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Title: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Heronimus on July 05, 2010, 07:09:23

OK, let's be more realistic. I know you people have troops of klickies, this might be hard to give them unique names. What about the special characters in your picture taking and on display? Do they have unique names?? :wave:

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: playmovictorian on July 05, 2010, 07:23:24

Hello Heronimus  :wave:

Absolutely ! Let me introduce you to Mr & Mrs Macclesfield    :love:

(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8420/35025048.jpg) (http://img810.imageshack.us/i/35025048.jpg/)

(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4798/86573562.jpg) (http://img441.imageshack.us/i/86573562.jpg/)

(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/725/97622434.jpg) (http://img337.imageshack.us/i/97622434.jpg/)

I remember giving them the name of "Macclesfield" when I first purchased my Victorian collection back in the summer of 1990 and I sat down one evening looking at a geographic atlas looking for "British" names and "Macclesfield" sounds just perfect to me  :)

I take them with me on my trips around the UK this summer and you can follow their joyous tribulations in the Members News section   in the thread "Playmovictorian's Escapades around the UK"...

They will next board the Shakespeare Express with me  8-)

And to develop your question, I also give names to the principal characters of my dioramas. For example, my new diorama "Summer Garden Party on Regent St" will have a Head Gardener Lady called Miss Periwinkle, not to forget the famous actress Sarah Bernhardt and the opera singer Maria Malibran each competing for the limelight  :lol: As far as the Gentlemen are concerned, I have invited Sherlock Holmes, I am still looking for Dr Watson and I will introduce you to a French Gentleman Thief in the name of Arsene Lupin  ;)

Karim :)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Lindama on July 05, 2010, 07:24:42

I haven't named mine yet but will do so once we have developed more of a relationship  ;)

Karim, do Mr and Mrs Macclesfield have first names?

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: playmovictorian on July 05, 2010, 07:28:31

Absolutely Linda  :wave:

Where are my manners  :-[

John and Johan Macclesfield, of course  ;)

He is an Officer of her most Gracious Majesty and she is an accomplished and adventurous socialite  :lol:

Karim :)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on July 05, 2010, 12:40:56

In photo stories, I have named my Klicky's that are directly in the spot light. I don't name all of them, or talk to them individually though :hmm:! To name Klicky's starring in photo stories gives more of a realistic feel!

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Wolf Knight on July 05, 2010, 14:13:08

I really want to name the key players in my projects......but i am unsure how to name them... On the other hand, i just use a title for some of them, like the Grand Admiral, or the Royal Guard etc...

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: playmo1989 on July 05, 2010, 15:30:10

no i don't name my klickys  :lol: :lol: too old to play i did when i was a kid thought i named one of the klicky's from 3750 kaptain hook , i can't find any picture of it on google only boxes >:(

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Martin Milner on July 05, 2010, 18:45:40

I usually name klickies for the purposes of a Photostory, but they won't necessarily retain the same name when the story is finished. That may change now I have more indoor and outdoor space to develop different themes and worlds for the klickies in that theme. e.g. for two moderately-sized themes (Western and Adventure) in my collection, I'm dreaming up stories and scripts and the characters may well retain the same identities for further stories.

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: skypurr on July 05, 2010, 21:46:04

Quote from: playmovictorian on July 05, 2010, 07:28:31

John and Johan Macclesfield, of course  ;)

He is an Officer of her most Gracious Majesty and she is an accomplished and adventurous socialite  :lol:

I'm curious Karim as to which set Mr J Macclesfield is from (or is he a custom)

Elaine  :)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: playmo1989 on July 05, 2010, 21:55:06

Quote from: skypurr on July 05, 2010, 21:46:04

I'm curious Karim as to which set Mr J Macclesfield is from (or is he a custom)

Elaine  :)

 
he is from this circus set http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/590/draft_lens2279784module12502215photo_1226186620Playmobil_circus_Animal_Trailer.jpg

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: skypurr on July 05, 2010, 22:06:46

Quote from: playmo1989 on July 05, 2010, 21:55:06

 
he is from this circus set http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/590/draft_lens2279784module12502215photo_1226186620Playmobil_circus_Animal_Trailer.jpg

Oh of course! 
I looked at various sets but never thought to look at the circus sets  :-[
Thanks for telling me.

