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Collector's Corner / Wrongly posted
« Last post by Marc on March 26, 2024, 18:54:30 »
Admin, please delete this post. I posted it in the wrong section. Sorry.
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News / Re: Korean exclusive - King Sejong the Great
« Last post by Basie10 on March 26, 2024, 02:52:42 »
Very nice 8-)
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Photography & Graphics / Re: JLMatterer Photo Gallery
« Last post by JLMatterer on March 26, 2024, 02:18:02 »
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News / Re: Playmobil in the News
« Last post by JLMatterer on March 26, 2024, 00:58:33 »






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Collector's Corner / Re: GrahamB’s collection
« Last post by Tiermann on March 25, 2024, 20:54:06 »
The orange set is really rare I think. It looks great, and yours is in beautiful condition. The old acrobat acts are great, and I think that may be the only circus horse act with black horses, they are usually white. Thanks for sharing these great photos
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News / Re: Not Quite Playmobil News
« Last post by JLMatterer on March 24, 2024, 21:22:52 »
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News / Re: Playmobil in the News
« Last post by Klickteryx on March 24, 2024, 20:45:43 »
French:
"What is the meaning of La Bastide?
bas·​tide. (ˈ)ba-¦stēd. plural -s. 1. : a village or town in medieval France built especially for defense and usually laid out according to a definite geometric plan." Wikipedia
Of Frankish origin and related to the German word basteln which ironically can refer to making things out of paper. The famous Bastille has common origin with bastide. I like that basteln can also mean to tinker/mess with something. source: wiktionary

At first glance I thought it might refer to some other word meaning something really difficult.  ;D
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News / Re: Playmobil in the News
« Last post by JLMatterer on March 24, 2024, 19:09:13 »










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News / Re: Playmobil in the News
« Last post by GrahamB on March 24, 2024, 18:03:15 »
French:
"What is the meaning of La Bastide?
bas·​tide. (ˈ)ba-¦stēd. plural -s. 1. : a village or town in medieval France built especially for defense and usually laid out according to a definite geometric plan." Wikipedia
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Collector's Corner / Re: GrahamB’s collection
« Last post by GrahamB on March 24, 2024, 17:58:47 »
Two more circus sets. Again, neither has a picture in PlaymoDB.
3529 from 1986, a small set with 3 klickies and 18 accessories, many resembling those in set 3512.

I based the set contents on a picture of the set box at klickypedia
(Set 3529 possibly did not have a sticker on the seat of the chair).

The acrobats can perform various stunts using the blue parts and the chair:


And set 3194x, an Orange Circus from 1979, similar in many ways to the Circus Arena set 3553 and the Circus Arena Blue set 3510. 3194x is called ‘Red Circus’ in PlaymoDB, but has no picture nor details of contents. It has 105 pieces, not including 27 stickers.

There is a bandstand with bell (I forgot to add a string to pull to ring the bell);


The band have green suits with yellow trim. Their instruments include a trumpet, bass drum with cymbals (badum-tish), a string bass and a violin. Their desks are yellow. There is a baton for the conductor.


The billboard shows the acts included in the circus:
5 Klickanis, Los Mexicos, Fraulein Amanda, Peppino & Co., Red Devils.


The ring can be set up with fences, lions (3 males) and a trainer,






Another act has four black horses with red plumes,




All the parts laid out:







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