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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: Bolingbroke on December 04, 2012, 11:42:50
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Got back home after a two and a half month tour of duty in Belgium, and this is what I find. Still havent opened anything yet - theyre MIB, not MISB, to check if there's everything but I'm sure my spares bin will compensate where needed. Especially pleased with the train station, which I got for 49 euro. The 3666, around 90 euro. The 3667, around 50. The ox cart set, I can't remember, but it was definitely a bargain - you see incomplete, unboxes ones going for 30 euro, but this was about half that. Same for the prisoner/cart and the pirate. Also got a MISB friar tuck - my first one - didn't know the box was so small. And other assorted pieces to complete other sets. With this haul, I know own complete, boxed versions of my favourite 90s knights sets. THere are a couple Im still looking for, like a boxed 3627 and 8, but I am sure it can wait till next year. The thing about collecting other things apart from PM is that PM starts looking cheap in comparison. Yeah, a MISB 3627 for around 120 euro would probably be a bargain if you compare it for eg with one of the current LOTR lego sets ... Oh, and I also have an unboxed and incomplete 3740, too. Looking forward to unpacking and completing that.
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Awesome loot!
Also got a MISB friar tuck - my first one - didn't know the box was so small.
That was before they went over the edge with those.. Now you get the same in a box that's at least twice as big. RANT.
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Yeah, we discussed that and it seems it's not just PM but other companies too. Then again, the 3627 box is quite large too considering it's contents. And that train station one ... keeping in mind the finished, assembled product is much smaller than the 3666; it's still a huge box.
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congratulations! is this just stuff you found on your travels or picked up online? great stuff! like so many others here, we're crazy about the medieval steck buildings but, alas, have not managed to grab anything in a box yet (i did manage to get 3667 for $3 at a yard sale over the summer).
i also must agree with you about the aftermarket value ESPECIALLY compared with lego which is truly insane.
would either of you point me to a link about the box size debate?
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Great stuff, congrats. The train station is a fantastic set and very useful for your steck collection. ;)
George. :)
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Thanks. This was all ebay stuff, auctions most of them. I go through periods of watching ebay every day and I end up buying lots of things. But now, as I said, I have MIB versions of most of my favourite sets, and I have loose figures of around 80% of my favourite knight klickies from the 90s which I lug around with me when I travel, so next year Ill start taking it a bit more easy purchase-wise. I don't want to end up with 5 sets of everything - i dont have the space and anyway I collect other toys too, which are more expensive than PM all of them. It's crazy though, to think of it. I think nothing of throwing away the packaging from current themes, but then go on crazy sprees to get old sets in their boxes. It's a bit like that woody allen film with owen wilson, in a way ...
Regarding, the boxes thread, god knows where it is. It was probably somebody going off on a tangent in somebody else's topic.
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Fantastic finds!!! How I would love to own that train station :love: And with the original box, too!
I really like the lost pirate on the raft as well, if I remember correctly it hit the shelves together with the first pirate island. I spent quite a bit of time drewling over those sets, many many years ago (when I had still to rely on pocket money) ;D
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Thanks. This was all ebay stuff, auctions most of them. I go through periods of watching ebay every day and I end up buying lots of things.
I know what you mean. Too well. I'm VERY dangerous.
Regarding, the boxes thread, god knows where it is. It was probably somebody going off on a tangent in somebody else's topic.
I probably ranted on that several times on several threads - just recently regarding the mammoths - I even took a pic with another 2 in there >:(
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WOW! Great lot. I've wanted ox cart knight for soooo long. The trains station is an amazing set. Congrats on some awesome finds Bolingbloke. You're right, vintage playmo even at high prices is a bargain compared to lego sets. They're frackin' expensive.
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Just checked - the ox cart went for 13.50 euro :P There were other classics in the auction, like the yellow dragon knights set, all boxed, but I didn't want to overbid and lost them. Oh well.
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Going through the sets. The small castle had the weathervane broken and some pieces missing, but I had the spare parts. The 3666 had the poncy feather from the nobleman missing and one wooden sword (had them), the ox cart had the necklace, the dog and one stool missing (had them). The prisoner's cart had a the spokes of one wheel broken and a shield missing. Completed as well. The life raft had one small connector missing - the one that attaches the sail to the fence thingummy. In its place, a piece of string :) oh well. win some lose some, and considering the price ...
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Congrats! Great finds! The train station is my favorite, finally got one last summer. :love:
Joe
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Great haul on the sets. I like all of them :-[ thats my problem :lol:
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WOW! Great lot. I've wanted ox cart knight for soooo long. The trains station is an amazing set. Congrats on some awesome finds Bolingbloke. You're right, vintage playmo even at high prices is a bargain compared to lego sets. They're frackin' expensive.
I usually only buy new lego sets so I do not know the collectors value of things but I have no idea what "frackin expensive" means ??? It is a term used for drilling wells but how does it apply to buying legos?
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I usually only buy new lego sets so I do not know the collectors value of things but I have no idea what "frackin expensive" means ??? It is a term used for drilling wells but how does it apply to buying legos?
Frackin' expensive = Freakin' expensive... (or insert your own...)
Slang from that lame Battlestar Galactica remake....
