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Welcome! / Re: Hello, Playmofriends!
« Last post by Ismene on Today at 07:33:59 »
Welcome fellow land-locked American! Playmobil USA does have a parts department but getting the parts you want is hit-or-miss. It beats the days of mailing in an order form and a check though.
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Welcome! / Re: Hello, Playmofriends!
« Last post by tahra on Today at 07:08:29 »
Welcome from Portugal :)
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Welcome! / Re: Hello, Playmofriends!
« Last post by GrahamB on Today at 07:02:26 »
Welcome Chris, from Stroud, UK!
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Welcome! / Re: Hello, Playmofriends!
« Last post by JLMatterer on Today at 05:09:23 »
Welcome to the forum. Historical knights is a great idea!

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Welcome! / Hello, Playmofriends!
« Last post by ChrisJ on Today at 01:13:08 »
Hello from the middle of nowhere, the most land-locked place in the USA — Nebraska. Playmobil was never easy to get here, especially pre-internet. My daughter and I spent many happy hours with Playmobil, mainly the Victorian house and knights. I've continued collecting and creating some basic custom figures. I won't say I'm obsessed, but would consider moving to Germany for access to their parts system. I'm looking forward to being a part of this community and learning from others. Especially interested in how people find hard-to-get parts and techniques to remove tampo printing/paint from vehicles without destroying them.

I would love for Playmobil to create a series of historical knights (similar to their artists and musicians). It would be fantastic for them to do a set based on The Neverending Story. I just started collecting some of the Mission Geo space series.

Chris
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Trains! / Re: I have a question about 5258 RC Freight Train
« Last post by Macruran on May 12, 2024, 22:04:10 »
Seems there's a clip there, that could be a clue  :sherlock:
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News / Re: Playmobil in the News
« Last post by Macruran on May 12, 2024, 20:04:44 »
Quote from: JLMatterer on May 12, 2024, 18:58:36




AI. Extremely irritating  >:(
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News / Re: Playmobil in the News
« Last post by JLMatterer on May 12, 2024, 18:58:36 »












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Trains! / Re: I have a question about 5258 RC Freight Train
« Last post by pingo on May 12, 2024, 17:46:30 »
Quote from: GrahamB on April 21, 2024, 08:50:57
I'm just guessing, but they look like they are spaces for two strongboxes e.g. https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-07-5300 (many versions from the same mould exist- search 'strongbox' on PlaymoDB), though these are not included with the set.
No strongbox, too big
Suitcase too small  8}
Box 30202222 Nop
 :help:
 :wall: one could only guess what their designers have been thinking of
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How-To / Re: creating a faux back for Playmobil buildings
« Last post by Indianna on May 12, 2024, 16:01:04 »
Glad to hear that you've had success with foam board (one of my favorite art supplies!) - while it's great to make creations that are 100% Playmobil, it's often useful to incorporate other elements.  I hope you'll share photos here . . . .

Back in the day when my kids were young and we didn't have a lot of Playmobil yet, we had a lot of fun making a castle out of cardboard and a ship out of a shiny red gift box with handkerchief sails and cooking twine for rigging, both of which were then populated with Playmo figures and gear.   ;)  :heart:
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