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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: Giorginetto on December 21, 2009, 10:01:11
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Hello all
Have been setting my mediaval collection since yesterdsay , pretty much full time. Yet to arrive later today all my Vikings ( 4 drakkars, lots of foot soldiers ), a 3667 complete and lots of loose steck ( 300 or so) and the kings army with the pikemen, swordmen,horsed knights, archers about 600 more klickies to arrive and lots of horses !!! . Thought to put here some pictures, the mess really before setting up!! You can see the steck parts ( still some more to come ) , the 2 barons castles 4 siege towers, cant see the 7 catapults , about 350 soldiers, then on the table some old klickies, town stuff and animals, magic , then the 23 houses, 4 towers, trees . I wil be posting lots of pictures laters when its all set, i estimate to have it ready mid january. I will be putting these klickies and all the others in a storage room which is being prepped as we speak, will be putting all you will see in large tables with green thin carpets ( and blue ) and have everything on display. But for the time being i couldnt resist so i will be putting it everything mediaval out in between my furniture lol !!!!! :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:
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Beautiful collection Giorginetto :wow:! You have all of my personal favorites, Steck, timber houses, 7076 large oak trees, &,.......too much more to name 8}! Are you going to set these collections up & use them in photo stories here :crossed:?
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Beautiful collection Giorginetto :wow:! You have all of my personal favorites, Steck, timber houses, 7076 large oak trees, &,.......too much more to name 8}! Are you going to set these collections up & use them in photo stories here :crossed:?
Yeap, only i cannot do this in the house these pictures are taken because as much as i would love to have klickies round me all times it is not a good idea for many reason . But i am setting them now for some nice pictures and then i will reset them in a store area i have , will buy some large tables and put them all on display, also the romans, western ( inclusing some very old sets ) and pirates i have ( 3 large islands 12 ships all together 1981- 2005)... When i have all the mediaval sets ready will take pictures. There will be a large castle with 4 big gates with internal walls and separations , with an Acropolis for the king , town centre with shops , barracks for the kings army ( about 500 klickies ) , I estimate 5m2 surface area. There will be a small forrest with pine trees with a collection of animals and a part with oak trees where the outlaws will be ( robin hood and co) . Also, a part for magic fairies , elfs etc . Behind the forrest will be the dragon knights , with towers, steck castle, with a flying squadron of green dragons. Also allies to them will be the basilisk knights with their seige towers and equiment . On the other side beyond what i consider sea in my living room , the vikings with their drakkars . when i set them on tables will definitely make some photo stories !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
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Hi Giorginetto :elf:
Looks like you have a very fun task ahead of you. That is quite an impressive pile of Medieval Playmobil you have amassed. The way you put your Timbered houses on the rug is similar to how they are building houses in our neighborhood. You can barely put a garbage can in between them and still have room to walk by. Thanks for the pre-pictures of your set up.
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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That's an amazing collection of Medieval Playmobil! :wow: I'm sure we all look forward to more pictures and photostories.
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:love: :yippee: :)9
It's already impressive just piled up with some items set up, can't wait to see some closeup when the whole layout is in progress!
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Great collection, it will be wonderful set up I'm sure
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Such an enviable if daunting task! Like Martin said it looks good just lying there in piles! Looking forward to the work in progress, thanks for the pre-production photos! :wave:
Gepetto
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Here is the latest pictures, some on the floor are western so i got to separate them . Actually i could say i feel stressed seeing them all like this. I am off today for holidays , back in about a week, once back will set them up. I also need to wait for a 3667 , 3652, 3659, 3859, and a pile of loose steck. Post is moving very slow in europe it seems , been waiting for the loose steck parts since 7th dec !!!
Anyways, hope its ok to post pre set pictures, here are the latest. i promise the next ones will be with all the klickies set and everything !!!
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I will first short it all out , then with all the steck available build a large castle with the town houses in , 4 gates, 4 corner round towers and 12 square smaller towers and seprate acropolos for the king and for the barracks...
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All I can say is "Wow!" :o
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:(o): :(o): :(o): :clap: :)9
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Hi Giorginetto :elf:
Now that first picture is my kind of fun. A big pile of mixed up bits and pieces that need hours of sorting 8} I see a whole lot of nice old western parts in there too :lens:
Thanks for sharing your mess of treasures ;)
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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WOW!! :o You have quite a lot of playmobil there!!! :lol:
Baden <*)
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Hi Giorginetto :elf:
Now that first picture is my kind of fun. A big pile of mixed up bits and pieces that need hours of sorting 8} I see a whole lot of nice old western parts in there too :lens:
Thanks for sharing your mess of treasures ;)
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
Now back from Vienna and starting to set it all up tomorrow !!! hoep i get sooner than later the orders i have been waiting from ebay germany. has anyone else witnessed slow moving mail or is it just me ???? :wave:
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Now back from Vienna and starting to set it all up tomorrow !!! hoep i get sooner than later the orders i have been waiting from ebay germany. has anyone else witnessed slow moving mail or is it just me ???? :wave:
Hi Giorginetto :elf:
I too have been having problems with mail deliveries. It is kind of weird though. Some make it in record time while others are almost twice as long. I think the ones that are taking the longest are stuck in snow storms. Once Martin sent a letter and it took over a month from the UK to the US . I really did not care as long as things eventually get through. I sent Core a package and it was returned for mysterious reasons and I will re-send it on Monday. Hopefully the Christmas madness is over .
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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Hi Giorginetto :elf:
Hopefully the Christmas madness is over .
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
Hello too Rasputin <*)
i hope so too... Some european airports have been a complete nightmare. i am waiting for a crucial stecke parts delivery with over 300 parts and a boxes 3667 with some other bits and pieces ( pirate's prison) etc . Really want to have them here before i set up the large castle, will need all the parts in the world and i am thinking , just thinking to double stack walls , ie two stecks on top of each other as minimum, now that will be some defence but will make all the seige towers pointless, anyways dotn think i have enought steck for that, and well i have started this morning the ' BIG SHORTOUT' ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D under some lovely mediaval music to get me in the rihght mood, lol , i am listening to medieval music they would listen at festivities, gatherings, etc etc
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wow!! I'm really envious - all those timber framed houses! What a wonderful task lies ahead of you, can't wait to see the pics of the finished set up.
Elaine
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.. been working flat out shorting all the klickies out. still waiting for one set 3667 i bought plus the 3652 and 3654 and 3859 i got then i will set up the castle. starting tomorrow to set up all the armies in battle formation.. pictures to follow asap... thanks all for the encouragement , took me days to transport all the klickies but very soon i will have a large room with decking and tables to have them all on display and ' smart' storage ... love the klickies... :love: :love: :love:
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Happy New Year All !!!!! :wave: :wave: :wave:
Here are some pictures of the progress so far. I have been working flat out to separate the western ( two large bags ) , took me ages , then separate the armies , decide which helmets to use for each group , short other things , etc etc . i havent even touched the vikings yet and as you can see plenty more stuff to do . I estimate to have the armies set before end of this weekend and then i will build the large castle. As you might be able to see in the pictures i have received the other steck orders and now have what i believe plenty of steck to build , must be over 500 walls all together ( square , round etc etc ) . i am still waiting for two sets 3652 , 3654 and lots of roof parts ( planing to build a big long church etc etc ) , and over 100 toasts ( wall fillers) but will start building after the armies are set and pictured. i think i need to buy more toats but can find anymore on ebay .... :(
Apologies if posting these pics is a nuisance as its not set yet . Has taken me days and days to short it out ( just picking the toasts took ages to put in a bag !!) and thought to share progress with you all people . :-[ :-[ :-[ . I am tempted to buy more black lion soldiers there are 203 of them ( 3 officers and 4 square shields ) , i think they look awesome in large numbers. Will creat some pikemen , some swordmen next .. here are pictures of it all ( some items like the square roofs in last picture were used already as it can been in the first picture which was taken afterwards )
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Every time I start thinking I have a large collection something like this get's posted and I realize I am still a beginner.
