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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: berkwit on January 19, 2011, 10:40:59

Title: Greetings!
Post by: berkwit on January 19, 2011, 10:40:59

Hello old friends and new ones!  8-)

I'm a Playmobil fan from the south of the Netherlands; I used to have a large Playmobil collection as a kid that I sold off when I was 14 and have had serious regrets about ever since, so around my 24th birthday I walked into a toy shop and bought two specials, the 4503 vulture and the 4517 dark knight. This was the beginning of a serious habit that's continued to this day, albeit with some dips due to my financial situation (at the moment I put myself on a budget of 30-50 euros per month, which is pretty OK).
I finally signed up for Playmofriends after a major dip in any forum activity of several years. I used to be a very prolific member of the Playmoboard forum, I'm still an active member of the Laughing Giraffe forum (about 1-2 posts per day) and I'm a lurker at the German Klickywelt forum - mostly to find out about new releases as soon as possible; I don't post there for several reasons. I don't know if I'm going to be very active here but I definitely want to keep up with developments in the Playmobil community, and I don't want to be only a lurker here too.

In real life I work as a process development engineer for a specialised in OLED-display techniques. I'm also the lead singer and mandolin player of a folk metal band called Chain of Dogs, which is my "baby" ;). At the moment most of my creativity and probably more work than my day job are chanelled into the band, and it's starting to pay off.
I live together with my beautiful girlfriend and our 3 cats, read and write fantasy and science fiction and besides Playmobil I collect (and sometimes paint) 6mm miniatures for wargames, mostly WW1 and WW2 with some SF/alternate reality hiccups. That's me in a nutshell. :)

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Post by: shirona33 on January 19, 2011, 11:41:54

:welcome: from Austria! (http://playsued.forumprofi.de/images/smilies/oe.gif)

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Post by: tonguello on January 19, 2011, 11:47:22

Welcome from Buenos Aires, Argentina! You seem tohave a busy life but I hope you become active in the forum and have fun with us!!
What themes do you collect??

Gaston.

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Post by: Jimbo on January 19, 2011, 12:21:11

Hi Berkwit,
Welcome from sunny Arizona :wave:

Best regards,
Jimbo

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Post by: Wolf Knight on January 19, 2011, 12:46:45

Weclome from Greece!!!

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Post by: Gis on January 19, 2011, 13:34:09

Hey Berkwit,

Welcome from another Metal Head from the Netherlands!

Any gigs in the centre of .nl soon?

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Post by: playmofire on January 19, 2011, 13:43:30

Hi Berkwit!   :wave:  It's good to see you here!   :wave:

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Post by: bonniebeth on January 19, 2011, 14:31:34

Hello and  :welcome: from Louisiana! Great to have you with us!

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Post by: WarriorOfToys on January 19, 2011, 14:50:23

Hiya Berkwit, :wave:

:welcome:

Have you ever tried wargaming with Playmobil? ;) ;D

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Post by: Bill Blackhurst on January 19, 2011, 15:12:02

 :welcome: to Playmofriends from South Carolina USA, Berkwit! It's great to see you finally with us! Don't be shy here because we have a fantastic membership with the same interests in Playmobil as you!

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Post by: Playmoholics on January 19, 2011, 15:22:42

 :welcome: A warm greetings from Indiana, USA. We look forward to getting to know you more. You sound like you have a very full life indeed!  :wave:

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Post by: BlueWizard on January 19, 2011, 16:47:41

Hi Berkwit - and greeetings from British Columbia.  Glad you decided to join in here... I hope you have lots of fun!

David

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Post by: basilsdad on January 19, 2011, 17:56:09

 :wave: Welcome from Pennsylvania, Berkwit!
Joe

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Post by: Sylvia on January 19, 2011, 17:58:13

Hi Berkwit! :wave:

It's great to hear from you again! Hope you'll enjoy being a member here. :)

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Post by: berkwit on January 19, 2011, 21:32:06

Thanks for the warm welcome. :) Like I said, I don't know how active I will be, but I'm looking forward to reading about Playmobil and discussing it with you.

To answer some of the questions: I tried wargaming with Playmobil, but it's far too big (I love 6mm for that because you can play a big game on a kitchen table. ;D It's also about the same scale as Playmobil micro, so I can combine it if I want to.)
- Themes I collect are mainly knights, fantasy and animals, though I also collect other historical stuff like most of the pirates and always buy the specials when they're released. I read on the Klickywelt forum there's a chance one of the new themes might be stone age/prehistoric, I'm really looking forward to that if it's true.
- The band has no gigs booked in the middle of the Netherlands at the moment, though we might be playing in Eindhoven in a few months (for me that's the middle, but I guess for a lot of Dutch people that's still in the south  ;)). We're booking a tour to promote our new album in april/may, but most gigs will be in Germany and maybe Scandinavia.

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Post by: Lindama on January 19, 2011, 23:00:11

Welcome and thanks for the great intro. Look forward to your posts :)

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Post by: Luis on January 19, 2011, 23:29:36

Hi Olaf,
Welcome! it's good to see you here - I remember you from the old days on playmoboard. I too was absent in the playmobil world for several years but recently came back to the addiction (in mid november to be more exact)

have a great time here, post pics of your collection/customs :picsplz:

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Post by: skypurr on January 20, 2011, 00:06:21

Hi :wave:
Welcome from Southern Scotland  (http://planetsmilies.net/flag-smiley-7326.gif)

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

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Post by: baden-wurttemberg on January 20, 2011, 00:40:38

Hello berkwit and  :welcome: from South USA!  :wave:

Very glad to have you with us here!  :)

Baden  :wave:

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Post by: Skywalker on January 20, 2011, 00:52:10

Hello from Cologne ! :wave:

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Post by: Clong on January 20, 2011, 01:03:05

 :welcome: from Louisiana :wave:

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Post by: Justindo on January 21, 2011, 01:39:15

Welcome from Southern California! :wave:

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Post by: racerx on January 21, 2011, 02:35:19

Folk metal...that's interesting.  I was turned on to Cultus Ferox while in Germany, not something I would have imagined myself liking but damned if they didn't rock.

Welcome aboard from Chicago, Illinois.   :wave:

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Post by: berkwit on January 21, 2011, 08:44:37

Thanks all! I certainly feel welcome.  :klickygrin:

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Post by: Giorginetto on January 27, 2011, 11:23:02

Welcome from Athens, Greece Sir Berkwit  :)

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Post by: kaethe on January 27, 2011, 14:46:13

welcome from san francisco, thank you for sharing your very interesting resume
kaethe

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Post by: playmojager on January 27, 2011, 16:49:25

Welcome from Greece !!!  :wave:

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Post by: flatcat on January 28, 2011, 17:27:26

Welcome from the UK :wave:

Damo :)

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Post by: CountBogro on February 23, 2011, 23:02:41

I know it's rather late ... but still ...

it's good to see you again, Berkwit.

Mark

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Post by: berkwit on February 24, 2011, 07:53:59

Hey Mark!  8-)

Thanks everyone.  :)

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Post by: Hadoque on February 25, 2011, 00:58:52

I forgot:  :welcome: