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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: playmo1989 on March 16, 2010, 16:32:40
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my name is alexis i'am 20 years old from greece ,i collect playmobil for 2 years as an adult man. as achild as well i was a big fan .i have many questions for the old playmobil because i was little then and i didn't pay attention to these things .about the clipper ship 1991it's code is 3055 or 3740
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Welcome from the UK :wave:
The ship you question goes by both those set numbers depending on where it was sold in the world
(ie it would probably have been 3055 when sold in Germany, and 3740 if it were sold in the UK - am I right :-\)
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hello
thanks for the reaserch so 3055 it's not the original toy i mean made in west germany?
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hello
thanks for the reaserch so 3055 it's not the original toy i mean made in west germany?
Welcome from the UK. :wave:
At that time, both the 3055 and the 3074 would have been made in West Germany. Similar items appeared with different numbers because of minor differences between them. The 3740 was the original version and had guns that shot. The 3055 was the USA version where the guns didn't shoot.
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Welcome from the UK. :wave:
At that time, both the 3055 and the 3074 would have been made in West Germany. Similar items appeared with different numbers because of minor differences between them. The 3740 was the original version and had guns that shot. The 3055 was the USA version where the guns didn't shoot.
Oh well, I obviously know nothing about Playmobil :no:
Thanks for clearing that one up Gordon, I have learnt something new today :)
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Welcome from Houston,TX!! :wave:
Thats great that you have many questions, so get ready to ask them because i am sure we can answer them all! ;)
Baden :)
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Welcome from the South Eastern USA, playmo1989! I'm sure any questions you can ask will be answered by a very knowledgeable member base here @ Playmofriends ;)!
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Welcome from cloudy but dry Eugene, Oregon!
cheers, Martin
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thank you playmofire
the guns didn't shoot that's strange ,that stick on the cannon doesn't go in and out? 3055 is of the same quality and collectable as 3740 or is just like an antex product etc..? to the victorian theme as we all know the 7411 expansion floor came up in 1993 , someone told me that was available in 1991 is it true ?yes i have too many questions as a new playmobil fan i hope i'am not getting tired ?, my english are a little poor i'am sorry for that
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where is eugine martin? :lol:
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where is eugine martin? :lol:
Eugene is in Oregon, west coast of the USA, just north of California. ;D
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Greetings Playmo1989 from the Great Pacific Northwest! Look forward to your questions, do you specialize in any particular theme or are you a generalist? :wave:
Gepetto
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Hello!
Welcome to PlaymoFriends! :wave:
I hope you have lots of fun here,
And though I may not be able to answer many questions about playmobil there are lots of people here who can help!
I am glad you decided to join us, it is lots of fun here! :yup:
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Welcome from hot and sunny Southern California! :wave: You'll find many helpful and knowledgeable collectors on this forum.
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Welcome from Northern California! :wave:
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Welcome from Germany!
I love the 3740. It is my favorite!
I second that it was kind of a strange decision to sell ships with cannon that do not fire.
Especially, as they just removed the spring at this time and the shooting stick used to slip out pretty pathologically. :hmm:
I can just speculate that they were afraid of any lawsuit that might happen in the US if someone got hurt while playing with the pirates... Maybe they decided to do so spontanously and had to remove the springs in the short term?!
Anyway, welcome aboard and we are waiting for your questions... :)
best,
socrates
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Hi Alexis :wave:
Welcome from the Scottish Highlands! :)
the guns didn't shoot that's strange ,that stick on the cannon doesn't go in and out? 3055 is of the same quality and collectable as 3740 or is just like an antex product etc..?
The US have different safety standards for children's toys. As far as I know, the cannons in all US Playmobil sets (apart from the really big ones) are disarmed to prevent kiddies from shooting missiles at each other, but they can be taken apart and adjusted to make them fire again if you have the right parts.
3055 and 3740 are of exactly the same production quality. Neither one is an Antex set.
to the victorian theme as we all know the 7411 expansion floor came up in 1993 , someone told me that was available in 1991 is it true ?
The floor expansion set was around for several years. I remember buying one from the DS around 2000 or 2001. There were two versions with slightly different packaging but the same contents. The first was sold from 1993-95 and the last one from 1995-2001.
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Hello, Alexis ... :wave:
A big welcome to PlaymoFriends from the warm and sunny United States Virgin Islands (http://www.usvitourism.vi/) (America's Paradise)!
It seems that all of your questions have been answered ... :klickygrin:
All the best,
Richard
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Hi playmo1989. :wave:
A warm welcome from chilly southern Scotland (wish I was somewhere warmer!)
Elaine
:irish: :clover: :irish: :clover: :irish: :clover: :irish:
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hello
mostly i'am intrested on the victorian theme so my pwd playmo1989 but i like all the old artistick themes with the pictures on the back of the boxes, today i think playmobil is making pretty toys but the way they introduse them is very bad , like the boxes, katalogs ...etc,and not artistic . what do you think?????
hi sylvia
about the 7411 expansion floor ,i think about a week ago a seller on ebay sold a big collection of playmobil ,he had the expansion floor in a strange version that the stamp wrote 1991 west germany what do you think of that does anyone know?
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Welcome from sunny and hot Southern California! :wave:
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mostly i'am intrested on the victorian theme so my pwd playmo1989 but i like all the old artistick themes with the pictures on the back of the boxes, today i think playmobil is making pretty toys but the way they introduse them is very bad , like the boxes, katalogs ...etc,and not artistic . what do you think?????
Well, from a collectors point of view you are completely right, the artwork on the old boxes is just amazing. I love it! :love:
(Maybe I am too german for this, I do like to see the box content displayed neatly on the back. :-[ )
But I am also a little disappointed by half-hearted photoshopping in the playmo-catalogues. Worst thing has been the artists in the circus tent... :hmm:
Hey, and for everything else, thats what we are for. In the community, I have seen displays and setups and customs...
...they top everything playmo ever had on display on the boxes. ;)
best,
socrates
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The US have different safety standards for children's toys. As far as I know, the cannons in all US Playmobil sets (apart from the really big ones) are disarmed to prevent kiddies from shooting missiles at each other, but they can be taken apart and adjusted to make them fire again if you have the right parts.
Playmobil's current US cannons do fire, but not the small ball missiles that the old European cannon had. The US cannon (e.g. from the recent Ghost Ship) fires a torpedo-like missile, with a cross-shaped shaft that clicks into place in the launcher, and varying head designs for a cannonball, orange or blue fire etc.
If Playmobil removed the springs from cannons it would have been a temporary fix until they came up with a US-acceptable design. Playmobil seem to be putting more and more missile launching devices in their knight and pirate themes, presumably because that's what kids want.
I presume the US torpedo design is to stop kids swallowing or stuffing balls up their nostrils. I can't see that a ball hitting the eye is going to do more damage that a torpedo. The torpedos look far less realistic when stacked on a ship's deck, but they are easier to find after launching, so I don't really mind them at all. It is a toy after all.
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yes you are wright that's what kids want although when i stopped playing with playmobil arround 12 years old the new pirate theme came up and there was a set with the new huge cannon (and that cannon after came together with many sets ) when i first saw it i said"oh my god what is this"i guess most children enjoy these cannons because now simmular things such as a cannon that shoots aball with a stick and others are prodused.
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Welcome From Holland.
Enjoy your stay here.
All the best.
Peetje