5405 General and his Aid

[playmofire]

The general has a stripe on his pants; the aide doesn't. Why does the medal need to be upside down?

It is the general.

The medal doesn't need to be upside down, it's just that on the figure I have it was put on upside down by the previous owner. (My mistype of "be" for "been" didn't help; sometimes the keys don't always seem to work.)

[Ismene]

It is the general.

The medal doesn't need to be upside down, it's just that on the figure I have it was put on upside down by the previous owner. (My mistype of "be" for "been" didn't help; sometimes the keys don't always seem to work.)

Oh, okay, that makes sense.

[GrahamB]

Nice set, great pictures, thanks for sharing. Thanks especially for opening the packaging to reveal the contents clearly.

I know this comment will cause a sharp intake of breath in certain quarters but here goes anyway: Why would anyone want to buy Playmobil in a sealed box and then NOT open it? (Its a rhetorical question folks, I know there are rational answers, it just boggles me why people do it )

I am glad you did (open the box and baggie). If a few more people opened their MISB sets (especially early ones) we could get a more definitive idea of what these sets contained. Geobra don't seem to want to say. Datenbank-Setinhalt on Klickywelt does have a good range of photos of early sets, some of them from MISB examples, but frustratingly some of them are pictures of sealed baggies of bits!

Actually, I do have one MISB set, a 4430 which came in a bubble pack and my wife said I shouldn't open it  , so I'm really a hypocrite to post the above comments!

[Ismene]

I understand keeping a 2nd set in the box, but I'm not going to keep my 1st of a particular set all sealed up. The blister packs aren't so bad sealed up because you can see the klicky; the boxes don't lend themselves to being displayed in package.

I'm trying to photograph any old MISB sets, as well as scan old sticker sheets, I open because it helps when completing already opened sets. Sometimes there are surprises, like the pretzel guy's bucket.

[GrahamB]

... the pretzel guy's bucket.

I am intrigued- can you say more?

[Ismene]

Basically, he comes with a little green bucket that neither I nor several other people knew about.

Here's the bag opening post:
http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=12619.0

[DrDalek6]

Lovely set very nice uniforms and decoration all round on the hat bands and stuff particularly with the medal I like that bit a lot and the big Top Secret on the case maybe not best for a spy mission  .  The faces are both very nice they make a really good pair and the boxart is good as well 

[GrahamB]

Basically, he comes with a little green bucket that neither I nor several other people knew about.

Here's the bag opening post:
http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=12619.0

Thanks for that, Ismene- I missed that topic. (No sign of that bucket on PlaymoDB nor the Box-Art picture- quite a surprise!)
Graham

[Ismene]

Thanks for that, Ismene- I missed that topic. (No sign of that bucket on PlaymoDB nor the Box-Art picture- quite a surprise!)
Graham

It's like they threw it in at the last minute.

[hauden_lukas]

It's like they threw it in at the last minute.

Or it was a mistake, an accident, coincidence and maybe only in your set?
I also have a blister set where the pirat wears an old instead of a new beard. I have seen this only once so far.
Is this bucket confirmed by others?