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Title: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: tahra on March 25, 2020, 19:29:11
70159 + 70160 Figures 16

Review at playkingdoms: Figures 16 (direct link) (http://www.playkingdoms.com/pk2/library/figures/figs16/s16.aspx)

Even later than usual.  :-[
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: Luftgaengerin on March 26, 2020, 11:11:34
Great Tahra, as always! Gorgeous customs too  :love:
(I know I've been silent......PM following soon!)
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: Ismene on March 26, 2020, 11:24:25
I always look forward to your F?gures review. There's more in this theme that I want than I thought I would. So many lovely klickies!
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: StJohn on March 26, 2020, 13:33:46
Great – something to read tonight! One remark from my first glance: 1. Cello Player – I think he plays the contrabass. 8}
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: tahra on March 26, 2020, 15:54:29
Great Tahra, as always! Gorgeous customs too  :love:
(I know I've been silent......PM following soon!)

Thank you ;)  And I expect a flurry of posts coming from your ways soon...  ;D

I always look forward to your F?gures review. There's more in this theme that I want than I thought I would. So many lovely klickies!

Thank you... Sometimes, I REALLY I do wonder what were they thinking. FRITZ TOMÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ!!!


Great – something to read tonight! One remark from my first glance: 1. Cello Player – I think he plays the contrabass. 8}

Uhm... I know nothing of these, saw that name somewhere  :-[

To me it's a big big violin  :P
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: StJohn on March 26, 2020, 20:36:49
To me it's a big big violin  :P

Actually, there is no PM cello. Perhaps because it would be impossible to position one between a klicky's legs.

Finished reading your review, which I much enjoyed. Many, many thanks for your observations (many of which I had missed) and for the permanent record. It wasn't a great series, though, but I agree that the Asian lady is very nice.

The green hands on the winged weirdo (Boys 4) are unfortunate. I have an inkling that there are huge reserves out there at Malta, and that Figures are sometimes specifically designed to use up old stock. The head is great, though (even when print quality varies considerably). I turned him into the lord of Dragon Towers:

(https://i.imgur.com/Pxl0bfN.jpg)

The "windvane" on the top of the knight's helmet (Boys 8) in grey was found before in 5978: 30 22 0152 - Crest for helmet, falcon with wings spread (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-22-0152).

The wolf hat and bear skin on the hunter (Boys 9) fit perfectly, inadvertently creating the impression that he caught one hell of a big wolf!  :lol:

The review is dated August 2019, and you're only alerting us now?

Browsing your site I can across the account of the creation of Boomer Click, which I found strangely touching. Thank you for that.

Best wishes
StJohn
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: tahra on March 26, 2020, 21:23:03
Actually, there is no PM cello. Perhaps because it would be impossible to position one between a klicky's legs.

From wikepedia: Contrabass (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrabass)

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While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is the bass instrument in the orchestral string family, tuned lower than the cello), many other instruments in the contrabass register exist.

Is it a double bass, then? Googling it, that is what I got: wikipedia link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass)

I want to correct the name..


Finished reading your review, which I much enjoyed. Many, many thanks for your observations (many of which I had missed) and for the permanent record. It wasn't a great series, though, but I agree that the Asian lady is very nice.

Thank you :)  And thank you for the feedback!


The green hands on the winged weirdo (Boys 4) are unfortunate. I have an inkling that there are huge reserves out there at Malta, and that Figures are sometimes specifically designed to use up old stock.

Like THAT hair?  :P

The head is great, though (even when print quality varies considerably). I turned him into the lord of Dragon Towers:

Yes, it is :) And that one looks great!

The "windvane" on the top of the knight's helmet (Boys 8) in grey was found before in 5978:
30 22 0152 - Crest for helmet, falcon with wings spread (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-22-0152).

Again, thank you - I will add that.

The review is dated August 2019, and you're only alerting us now?

I had taken the pics and made my comments then.. but only finished handling the pics (that I hate) now... I decided to keep the original date. Have movie S2 and s17 to do too... But those no pics taken yet, so..

Browsing your site I can across the account of the creation of Boomer Click, which I found strangely touching. Thank you for that.

Thank you :)  (he says "thank you too")

Actually, he turned 8 recently...  :love:
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: Macruran on March 27, 2020, 00:48:16
It's definitely a double bass because the klicky is clearly a jazz musician and the double bass is used in jazz (the cello is not).  :2c:
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: tahra on March 27, 2020, 07:21:56
It's definitely a double bass because the klicky is clearly a jazz musician and the double bass is used in jazz (the cello is not).  :2c:

Right... Besides knowing nothing of musical instruments.. I... strongly dislike jazz.   :-[

edit: Fixed it!   Thank you :)

Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: Ismene on March 27, 2020, 07:26:29
Cellos are much smaller. I always considered Playmobil's 'violin' to be a viola because of the sizing.  ;)
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: tahra on March 27, 2020, 07:32:27
Cellos are much smaller. I always considered Playmobil's 'violin' to be a viola because of the sizing.  ;)

 :-[  I had no idea.... It's kinda like the "ducks" (all ducks to me), I guess..
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: Ismene on March 27, 2020, 07:49:23
:-[  I had no idea.... It's kinda like the "ducks" (all ducks to me), I guess..

Cellos are the ones where the player is sitting down and the instrument is between their knees.
I don't think PM would ever intentionally make a viola. Violas are the unloved instrument of the orchestra. But klickies can't bend their elbows, so the instrument is proportionally larger (i.e. viola sized).
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: tahra on March 27, 2020, 08:21:34
Cellos are the ones where the player is sitting down and the instrument is between their knees.
I don't think PM would ever intentionally make a viola. Violas are the unloved instrument of the orchestra. But klickies can't bend their elbows, so the instrument is proportionally larger (i.e. viola sized).

Yes, a lot of playmostuff has silly sizes, when "translated" to ours... Well.. starting with the klickys, right :)

Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: Ismene on March 27, 2020, 09:03:53
Yes, a lot of playmostuff has silly sizes, when "translated" to ours... Well.. starting with the klickys, right :)

Too true. Their heads!  :lol:
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: GrahamB on March 27, 2020, 12:45:13
Cellos are the ones where the player is sitting down and the instrument is between their knees.

Sir Thomas Beecham (English conductor) once reprimanded a lady cellist thus:
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."

Apart from the length and weight, one reason you can't play a 'cello under your chin like a violin is because it has a ruddy great spike in the bottom!
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: tahra on March 27, 2020, 13:01:34
Sir Thomas Beecham (English conductor) once reprimanded a lady cellist thus:
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: Oliver on March 27, 2020, 14:18:52
Those Bell-boy soldiers are too cute!

I also absolutely love the Asian lady - she looks so pretty.
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: tahra on March 27, 2020, 14:20:06
Those Bell-boy soldiers are too cute!

Thank you :)

I also absolutely love the Asian lady - she looks so pretty.

Yes, she is beautiful. A wonderful figure from playmobil  :love:
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: Ismene on March 31, 2020, 09:25:00

Apart from the length and weight, one reason you can't play a 'cello under your chin like a violin is because it has a ruddy great spike in the bottom!

The spike is retractable. I have a very large friend, a fellow violist, who decided to try it back in high school (because teenagers  ::)). It was awkward but doable (for him at least, he's a giant).
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: GrahamB on March 31, 2020, 10:45:03
 8}
That I would love to see!
Title: Re: 70159 + 70160 Figures 16
Post by: Ismene on March 31, 2020, 10:48:23
It was hilarious. In addition to being too long, cellos are also rather thick. It's a lot of instrument to stick under one's chin.