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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: Wesley Myers on August 16, 2010, 15:52:53
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Okay, this time for real ...
This is my third attempt at posting this (hopefully it works this time ...).
Went to a garage sale and got some Playmobil (the first post was quite detailed and witty, the second was more detailed and because this is the third attempt I'm not going to rewrite the whole thing again). It was a pretty good buy, I think, as it was a total of $15 for the whole thing.
Here is what it looked like when I got home:
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Here is inside the tubs:
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There are some neat sets in there and my daughters and I have been busy sorting through it (well, me sorting, they playing).
However, there are some pieces I am not familiar with and couldn't find on Playmodb yet. If anyone could help identify them, that would be great!
The seat in the second picture looks like it is for a baby and possibly off some type of "Freetime" ride. However, I could not locate it on Playmodb.org. It is possible it not Playmobil.
In the third picture, the small white piece - I am not sure if that is Playmobil at all. The silver piece is of a softer plastic and I am not sure if that would be Playmobil either.
As for the large red baseplate / stage, was that only used for the Circus band (3723 http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-9020 (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-9020))?
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Congratulations on such a great haul - $15! :o :o :o
The little yellow seat is for baby from you blue car you have there 30 06 9560 - Carseat for baby (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-9560)
As to the bits in the third pic, I don't think they are Playmobil
Damo :)
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The little paper is a magazine from the dentist set which you appear to have 3762 - Dentist's Office (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3762)
And the smaller white piece next to that is a headrest for a stretcher 30 60 5940 - Stretcher, folding back & support (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-60-5940)
Could the larger whit piece in the first pic be this:30 02 8900 - Cargo box for top of camper van (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-02-8900)
It certainly looks as if it is, but this campervan set is much younger than the rest of your stuff
Damo :)
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It was a pretty good buy, I think, as it was a total of $15 for the whole thing.
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I think this was a very good buy at 15 bucks.
The white box looking thing goes on top of the motorhome 30 02 8900
The washboard thing goes to the hospital stretcher bed. 30 60 5940
The yellow baby seat 30 06 956
big flat white awning 30 02 9100
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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15$$$$$ OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Awesome! ;D ;D ;D
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15$ Really really great!!! Hope people would sell their playmobil like that here in greece....
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well i believe that's what this is worth ,it's not that a extreamely low price all are destoyed parts ,only if you need some of these you should buy it ,it's a fine price but not the best tag ;) ;)
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Wow!!! :o :o :o That's great! 15 bucks! That's an excellent buy! I guess I need to go to garage sales more often! :lol:
Baden :wave:
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Very nice finds Wesley, my eye is particularly drawn to the racing car and bobsleigh, both rare items.
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Yeah, the bobsleigh is pretty rare!
Baden :wave:
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Great haul, Wesley! There must be $15 dollars worth of bins there at least! It is fun to go through the lot and look for treasures. Enjoy! ;D
Joe
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The little paper is a magazine from the dentist set which you appear to have 3762 - Dentist's Office (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3762)
And the smaller white piece next to that is a headrest for a stretcher 30 60 5940 - Stretcher, folding back & support (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-60-5940)
Could the larger whit piece in the first pic be this:30 02 8900 - Cargo box for top of camper van (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-02-8900)
It certainly looks as if it is, but this campervan set is much younger than the rest of your stuff
Damo :)
Yes, it does look like the cargo top for the camper van. I am sure it is that as the awning (as Rasputin stated) is from there as well. So are the folding chairs and table that came with the stuff. No camper though ... No ambulance for the stretcher headrest either, but the wheelchair and figures - but I did get a door for an amblulance ... LOL
The set sets are from around 1994 - 97 (the specials in there and a lot of the other sets). At this time here there would have been a lot of smaller shops selling Playmobil, not just Toys R Us so you could easily get older ones off the shelves (ie the Freetime Playground set that is included and the first version Sheriff's Office (which is complete by the way) and the pirate ship).