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Thanks again. Yesterday evening I had my first collector's panic attack. I had just finished putting away everything (but there still remaind the schooner and fort glory to put together) and I realised I now have too much playmobil and I have nowhere to store the massive train station and 3666 boxes. I felt a bit ill - a bit when you feel ill cause you've binged too much on food or cigarettes and start hating yourself for it :P I really have too much now, so much that I have decided not to get the remainder of the new western sets. Also yesterday I dismantled (finally) the new fort that had been sitting there since my bday and it was such a pain to put away, esp the sys x connectors and the way there's too many large parts - these new sets are not very 'put away neatly' friendly, are they? That's the main reason I won't be getting the other sets I think. The mine is too large: I already have the new redcoat fortress and the take-away western town there in the sitting room and my wife complaining and I can't blame her cause it doesn't look good at all. Regarding Lego, I don't know much about 2nd hand prices either. What I know is that 1) new sets are impossibly expensive (around the 100 euro mark is the norm), 2) prices vary wildly between one country and another and one toy shop and another (there was a price difference of FORTY euro between the same set in BXL and lille!), and as usual 3) theyre cheapest in the US.
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Thanks again. Yesterday evening I had my first collector's panic attack. I had just finished putting away everything (but there still remaind the schooner and fort glory to put together) and I realised I now have too much playmobil and I have nowhere to store the massive train station and 3666 boxes. I felt a bit ill - a bit when you feel ill cause you've binged too much on food or cigarettes and start hating yourself for it :P I really have too much now, so much that I have decided not to get the remainder of the new western sets. Also yesterday I dismantled (finally) the new fort that had been sitting there since my bday and it was such a pain to put away, esp the sys x connectors and the way there's too many large parts - these new sets are not very 'put away neatly' friendly, are they? That's the main reason I won't be getting the other sets I think. The mine is too large: I already have the new redcoat fortress and the take-away western town there in the sitting room and my wife complaining and I can't blame her cause it doesn't look good at all. Regarding Lego, I don't know much about 2nd hand prices either. What I know is that 1) new sets are impossibly expensive (around the 100 euro mark is the norm), 2) prices vary wildly between one country and another and one toy shop and another (there was a price difference of FORTY euro between the same set in BXL and lille!), and as usual 3) theyre cheapest in the US.
horrible feeling that i know only too well from a lifetime of collecting a very wide range of things. it sounds like you've made a good decision about holding off on the new sets especially since time is on your side and you can always pick them up when you have made the room. have you ever considered breaking the boxes down carefully and putting those away. so muh of the bulk factor comes from the boxes themselves and i suspect one could always re-set the glue without compromising the boxes integrity at some later date.
i am very new to all of this but i would say within the last few months - perhaps after looking at what else an ebay seller who sold retired playmobil sets had sold - i had to do a double take when i saw various lego sets that had gone for well over 1k each. it makes playmobil values look like the bargain of the century. for better or worse, playmobil does not seem to be especially savvy about nurturing the collector market.
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My space is already quite limited, and I dont have that much. :lol:
Still, it's a familiar feeling. Many stuff seems great but theres simply no place to put it. That's why I just focus on the things that I'd need for telling my stories, the things that seem vital to portraying a variety of scenes.
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Watching the auctions is just painful
Especially if you are not in the same time zone. :rudy: :rudy:
And that is some very great purchase and congratulations over that. I dont like old klickies, but I love vintage buildings.
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Thanks. This was all ebay stuff, auctions most of them. I go through periods of watching ebay every day and I end up buying lots of things. But now, as I said, I have MIB versions of most of my favourite sets, and I have loose figures of around 80% of my favourite knight klickies from the 90s which I lug around with me when I travel, so next year Ill start taking it a bit more easy purchase-wise. I don't want to end up with 5 sets of everything - i dont have the space and anyway I collect other toys too, which are more expensive than PM all of them. It's crazy though, to think of it. I think nothing of throwing away the packaging from current themes, but then go on crazy sprees to get old sets in their boxes. It's a bit like that woody allen film with owen wilson, in a way ...
Regarding, the boxes thread, god knows where it is. It was probably somebody going off on a tangent in somebody else's topic.
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It's a fact that Collector's OCD starts creeping on you silently. We all know how it goes. First you're happy with the loose sets, then you want two of them - one to play with and the other to keep safe in the closet. Then you also start wanting one MIB, and so on and so forth. Recently (have I said this already, if so stop me ...), Ive been patronising some Masters of the Universe fora and the OCD there is incredible. People buying 7 of the same figure, one to open, one to keep MOC, and the other 5 'just in case' (Im not joking). And the same people going berserk if the figure is in any way damaged, or if there's some tiny paint slop you can't see withot a microscope, and so on and so forth. I know people don't like to mention this sort of thing, but Im sure there's a correlation. Still, I dont know what comes first (a bit like the chicken and the egg), do people develop OCD because they care about their collections, or do they collect because they have OCD? Either way, I'm definitely going to keep things a little bit more in check. Or so I like to think :P :P :P
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I like how you say just in case....HAHA
Regret is now engulfing me as I did not get any back up before.
So I am at phrase TWO according to your definition. :'(
It's a fact that Collector's OCD starts creeping on you silently. We all know how it goes. First you're happy with the loose sets, then you want two of them - one to play with and the other to keep safe in the closet. Then you also start wanting one MIB, and so on and so forth. Recently (have I said this already, if so stop me ...), Ive been patronising some Masters of the Universe fora and the OCD there is incredible. People buying 7 of the same figure, one to open, one to keep MOC, and the other 5 'just in case' (Im not joking). And the same people going berserk if the figure is in any way damaged, or if there's some tiny paint slop you can't see withot a microscope, and so on and so forth. I know people don't like to mention this sort of thing, but Im sure there's a correlation. Still, I dont know what comes first (a bit like the chicken and the egg), do people develop OCD because they care about their collections, or do they collect because they have OCD? Either way, I'm definitely going to keep things a little bit more in check. Or so I like to think :P :P :P
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Wow, what a haul! Awesome! :xmascheer: