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Creative => Customs Gallery => Dioramas & Buildings => Topic started by: Raven on March 23, 2016, 09:00:50
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I wondered if I could make a copy of the 5567 Preschool, despite having none of the building parts except the staricase. The answer: most definitely and absolutely NO!
Here is what I was aiming at:
http://www.playmobil.co.uk/sunshine-preschool/5567.html
- plus the 5570 Playgroup extension added in the front.
Here is my attempt:
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/Raven461/K01_zpsnra010bh.jpg) (http://s71.photobucket.com/user/Raven461/media/K01_zpsnra010bh.jpg.html)
I did have the Playgroup in its entirety, including the pretty walls:
http://www.playmobil.co.uk/playgroup/5570.html
but I didn't have the matching walls for upstairs, so I had to use some Princess Castle fencing there. And then the non-matching walls downstairs gave even more of an impression of 'here are some random Playmobil pieces tossed together', so I decided to give the playgroup Princess Castle fencing too.
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/Raven461/K02_zpspsl4s5ol.jpg) (http://s71.photobucket.com/user/Raven461/media/K02_zpspsl4s5ol.jpg.html)
Going back to here:
http://www.playmobil.co.uk/sunshine-preschool/5567.html
the final photo, scrolling right, shows a nice little 'dollshouse kitchen'.
But this was the best that I could do:
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/Raven461/K03_zpsc3ljdlc6.jpg) (http://s71.photobucket.com/user/Raven461/media/K03_zpsc3ljdlc6.jpg.html)
And as for that sitting area/climbing wall/platform.... oh dear, I had to use a whole bunch of bits and pieces to make a vague resemblance to that:
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/Raven461/K04_zpsufsik2ye.jpg) (http://s71.photobucket.com/user/Raven461/media/K04_zpsufsik2ye.jpg.html)
The toilets were impossible and my 'doors' to them don't even open.
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/Raven461/K05_zpsadros6mc.jpg) (http://s71.photobucket.com/user/Raven461/media/K05_zpsadros6mc.jpg.html)
Upstairs is a bit dull compared to the real set and I didn't have any sort of large clock I could use there, and certainly not a groovy green one.
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/Raven461/K06_zpsdvdyrbmb.jpg) (http://s71.photobucket.com/user/Raven461/media/K06_zpsdvdyrbmb.jpg.html)
I did have a set of stickers from this set, but I didn't want to have them permanently stuck on the walls I was using, so I photocopied them and attached the photocopies instead.
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/Raven461/K07_zpsjknmyf0w.jpg) (http://s71.photobucket.com/user/Raven461/media/K07_zpsjknmyf0w.jpg.html)
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/Raven461/K08_zpsotndkekv.jpg) (http://s71.photobucket.com/user/Raven461/media/K08_zpsotndkekv.jpg.html)
I think that the photocopied-stickers are the best part of my failed Preschool reproduction. I was quite glad to take it all apart again!
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You are way too hard on yourself to call this a failure! :'(
I really like the way it looks and I'm very impressed by your creative solutions. :eggbasket:
I hope you had a great time building anyway. For me this detailed look at this set made me like it more than I thought at first sight.
:eggbasket: :bunny: :easterhop: :love:
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You are way too hard on yourself to call this a failure! :'(
I really like the way it looks and I'm very impressed by your creative solutions.
I agree that it's not a failure! It's a rather cute adaptation. You have a very creative mind, and I love that! I never know what you are going to come up with next!
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Well, now that you point it out, the bathrooms and climbing wall are a bit awkward. But I would NEVER have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out, because I was too distracted by how beautiful this is! I like it much better than the original, really. Maybe not quite as colorful and daycare-y in some ways, but I think it's absolutely lovely! I wish I had some of those balcony pieces now...
By the way, making public bathrooms is something I have continually struggled with. I wish they would make one that is big enough to be realistic but compact enough to be practical.
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I really like it too, the fence from the princess castle looks wonderful in this setting.
If you'd just add a few more colourful toys and toy chests...
Although the original is a set I'd get normally, I didn't because it's a wall rather than a building and it was very expensive as such.
What you could do is just order a few crucial parts, like the clock and the pieces for the climbing wall.
You're way too hard on yourself 8-)
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I agree with everyone else - very creative :)
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Oh. And I hated it. Normally I leave new creations on the dining table for a day or two after building, so I can smile at them. But this one I really couldn't bear, and so I dismantled it immediately after I finished it. I thought it was depressing!
I cheered myself up, though, making a jollier crèche:
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i157/Raven461/2Z098_zpsuiu2zrqo.jpg) (http://s71.photobucket.com/user/Raven461/media/2Z098_zpsuiu2zrqo.jpg.html)
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Oh. And I hated it.
Okay that is never a good thing :(
But that new crèche is simply adorable :love: :love:
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Hey! That's an old little people playpen, isn't it? I had about three of those in that color, yellow, and blue. I used to love those toys before I was old enough for playmobil. I got to thinking about it the other day and realized almost every type of favorite toy I had as a little kid before I knew about pm was rather similar to playmobil ... fisher price, duplos, calico critters, etc.
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So that's what it is! Thank you; I had no idea - I got it in with some secondhand Playmobil furniture. I've just googled the Little People Nursery set, and it seems to be from 1985. And now I want one of those playpens in yellow too!
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Yeah, those nursery sets were very popular in the late eighties. Now I want to go dig around in the attic and find that stuff. Most of my childhood toys are up there somewhere.
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Hey! That's an old little people playpen, isn't it? I had about three of those in that color, yellow, and blue. I used to love those toys before I was old enough for playmobil. I got to thinking about it the other day and realized almost every type of favorite toy I had as a little kid before I knew about pm was rather similar to playmobil ... fisher price, duplos, calico critters, etc.
same here! I had a Fisher Price house with furniture that I used for my first clickies :)