo! :yup:
Thanks for sharing.


Gus
:blackhair:
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: peetje on April 25, 2009, 09:40:14
It was very cool at Wolfsburg.
I had a great time there.  ;D
There was to much to see.

I enjoy your harbour a lot.

Thank you for all your nice work. :)9

Greetings,

Peter
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Gepetto on April 25, 2009, 16:45:07
Incredible display Arizzo  :wow: thank you for sharing it with us and for the links. Like Richard said,that barn roof on the warehouse was genius! There is just so much to look at and it is soooo huge! Thanks again.


btw - are you in any of the pictures?



Gepetto
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Richard on April 25, 2009, 17:29:31


the measure of the diorama-area (build out of tables) is 7,20m x 4,40m - the harbour itself measures approximately 6,90m x 2,80m - at first I thought there is too much space covered with plain water, but the longer I looked at the diorama, the more I came to the conclusion that the huge expanse of water emphasizes the harbour as a real harbour ...



Hello, Arizzo ...

Everyone seems to agree that your diorama appears to be very large.

But, how BIG is it?

Since I don't think metric, I converted your meters into approximate feet measurements. (As everyone knows, "feet measurements" are the old English system that, for some unknown reason, most Americans seem to love.)

The overall dimensions of the entire diorama are more than 23 1/2 feet by about 14 1/2 feet.

The harbour area measures more than 22 1/2 feet by more than 9 feet!

Yes, that is one gigantic, beautiful diorama !!!

And, I absolutely agree, Arizzo, that the large harbour area really emphasizes the realism, but I also think that it definitely adds to the visual magic and drama of your spectacular diorama.

Thank you very much for sharing your marvelous creation with us.

All the best,
Richard


Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: CountBogro on April 26, 2009, 08:26:08
It was indeed a fantastic display - there was something going on everywhere. Unfortunately, we had had to leave early - so we didn't have the time I would like to have had  :'(
But Saskia and I agreed (more or less) to return next year!

It was also nice to meet you finally in reality, Arizzo, after all that time meeting in cyberspace  ;)

Bogro
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Little Jo on April 26, 2009, 08:44:13
But Saskia and I agreed (more or less) to return next year!

If this event will be next year at all ... (I've read that due to less expected visitors the organizers are not willing to continue this event anymore)
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: kaethe on April 26, 2009, 14:51:45
wow!!!! that is incredible, i am glad you posted the second link as well, to show us the overall view.  i particularly like the "barn-like" structure, pardon my lack of knowledge on its particular use and name.  it was fun looking at all of the photos, i could almost hear the bustle of activity at the docks as i was wandering around.  thank you for sharing.
kaethe
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 26, 2009, 19:03:44
It was also nice to meet you finally in reality, Arizzo, after all that time meeting in cyberspace  ;)

It was my pleasure as well, Marc & Saskia  ;)
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on April 26, 2009, 19:09:03
btw - are you in any of the pictures?

Yes, I am ....  ;)

you can see me (and my wife) on several pics shown here in this thread ...

(Hafen CK-13 for example ...)
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Donmobil on April 27, 2009, 02:15:15
If this event will be next year at all ... (I've read that due to less expected visitors the organizers are not willing to continue this event anymore)

Can anyone tell more on this?  What happened with the 'visitors'?  Will there be a Wolfsburg next year?

-- Donmobil
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Martin Milner on April 27, 2009, 08:28:52
What an awesome harbour set up, congratulations Arizzo and Sascha! Absolutely breathtaking, I'll be looking at the pictures for hours noticing new details.

Does this event get any support or recognition from Geobra? This is the sort of thing they really need to show interest in, even just one juliro sales executive turning up for a couple of hours to chat with the contributors and the public, to see what adult collectors are doing with their company's product, and to find out what they can do to encourage more sales. The single biggest set I know of using this colour of wall is the 5727 Pirate Dungeon, and there are a lot of parts in your layout that I didn't know even existed.

I can only imagine the hours and the energy required for planning, ordering parts, designing the layout and each of the buildings, practise set-up, packing and transporting, re-setting up and then the breakdown afterwards. Most of us have done some small scale layouts, but rarely anything on 1/10th the scale of this colossus.

It's a great shame that the 4294 Lighthouse was designed with the apparent intention of preventing it from being used in such a set up. At the time of release I was in the camp arguing that it didn't need to be modular, but now, if I haven't before, I'm eating a large wedge of humble pie and admitting it should have been made with System X.

The recent trend of for Playmobil buildings that stand alone, and CANNOT be connected to anything else, may not stop avid collectors from creating such massive dioramas, but if they have to use the modern sets (e.g. Egyptian buildings, the lighthouse or the Dragonworld towers) they'll become displays of collections of small sets, and not a massive, integrated whole.
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: macgayver on April 27, 2009, 10:05:32
This was the last convention in Wolfsburg

This event is organized and financed by one couple supported by their family

It was the 4th convention and for the first time Playmobil showed interest
but still is not getting involved

Frank and Karin organize this for the fun and not to make money
The german playmocommunity is like a big family on such events , it's amazing how we deal and help eachother on such events and it is allways nice to see eachother again
it's hard to explain if you have not been there

Frank allready told before the convention took place it was their last convention in wolfsburg

The amount of vistors are supposed to pay the costs from the convention
and that didnot happen , too few visitors
it's no longer fun if you start loosing money

the why ? I 'm not shure but it was great weather so people prefer to enjoy the weather , and the world crisis , a lot of people I personally know were not there because they couldn't afford it or their private life didnot permit it

never forget it's a hobby and not something primar in life

I'm happy for myself and Rapunzel we could keep our promise to Frank and Karin
we had a great time meeting old faces again
And happy we created such a great team to build our story

For us it was an adventure that took us 1.5 year wich we tried to share with all of you in my preparations page on my site

I'm still busy going throug all the pictures we took or I became from other members

to be continued .......



all the best
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Gepetto on April 28, 2009, 00:30:12
Yes, I am ....  ;)

you can see me (and my wife) on several pics shown here in this thread ...

(Hafen CK-13 for example ...)


Thank you, it is always nice to see actual people to put with names. Thank you Marc and Saskia for taking the time to attend and set up such a magnificent diorama!  :wow: :wow:



Gepetto
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: CountBogro on April 28, 2009, 04:35:03

Thank you, it is always nice to see actual people to put with names. Thank you Marc and Saskia for taking the time to attend and set up such a magnificent diorama!  :wow: :wow:



Gepetto

erm ... I have to correct you there, Gepetto. Saskia and I were only there as visitors. The display was made by Arrizo and co. - not us.
and ... erm ... we aren't in the pictures either. I allways try to prevent that.
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Gepetto on April 29, 2009, 00:17:45
My apologies Count! I misunderstood a previous post, but I am glad to have seen Arizzo and his wife and my thanks to them for all their efforts. Also Count to you and Saskia for going out to support the event!



Gepetto
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: playmovictorian on May 06, 2009, 23:19:35
Well done  :wow: !!!

Very impressive and it must be so much fun to play with...I loved the Pirates Ship when I was a kid...

Karim ;)
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: leefert on May 06, 2009, 23:39:54
Thank you for sharing your great Harbor Display! 
Title: Re: WOB 2009 Port Royal Harbour
Post by: Arizzo on May 18, 2009, 00:54:57
This was the last convention in Wolfsburg

UPDATE

 :woohoo:  :woohoo:  :woohoo:
This was NOT the last convention in Wolfsburg 
 :woohoo:  :woohoo:  :woohoo:

after 4 weeks of constant daily flattering the organizer & his wife - they finally quit ....  :lol:

the next convention will take place in NOV 2010 ...


I hope we will see some of you guys from across the big pond THEN !!!!