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General => Report & Review => Topic started by: basilsdad on January 09, 2013, 01:15:36
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I bought the saloon as my first western set and it came today! Here is the outer box.
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/690/55808212.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/55808212.jpg/)
The contents of the box
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The instructions were pretty clear. Bear with me as I construct the saloon. First the windows and swinging doors go together and are inserted into the walls. I think it is so neat that the windows go up and down, up and down. (As you can see I am easily entertained.)
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/4/84240274.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/84240274.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/547/92291928.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/547/92291928.jpg/)
The front and two side walls are attached and then set on the foundation.
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/24/62355017.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/24/62355017.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/651/99677026.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/99677026.jpg/)
The porch posts come next along with the rails, the two lanterns and the signs, then the porch roof goes on.
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/221/96427891.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/96427891.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/849/62273349.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/62273349.jpg/)
Finally the main roof, railings and sign are added to complete the building.
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/210/32198438.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/210/32198438.jpg/)
The interior has a bar, ample storage, bottles, mugs, a pail, a table, four chairs and the essential spittoon.
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/13/76005600.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/13/76005600.jpg/)
I really like this set and I am so glad that Playmobil re-issued it. The little details like the swinging doors and lanterns hanging on the porch add to the realism and playability. I thought it should have had some playing cards included for a friendly game of poker. You can see below who was first up at the bar!
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/526/81641695.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/81641695.jpg/)
Joe
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I can't wait for that set to be available in the Canadian DS.
Not a big Western collector, but I'm planning on letting a few spies hang in there.
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Thank you, Joe, for an excellent review of a very attractive set. With one or two changes, such as replacing the swing doors with a normal one, that would make a good railway waiting room for my railway.
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you wasted not time in getting a great new set. I have never had one new so I look forward to getting this and the new powder blue church.
All this one needs is the sticker that is reflective for the bar. I guess one could get that at a craft store.
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Thanks for the great review. I have one of the Sheriffs but have never had the saloon. It's on my list but down a bit compared to other things.
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Lovely set and a great review. :wave:
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Thank you for he pics and the review, Joe! :)
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Great review! (loved the easily entertained part - I think I'm like that too :-[ )
I believe the original saloon did have "mirror stickers" - I think I saw that bar last weekend.
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Nice to see all the little details of this wonderfull set, if I where to get into western, it would likely be one of the first things I'd want to get. :)
Your avatar might need some help with his rampant drinking and gambling problems though. ;) Not sure if clickies offer help for those sort of things. :lol:
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Lovely. This is where most of my PM budget will go in 2013: DS reissues like this one. It's such a pity they can't give us the figures, too. What would it cost them to do that, I wonder?
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Thanks for the great review Joe. I love the bar. Am I really anal though - I think the chair and table should be the same colour wood!
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Thanks for all the encouraging words. :) I think the set is very versatile and would make a great railway waiting station, Gordon or perhaps a general store or mercantile. I was looking for mirror stickers too, Tahra and Ras. I guess that was wishful thinking. Linda I will have to take another look at the table and chairs. I thought they were the same color, as I have said before I am a wee bit color blind. The top is painted a lovely shade of green though (I think to simulate the green felt of a gaming table.)
Your avatar might need some help with his rampant drinking and gambling problems though. ;) Not sure if clickies offer help for those sort of things. :lol:
I am looking into a clicky intervention for him. It is almost as bad as being addicted to Playmobil! :lol:
. . . now I am now so tempted to buy the school and jail. This is a slippery slope. :lol:
Joe
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Lovely. This is where most of my PM budget will go in 2013: DS reissues like this one. It's such a pity they can't give us the figures, too. What would it cost them to do that, I wonder?
It would add to the price, say £2.50 a figure?
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Thanks for all the encouraging words. :) I was looking for mirror stickers too, Tahra and Ras. I guess that was wishful thinking.
Maybe just kitchen foil well smoothed out and stuck onto a cardboard or plastic backing would end.
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It would add to the price, say £2.50 a figure?
I wouldn't mind. Completists like me would love the chance to be able to own the whole set.
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Many thanks for the pictures Ras. It's a great set and we will see that in Greece, this year. :love: I can't wait for that.
Friendly George. :)
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I wouldn't mind. Completists like me would love the chance to be able to own the whole set.
But the other customers might feel it too expensive, that's the problem.
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Its bad enough they make the whole set in the exact same colors, bad for anybody who thought their set had classic value and it was not MISB but if they also made exactly the same figures in the same color that would truly anger the re-sellers of old playmobil. I do like the colors and all but it would have been easy enough and still could have looked good if they made the new sets in different colors. Geobra did a good job of it with both the Victorian car and fence. Now if they were going to re-release classic sets in slightly different but normal colors and it had klickies like molly brown but in again new colors I would buy them up fast. A western town starts looking odd when the exact same building and color keep showing up in a diorama. I really do not like to paint the sets but sometimes you just have to. We already have at least 6 old ones and I plan on adding just as many more new ones. Then off to DS for parts
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Many thanks for the pictures Ras. It's a great set and we will see that in Greece, this year. :love: I can't wait for that.