Amazing, with some rare stuff mixed in there too. Thanks for posting the update. I look forward to more.
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Hi Giorginetto :wave:
Oh, ahhh , you have not one, or even two, but 6 large barrels from the Merry Men. :hissyfit: Now there is something I keep looking for. The other sets, and parts I can find but those barrels are rather a challenge. You can get them if you buy the whole set for around $100 but all I want is the barrel ( well the tree is nice also, and the priest, well actually all the klickies are nice ). It at one time came all by it self in an add-on 7073 and just does not seem so PC for Playmobil to re-introduce it all alone :'(
Great start and what an impressive collection :inlove:
Thanks for showing us your progress :wow:
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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but those barrels are rather a challenge.
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
I bought 5 x 3627 sets back in 1996 then some time ago cant remember when another barrel from DS. I always thought that was a very nice set to build up mediaval village people , they do go for big money these days indeed like 40-45 euros for a complete barrel with its base . I wish i had bought more of these when they were available , probably one of the classic items for the mediaval collection and i didnt kmow til now a rare and expensive item indeed !
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I bought 5 x 3627 sets back in 1996 then some time ago cant remember when another barrel from DS. I always thought that was a very nice set to build up mediaval village people , they do go for big money these days indeed like 40-45 euros for a complete barrel with its base . I wish i had bought more of these when they were available , probably one of the classic items for the mediaval collection and i didnt kmow til now a rare and expensive item indeed !
Good pick at the time, if you could have bought 50 rather than five you'd have not trouble shifting them, though looking at the assembled multitudes I doubt any of them would have left the collection. ;)
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Every time I start thinking I have a large collection something like this get's posted and I realize I am still a beginner.
Amen! I like to show these pictures to my wife to show her how restrained I am! :lol: I get woozy just looking at all those piles!
Gepetto (the restrained) :rudy:
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Amen! I like to show these pictures to my wife to show her how restrained I am! :lol: I get woozy just looking at all those piles!
Gepetto (the restrained) :rudy:
Hi Gepetto :wave:
I remember a time when I could do just that. Now if I say it, it gets me even longer stays in the "dog house" :lol:
If I showed these pictures to her she would just say "Oh there are more nuts out there, eh" ::)
Now I use the rational that it is a German company so I am supporting her home land :love:
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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If I counted right, that's 210 Lion knights alone, plus the three leaders.
Makes my Roman Army, and Justindo's, and Gepetto's, and those of others here, look quite restrained. :lol:
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I doubt any of them would have left the collection. ;)
Yeap. would have been nice to build a mediaval vineyard with storage rooms ful of barrels and some drunk klickies about !!! ;D ;D ;D
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Hello all
Started building the castle today. As work is hectic these days its gonna take me more time than planned however I am determined to set it all up here in this flat before i take them to that big storage room with table etc etc . I estimate to have pictures in 2-3 weeks with everything ready. I managed to buy lots of steck wall toasts in ebay and now waiting for them plus lots of roof extra parts i have bought to build the king's quarters
Friends , thansk everyone for your encouragement to set them up, gave me strengh tocarry on despite all the on going office work etc etc . i will not post pictures of the additional klickies and 3652, 3654 I bought but will post pictures of the lot when ready. Once again , thanks ! :wave: :wave: :wave:
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Thank you for sharing these pics with us. Your collection is massively wonderful and makes me want to go expand my own collection. ;D
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Well, here are the latest pictures . Clearly separated the kings quarters and the barracks and then the city. Space is a problem , wil have to remove all this castle and place in my storage room after i buy all these large tables . Still to put in all the houses and the klickies and to make the forrest , the vikings place , the dragons castle. i have plenty of steck left , run out of space as you can see. next set of pictures will have all the houses in etc but i doubt i will set the klickies now. i have to clear the flat i have set all these very soon so i reckon will break this set in large prts and then re set it properly in my starage room which is dust free etc etc . I am pleased i had more toasts and steck fortifications that i thought . lol i just bought another 200 toasts ... anyways hope you like the pictures , since they were taken i have put flags in all the towers , the big banners on the round towers and tomorrow will put all the 24 houses etc etc
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Absolutely amazing! Please keep the photos coming, and thank you! :wow:
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Looking good!