Elaine  :)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Heronimus on July 06, 2010, 00:29:26

Quote from: skypurr on July 05, 2010, 21:46:04

I'm curious Karim as to which set Mr J Macclesfield is from (or is he a custom)

Elaine  :)

He is made into a pirate by me :wave: >:D

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Wolf Knight on July 06, 2010, 04:44:08

Quote from: Heronimus on July 06, 2010, 00:29:26

He is made into a pirate by me :wave: >:D

snd I made a general out of him!!!

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Heronimus on July 06, 2010, 04:48:58

Quote from: Wolf Knight on July 06, 2010, 04:44:08

snd I made a general out of him!!!

Do you know how can I give him a cutless holder?
I have him one for fat guy, and I want to use a fitted size one for his body....but FAILED

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: playmovictorian on July 06, 2010, 08:06:47

Good morning dear Friends  :wave:

I forgot to mention that apart from Mr & Mrs Macclesfield which are very dear to me as I named them back in 1990 when I purchased my first collection, and of course the leading characters of my Victorian Tales, my other Klickies are anonymous but still very happy  :love:

Karim :)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Giorginetto on July 06, 2010, 10:17:19

Well in my early days as a kiddo in the late 70s / early 80s  the king of my mediaval klickies was called ' Conquestador Don Giorgino Velasquez Madreta ' i didnt know back then that these were nuremberg knights  :-[ :-[ :-[  and i thought of them as conquestadors ( the nuremberg guard cannon was  very conquestador style , as was some of their weaponry) .

Also my pirate leader was called ' Pirate Jack OakLeg' and the leader of my space playmobil ( destroyed by flood ) Dr Dave Bowman ( my tribute back then to 2001 : A space Odyssey) .

 :)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Elric on July 06, 2010, 12:55:56

I have only named my biker gang in which I will deput at a later time. I have shown three of the members but more are on the way. :)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: baden-wurttemberg on July 06, 2010, 13:05:43

I don't really name my klickies just in Photo stories or pictures I take or projects I make. Because I hove some many I will never finish naming all.  :lol:



Baden  :wave:

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Martin Milner on July 06, 2010, 15:23:06

Quote from: Heronimus on July 06, 2010, 04:48:58

Do you know how can I give him a cutless holder?
I have him one for fat guy, and I want to use a fitted size one for his body....but FAILED

There are lots of cutlass holders for slim klickies in various pirate sets.

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: playmo1989 on July 06, 2010, 18:19:18

Quote from: Giorginetto on July 06, 2010, 10:17:19

Well in my early days as a kiddo in the late 70s / early 80s  the king of my mediaval klickies was called ' Conquestador Don Giorgino Velasquez Madreta ' i didnt know back then that these were nuremberg knights  :-[ :-[ :-[  and i thought of them as conquestadors ( the nuremberg guard cannon was  very conquestador style , as was some of their weaponry) .

Also my pirate leader was called ' Pirate Jack OakLeg' and the leader of my space playmobil ( destroyed by flood ) Dr Dave Bowman ( my tribute back then to 2001 : A space Odyssey) .
 

 
how you gave them all english names?? or you called them so in greek back then and you translated them here?

 

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: playmo1989 on July 06, 2010, 18:26:04

why these circus men like karim mr Macclesfield look like captains or generals ? and also the old circus men with the blue shirts http://www.collectobil.com/images/items/3734.jpg look like masters or some how why is this costumes they wear on the circuces  ???

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: baden-wurttemberg on July 06, 2010, 18:29:16

Quote from: playmo1989 on July 06, 2010, 18:26:04

why these circus men like karim mr Macclesfield look like captains or generals ? and also the old circus men with the blue shirts http://www.collectobil.com/images/items/3734.jpg look like masters or some how why is this costumes they wear on the circuces  ???

Maybe just to look kind of fancy.

Maybe...

Baden  :wave:

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Giorginetto on July 06, 2010, 18:45:56

Quote from: playmo1989 on July 06, 2010, 18:19:18

 
how you gave them all english names?? or you called them so in greek back then and you translated them here?

 

All english names ..... my conquestador captain a bearded klicky was called Aquirre Lopez also from the famous and cult movie ' Aguirre: The wrath of god' ... was very much into movies from a very young age obviously .... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Ali Baba on July 06, 2010, 22:22:50

Very nice to read who names his klickys and why.

