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Title: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: AndrewL on July 23, 2009, 11:30:12

Greetings All,

I just joined the forum, and so here I am to introduce myself.

I grew up in the US, and got a variety of Playmobil as a child (knights, pirates, cowboys and firemen), all of the old, fixed-hand sort. So you can guess my age...

Anyway, after a while, I 'grew out' of Playmobil and moved on to Lego, and then on electric guitars. But the Playmobil never got thrown away. After a number of years, I wound up living in Germany, but a combination of lack of space and lack of money meant about the only Playmobil I acquired was the Robin Hood special and the 'Robber Baron' knight and his dog. That is, until my then girlfriend (now wife  ;D yay!) bought me a 3666 castle on Ebay for my birthday.

I've since moved to England, and my collection has been slowly but surely growing. I collect just the medieval theme (I count the Vikings as medieval), though I do very much enjoy seeing collections and customs folks do in other themes.

I'm looking forward to seeing what other Playmobil enthusiasts are up to, and maybe sharing some images of some of my customs and medieval buildings.

Cheers,

AndrewL

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on July 23, 2009, 11:50:57

Welcome to Playmofriends from the South Eastern USA, AndrewL! You will find many people here with the same interests, & don't be ashamed of your age, I'm in my upper 40's  :-[!

Bill

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Jimbo on July 23, 2009, 12:48:59

Howdy AndrewL,

A warm welcome from sunny Arizona.

Best regards,
Jimbo

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: AndrewL on July 23, 2009, 13:01:57

Quote from: Bill Blackhurst on July 23, 2009, 11:50:57

Welcome to Playmofriends from the South Eastern USA, AndrewL! You will find many people here with the same interests, & don't be ashamed of your age, I'm in my upper 40's  :-[!

Bill

Hi Bill,

No shame here  ;) Just giving folks an idea (without being too specific...)

Cheers,

AndrewL

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: playmofire on July 23, 2009, 13:32:02

Welcome from North Yorkshire in the UK, Andrew  :wave: and thanks for the detailed intro.  You sound something of a youngster really, but that's from a 65 years old perspective!  And Vikings mediaeval, no problem.  Nowadays the mediaeval period is usually seen as including them.

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Miguel on July 23, 2009, 14:01:58

Medieval Greetings from Lisbon, AndrewL  :wave:

Knights and Vikings (or altogether "Medieval" or "Pre-Medieval") are two of my favorite themes too!  :**:

Hope that you fit perfectly in this community, and that we all go beyond your perspectives!


Miguel

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Gepetto on July 23, 2009, 15:09:37

Greetings AndrewL from the Great Pacific Northwest and welcome, sounds like you will fit in quite nicely!



Gepetto

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Martin Milner on July 23, 2009, 16:09:06

Welcome Andrew!

I'm glad you had such a sensible girlfriend, and that you had the good sense to then marry her! Spousal attitudes towards Playmobil vary, and tolerance is the best many can hope for.

I'm impressed you can stick just to Medieval (and Vikings) - I got re-started via the Romans, and am now in the process of adding Egyptians to my collection, and have a smattering of most themes. I'm reversing your stats by moving from the UK to the US, hopefully in the next 6-8 months.

Do you still have your original klickeis then? I'd love to see a picture of some of the old guys.

cheers, Martin

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: CountBogro on July 23, 2009, 16:58:44

Welcome Andrew,

It seems we share most of our themes  ;).
Always great to welcome another medieval knight  :love:

Bogro

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Emma.J on July 23, 2009, 17:30:40

Hello and Welcome form Cheshire, :wave:
although it seams a little odd saying that as I've only recently joined this forum myself.
So far everyones been very nice, and its great to be able to talk to some one who understands your obsession with kiddies toys.
I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here check out the photos when you've got LOTS of spare time their are some great pics on there of everyones things.
 All the best Emma.

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: playmovictorian on July 23, 2009, 17:36:48

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A very warm welcome to you Andrew  :wave:

May you have as much fun as we are all having on a daily basis :yup: !!!

Long live Playmobil  :D!!!

Karim ;)

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Sylvia on July 23, 2009, 19:13:39

Hi Andrew! :wave:

Welcome from up north and thanks for joining us. :)

It's lovely to hear a little about you and your Playmo collecting. I think it's fantastic that your wife fully supports and openly encourages your love of the little guys.

I hope you'll have lots of fun sharing your own ideas and creations and get plenty of inspiration from the other members. 8-)

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Klickus Mobilius on July 24, 2009, 05:44:43

Hi Andrew!   :wave:

Welcome from Northern California!

I am new to the Playmobil world.  I started collecting just last December.  I like ancient cultures like Romans.  Can't wait for the Egyptians to come to the U.S. (which should be very soon!).

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: AndrewL on July 24, 2009, 10:37:24

Hi everyone,

Many thanks for the warm welcome -- much appreciated!

Martin Milner asked about the first Klickies I mentioned:

Quote from: Martin Milner on July 23, 2009, 16:09:06

Do you still have your original klickies then? I'd love to see a picture of some of the old guys.

Yes, and I've posted some pictures of them here:

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=3390.0

Cheers,

AndrewL

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: wonderland5 on July 25, 2009, 00:17:06

welcome Andrew!  Glad you have joined us.  I enjoyed seeing the pics of your "vintage" klickies and look forward  to hearing more from you.  :)

Betsy

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Gustavo on July 25, 2009, 15:16:01

Welcome mate!

I'm Gustavo, from Rio (Brasil).
Nice collection you posted there in that thread! :) I grew up with those, too, and I love to see those dishes (and spoons) ... Unfortunately, I was still a kid, when I didn't have any of them anymore :-[ ;D

(I came back to playmo only last year.)

I hope you enjoy it here. It's among the most friendly place I know in the internet. ('Name of the place is quite fair to the spirit of the place :) )

See you around :wave:

Gus
:blackhair:

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Justindo on July 26, 2009, 07:19:29

Greetings!  You'll find lots of fans of the Medieval theme here.  I collect that theme as well as Vikings, Romans, Egyptians, Pirates, and Western.  I wish I wasn't interested in so many themes!  :)

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: A Little Lady on August 01, 2009, 13:42:34

Quote from: playmofire on July 23, 2009, 13:32:02

Welcome from North Yorkshire in the UK, Andrew  :wave: and thanks for the detailed intro.  You sound something of a youngster really, but that's from a 65 years old perspective!  And Vikings mediaeval, no problem.  Nowadays the mediaeval period is usually seen as including them.

Wow 2 people from the UK, Also me from SW, Welcome Andrew.

Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: baden-wurttemberg on September 11, 2009, 01:57:42

WELCOME FROM BADEN!!!!!!!  :wave:

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Title: Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
Post by: Richard on September 15, 2009, 02:47:57

Hello, Andrew ...  :wave:

A big welcome from the United States Virgin Islands.

Hope to see lots of you here at PF.

All the best,
Richard