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General => Direct Service/Parts Queries => Topic started by: skypurr on June 12, 2010, 15:18:08
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I want to order some new flowers for my 5300 and wondered if anyone knew how many I should order (i.e. how many come on the sprue and how many lots of sprue I should order)
I've looked on PlaymoDB and although it says how many window boxes etc. it doesn't say how many flowers. I could count the stems and multiply them by six but I still don't know how many on the sprue and if each sprue is sold individually - I don't want to end up with thousands of flowers! 8}
Elaine
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Can you ever have too many flowers in your life? :D
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From what I can remember flowers come on sprues of 6
So if there are 6 flowers per plant, and three plants per windowbox then that is a lot of flowers 8}
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8 per sprue and you only need quote the part number once! ;D
As flatcat noted, the flower bunches each have 6 stems for flowers and each flowerbox holds 3 bunches.
So there's 18 single flower blossoms needed per flowerbox.
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Just counted my victorian mansion flower boxes...Sylvia is correct...18 single flowers per flowerbox... by 10 flowerboxes that makes it 180 sinlge flowers.... :omg: :omg: :omg: I have never counted them before!!!
Oh, you will also need another twelve sinlge flowers for the two flower urns...(six flowers each)
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Thanks for that!
I'd forgotten the flower urns, :-[ I have steps from the conservatory also so that's an extra two - and I'd forgotten the extension floor too! :doh:
I'll get my calculator out... 8}
so that's [(6x3) x 10] + [(6x3) x 8] + (4x6) = 348 divided by 8 (didn't realise keyboards didn't have a division sign) which = 44 sprues of flowers which means 15 of each colour. :(o):
Was thinking of extending the house but don't think I'll bother!
So does each part number = 1 sprue of 8 flowers?
Elaine
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So does each part number = 1 sprue of 8 flowers?
Elaine
I do not have the instructions with me...(i've stored all of them at my old bed room in my parent's house, slowly rearranging my playmoden so hopefully i'll bringt them at my home one day) but yes as I can recall, you are correct...
Someone who can see their instructions for a second opinion please?
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So does each part number = 1 sprue of 8 flowers?
Elaine
HI Im bringing this up again cause I'm looking for the answer to Elaine's question. ;D
Each part number equals 1 sprue of 8 flowers??
What about roses? they come in sprues too?
Thnks in advance!
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...to answer my own last question...it been a year after all...
I see now that each flower has its own number... Its still not clear to me if each part number coresponds to a single flower or to a sprue of flowers... but my guess is the first one: part number=single flower.
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I have ordered flowers from DS here in the US, and they sell them individually. I don't know what they do elsewhere, so Elaine maybe someone from the UK answer this for you. ;)
Let us know how you make out. ;D
Joe
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Thanks Joe, that's good to know :love:
So now we would need to know if this is the same everywhere else.... germany, greece, uk ds?
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I am sure our DS can get them individually. Just like the system x pluggs.
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I ordered lots of flowers recently (random ones for no particular reason other than to ring the changes, and I also have some landscape bases that I've bought separately (ie with part or no set to go with them) which use for displays, again for no specific reason ???).
Some were on sprues but most, as I recall, were single. Here goes with the ones I think came singly
30 02 6600 (blue)
30 20 3920 (yellow)
30 20 4450 (pink flowers - water lilies in my opinion)
30 24 9220 (yellow)
30 25 1280 (orange)
30 25 3050 (red roses)
30 06 0930 (yellow)
Sunflowers come as separate component parts.
I also ordered various flower stems and leaf bases too. I agree, though, that you can never have too many flowers (a) they are pretty and (b) they don't take up a lot of storage space :lol:
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Ordering flowers from US DS is really a hit or miss affair. I have tried the past 5 orders, and have come up with some roses and some flower blossoms and petals, but usually not in the colors I prefer.
They have maybe 1 of every 5 flowers I try to order, and almost never any in dark purple, dark blue, or orange. If I ask for 100, I sometimes get 6 or 8 flowers.
I agree that you can never have too many flowers or plants, but it is very hard to get the ones you want. My dream order would be a thousand of each of the above colors in flower blossoms. Then I could get rid of the red and yellow ones I do not care for.
Anyone found a better source than US DS? Maybe I should get someone to order them for me in Germany or the UK?
Cheers, pgal :wave: :wave: :wave:
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you can never have too many flowers (a) they are pretty and (b) they don't take up a lot of storage space :lol:
Great observation, Bad Mum! I agree completely!!! :yup: :yup:
Joe
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and almost never any in dark purple
Didn't know there were dark purple ones :o Which set did they come from (or what part number are they?). Quite fancy trying to add some to my next parts order. I can always try and get some for you too.
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Didn't know there were dark purple ones :o Which set did they come from (or what part number are they?). Quite fancy trying to add some to my next parts order. I can always try and get some for you too.
I did not know either...or maybe the violet?
http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-2490 (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-2490)
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dont buy them in the DS .. each one will cost 10pence! u might get it cheaper on ebay in masses.
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I did not know either...or maybe the violet?
http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-2490 (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-2490)
I think that the dark purple ones are called violet; they have never had them in stock when I order flowers, so will have to wait and see if they are the ones when I do hit the jackpot.
I have been buying used flowers/plants off eBay for 6 months, and b-w has the best selection. The prices are quite high on eBay normally, and most other sellers do not identify which set they came from.
So yes, if anyone can get some of these for me from outside the US, that would be wonderful! I have maybe a dozen, and use just one for contrast with light purple and white flowers. The link does show what sets they were in. I will gladly reimburse you with shipping to the US as they fit in a regular envelope and are so lightweight.
If you have flowers (in any color except red or yellow) you don't need, just email me with the details. I decorate everything with flowers, and wow! does it make them look happy!
Cheers, Pgal :love:
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I think things on sprues now comes singly. I also think that at one time they didn't so if you wanted six and ordered six you got six sprues! You could always check with UK DS, Elaine.
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I think that the dark purple ones are called violet; they have never had them in stock when I order flowers, so will have to wait and see if they are the ones when I do hit the jackpot.
I have been buying used flowers/plants off eBay for 6 months, and b-w has the best selection. The prices are quite high on eBay normally, and most other sellers do not identify which set they came from.
So yes, if anyone can get some of these for me from outside the US, that would be wonderful! I have maybe a dozen, and use just one for contrast with light purple and white flowers. The link does show what sets they were in. I will gladly reimburse you with shipping to the US as they fit in a regular envelope and are so lightweight.
If you have flowers (in any color except red or yellow) you don't need, just email me with the details. I decorate everything with flowers, and wow! does it make them look happy!
Cheers, Pgal :love:
I'll PM you next time I do a spares order (just started putting one together so by the time I've remembered what I need by emptying loads of boxes of things I have forgotten I bought on EBay it'll be at least a month before I finish it :-[)
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Actually, in the end I didn't order mine from ds because a kind fellow Playmofriend traded some flowers that he didn't want.
I had multicoloured window boxes instead. :)
Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)
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I'll PM you next time I do a spares order (just started putting one together so by the time I've remembered what I need by emptying loads of boxes of things I have forgotten I bought on EBay it'll be at least a month before I finish it :-[)
Wow, that is an offer I can't turn down! Many thanks!!! Not sure why PM puts so many yellow and red flowers in sets when the other colors are so gorgeous! My real garden has a lot of blue and purple flowers, and they stand out well with the white blooms of lillies, hibiscus, coneflowers, petunias, gardenias, phlox, daisies, etc.
It is great that we all collect many different things or we would be killing each other over the same 3 items! :lol: :lol: Pgal :wave: