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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: mobildad on February 17, 2010, 18:43:03
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:) Hi all. New to Playmobil and new to posting on boards.
I've gotten involved in this because I can see the tremendous potential for fun and learning that Playmobil offers young children. Also, I'm getting slightly obsessed with the stuff as I learn more and more about it. 8}
The main motivation for being here though is to learn about how to get the best deals on Playmobil, how to renovate and repair second hand items and generally to increase my 4 yr old sons opportunities for accessing this truly wonderful range of toys.
We have one local retailer who stocks quite a bit of Playmobil. However we try our best to get hold of bargains of the internet. We have fallen foul of a few scoundrels that have sold us broken goods on eBay without having first disclosed any damage or missing parts. We are learning though :-\
I have looked through the forum a bit already and some of the things Ive seen are spectacular. I dont think we will ever excel at Playmobil like some of the forum members here but we intend to give our son a start with it and hope that he manages to learn through the toy whilst having a great deal of fun.
No doubt I'll be seeing some of you around the board. Probably in the part dedicated to repair and restoration! :(
That's all for now :wave:
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Welcome from North Yorkshire in the UK. You're very welcome here. :wave:
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Welcome from the South Eastern USA, mobildad! We hope we can assist you & your son in this new excursion involving Playmobil! The internet is a valuable source for finding exotic rare Playmobil items from around the world, but as you've already witnessed, caution needs to be practiced in these types of transactions!
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Welcome Mobildad from the US West Coast!
I find that if the eBay seller doesn't show all the parts, they're generally trying to hide the fact that parts are broken/missing. You can still get a bargain, but may need to order replacement parts if they are still available.
cheers, Martin
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Welcome from Hertfordshire UK :wave:
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Greetings Mobil-Dad
I started collecting for my then one son and one on the way. We now have 3 and loads of Playmobil. We love buying used lots of toys from classified adds or auction sites. You have a fun road ahead of yourself with your son. We all would love to help you out with any questions you may have as combined we know more about Playmobil than Playmobil :lol:
Welcome from Sonoma County California
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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Hi welcome from a still frosty Scotland. :wave:
You'll find lots of friends to help you here.
Best wishes
Elaine
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Hello mobildad and welcome from the Great Pacific Northwest! Any special themes of interest or are you a generalist? If we knew where you were it would help us to supply you with regional information on sources and sales but welcome and make yourself comfortable. :wave:
Gepetto
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Hello, MD ... :wave:
A BIG welcome to PlaymoFriends from the warm and sunny US Virgin Islands.
Are you a Brit?
Looking forward to seeing you around.
All the best,
Richard
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Welcome from the South!!!
(Southern US that is...)
I am new too, hope to see you around.
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Welcome from Northern California! :wave:
This is a very friendly forum. I think you'll like it here. :)
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Welcome to the forum, Mobildad! :wave:
Greetings from sunny Hobart in Australia! (It's going to be hard to return home to wintry Scotland next week.)
I'm sure you will find lots of tips here on all the aspects of collecting which interest you. :)
Have fun with your klickies! :D
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Hello Mobildad. :wave:
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welcome mobildad
welcome from san francisco. collecting for your children is a wonderful family project. i actually started in the 1970s when playmobil first came to the us, although i was never able to purchase all of the sets we wished for as they were quite expensive, at least for our budget. however in the last ten years after we finally finished sending all of our money to college accounts, i have had fun collecting some of those larger sets. you are right, many of the collections shared on this forum are mind-boggling, but the best part of this forum is the friendly and helpful nature as well as a peek at incredible creativity. welcome to a lifetime of collecting.
kaethe
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Many thanks to you all for your very warm welcome. I am very pleased to be a part of such a friendly community. :)
I will try and reply to those of you who have made enquiries in more detail when I have a bit more time. I tried to reply to your welcome messages earlier but managed to muck it up! All that typing wasted!!! Never mind. Ill get the hang of it eventually. In the mean time as I had neglected to mention, we are Brittish and are based on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Best wishes to you all and thanks once again for a lovely welcome to what seems to me to be a very friendly community indeed :)
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Hi from Maine- I started collecting as a kid, but I finally have an excuse with two little ones- My oldest has a pretty good collection of 123, and she gets pretty excited when we go to the basement to feed the cats and she gets to see "Daddy's toys."
Welcome!
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Hi Mobildad :wave:
Welcome from sunny...(now rainy)..Arizona.
Best regards,
Jimbo
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Hello mobildad and welcome from the Great Pacific Northwest! Any special themes of interest or are you a generalist? If we knew where you were it would help us to supply you with regional information on sources and sales but welcome and make yourself comfortable. :wave:
Gepetto
Hi Gepetto,
See above For location.
My interest is fairly general. my main objective however is to secure as much Playmo kit as possible as a means to using it as a vehicle not only for imaginative play for my son but also as a means for him to learn about societal infrastructure and cultural, historical issues as well as mans interaction with his environment. I Think Playmobil is probably the only toy on the market that enables all of the above whilst still having a collection type interest to it.
Themes we currently have on the go are, I think (as I am very new to this)
Western; Castle/Knights; Safari; Polar Dino expedition; New Dino Adventure stuff, Police; Some other Miscellaneous items including a Garden and a pedalo.
I'm already learning a great deal about all the bits and bobs from the forum areas. This has been a great move signing up here.
Soon I hope to ask some really lame questions about fixing things and getting extra /replacement parts. Shall I assume that I should post enquiries of a specific nature in the most relevant looking area?
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Shall I assume that I should post enquiries of a specific nature in the most relevant looking area?
That would be fine mobildad, the moderators can move the posts if need be for clarification. :wave:
Gepetto
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Welcome Mobildad from Houston, Texas!! :wave: :wave:
Baden :)