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Yes, it does look like the cargo top for the camper van. I am sure it is that as the awning (as Rasputin stated) is from there as well. So are the folding chairs and table that came with the stuff. No camper though ... No ambulance for the stretcher headrest either, but the wheelchair and figures - but I did get a door for an amblulance ... LOL
The set sets are from around 1994 - 97 (the specials in there and a lot of the other sets). At this time here there would have been a lot of smaller shops selling Playmobil, not just Toys R Us so you could easily get older ones off the shelves (ie the Freetime Playground set that is included and the first version Sheriff's Office (which is complete by the way) and the pirate ship).
Its this one right? http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-02-8900
Baden :wave:
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Very nice finds Wesley, my eye is particularly drawn to the racing car and bobsleigh, both rare items.
Thank you.
The bobsleigh is complete, minus one runner.
Does anyone have an extra runner that they do not need?
;D
It actually glides really nicely along the floor with just the 3 runners, so no big loss. I wish the colour was not so neony ...
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Its this one right? http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-02-8900
Baden :wave:
That's it!
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That's it!
Were you looking for it or what??
Baden :wave:
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Hi
I think this was a very good buy at 15 bucks.
The white box looking thing goes on top of the motorhome 30 02 8900
The washboard thing goes to the hospital stretcher bed. 30 60 5940
The yellow baby seat 30 06 956
big flat white awning 30 02 9100
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
Thank you.
I would never have guessed it was supposed to be a baby car seat. It is so "thick" and solid. I thought it might have clipped onto the carousel swing frame somehow for babies.
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Were you looking for it or what??
Baden :wave:
Just the rest of what it attaches to (minus the 'awning'). ;)
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Oh, ok!
B-W :)
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15$ Really really great!!! Hope people would sell their playmobil like that here in greece....
When I pay a price like this for sets my wife does not complain. :lol:
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Very good catch. Including the plastic boxes? It´s a steal!!!!
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Very good catch. Including the plastic boxes? It´s a steal!!!!
Thank you. Yes, buying those plastic boxes alone would be about that price (or more!).
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What a great buy, at such a low price :(o): and what great fun sorting it all out !! Lucky You! :)
Elaine :)
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WOW....lovely find. :love: :love: :love:
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What a great buy, at such a low price :(o): and what great fun sorting it all out !! Lucky You! :)
Elaine :)
Yes, the sorting is fun! Albeit sad at the same time - sad when you realise this or that little piece or part is not to be found. Which then often leads to happiness - you know you have an extra one from some lot you had bought in the past!
These Playmobil are very clean and well kept, actually. I was surpised the ambulance and camper were not there but all the accessories and klickies are. Nor are the horses, but all the tack is present for them.
I will post some pics of the sets I got as some are really neat and I honestly wish I would have bought them when they were new. Yes, better late than never, but my oldest daughter would have gotten a lot of play value out of them.
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These Playmobil are very clean and well kept, actually. I was surpised the ambulance and camper were not there but all the accessories and klickies are. Nor are the horses, but all the tack is present for them.
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It is funny that you mentioned that the horses were missing. Quite a few times I would be buying up a kids collection only to realize certain items were missing. I would ask the parents who were selling them and the reply is always the same. "Oh those are so and so's favorite pieces/animals, we have to keep them". Usually with girls it the horses and klickies and with boys, well they just want the money for video games :lol:
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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Thank you. Yes, buying those plastic boxes alone would be about that price (or more!).
Great Playmobil minds think alike 0) 0) 0)
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It is funny that you mentioned that the horses were missing. Quite a few times I would be buying up a kids collection only to realize certain items were missing. I would ask the parents who were selling them and the reply is always the same. "Oh those are so and so's favorite pieces/animals, we have to keep them". Usually with girls it the horses and klickies and with boys, well they just want the money for video games :lol:
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
Once when I went to a bootsale, a lady was selling newish Playmobil sets, all in the boxes, opened but to played with/built (parts still sealed) And the Klickies were all missing.
So I asked were all the 'people' were, and she said that her daughter had taken her Playmobil people on holiday, and they had left them in their hotel room when they went out for the day, and a cleaner or member of hotel staff had stolen them from the draw.
So this lady at the car boot (her Mum) had bought new all the sets which her Klickies originally came from, and then given her daughter back what she thought was her Klickies 'found' and then was selling the rest of the sets minus the Klickies at car boot.
After knocking her down considerably :lol: I bought them all up, and have bought the replacemnt Klickies to complete them (she obviously hadn't heard of DS)
Damo :)
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Once when I went to a bootsale, a lady was selling newish Playmobil sets, all in the boxes, opened but to played with/built (parts still sealed) And the Klickies were all missing.
So I asked were all the 'people' were, and she said that her daughter had taken her Playmobil people on holiday, and they had left them in their hotel room when they went out for the day, and a cleaner or member of hotel staff had stolen them from the draw.
So this lady at the car boot (her Mum) had bought new all the sets which her Klickies originally came from, and then given her daughter back what she thought was her Klickies 'found' and then was selling the rest of the sets minus the Klickies at car boot.
After knocking her down considerably :lol: I bought them all up, and have bought the replacemnt Klickies to complete them (she obviously hadn't heard of DS)
Damo :)
After you'd bought them you should have told her about DS >:D ;D >:D ;D >:D
Elaine
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After you'd bought them you should have told her about DS >:D ;D >:D ;D >:D
Elaine
And of how to telephone the hotel manager and state what happened and if the hotel was not going to replace all the sets for them - and compensate them for their trouble and heartache how she knew letters to the newspapers and interviews with young reporters who are eager to make a name for themselves and get noticed were in store; coupled with letters to the hotel's head office, regional and district managers and anyone who would listen to her tale of woe. Not to mention going to the police to file a report.
She really should not have had to shell out of her own pocket for a theft.
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That is an excellent find Wesley!! Two different times I have found playmobil items at garage sales, the first time I got the grocery store for very very cheap and the second time I got the Victorian mansion 5300 with a lot of the Victorian sets included for $30!! Now I'm just trying to find the expansion 7411 that doesn't cost as much as the ones on eBay! ;D
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Here are some pictures from what was in the tubs. There will be more coming over time as I have time to take pictures. Actually taking the pictures isn't the problem, the problem is resizing them down ...
Anyway, here are some of the specials:
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Here are some pictures from what was in the tubs. There will be more coming over time as I have time to take pictures. Actually taking the pictures isn't the problem, the problem is resizing them down ...
Anyway, here are some of the specials:
oh :o :o :o rare specials each is sold for 8 dollars or something on ebay good good :)9
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3807 Bobsled.
As we can see in the second picture, they are getting some help trying to repair the bobsleigh. If anyone can help these poor potential Olympians with a spare runner, they would be very grateful! :)
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Here is the 3848 Hot Dog Cart (yes, the boy with the dinosaur sweatshirt and the Dino hat are present, I just neglected to put him in the picture ...) and the 3844 Hippie Backpacker (Trail Blazer / Trekking Tent).
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Is it not fun to rediscover and rebuild these sets out of a big...if not huge as I would hope to do one day... pile?
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Gosh, you did amazingly well for $15 Wesley!
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Gosh, you did amazingly well for $15 Wesley!
There are more - I will post them in a few days.
It really is fun putting them all together again and finding out what is there.
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well i believe that's what this is worth ,it's not that a extreamely low price all are destoyed parts ,only if you need some of these you should buy it ,it's a fine price but not the best tag ;) ;)
oh :o :o :o rare specials each is sold for 8 dollars or something on ebay good good :)9
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You see these can be great deals even when they look all messed up ;) we will get you to buy some of these "destroyed" lots yet :P.
I bet there were some really rare sets in all those big unopened boxes in that big auction . The price was bad but like in this lot you never know until you open it up and sort it all out.
And all the fun in sorting it all out is priceless :lol:
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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I like that "Hunter" in the first picture, or Trapper as he was known in Germany and really is. Who would go hunting with just a bowie knife (apart from Rambo)? Proper brown boots too, not pink, yellow or purple as they'd put on a similar figure today. This one is wearing an embroidered shirt, suggesting his own wore out and he's been doing some trading with the natives.
The other fur trapper is the old 3394 (mysteriously labelled as part of the Indians theme by Collectobil), which includes the steel jaws trap which this set lacks (had Playmobil started going soft?), and a pelt stretched out for curing. This trapper wears a beaver skin hat complete with dangling tail.
The earliest Europeans to spend any appreciable time in my adopted State of Oregon were Fur Trappers, working alone or in small groups, catching beavers and other animals for their pelts and trading the skins on to a middleman such as the Hudson's Bay Company, which take them back East to be made into hats, coats and gloves. This was before a wagon route was found over the Cascade Mountains (to my East) opening up the Oregon Trail in the 1840s and starting the Western migration of settlers looking for a better life.
The fashion for beaverskin hats eventually died out, and combined with a decline in the numbers of key species de to over-harvesting (a lesson our own species has still not learned) forced the trappers to change trade. Many become buffalo hunters.
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You see these can be great deals even when they look all messed up ;) we will get you to buy some of these "destroyed" lots yet :P.
I bet there were some really rare sets in all those big unopened boxes in that big auction . The price was bad but like in this lot you never know until you open it up and sort it all out.
And all the fun in sorting it all out is priceless :lol:
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i might try it some day ;) ussually i buy msib sets or if they are used in good condition i like spesiffic things now this lot for example i like some of the specials but the rest i don't need them ,
oooooh ... you talk about this big action that went to 3000 $$ or something , perhaps it had treasures perhaps it was empty or casual things not something special ;)
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The fashion for beaverskin hats eventually died out, and combined with a decline in the numbers of key species de to over-harvesting (a lesson our own species has still not learned) forced the trappers to change trade. Many become buffalo hunters.
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I think it is "to change targets" not trade :lol:
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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I like that "Hunter" in the first picture, or Trapper as he was known in Germany and really is. Who would go hunting with just a bowie knife (apart from Rambo)? Proper brown boots too, not pink, yellow or purple as they'd put on a similar figure today. This one is wearing an embroidered shirt, suggesting his own wore out and he's been doing some trading with the natives.
The other fur trapper is the old 3394 (mysteriously labelled as part of the Indians theme by Collectobil), which includes the steel jaws trap which this set lacks (had Playmobil started going soft?), and a pelt stretched out for curing. This trapper wears a beaver skin hat complete with dangling tail.
The earliest Europeans to spend any appreciable time in my adopted State of Oregon were Fur Trappers, working alone or in small groups, catching beavers and other animals for their pelts and trading the skins on to a middleman such as the Hudson's Bay Company, which take them back East to be made into hats, coats and gloves. This was before a wagon route was found over the Cascade Mountains (to my East) opening up the Oregon Trail in the 1840s and starting the Western migration of settlers looking for a better life.
The fashion for beaverskin hats eventually died out, and combined with a decline in the numbers of key species de to over-harvesting (a lesson our own species has still not learned) forced the trappers to change trade. Many become buffalo hunters.
I've got a few beefs over the bison hunting - not the hunting itself as there weree tonnes of bison here. One account from where I live in the 1870's is of a north west mounted policemena trying to pursue a guy who darted in front of a herd of bison and the proto-mountie had to wait for 3 days for the herd to pass. That was in the 1870's.
The US gov't wanted to force indians into treaties so they put huge bounties on bison so they would be wiped out - as that was the main food and supply source for indians. We all know what happened. There are hardly any left now. It had nothing to do with fahion (ie bison caots) or anything, it was purely political to force the indians onto reservations and force them to sign the treaties.
Martin, where I live too was first exploredand settled by trappers and hunters of beaver and other pelts. The first here, however, were French and then later the Hudson's Bay Co. moved in (Rupert's Land) after the French Indian Wars..