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Title: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: Sprotte on December 14, 2021, 17:28:45

Hello everybody,
greetings from gloomy Hamburg! :wave: I have to admit I can't recall playing with Playmobil much as a child -- I grew up with first-generation Klickies (yes, I'm practically prehistoric), and I remember finding them a bit... lacking. I would have liked a bit more detail, and a bit more individuality, and definitely a lot less smiling. And what was up with that hair?!

A few decades later I had my daughter, and all of a sudden we had all these cool sets -- the Stone Age cave, and pirate stuff, and all those Easter bunnies!!! I love the Easter bunnies. At last a Playmo figure that won't smile. (Of course Geobra took care to change that.  ::) )

By now I'm the only person in the household still into Playmobil... my daughter thinks I'm certifiable, but if loving the Victorian manse is crazy, THEN I DON'T WANT TO BE SANE! So there.
Anyway. My favourite themes are Nostalgia, I guess (Western, Victorian, historical figures, some Heidi), Spooky (oh, for Geobra to offer something like the Scooby Doo haunted house or graveyard without the cutesiness and the weird colouring...), and I'm still besotted with the Earnest Easter Bunny. Also, I'm into faces -- I'm constantly on the lookout for figures that don't do the derpy smile. I wish there was one with just a neutral expression...

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: tahra on December 14, 2021, 20:51:01

Welcome from Portugal!

Uhm.. a playmofan who doesn't like the playmosmile?  Very uncommon! :o

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: Pynedor on December 14, 2021, 21:04:16

Welcome! <*)

There have been a fair number of figures without the classic face recently, but the classic smile part seems to stay more often than the classic eyes.

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: Tiermann on December 15, 2021, 00:21:11

Welcome from Oregon USA!

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: Eplay on December 15, 2021, 06:13:49

Welcome from the Netherlands!!! :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: GrahamB on December 15, 2021, 08:21:35

Welcome from Stroud, UK. I too am prehistoric, my childhood predated even the earliest klicky!

Keep on smiling watching the world with a neutral expression!

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: playmofire on December 15, 2021, 10:37:09

Another welcome form the UK -  :wave:  And I date back to 1944!

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: Rasputin on December 15, 2021, 14:50:37

Welcome from sunny California

Interesting that you don’t like the iconic “smile” I too can find it a bit repetitive at times snd am always looking for the angry/crazy clown faces

Looks like your collecting in a specific era , do you plan on building dioramas or ?

Yes, a properly colored spooky house  (no purple , green or orange) would be a dream come true. At least the cemetery was well designed

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: CountBogro on December 15, 2021, 17:59:47

Welcome from the Netherlands !

Welcome you our little kingdom of smiles klickies !!

Mark

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: PMatt on December 15, 2021, 20:50:13

Welcome from Italy, too!  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: Ismene on December 17, 2021, 02:43:05

Welcome!  :elf:

Title: Re: Hello from Hamburg
Post by: playmovictorian on December 30, 2021, 02:08:05

A very warm welcome to you from Marlow on Thames  :wave:

Karim <*)