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Title: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Lindama on April 16, 2010, 12:07:32

Hello everyone. My name is Linda and I was a member of another Playmobil fansite which became deactivated for some reason and as I missed hearing about it and being involved in the enthusiasm of others I decided to join you all. I recognise some of the names here, which is a pleasant surprise.

I live in Western Australia, have four children and discovered Playmobil approximately two years ago. My two youngest children (6 and almost 5) are fellow addicts and it is one of my pleasures to buy sets for them, the only problem is that we love so many! I hear the phrase 'Mum, I want this!" so often that can't help smiling and feeling pleased that they have such good taste.

I love Playmobil because of the wonderful variey of themes - there is seriously nothing like it! I also suspect that it is something I would have loved to have as a child myself, so am making up for lost time. It is lovely to be amongst fellow enthusiasts and not feel that I am a silly 41 year old!

I have developed an urge to build some Harry Potter themed custom sets and I hope to be able to draw on the knowledge and experience here to help me.

Lin  :)

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Jimbo on April 16, 2010, 12:31:54

Hi Linda, :wave:

Welcome from sunny Arizona.

Best regards,
Jimbo

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: flatcat on April 16, 2010, 13:07:35

Welcome from the UK :wave:

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: socrates on April 16, 2010, 13:10:33

Cool! Harry Potter!  :D

I was working on something like this but lost time doing so.
But I am willing to assist. :)

Be welcome from Northern Germany and enjoy your time here, 
socrates :wave:

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: WarriorOfToys on April 16, 2010, 13:17:16

Welcome to PlaymoFriends!
I hope you enjoy this site as you did the old one.
I would love to see your harry potter customs!!! ;D
I too have some ideas if you would like to hear.
See you around! :wave:

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: playmofire on April 16, 2010, 13:24:41

Welcome from, for once, sunny North Yorkshire in the UK.   :wave:

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Wolf Knight on April 16, 2010, 13:39:36

Welcome from Greece  :wave: :wave: :wave:!!!
So nice to see parents loving toys that their children love!!!

Cannot wait to see the Harry Potter customs!!!!

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Martin Milner on April 16, 2010, 14:03:06

Welcome Lin!

Seeing some of the great creations and customisations here, one soon comes to the realization that Playmobil stimulates the imagination far better than any pre-licensed toys can, and is so flexible that we can create our own versions, like Harry Potter or Indiana Jones, and get more satisfaction from doing it ourselves.

cheers,  Martin

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on April 16, 2010, 15:33:38

Welcome from the South Eastern USA, Linda :wave:! It's great to have you, & your children with us from the old competitive Playmobil site! There are many members here that can lend assistance to your customization, photo story, & parts identification projects with great ideas, & advise! We look forward to seeing your photo stories, topic contributions, & whatever else you can participate with!

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: skypurr on April 16, 2010, 15:38:22

Hi Lin,    :wave:
Welcome from Scotland  (http://planetsmilies.net/flag-smiley-7326.gif)
I'm a great Harry Potter fan, as well as a great Playmobil fan so look forward to seeing your customs.  I've often thought about doing some HP customs too but haven't had the time, however my son often uses Klickys as stand ins for some of the characters when he's playing with his HP sets.
Best wishes,

Elaine

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: playmo1989 on April 16, 2010, 18:03:42

hello from geece athens!! :wave: :wave:

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: d-fens on April 16, 2010, 20:29:44

Hi Linda, welcome from Belgium, enjoy the PlaymoFriends forum.  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: baden-wurttemberg on April 17, 2010, 01:22:58

Welcome from Houston, Texas!  :wave:

I am also looking foward to seeing your customs!  :)

Baden

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Klickus Mobilius on April 17, 2010, 06:25:15

Welcome from Northern California!   :wave:

I love Harry Potter!   :love:  Can't wait to see your customs!

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Sylvia on April 17, 2010, 23:19:23

Hi Linda! :wave:

It's great to be welcoming a fellow Aussie to the forum! (http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd13/clanharv1/pf/cork_hat.gif)

When I was back in Tassie on holiday a couple of months ago, I searched high and low in every toy shop for Playmo sets but found none at all. Even the large Target store which used to carry a small selection a few years ago was completely klicky-free! :(

I hope you are able to find Playmobil more easily over in WA. :)

Have fun at PlaymoFriends!

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Lindama on April 18, 2010, 07:54:26

Hello there all and thank you for the warm welcome.

Sylvia, I know what you mean! There is seriously a dearth of Playmobil to be had in Australia and what there is is sooo expensive you need to sell your first born to fund it!
I am already enjoying browsing the forum and being with you all.

Lin

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Justindo on April 18, 2010, 17:37:18

Welcome from Southern California! :wave:

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Gepetto on April 19, 2010, 23:38:02

Hello Linda and greetings from the Great Pacific Northwest! :wave: I am sure you will enjoy your time here and look forward to seeing around the forum! :lens:


Gepetto

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Giorginetto on April 20, 2010, 14:00:22

..and another welcome from Athens, Greece. I recently joined , ita great forum and if you love Klickies you will adore the discussions here .  :wave: :wave: :wave:


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Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: Richard on April 22, 2010, 12:42:48

Hello, Lin ...  :wave:

Just realized that I had not welcomed you properly ... (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/redface.gif)

A big welcome to PlaymoFriends from the warm and sunny United States Virgin Islands (http://www.usvitourism.vi/) (America's Paradise)!

Title: Re: Hello fellow Playmobil lovers
Post by: moomic on July 14, 2010, 12:45:18

Hi Linda
another Aussie who likes pm yes i live in Melbourne  and not a sports freak but  playmobil is my escape from the busy world .I have a collection of pm  and love seeing other Aussies get into pm.I have not been on the forum for a while as to busy .But one of my best pmers Gordon  alias playmofire told me to check it out again. I am a pro ff in Melbourne and was introduced to pm by a german ff who i have been friends with for 10+ years . I have been to germany twice the first time was in 2004 and saw the 30th anniversary display of pm and in 2007 i went to the Nuremberg toy fair as for 3-4 years i was the only guy importing pm to Aust after modern brands dropped it because Target was selling stuff from the US.Which was against their  rules. But going to Nuremberg was awesome and pm nearly did not talk to me because i was a small trader so anyway childsmart got the rights and thats okay as i was only doing small stuff .I don't think my family wanted 10 containers of pm in my back yard .So welcome and i only thought one day it would be great to for the Aussie pmers to get together as my favorite themes are fire /rescue ( after saving up finally got the new fire trucks last month Vondabar!) Which are modeled so closely to real German fire appliances i can vouch for that And transport plus my dolls house which i have fitted out  .So enjoy and cheers from Melbourne :) :)