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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: Feather on December 28, 2009, 19:18:18
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Hi everyone
I used to play with Playmobil as a kid (in the 80's). As time went, I was made to believe that I outgrew the toys. However, every single time I stepped into a toy store, I would stop by the Playmobil section and look at the boxes and the details. I forgot for a few years. Sometimes, life just goes that way. In the recent years, though, my young nephews were born and are just at the Playmobil "age" now (is there ever an age for that???). Just a few weeks ago, I was Christmas shopping and of course found myself in front of the Playmobil shelves of our local toy store.
"Well" I thought to myself... "I've been longing for them long enough!"
I got Playmobil for all my old enough nephews..... and I got Playmobil for myself! I told my boyfriend that I wanted to collect them. The news was well received (not that it would have changed anything... hehehe).
To my Surprise, on Christmas eve, my boyfriend as well as my parents gave me some Playmobil sets!!! One of the sets my bf gave me was one of a Groom and Bride with wedding cake. (About an hour later, he was down on his knee, proposing to me! ;D )
So anyway, I'm back into the Playmobil world after a 20-year break! I love the new sets, but am also on a quest to find the sets I used to have as a kid.
I like to put the things together, build scenes, take pictures, etc.
I am very happy to be a new member here and hope I will be able to participate and help others as well as learn things about the Playmobil world.
Thanks for reading
Feather
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Hello Feather :elf:
What a great story of how you were proposed to :cham: Congratulations :cham: Welcome to the collectors world of Playmobil from Sonoma County California . It sounds like you are off to the right start ;)
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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Hi Feather! :wave:
Cute kitty avatar. ;D
And that was such a sweet way for your boyfriend to propose. I think it's lovely that your passion for Playmobil is supported so enthusiastically by your family! (This isn't always the case for an adult collector. Some of us have to horde our sets in secret. :toot: ;))
Welcome to the forum! I hope to hear a lot more from you in the future. :)
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Welcome from the South Eastern USA, Feather! You have a very unique Playmobil reintroduction story involving your marriage proposal! You have found many adults with the same rekindled passion!
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Hello Feather :wave:
Welcome from sunny Arizona!
Best regards, and congratulations! May you and yours live
happily ever after!
Jimbo
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Welcome, Feather, from North Yorkshire in the UK. That's a nice story about your marriage proposal and congratulations. :cham:
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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!! :)
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Welcome from Oregon, and congratulations. :xmascheer:
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Another welcome from Oregon!
Glad the wedding sets were available, proposing with a Dragon Knight with lazer bazooka would not have been quite so romantic!
Looking forward to seeing more from you here, and how your colelction is growing,
cheers, Martin
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Just like you, there are many who refind PM after 10 or 20 years ... don't worry, it's only natural :lol:
anyhow, glad to have you here, enjoy the forum and your marriage :xmascheer: :xmascheer:
A heartly welcome from Belgium ...
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Welcome, Feather, from Northern California! :wave:
You didn't say if you accepted the proposal. Is he your fiance now? Come on! Details! Details!
If he is going to buy you Playmobil, I would say he is worth it! :lol:
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welcome feather, from san francisco. what a wonderful story, we look forward to hearing how your collection grows. are you going to use the klickie bride and groom on your wedding cake?
kaethe
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Thank you for warm welcome, everyone.
*giggles* Yes, I said yes. He is now my Fiance :) We have been together nearly 10 years and are preparing to move from Quebec to Denmark in the next few months. (it was really about time he proposed! LOL)
I have thought of using the bride and groom playmobil on top of the cake... But I am not sure it will happen ;) We have no detail yet about when and how and even where the wedding will take place, seeing as my family and his happen to be 6 time zones apart.
It means a lot to me that he accepts and respects my interest(s)... Besides, he proposed after finding out I was playmobil crazy. That can only mean something good, right?? hehehe...
I will need to pack and send my collection overseas. I'll TRY not to buy TOO much between now and then. Shipping also costs! It will be about time I went back to work though. Being home for the holidays is very bad on the wallet and the playmobil craziness. *gulp*
Feather
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I will need to pack and send my collection overseas. I'll TRY not to buy TOO much between now and then. Shipping also costs! It will be about time I went back to work though. Being home for the holidays is very bad on the wallet and the playmobil craziness. *gulp*
Feather
I just moved 8 timezones the other way (London to Oregon), with my Playmo collection following on board ship. Still about 3 weeks till it arrives, so I've started a whole new collection here!