There were a couple of klicky I named when I was a wee lad. There was the green archer 3337 who was of course Robin Hood, although he had a crossbow and now a long bow. Should have been William Tell of course.

There was 3379, who was Ivanhoe. And the pirate captain was Redbeard and the red pirate was Erik, after the comicbooks.

There is my avatar, Ali Baba. Made a kind of arabian prince and needed a fairy tale name.

I do give klickys nicknames. 4530 is spider witch for example. The monk 3631 is Tuck. 4516 is Peter.

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Heronimus on July 07, 2010, 01:28:51

Quote from: Martin Milner on July 06, 2010, 15:23:06

There are lots of cutlass holders for slim klickies in various pirate sets.

but I cant put it on 8}

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: playmo1989 on July 07, 2010, 17:17:32

Quote from: Ali Baba on July 06, 2010, 22:22:50

4516 is Peter.

 i remember my friend had always his hero named peter various klickys have passed from him with this name as a charackeristic blond hair the very first one was the servant klicky with blond hair from 3652 http://www.collectobil.com/images/items/3652.jpg and the last was 4516 but i see it was realesed in 2003 we were too old then , so it could have been 4547 http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_gold/robotrobot/pm/4547-m.jpg  which had the same shirt  :) nice memories!!

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Gustavo on October 09, 2010, 04:37:38

(I missed quite a few interesting threads by Heronimus :( .. If you allow me, I'll dig a few of them up ::) )

Martin does wish to give names to all his Romans (and write it under their wigs). I'm not sure he already accomplished that ;D

I hope to name all or most of the ones I have. (All right, my collection is very small, I'm in around 60-65 (entire) klickys (& a few disassembled parts).)

I have a list with the names of all characters, including those who have, eventually to be disassembled, in order to give me new ones ... (Then I keep two numbers, one of actual klickys and one of number of characters 8} )

:knight:
Knights & Annis Domini
(1000-1400)

The main characters remain always in action, which are Elmo & Fletcher, and their friends. (Main ones are Feorctegot, Nomy Carrot, Gus, the Sarge Petre, among others, including rivals & enemies.)

Fletcher's troop-mates, Sarge, Lucky and Proudo. Lucky is Bertram's nickname, and Proudo is Ilario. Most all of them have family names as well, and a general lineage trace, specially the nobles, as usual.
The Tapian soldiers are Master Belteszazzar (currently disassembled :-[ ), Mark (disassembled :( ), Luke (former Master Bel), Gus, Mateo & Romeo. (Soon to arrive Gloridan & Glorezel, and a new klicky version of Romeo :woohoo: ) Their leader is Lord Tirio, Elmo's Grandpa.
Their rivals & enemies have names, but I'll mention only the knights: Sir Dildrus, disputing the Tapian crown, and Sir Goren, one allied with the Makedonians (of Rufos Makedonios and his archer, Nikos, they haven't appeared yet. Oh, and there's Rufon, the civilian keeper of the Acz! :yup:
I may have forgotten someone.

:roman: :viking:
My Romans are:

Cn. Paruos Erinion, Flavianus, Isidorius and Iustinus,
together with Norsemen, Taodan & prince Fromgar. The Dragon was later named Kranangh, when he flew away to the Degandorf mountains. By the time of the Glamerine's Mirror story, he's known as "Dragon".
There's another Roman, the vilain, he's called Gimildor.

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Gustavo on October 09, 2010, 04:45:11

& :captain:
Pirates,

second main branch of stories, however these I haven't found ways of turning into literature yet ... :-[ I'm an awful fellow to write in the Contemporary Age (i.e., after the French Revolution ...)

They are:
Aubrey Carpenter, Joe Cartagena & Gus (Johnson).
Dan Davies, Black Phil (disassembled, to give place to) Jerry Wilhelmsen, Miss Tareja Keychain, Jack Milner, and Italian Bart; this is the party of Dan Davies.
& There be vilains!, Jim Baker, Roy (gave place to) Mr. Spoon, and Manolo Yuyopac.
& others, not part of any of these groups: Doll (whose actual name is Olivia), Ben Scoundrel (Rustysaber) & Donald Milner (Powderbarrel), and Taroq Danga, from distant Sahara. (I may have forgotten someone ...)


