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General => What is this??? => Topic started by: GrahamB on November 01, 2013, 20:32:06
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I have three loose roller skates (in-line skates, rollerblades), in black, purple and dark blue. I can't place the set which the dark blue one comes from- can anyone help?
Here they are:
(http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a621/GrahamB2013/IMG_7443_zps6cec4bed.jpg)
Here are all the sets I could find with black rollerskates:
Sets with black rollerblades (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=5213,3869,4968,3341,4415,5933;title=Your%20Set%20List)
Two sets have blue rollerskates (looks a lot lighter than my one though):
Sets with blue rollerblades (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=5798,4415;title=Your%20Set%20List)
Two Specials have silver rollerskates:
Sets with Silver rollerblades (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=4604,4528;title=Your%20Set%20List)
and one special has purple rollerskates:
Sets with purple rollerblades (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=4523;title=Your%20Set%20List)
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A couple more, but also black and silver/gray ones... ???
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Oh yes, thanks Erik. Mind you that second one (series 3 Mystery figure) has ice skates not roller skates (I made that mistake myself by buying one to get a spare set of rollerskates :-[).
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Oh yes, thanks Erik. Mind you that second one (series 3 Mystery figure) has ice skates not roller skates (I made that mistake myself by buying one to get a spare set of rollerskates :-[).
Worse, they're MOLDED >:(
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They were probably thinking the blade by itself would just get lost or they would have to create a whole boot to go on (which would be a good idea but would lead to a whole new revolution in how the figures are made but would probably never be done because of all the lost shoes and boots that parents would be complaining about ...).
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... and those early clip-on ice skates that look more like crampons just don't 'fit' with the more modern styling of klickies.
But there is a tendency with PM towards the BLP style of plastic toys, e.g. some parts of the more recent castles. BLP means 'big lump of plastic' by the way (my wife and I coined this phrase when we were looking at some of those Wendy/Play House creations you see in Toysaurus- they are essentially large hunks of plastic with little charm or detail- and that figure skater mystery figure is in the same vein- albeit a SLP (small lump of plastic) ;) ).
Anyway, back to the rollerskates...
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I've never seen that dark blue one before either. The dark blue ones from set 4415 look a lighter shade of blue anyway.
Maybe it's just your picture, but the dark blue one looks similar to the purple one. Maybe the colour is just a bit off and it's actually a purple one?
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I think that is the simplest and most likely explanation, Birdie. I just wondered if anyone knew of an obscure set with dark blue roller skates!