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Creative => Photography & Graphics => Topic started by: GrahamB on August 19, 2017, 21:10:17

Title: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: GrahamB on August 19, 2017, 21:10:17
When I was at the Supermarket recently, I saw something unusual. As I didn't have a camera handy, I went home and recreated the scene in Playmobil!

(http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a621/GrahamB2013/IMG_9365_zpskbais3nu.jpg)

The old guy had finished his shopping, walked over to his tractor parked in the carpark, then unloaded everything from the shopping trolley onto a platform contraption on the back of his tractor. Great! I have never seen someone going for a shop on a tractor before! This sort of thing may be commonplace in many parts of the world, but UK suburbia, no.

PS The tractor I used in the picture is from 3500, released in 1978. I bet the real-life tractor in the car park was a similar age! Hat, beard and dungarees (I think) also matched the real guy.
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: playmofire on August 19, 2017, 21:36:47
Thanks for recreating the scene so well, Graham.  Clearly the man is a keen Playmobil fan living it for real.
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: Hadoque on August 19, 2017, 23:35:43
Quote from: GrahamB on August 19, 2017, 21:10:17
UK suburbia

Very unusual indeed!!  8} 8}
Maybe he ploughs his field with his Mercedes?


Quote from: playmofire on August 19, 2017, 21:36:47
Clearly the man is a keen Playmobil fan living it for real.

 :lol:

Luckily for his co-citizens he is not into the Pirates Theme  ;)
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: playmofire on August 20, 2017, 06:35:24
It's a new twist on the "Chelsea tractor"!   :)
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: StJohn on August 20, 2017, 07:16:13
Nice, very nice! Great picture and great tractor (I loved it as a child).

Awesome how a few lines on the worktop and a suitable background colour create such a vivid atmosphere. Helped of course with the right kind of PM. Masterful.

I like it very much how the blue car is blocking the red one's path. So realistic.

Many thanks and best wishes
StJohn
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: GrahamB on August 20, 2017, 08:42:07
The blue one is driving away (it is remote controlled, hence driverless  :doh: i.e. I forgot to put a driver in!)
In real life, the guy had parked his tractor in two adjacent bays in a quiet corner of the car park, but I thought I needed more vehicles to make it look more car-parky.

This was in Evesham, a town surrounded by agricultural land, so it probably happens more often there than in my suburbia!
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: tahra on August 20, 2017, 09:51:43
That looks great!
(odd situation, yes, but wonderfully playmodepicted ;D )
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: Salamander on August 20, 2017, 16:46:07
Hilariously depicted! Nice job!  :lol:
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: GrahamB on August 21, 2017, 17:51:59
Thanks guys!

Quote from: tahra on August 20, 2017, 09:51:43
playmodepicted

What a great word, Tahra!
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: tahra on August 21, 2017, 18:49:35
Quote from: GrahamB on August 21, 2017, 17:51:59
What a great word, Tahra!

 ;D
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: Hadoque on August 21, 2017, 20:41:56
It is related to "playmoadicted"  ;)
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: Macruran on August 27, 2017, 18:58:53
PLAYMO IMITATES LIFE
Title: Re: I thought this was worth a picture...
Post by: Birdie on September 29, 2017, 19:21:41
Haha, thanks for the visual aid!  ;D

I wonder if his groceries didn't fall off while he was driving.