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Hello Feather and welcome from the Great Pacific Northwest! What a wonderful story and re-introduction to Playmobil, welcome and congratulations! Look forward to seeing you around the forum and hearing of your new adventures. :wave:
Gepetto
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Hi from Maine-
Nice to have support in your love of playmobil- I was lucky enough to get an understanding spouse as well- who has amassed her own collection over the years.
There are worse things you could be collecting!
Cheers!
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A very warm welcome to you from Windsor UK :xmascheer:
Karim <*)
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Welcome Feather from Houston, TX!! :wave:
Baden :wave:
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Hello, Feather ... :wave:
And, a BIG welcome from the warm and sunny United States Virgin Islands ... ;D
As you probably already know, when you get to Denmark, you'll get all the new Playmobil a year before Canada and the United States. Also, the Danish people are wonderful. They're even nicer than the Canadians.
All the best,
Richard
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Hello from Germany and enjoy.
Regards
Bennain
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As you probably already know, when you get to Denmark, you'll get all the new Playmobil a year before Canada and the United States. Also, the Danish people are wonderful. They're even nicer than the Canadians.
Nicer than Canadians? :o :o You are in for a treat then! :D
Gepetto :rudy:
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As you probably already know, when you get to Denmark, you'll get all the new Playmobil a year before Canada and the United States. Also, the Danish people are wonderful. They're even nicer than the Canadians.
*giggles* uh huh :) I have been to Denmark many times. People are super nice. And I didn't know for sure about Playmobil but I did figure it would probably be somewhat easier and faster since Germany is so close to Denmark. :D
The other day, I wanted to tell my fiance that I needed a Playmobil house. So I told him "Baby... I need a house"... he replied "Oh God, I know we need a house... else I don't know where you're going to put all your Playmobil" And he turned with a teasing-exasperating look.
LOL... I refrained from showing him pictures of enormous collections I saw on here. 0)
Thanks everyone for nice and warm welcome :) I'm enjoying looking through the forum and finding ideas and tricks and reading stories and looking at pictures. All I need now is a bigger paycheck LOL
Feather
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Your gap was bigger than mine ... I took ten years :-[
Well, it's never too late! :P
Welcome back, Feather! :D
(I have to say ... I was dragged in here because I stumbled upon your "avatar" somewhere ... So cute! :) )
:wave:
From Rio, Brasil,
Gus
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I have to say ... I was dragged in here because I stumbled upon your "avatar" somewhere ... So cute! :)
That's amazing, seeing as I made this avatar myself, original picture included. lol
Thanks... I find it cute too :-[
Feather
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Hi Feather, :wave: I've somehow missed this ???
Welcome and congratulations - how did you find such a romantic man?
best wishes,
Elaine
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Welcome from a snowy UK :wave:
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how did you find such a romantic man?
*giggles*
I got lucky... I wanted to learn English (I am French Canadian), so I went on a chat program and pressed a button called "Find a random chat partner". My goal was to find someone who would speak english to me, simply.
Oh, I found someone alright... and I learned English. But I also fell in love. The first few weeks, I was always by the computer talking with that guy, with an open translation dictionary in front of me. He was very patient. I was so motivated and so dearly wanted to have better conversations with him that within 3 months, I was fluent.
Four months after we met online, I gathered the courage to tell him my feelings... and to my surprise, he said he had been feeling the same but he didn't want to scare me away so he had kept his feelings quiet.
Three months after that conversation, I was flying to his place to meet him in person. That was nearly 10 years ago now...
And that's how I found my sweet partner :)
I feel so lucky to have someone in my life who is so understanding and supportive. He always encourages me in anything I want to do and any interest I might have. He's very respectful of who I am and what I like. It goes both ways so I suppose that's one of the reasons it is going so well between us. Nobody tries to change the other... Even when it involves a possible Playmobil house invasion in the future. LOL
I hope to be able to say that for many many years.
Feather
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Congratulations to the both of you, I feel you are both very fortunate and wish you all the best!! :wow: :love: :wow:
Gepetto
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Did your fiance also learn some French into the bargain? ;D
Many of us have understanding partners, and of course it has to cut both ways. My wife and I are looking for a house where I can have my own Playmobil room, while she has a wood working shop AND an area for her fibre crafts.