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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: drbatesy on June 21, 2021, 13:18:16
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I'm not entirely convinced that people will be that interested in what we've got, but at least a thread on our collection will get my posts up! ;D
To begin, I had a 'significant' birthday last week and received this little lot. Regulars of Playmofriends will probably be most interested in the retrofitted 70411 Pirate Ship and the 4614 klicky, a real collector's item in the context of our collection.
(https://i.imgur.com/HzgpQSW.jpg)
There's a cute story attached to the Pirate Ship, which I'll share. A. (who's 5) said to my wife back in February, 'Mummy, can we get Daddy a Playmobil Pirate Ship for his birthday' :love: That was all the excuse I needed to spec ship, crew, and some supplementary spares. A. thinks Mummy put the order together and I was happy to play along! :lol:
Unfortunately, one of the three pirates in 9884 has a broken foot - ironically the one with a peg leg.
Sets: 4614, 5378, 6649, 7785, 9075, 9884, 9886, 9892, 70135, 70411, 70565.
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You must have had a very happy birthday.
I had one of the 3750 pirate ships in my collection at one time, a great ship.
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That looks great, a wonderful addition to your collection.
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Happy birthday!
Yay, those are the birthday presents we like! :) How very thoughtful of A!
(if it was a new set try emailing them about the broken foot klicky - maybe they send you a new one)
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Playmofire, I had a VERY happy birthday, although it's possible A. was even more excited about it than I was!
The 9884 three pirates set came from playmobil.co.uk (30% off, I thank you) so I've asked them what they want to do about that. We were also missing the comapss sticker from 70411, but that came from a toy shop (40% off, I thank you). Irritatingly customer service have yet to reply ...
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Great birthday present :D. I like the penguins next to the ship :love:
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Round 2. Here is A.'s Playmo Town in its current set up using a keyboard stand. Our hunt for bedroom furniture was curtailed by lockdown, but this temporary arrangement seems to be working really well! The town is on the bluffs overlooking the beach. The sea is a large piece of felt that can be rolled up when the rest of the bedroom is in use!
(https://i.imgur.com/KH3ymjC.jpg)
I'll work round clockwise in further posts ...
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Here is the school. Based on the History Class (#9455) with supplementary tables, chairs, pens, globe (for geography lessons) and skeleton (for biology). The school set (#9453) is fantastic but expensive and takes up a lot of space. By contrast I picked up the History Class for 50% off (I thank you!). My only real beef with this set is why provide a klicky who can't sit down when they even have a chair?! 8}
A, was quite taken with ROBert so I picked him up direct. He makes an excellent classroom assistant.
(https://i.imgur.com/NJcLfjM.jpg)
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And here is the hospital. I bought the same base and walls as the school and then used the Children's Hospital Room (#70192), the two wheelchair sets (#6663 and #70193) and lots of supplementary spare parts. The first set of walls were warped and I remember coming on this site (before I was a member) looking for ways of flattening them! Anyway our friends in Basildon sent me replacement parts. Once we added the dentist though (#6662) I did sort of wish I'd thought up a two-storey solution.
(https://i.imgur.com/mVdB85w.jpg)
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That all looks great. Adding floors, rearranging buildings, constant reconstruction will be the future for a while I would guess. That's the way it goes with this hobby, an ever expanding world.
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Here is the cafe. I bought this half-price using Nectar points (a supermarket loyalty scheme) - so it was basically free. But there's a lot of space here so new tables, chairs and cutlery were added. I also got the male klicky an apron because I didn't like the implication that the female was the menial in this relationship! ::)
The police like to have the roof seat in the cafe from where they can keep an eye on any trouble in town and where they're close to a steady supply of doughnuts. Not necessarily in that order.
(https://i.imgur.com/KBKhMM4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QHXBDW3.jpg)
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And here is the stable. This was a gift from A.'s godmother and the cart was a present from the godmother's daughter. I added extra fencing and tack, the trough, and the storage crate. We love horse riding play, but we're not to sure about the crops!
(https://i.imgur.com/XizwS2N.jpg)
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The police like to have the roof seat in the cafe from where they can keep an eye on any trouble in town and where they're close to a steady supply of doughnuts. Not necessarily in that order.
:D they were eating donuts in my dio too... post coffee...
(we mostly refer to those by the brand here, I guess.. )
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... We love horse riding play, but we're not to sure about the crops!
My daughter evicted all the crops from her stable PM! And I learnt recently that there are very strict rules on crop use for jockeys on the racetrack.
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Graham, this would be another good example for the 'real life' forum we've discussed elsewhere. Is there someone 'horsey' on Playmofriends who could explain whether the crop is for whipping or touching!
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My daughters are horsey. The crop is for encouraging the horse to move (faster), so its a whip. In the UK, jockeys are allowed 7 uses of the crop per horse race (8 in jumps races) or they may face disqualification or even suspension. I gather this is monitored very closely in the UK. Elsewhere (e.g. New Jersey), any use of the crop is banned apart from use for safety reasons (not sure what that means!).
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Do British and Portuguese police stereotypically eat doughnuts or are your dios representing American scenes?
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Do British ...... police stereotypically eat doughnuts......?
No.
Burgers, maybe!
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American officers eat donuts, while British officers eat doughnuts! :lol:
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The pet sanctuary was where A.'s Playmobil interests began and was quickly developed through sets #6140, #9277 and #70137. Then we needed someone to run it (not just the children) so I brought in #9356 and #70030. I really like the headscarf look on those klickies! That also expanded our animals beyond rabbits and guinea pigs, something I occasionally continue to do - A. has hedgehogs coming this summer!
We've found there's not enough space to use all the fencing, so some of it has been redeployed to give the dog groomers a permanent pen. Meanwhile I also added some connectors to attach the sanctuary to the stable. This integrates the two parts of Playmobil Town and saves space by using the stable fencing as a border for the sanctuary.
(https://i.imgur.com/dkbZTNH.jpg)
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Meanwhile, we were given the pet shop interior (#6221) by a friend - the shop and awning (#6220) was probably the first thing I bought directly from PM in Basildon. That was A.'s fourth birthday present. The vet in the middle of the room was a gift from Kerrison Toys in Norwich, which they threw in when I bought a few sets from them last summer. The other veterinary figures are from #5653 which was a Christmas present and, being system-x, went into the existing store nicely.
(https://i.imgur.com/YzoZeIr.jpg)
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Do British and Portuguese police stereotypically eat doughnuts or are your dios representing American scenes?
Nah, american cops are the ones known for that, and that is what I went for..