Friendly George. :)
Joe was quicker at the draw on getting the new set and taking the pictures. I do not even think he hesitated one second in getting this when it showed up on playmobil US
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Looks like a nice set with some good accessories strangely enough my first thought looking at it was also should have had a pack of playing cars just feels right for that sort of set, guess some tankards of ale wouldn't ahve been a bad thought either when you think about it :**: :cowboy:
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I am looking into a clicky intervention for him. It is almost as bad as being addicted to Playmobil! :lol:
. . . now I am now so tempted to buy the school and jail. This is a slippery slope. :lol:
Joe
Heh well just some chairs and other clickies with problems might be enough. And a psychiatrist clicky to help them all. ;)
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Sorry to dig up an old topic, but I just recently started checking the Playmofriends forums after a long hiatus.
I'm interested in getting this set. Since it's built using steck, does anyone know if it would be possible to buy 2 and set them up as a 2 story building? It looks like it was possible with some of these older western sets: http://www.svencentral.com/playmobil/box/images-leaflet/79-3531-street.jpg
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Sorry to dig up an old topic, but I just recently started checking the Playmofriends forums after a long hiatus.
I'm interested in getting this set. Since it's built using steck, does anyone know if it would be possible to buy 2 and set them up as a 2 story building? It looks like it was possible with some of these older western sets: http://www.svencentral.com/playmobil/box/images-leaflet/79-3531-street.jpg
That pic is NOT assembly/steck - it's the ancient western building system...
Since I don't have the new saloons on hand, I don't know if you can just make a two story building with just the two sets..
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That pic is NOT assembly/steck - it's the ancient western building system...
Since I don't have the new saloons on hand, I don't know if you can just make a two story building with just the two sets..
YES it is.
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perhaps you will need some 3-way connectors like the green one in sheriff's house frontal wall
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YES it is.
She was referring to the picture linked in starhorse's post. Those buildings are the western system, not steck.
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She was referring to the picture linked in starhorse's post. Those buildings are the western system, not steck.
They may be Western, but's still the Steck connection system.
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Last I checked, those old western buildings are NOT steck. They're a system of their own. The one reviewed in this thread is steck.
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True, the first ones are not.
This was about the Steck ones ( like the saloon and if they can stack ).
There is still a subtle difference about these Western ones, though that differs them from castle pieces. Some Western pieces have a slot at the bottom to fit in a groove.
So you would have to have a base piece put on top to make the second floor or modify it somehow.
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Starhorse, here is a picture of one that uses both:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YIdqMkAgtBI/TeuAy1fbGKI/AAAAAAAACD4/iim9aWqPDDc/s1600/Fullscreen+capture+05062011+141119.jpg)
Go to Tricornjock's (www.tricornjock.com) website and search for "Sweetwater". It's a custom Western display that has multi-level Western buildings using these Steck ones.
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Ok that's interesting. Thanks for the info!
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Hi
Steck-system is great. In my opinion it offers you a lot of possibilities. But, some times you have to cut/saw some of the parts if you want to make bigger buildings, for example the floor plate.
Since Wesley Myers mentioned Sweetwater: Sweetwater is "my" western town. One of the last buildings I made was a huge saloon (that I didn't post at tricornejock). In this case, I had to saw the floor plates, the awnings and a few other things. To show you what's possible with a lot of Steck-parts, a saw and some glew: Here are some pics.
Cheers
PB
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Wow, this is an awesome creation! I love that there is even a balcony looking down... a good place for someone to try to shoot from. ;) Really well done.
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A superb custom! Thanks for sharing it with us.
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That is one awesome looking western saloon. I could not cut up all the parts necessary for such a nice looking building but would rather have Geobra understand (again) that having playmobil as a building system is a good thing. Stecks or system x is the better choice than the new clip junk
Thanks for sharing your beautiful creation, you really make a proper sized building where the interior can have all the important elements. The bed room, office, piano player, bar, plenty of tables and as bb pointed out that great interior balcony :cowboy:
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Wow, that's amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Great use of those floor/incomplete ceiling pieces! I've benn TRYING to do something with them, but the sizes just don't play well with others :(, and I don't really trust myself cutting them up! :-[
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Have to agree with all that has been said, marvelous work! <*)
Joe
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So glad PM reissued this set! So much versatility! Thanks for the review! :)
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Hi all
Thank you for your compliments. The sawing part is not as difficult as you maybe think. It's all about "learning by doing" ;)
Cheers
PB
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You've created a wonderful custom saloon, congratz! I'm a fan of the decoration too :)
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Wow! This is the coolest saloon I've ever seen. Great job pardner! :cowboy: