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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: m00f on December 16, 2021, 10:08:18
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Good Morning, afternoon, or evening depending where you are in the world.
I am in my early 50's and live near Ostersund in Sweden. I am not Swedish, my wife is. I am originally from London. We moved here 4 years ago in the search for a better life. I don't know if we have found it, but our quality of life is much better. We live in a small village, about 30 miles to the nearest town, in the middle of the forest. At the moment it is -10 outside and we have more snow than you can shake a stick at, which we will have until May.
My love for Playmobil started in the mid 70's when i received some Playmobil for Christmas. Since then we have had 3 kids who are now in there late 20's. For birthdays and Christmas we would always buy them playmobil.
Last week my wife and I started to go through boxes we hadn't opened after we moved here (we still have a room full) and guess what we came across....You guessed it PLAYMOBIL
I never realised how much we had bought them over the years. I had totally forgot about the 3 train sets and all the cars, trucks etc. It re-sparked my interest. So i got thinking....
I have a huge basement that is not being used and I plan to build a playmobil world, which i will call "Utopia"
The space is 10 meters by 8 meters, so pretty big.
I have a great sense of humour which is very dry, the Swedes don't get it..... I plan on taking lots of pictures and doing stories which I will post here, as the build progresses.
From what I have read it seems that most of us are in the 40's and 50's. I wonder who we actually bought all this stuff for years ago, us or our kids :D
It is great to be part of a community who shares my passion and I look forward to reading your posts, and sharing my Playmobil experience with you all.
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Welcome from sunny California
Looking forward to your basement project
With the snow, seems you’ll have plenty of time to build
(https://i.postimg.cc/4xLDGW65/6-F633182-1-B6-C-4182-A28-E-3648-D9-A8281-E.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Started out “for the 3 kids” but quickly spiraled out of control
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Welcome from Portugal!
The space is 10 meters by 8 meters, so pretty big.
I am jealous of such an area. I believe space is the number one enemy for a collector.
I wonder who we actually bought all this stuff for years ago, us or our kids :D
I don't. We always bought them for us. No excuses needed. (which is good, considering I have no kids :P )
Looking forward to pics - lots and lots of pics!!
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A warm welcome from North Yorkshire! :wave:
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Welcome from Blighty! It's +10 degrees here, no snow at all, so I will just have to shake a stick at something else :(
I'm excited to see your PM collection and display barn. Something to keep you busy until the snow melts!
Jealous!
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A warm welcome from the Netherlands!
Seems you have the space most of us can only dream of.
But do not worry - even you will run out of it sooner as you want :lol: .
Enjoy!
Mark
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Hi! I'm in Antwerp, Belgium and in my late thirties, so I bought all my Playmobil for ME ;D
I'm excited about your project (and space) and look forward to seeing it progress.
Your place sounds lovely - and being snowed in is the perfect opportunity to enjoy countless hours fiddling with the world's best toy. Enjoy!!
P.S. There is a chance this project will lead to buying more Playmobil :lol:
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Welcome from the Netherlands!
I have 2 small children <3y so the playmobil is definitely for me ;)
Looking forward to seeing your pictures.
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Welcome! <*) I too look forward to seeing your collection and reading your stories!
From what I have read it seems that most of us are in the 40's and 50's.
Not all of us! ;)
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Welcome from Oregon USA! I look forward to seeing your progress, dioramas are my favorite thing
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Welcome! :elf:
Although I have to tell you, the center of the universe is at my alma mater. There's a sign. :lol:
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Welcome from Greece!
I was fooling myself that I was buying Playmobil for my kids, but now that they are grown up, I keep fooling myself that I buy Playmobil for my future grandchildren :lol: :lol:
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Thank you for such a warm welcome. I have been shopping on ebay.de and buying more plamobil. :D
2 panorama express loco's and a wagon to go with them, 60 bits of track. I got a really good price. Just over a 100 Euros. Need to buy more though ;-) There is so much I want to buy :D. My wife says to me when I am on the pc "you are looking at Playmobil" She is right. I have spent more time on fleabay this week than I have in the last 2 years. I have noticed that some of the prices are ridiculously high, but there are some real bargains if you look. I have a really busy week coming up, even more so after last night as I hit a dear with the car on my way back from a friends, and need to get the car fixed (not to bad, headlight and grill) so I wish you all a Merry Christmas, and a happy New year.
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A very warm welcome to you from Marlow on Thames :wave:
Karim <*)