 :sorrow:
(The candle goes for Renaissance & Barroque ;) )

There are two Renaissance fellows, Giacommo & Don Fredenando (whose skull is later a companion to Joe Cartagena, and narrator of his stories ...).


 :bunny:
And there's a couple of characters that I use from medieval to pirates:

Raven, Nardo and Nomy, and Rufon.


Also, I have a few contemporary klickys, a few of them without story ( :cowboy: Hank Tucker, Confederate soldier (because he looks good, in his sideburns :P ). The only two klickys I have here without names are Union soldiers #1 & #2 ... Who knows in the future I'll do something with them, but I find it very unlikely as stories; only as "playmohistory" portraits ...)

Fred and Masie don't have a story by me, it's a couple of PlaymoFriends' community characters. They interact with Gus, who is, supposedly, the playmo' representative (legal agent & director) of # Gus' Little Theatre Room (see in the PFZ), together with me! :P

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Gustavo on October 09, 2010, 05:12:46

(I counted 54, in the two threads above. together with the ones not mentioned, it'll do 59 klickys, and 68 characters in all. :) Not counting up the two that will arrive ...)

So, up to this day, I can say that pretty much all of my assembled klickys have names. Not too difficult a task ::) all right ...

(Difficult was to make the lineage of Sir Elmo, but I do have this as well, back to the IXth century! :P -- Call me crazy.)

Anyways, playmobil is a greeeeat excuse for writing stories. (In my case.)

Gus
:blackhair:

Quote from: playmovictorian on July 06, 2010, 08:06:47

Good morning dear Friends  :wave:

I forgot to mention that apart from Mr & Mrs Macclesfield which are very dear to me as I named them back in 1990 when I purchased my first collection, and of course the leading characters of my Victorian Tales, my other Klickies are anonymous but still very happy  :love:

Karim :)

(Oh, I have quite a few characters of the old collection, that is gone ... :P Better not mention them here. People must already be tired of my long list of characters ::) They aren't a great number of klickys but they are a pretty big number of names ...)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Andy R on October 10, 2010, 03:19:51

Generally, yes. There are some that I name as a group, but many are named as individuals…

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: WarriorOfToys on October 10, 2010, 20:10:20

I have named every single one of my Knights,
and all Medieval people.

I am debating weather or not to continue and do the same for my Romans...
(I probably will)

When I was little I created names for them...
But I never really remembered their names past a day or so. :P
So they kept changing. ::)
Not too much, as I would remember basically what their names were,
Like how they sounded, or a few letters in them.

But when I heard about a collectors who writes
all their names on paper and sticks them in their heads...
I couldn't resist! ;D

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Justindo on October 11, 2010, 03:16:23

I haven't named any of my klickies as there are too many of them!  I've considered naming some of my officers, but I don't think I will.

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Heronimus on October 11, 2010, 03:20:58

Quote from: WarriorOfToys on October 10, 2010, 20:10:20

I have named every single one of my Knights,
and all Medieval people.

I am debating weather or not to continue and do the same for my Romans...
(I probably will)

When I was little I created names for them...
But I never really remembered their names past a day or so. :P
So they kept changing. ::)
Not too much, as I would remember basically what their names were,
Like how they sounded, or a few letters in them.

But when I heard about a collectors who writes
all their names on paper and sticks them in their heads...
I couldn't resist! ;D

but u cant do that with the kids~~~~ :P

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: WarriorOfToys on October 11, 2010, 12:29:00

Quote from: Heronimus on October 11, 2010, 03:20:58

but u cant do that with the kids~~~~ :P

I ignore the kids. :lol:

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: tonguello on October 11, 2010, 12:52:59

I name only my favorties and my main caracters. Names are difficult to asigne... I mean...it has to be the perfect name for each one..it's a lot of thinking.....I'm already stressed out!!  :love: :love:

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: skypurr on October 11, 2010, 12:55:31

Quote from: WarriorOfToys on October 11, 2010, 12:29:00

I ignore the kids. :lol:

My kids ignore me!  :lol:

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: WarriorOfToys on October 11, 2010, 13:00:51

Quote from: tonguello on October 11, 2010, 12:52:59

I name only my favorties and my main caracters. Names are difficult to asigne... I mean...it has to be the perfect name for each one..it's a lot of thinking.....I'm already stressed out!!  :love: :love:

