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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: 123grams on June 10, 2010, 20:55:43

Title: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: 123grams on June 10, 2010, 20:55:43
Hi there,

I am a father of two children (one 3 yrs old and the other 4 months old). I have had some interest in toys but never in Playmobil. with my 3 yrs old son's birthday coming up, I started looking at various toys for his birthday present and ended up buying Playmobil toys for him (cargo ship, private jet, semi truck) The little did I know, I also got hooked on Playmobil!  :lol: I have been buying Playmobils from local yard sales and my collection quickly grew with some old Castle (3450) and dollhouse (5300). I have been saying to my wife these are for the children. ;D

I hope to learn cool ways of expanding steck castle with what little I have and also how to set fun story telling scenes I can play with my kids.

 :wave:
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Ali Baba on June 10, 2010, 21:05:05
Welcome 123grams,

That´s the same excuse I use with my wife. My doughter is only a couple of months old.  :lol:
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Wolf Knight on June 10, 2010, 21:10:14
Good to have you with us 123grams!!! There is lot here that you can learn about steck!!! Welcome to playmofriends!!!
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: flatcat on June 10, 2010, 21:12:05
Welcome from the UK :wave:

You have two of the greatest Playmobil sets ever made; the 3450 and the 5300 :)
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: playmofire on June 10, 2010, 21:15:09
Welcome from North Yorkshire in the UK.   :wave:  I have no children and therefore no excuse for buying Playmobil, but I do (and usually my wife lets me).
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Gis on June 10, 2010, 23:00:07
A warm welcome from the Netherlands 123grams. Great to have more Steck lovers here.

I only had a 6 year gap before I started buying again, when the kids came it was just an excuse to buy more. My wife is luckily as invested in PM as I am :-)

Have a great time here!
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: skypurr on June 10, 2010, 23:01:28
Welcome from Scotland (http://planetsmilies.net/flag-smiley-7326.gif)
After 8 years I think my husband has finally realised that it isn't really for the children  ;D

Elaine
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Martin Milner on June 11, 2010, 00:49:11
Welcome 123grams,

you'll certainly find a lot of Steck fans here, keep visiting those yard sales, there are bargains to be had when you compare to come prices being extorted asked on eBay.

cheers, Martin
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: basilsdad on June 11, 2010, 01:35:30
Greetings 123grams,
Hope you are finding this site as interesting as I am.  I have to agree with Martin that yard sales are the best bet for deals.  Good luck hunting!

Basilsdad
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on June 11, 2010, 04:29:40
Welcome from the South Eastern USA, 123grams! You will find many members here that have the same interests!  It's great to have you with us!
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Gepetto on June 11, 2010, 04:32:38
Hello 123grams and greetings from the Great Pacific Northwest!

I have been saying to my wife these are for the children.  :lol: :lol: :lol:

How many times has that been said by one of us! It is good to have you with us and I hope you enjoy your time here!  :wave:
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Abbot Hamilton on June 11, 2010, 05:33:26
Hello from British Columbia, Canada :wave:
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Klickus Mobilius on June 11, 2010, 06:36:33
Welcome from Northern California!   :wave:

Isn't Playmobil a wonderful toy?  And so addictive!   :love:
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: WarriorOfToys on June 11, 2010, 20:09:04
Great to have you with us! ;D :wave:
I should look at some of the yard sales going on around my house...
They are having them all the time
So maybe I will get lucky with so many stops! ;)
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Sylvia on June 11, 2010, 22:23:09

...I started looking at various toys for his birthday present and ended up buying Playmobil toys for him ... The little did I know, I also got hooked on Playmobil! 

Exactly the same thing happened to me a few years ago. It's very easy to become obsessed with these wonderful toys. 8-)

Welcome to the forum from the Scottish Highlands! :wave:

I hope you will have a lot of fun here. :)
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: baden-wurttemberg on June 11, 2010, 23:58:37
Welcome to Playmofriends!  :wave:

When you buy one set then you just keep buying and buying, and there starts growing your collection.

Baden
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Klickus Mobilius on June 12, 2010, 06:52:04


When you buy one set then you just keep buying and buying, and there starts growing your collection.


Yes, that's exactly what happened to me!  When I first started, I thought I could restrict myself to the Roman theme, but I couldn't resist buying other themes.   8}
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: WarriorOfToys on June 12, 2010, 15:58:15
When I think about it that is basically what happened to me... ;D

I can't beleive that they are discontinuing the Roman theme.
So many people liked it. When you hear stories of people getting back into Playmobil they usually have something to do with, "Well I saw the Romans and..." ;)
And there are tons of Romans that have flown off the shelves, all because it was a great theme!
So why in the world would they quit with it? ???
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: grangel on June 21, 2010, 20:53:18
Hello from Greece 123grams,

That excuse worked for the first six months for my wife.After the six months she is trying to book a visit to the local shrink for me!The meeting of last weekend with two other members in Athens has changed her opinion.Now she believes that it is a contagious virus.Hopefully she feels that has amune to it.By the way my 3 years old son loves playmo and in a week or two another baby son will come home as a future playmo patient.

Welcome to our company!!
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Elric on June 24, 2010, 13:37:56
Welcome aboard. I two children myself and use the same excuses all the time. Collecting this stuff is very addicting. I refer to it as crackmobil sometimes. Lol
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: playmovictorian on July 02, 2010, 19:00:35
A very warm welcome to you from Windsor UK  :wave:

Playmofriends is the best place to enjoy your passion  :love:

Karim :)

(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4280/windsorcastle.jpg) (http://img204.imageshack.us/i/windsorcastle.jpg/)

(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2043/imageresizer.jpg) (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/imageresizer.jpg/)

Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: kaethe on July 03, 2010, 07:00:30
welcome from san francisco.  i too started collecting for my children, who are now 30 and 33, but i could not justify spending money on too many sets.  now that our children are grown, and i am no longer sending all of my paycheck to their colleges, i used the excuse of buying the sets that they had always wanted when they were younger.  of course, my family was quick to point out that my collection quickly grew to include the sets i wanted.  so now there is no excuse.  and my family and friends help me find things i am looking for, and understand the need to go to toy stores whenever we travel.
kaethe
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Richard on July 19, 2010, 03:06:44


Hello, 123grams ... (http://www.gardenwargamer.com/images/welcome-2.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 to Playmofriends!
Post by: Jimbo on July 20, 2010, 12:38:16
Howdy 123grams :wave:
Warm welcome from sunny Arizona.

Best regards,
Jimbo
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Rasputin on July 22, 2010, 03:52:23
Hello

Welcome to the group from Sonoma County California. I used that same reason for buying Playmobil but unfortunately my wife knows that I am the biggest kid in the house. The only excuse I can use now is that I am supporting her homeland ;)

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
Title: Re: Hello to Playmofriends!
Post by: Justindo on July 22, 2010, 04:11:53
Welcome from Southern California! :wave: