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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: playmo1989 on March 29, 2010, 17:24:46
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i was wondering why this red house never came to market as it was appeared in many boxes and it was disirable of collectors !! ???
although it was prodused these last years but with a different roof??
http://www.amazon.com/Playmobil-7785-Red-Framework-House/dp/B000AMK1DY
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The red house was never sold (until recently) and appeared only in dioramas pictured in boxes- so collectors always wanted it- Playmobil indulged their fans and released a red house as an add-on.
Cheers!
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So beautiful!!! I am so glad i got one...and so sad playmobil hellas ds is not selling it any more...
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if it was so wanted why playmobil never realised it at that time? >:(
the one which was recently on the market it's roof wasn't the same they haven't put the 70's roof of the small houses :hmm:
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I don't know that it was so wanted at the time- I think it was later, after all the old houses, except for the ones in the add-on catalog, were discontinued, and the advent of the internet, that the red house became so popular. As for the roof, Playmobil has only ever (to my knowledge) offered one style of house as an add-on- this same house has now been offered in a variety of colors, but the same roof pieces, dormer windows.
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I think that all was done for economic reasons, even the use of a single pattern for the reproduced frame houses through the DS catalogues, but not sure exactly what were they...
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you mean that it became popular when the series discounted it might be that ,i don't think it would be for economical reasons because if it was so wanted they would produce this istead of an another set.
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I bought recently 6 of these red houses. They arent available anymore , i love these houses, quite pricey these days on ebay but not as much as the blue houses which are far more hard to find !!! Red houses are awesome. and so are blue, yellow, green and white .. :love: :love: :love: :love:
There is a brief reference to these houses in the playmobil collector's guide ed 3 and ed 1 ( i ahvent got ed 2 but iam sure its there also !!!)
:love: :wave:
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There is a brief reference to these houses in the playmobil collector's guide ed 3 and ed 1 ( i ahvent got ed 2 but iam sure its there also !!!)
Yes there is a reference to the 2nd edition as well stating thet it was for economic reasons that playmobil did not issue the red house in those earlier years. I wander what those reasons were....
I am happy to say that I have a green house on the way... and i set my eyes on the museum, town hall, and city guard.... ;D ;D ;D
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yes i saw it it was on the collector's book it says it was for economical reasons but i wonder was it so expensive making one more set ??giorgineto i've seen your houses on the pictures of your castle it is very nice!!
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yes i saw it it was on the collector's book it says it was for economical reasons but i wonder was it so expensive making one more set ??giorgineto i've seen your houses on the pictures of your castle it is very nice!!
Certainly in the world of paint making red is a difficult and expensive colour to work with as the pigment is semi-transparent. That's why when you are, for example, painting a wooden door red the first and maybe the second coats are streaky with darker and lighter patches. This isn't due necessarily to bad workmanship but to the semi-transparency of the red pigment. The same may well apply to injection plastic moulding so the base plastic requires more of the expensive red pigment.
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thank you playmofire fore the information :D
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Certainly in the world of paint making red is a difficult and expensive colour to work with as the pigment is semi-transparent. That's why when you are, for example, painting a wooden door red the first and maybe the second coats are streaky with darker and lighter patches. This isn't due necessarily to bad workmanship but to the semi-transparency of the red pigment. The same may well apply to injection plastic moulding so the base plastic requires more of the expensive red pigment.
Cool.... Good to know this !!! :wave: :wave: :wave:...
On the subject of houses , I am looking for a complete 3448 Inn house , hard to find and boxed ones go for over $250... want a non boxed one but complete .. hhmmmm ... ;D ;D
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Thanks for the interesting information Gordon - you learn something new every day :)
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Certainly in the world of paint making red is a difficult and expensive colour to work with as the pigment is semi-transparent. That's why when you are, for example, painting a wooden door red the first and maybe the second coats are streaky with darker and lighter patches. This isn't due necessarily to bad workmanship but to the semi-transparency of the red pigment. The same may well apply to injection plastic moulding so the base plastic requires more of the expensive red pigment.
Thanks for claryfing that Gordon!!!
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On the subject of houses , I am looking for a complete 3448 Inn house , hard to find and boxed ones go for over $250... want a non boxed one but complete .. hhmmmm ... ;D ;D
That is not a bad price for a complete boxed house... its a good investment.... and you can always save and buy an unboxed as well....
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That's why when you are, for example, painting a wooden door red the first and maybe the second coats are streaky with darker and lighter patches. This isn't due necessarily to bad workmanship but to the semi-transparency of the red pigment.
I once painted our old front door red - it looked dreadful even after 2 coats :eh?: - now I know why :lol:
Thank you for the information Gordon
Elaine
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That is not a bad price for a complete boxed house... its a good investment.... and you can always save and buy an unboxed as well....
when he says boxed he means with an opened box and the used house a new from the 70's is difficult to be found new :( .i think he means that when he says boxed :-[