I just get them from a name generator.
I just click the type of name I want my people to have, (Norse, Roman, English... etc.)
Then I refresh the page, each time it shows me a new name. :)

I am much to lazy to make my own names for all my Klickies,
Just the main ones. ::)

Quote from: skypurr on October 11, 2010, 12:55:31

My kids ignore me!  :lol:

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)

Don't worry, one day they will realize what an awesome mom they have. :)9
I wish my mom collected Playmobil. :)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: tonguello on October 11, 2010, 13:05:04

Quote from: WarriorOfToys on October 11, 2010, 13:00:51

I just get them from a name generator.
I just click the type of name I want my people to have, (Norse, Roman, English... etc.)
Then I refresh the page, each time it shows me a new name. :)

I am much to lazy to make my own names for all my Klickies,
Just the main ones. ::)

Don't worry, one day they will realize what an awesome mom they have. :)9
I wish my mom collected Playmobil. :)

 :o :o where do I get a name generator?????  ???

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: WarriorOfToys on October 11, 2010, 13:48:38

Quote from: tonguello on October 11, 2010, 13:05:04

:o :o where do I get a name generator?????  ???

Google.

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: tonguello on October 11, 2010, 13:51:43

 :doh: of course!
thanx

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Gis on October 12, 2010, 17:39:23

Quote from: tonguello on October 11, 2010, 13:05:04

:o :o where do I get a name generator?????  ???

WOT: The correct answer would be:

http://tinyurl.com/ddq3ud

It is more educational *grin*

/me runs away from this thread, cackling madly!

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Gustavo on October 12, 2010, 17:48:26

Quote from: Justindo on October 11, 2010, 03:16:23

I haven't named any of my klickies as there are too many of them!  I've considered naming some of my officers, but I don't think I will.

(That isn't like you ... lol!)

Quote from: Gis on October 12, 2010, 17:39:23

WOT: The correct answer would be:

http://tinyurl.com/ddq3ud

It is more educational *grin*

/me runs away from this thread, cackling madly!

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

love it!

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: WarriorOfToys on October 12, 2010, 19:22:49

Quote from: Gis on October 12, 2010, 17:39:23

WOT: The correct answer would be:

http://tinyurl.com/ddq3ud

It is more educational *grin*

/me runs away from this thread, cackling madly!

:lol:
I love that thing! ;D

How do you do it? ???

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Wolf Knight on October 12, 2010, 19:37:28

Quote from: Gis on October 12, 2010, 17:39:23

WOT: The correct answer would be:

http://tinyurl.com/ddq3ud

It is more educational *grin*

/me runs away from this thread, cackling madly!

Incredible Gis!!! Thank you!!!

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Gustavo on October 12, 2010, 19:42:21

Quote from: WarriorOfToys on October 11, 2010, 13:00:51

I just get them from a name generator.
I just click the type of name I want my people to have, (Norse, Roman, English... etc.)

There are other ways to "generate" names ...

 :roman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_names
 :knight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurian_cycle#The_Arthurian_cycle
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Mercia#Kings_of_Mercia_family_tree

 :wave:

Gus
:blackhair:

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: tonguello on October 12, 2010, 19:45:18

Quote from: WarriorOfToys on October 12, 2010, 19:22:49

:lol:
I love that thing! ;D

How do you do it? ???

What thing? It takes me to a blank page  :'(

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Gustavo on October 12, 2010, 20:07:13

Quote from: Gustavo on October 12, 2010, 19:42:21

There are other ways to "generate" names ...

 :roman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_names
 :knight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurian_cycle#The_Arthurian_cycle
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Mercia#Kings_of_Mercia_family_tree

 :wave:

Gus
:blackhair:

Yet another way of naming your characters ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Progress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek_the_Third

(Allegoric ... I have one such project :P )

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: Gis on October 12, 2010, 21:27:51

Quote from: WarriorOfToys on October 12, 2010, 19:22:49

:lol:
I love that thing! ;D

How do you do it? ???

You go to lmgtfy.com (Let me google that for you)
Type your search string
click search
It will create a link...when you mouse over the link you can convert it to tinyurl....then you copy paste the tinyurl link!

Shows people that google is their friend :-)

Title: Re: Do you name your klickies?
Post by: WarriorOfToys on October 13, 2010, 12:38:23

Ohhh!
That's awesome! (http://tinyurl.com/3578783) ;D