What are the external dimensions of your current set up? I'm planning on having a tabletop area 6' wide x 18' long eventually, but I want to retain some space around the castle or city walls too, so that besieging armies can have room to manouvre.
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I'm planning on having a tabletop area 6' wide x 18' long ...
That's a great size, Martin!
6' x 18' is just about the same length of the tabletop that I had in my first Playmoroom back in Houston.
It was large enough for a Playmobil/LGB train layout (with turnouts), a town and lots of other stuff.
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Looking good!
What are the external dimensions of your current set up?
Medieval city is about 320cm x 220cm .... ;D
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That's a very nice, large Medieval city, Giorginetto!
Martin, I too am planning on having a 6' x 18' surface for my Playmobil dioramas, which should be enough room for most projects, but I have some more organizing to do before I can set up all the tables for this. I was able to assemble a 6' x 9' surface, which was enough for my Roman fortress, but did not leave room for the besiegers or anything else.
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Medieval city is about 320cm x 220cm .... ;D
About 6' x 10.5' - that'd be too big for my table if I want any area outside the city walls.
That's a very nice, large Medieval city, Giorginetto!
Martin, I too am planning on having a 6' x 18' surface for my Playmobil dioramas, which should be enough room for most projects, but I have some more organizing to do before I can set up all the tables for this. I was able to assemble a 6' x 9' surface, which was enough for my Roman fortress, but did not leave room for the besiegers or anything else.
I'm going to have to be less ambitious if I want more than one thing on the tables!
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I'm going to have to be less ambitious if I want more than one thing on the tables!
Be ambitious, Martin! :yippee: ...
A 6' x 18' table is HUGE ... :woohoo:
You can get a lot of train and scenery into a 6' x 18' space!
So, with (or without) train, you have a lot of space, Martin!
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And, here's what a 6' x 18' table looks like ...
(Too big to fit in one picture!) ... ;D
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i am looking to buy large plastic tables with removable legs to save space whennot needed .. looking at 6 ( at least ) of 120cm x 80cm , hopefully that will be enough...
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i am looking to buy large plastic tables with removable legs to save space whennot needed .. looking at 6 ( at least ) of 120cm x 80cm , hopefully that will be enough...
Pretty much the same plan here.
I will have a 12ft x 24ft room to use for my Playmobil, and want to retain a 3ft corridor around all sides the tabletop for access (with a couple of wheeled swivel chairs). That leaves 6' x 18' for the tabletop, which will comprise six collapsible tables each 3' x 6'. These will be removed or rearranged as required, and hopefully sturdy enough that a hip-nudge won't knock over all the figures.
In addition there are cupboards along both long walls for storage of boxes.
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... and want to retain a 3ft corridor around all sides the tabletop for access (with a couple of wheeled swivel chairs).
A corridor completely around the table is a great idea, Martin.
(Wish I would have had the space to do that in Texas and Canada.)
If you wanted to, you could put a removable partition down the middle and have a different scene on either side. In my new Playmo-Room, here in the Virgin Islands, I plan on doing this with my Playmobil/LGB train layout. Tunnels through the partition will allow the train to travel from one scene to the other. (Maybe jungle on one side and desert on the other.)
Since we both seem to have about the same amount of space, I'll be very interested in seeing what you do.
All the best,
Richard
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Actually, Giorginetto, the "partition" idea might also work for a medieval display as well.
Castle and town on one side and forest and farms on the other. The "tunnels" could be passes in the mountains, or caves, or buildings that appear on both sides of the partition.
There seem to be lots of fun possibilities when you have the space! ... :klickygrin:
All the best,
Richard
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Borrowing from my past life : Using similar sized tables I added locking casters to the tables so I could open a corridor down the center for play or setup then butt them back together again, tables still folded and access was very good. In Warhammer we used a series of 4' modular layout boards which allowed us to re-configure our terrain any number of ways which included mountains, shoreline, flat and forested pieces. I look forward to seeing your ideas.
Gepetto
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I look forward to seeing your ideas.
Gepetto
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I too am reading all the ideas and am appreciative of learning the better set up table layouts
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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Borrowing from my past life : Using similar sized tables I added locking casters to the tables so I could open a corridor down the center for play or setup then butt them back together again, tables still folded and access was very good. In Warhammer we used a series of 4' modular layout boards which allowed us to re-configure our terrain any number of ways which included mountains, shoreline, flat and forested pieces. I look forward to seeing your ideas.
Gepetto
A modular tile system could work well and may be necessary to allow different layouts to be be switched in and out quickly and easily. I'll start with the plain tables and a cloth on top, but tiles might also add some stability to the tables with some extra weight. I could hotglue trees, rocks, castles etc to the tiles, and store spare tiles in the cupboards. 3' x 3' wpuld be a good size for a big tile, with 1.5' x 1.5' tiles as a chanegup, so scenery can be easily adjusted.
Locking casters is an interesting idea. I haven't fixed on the tables yet, but as they'll get years of use I'm not just going for the cheapest option first.
Under my playroom den is a double garage which will be developed as a woodshop, primarily for my wife's use, but I'm sure she would help me cut plywood tiles to the required size.
As Richard notes, once you have more space to stretch out, the possibilities multiply. We didn't choose to move to the USA just for extra space and a bigger house, but we certainly chose the house we are buying for the possibilities it offers for the two of us to have more dedicated hobby space.
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I opted to go with the metal framed folding tables with the particleboard tops, they were the inexpensive ones, not too heavy but with enough heft to be stable, once they are set up they will probably stay that way but are easy enough to move around. The plastic table I found had a tendency to torque and shift too easily.
Gepetto
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Like Martin, I plan to have 6 6' x 3' plastic folding tables with 3' or so around all sides. If I can finish organizing my Playmobil and cleaning out the room, I should be able to do this.
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Hello
Right now I am using the metal folding legs with the heavy particle-board tops. They were the cheapest (free, a school was throwing away a bunch) . Because it was dump salvage I never took good care of them and now they are reallly heavy due to getting wet every year. They are laid out in a rectangle shape and I have a hole in the middle for people . It works great for a train layout and it is fun to watch. Seeing as this is being used for a medieval layout I would keep them in a large solid block so you can have large buildings and armies. I too have found the heavier tables are less likely to be bumped up, knocking down things. I have most everything balanced in place so a good bump is a huge earth quake. The worst is a derailment over the edge :'(
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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Good point on the stability, that's a big concern.
A front runner at the moment is a 72" x 30"' walnut top folding table from Office Depot, item 398667 on their website. I could either set them across the width of the room to give a 6' width, or in pairs to give a 5' width. The problem would be the legs, as using them across the room stops me sitting on a chair tucked under the table. Do I need to do this?
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Do I need to do this?
Hi Martin
I do not have a chair around my tables but all the leaning over in a very calm controlled manner has my back aching after a while. If I were to use a chair it would be one of those tall bar stools and not one that could slip under the edge. I like to have the vantage point up high so I can see the train going between the buildings. It would be nice to have the lower option for photographing things as you are lower down and that usually gives a better picture result.
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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Hi Martin
I do not have a chair around my tables but all the leaning over in a very calm controlled manner has my back aching after a while. If I were to use a chair it would be one of those tall bar stools and not one that could slip under the edge. I like to have the vantage point up high so I can see the train going between the buildings. It would be nice to have the lower option for photographing things as you are lower down and that usually gives a better picture result.
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
Ah, good to know. I'll probably go with a barstool for regular sitting while playing arranging my collection.
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Hello Martin,
Those tables sound similar to the ones I used to use, not easy to scoot under due to the folding mechanism but like Rasputin I preferred to sit up higher for a different perspective. It is fairly easy to put wheels on those tables if you want to be able to roll them around easily also the metal lip gives you a nice protected area underneath if you want to run some wiring for lights or motors.
Gepetto
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I don't use a chair or a stool.