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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: Playmoholics on January 30, 2011, 20:17:26
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So, I saw this set on Ridge Road Station a couple months ago and I didn't buy it even though I really wanted it. I just assumed that I could get it next time! Now it is almost impossible to find :doh: My story does end happily though, I just purchased a set from Germany on ebay :yippee:, but I was just wondering if any of you knew why it is suddenly so difficult to find :eh?:
Just another general question: Aaron and I have been on a ridiculous PM buying binge since November and I want to stop, or at least contain it better, because the rational side of my brain is telling me that there are more "responsible" uses for our income. Does it ever stop? 8} Does anyone have any tips on keeping this addiction under control :prays: :lol:
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Sorry Jenna, I have no sane advise to give ;D I cant contain myself :lol: :lol: :lol:
But, you can control your urges if you prioratise which sets you need the most, categorise them according to your interests, likes and dislikes, be sure you concentrate more on the themes you like/love the most. Most certainly, if you want to complete a whole theme, buy each set x1 first and then move to the next. As time goes by and resources permit it, you can buy a second or third time the set you love/need the most...
As for 4211 (I took the liberty of correcting the number as you had typed 2411) these fairy tale book sets were only available for a year and probably parents have bought a lot for their children. Who wouldn't love to re-enact Hansel and Gretel, or Snowhite, or Cinderella for their kids? These are sets that a parent can use to spend some really quality time with their kids. As for collectors, these sets were greatly sought after for their unique parts and klickies ;D
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Just another general question: Aaron and I have been on a ridiculous PM buying binge since November and I want to stop, or at least contain it better, because the rational side of my brain is telling me that there are more "responsible" uses for our income. Does it ever stop? 8} Does anyone have any tips on keeping this addiction under control :prays: :lol:
I'm sorry to say that professional intervention is the only cure! :lol: I've been involved with Playmobil since 1998 with brief periods of stopping, but you always find yourself returning,........& trying to catch up 8}! As Panos has said, the story book sets have parts that are unique & much sought after by collectors & customisers! I have found the glass coffin from the Snow White set is an excellent touch for sad photo stories :sorrow:. BTW, procrastination is a horrible thing that causes new problems like what you have just gone through! :omg:
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The Hansel and Gretel set never sold well - at least in Canada, and can be found in quite a few shops still. I don't know if there was just an inordinate amount of Hansel and Gretel sets compared to Cinderella and Snow White, but ...
If you got the Snow White set, you need to get the other two and you need to get the DS set of 5 dwarves - the 4211 only comes with 2.
I think Playmobil takes their extra stock and hides it for a year or two after the stuff disappears off the shelves (giving it time to do so) and then uses employees to put the extra stock on ebay one set at a time over the next few years at an highly inflated price so the company can make even more money! :loco:
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The 3 sets are discontinued since almost a year now in Germany. We had sales, but there only snow white and Hänsel and Gretel appeared, Cinderella was not available and is not available in the DS-catalogue, too, although the other 2 sets are.
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Taming the madness of buying is always a problem! And unfortunately I'm not very good at taming it. :-[ I maintain a wishlist on playmobil of current sets, of course, and I keep a list of things I'm looking for on ebay. I try to prioritize them by importance to me, and for the playmobil.com list, by what's likely to be discontinued the soonest. What really messes me up, though is when I decide to go to TRU or some other toy store, and once I'm there I get to looking at something that isn't even on my wishlist! If I buy it, then it cuts into my budget for the things I had really wanted to get first. So aside from finding good sales or great deals, i try not to actually buy at toystores much, unless the item really is one of my top priorities on my list. I try to just plan ahead what to buy when on playmobil, and then IF i find one of the things I'm looking for on ebay at a reasonable price, then I make adjustments on my other list.
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Just another general question: Aaron and I have been on a ridiculous PM buying binge since November and I want to stop, or at least contain it better, because the rational side of my brain is telling me that there are more "responsible" uses for our income. Does it ever stop? 8} Does anyone have any tips on keeping this addiction under control :prays: :lol:
Well I am downsizing my collection, but yesterday I went out and came back with another mother and father of all hauls (I will post pics when I have gone to sleep and woken up again ;))
I am a student, learning to drive, trying to fund important things, but unfortunately that Playmobil buying bug just won't go away, and in the end you just have to give in ;)
Damo :)
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Thanks for correcting my typo Wolf Knight :-[
And thank you everyone for your advice! It is so difficult because my rational side and my 8} Playmobil side are constantly battling with one another, but then it is difficult when I want something and don't get, but then regret it later, like in this situation. So in the end I end up paying more after it's too late, because ultimately I just have to have it anyway ::)
I think Damo is right and I just have to give in to it. It makes me happy and it's not hurting anything (except perhaps "the wallet"). Or am I just rationalizing it? :lol:
Hopefully I can still find the dwarfs ;)
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What is the dwarf set number?
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7849
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Are these the Dwarfs you're looking for?
http://www.ridgeroadstation.com/store/2537849%21253/7849+Playmobil+5+Dwarfs
If they are the ones you're looking for, may I give some advice? Get them! LOL! I was like you, looking at sets on RS and then some time later, I went back, & missed out on them.....Errrrr...they were the Medieval Timbered houses, and boy, I regret not getting them.... :'(
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Yes thank you! :thanks:They are in my shopping cart and I am waiting for Aaron to tell me if he wants anything, but now I look over at him and he's sleeping!
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Yes thank you! :thanks:They are in my shopping cart and I am waiting for Aaron to tell me if he wants anything, but now I look over at him and he's sleeping!
*shop for him!* :giggle:
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Yep! Buy him a fairytale castle!
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*shop for him!* :giggle:
Good idea. Almost Valentine's day! :heart:
Bonniebeth: great idea :!: I'm sure he'd love it :giggle:
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You've already got one on lay away for him don't you, Jenna? :lol:
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You've already got one on lay away for him don't you, Jenna? :lol:
Oh yes ;) Maybe I can give him this Snow White set so he has a new princess for his new castle :giggle:
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You're bad, girl! :lol:
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Ain't nothin' wrong with that >:D Truthfully I have some dragon knight stuff on order for him and the Snow White & castle are my presents. We've already gone WAY overboard this week (well, this year :o), so that's why I'm hesitating ordering the dwarfs. I suppose we have to eat, too ::)
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Yeah, but the dwarfs are just a little thing...How much food can you buy for that?
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Yes, but if I get them from RRS it is free shipping on orders over $40.00, so I'd be silly if I didn't order MORE ;)
It's weird, but I measure the cost of anything by how much Playmobil I could buy. If Aaron wants to go out to dinner for example, I always think about how much Playmobil we could buy instead :lol:
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That's not weird at all. ;D Really it isn't! :lol:
No seriously, eating out and playmo may both technically be a waste of money. But after eating out, what so you have to show for it? A bigger waist line? With playmo, at least it makes you happy!
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Smart girls! :lol:
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See, that's why I like talking to you guys...you get it 8}
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Yep! :yup:
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We need to start a Playmobil commune so we can all live together in a toy community & if someone doesn't like our rules, they're outta here! :lol: Everyone would be able to give support to each others Playmobil beliefs! ;D
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:lol: :lol: :lol: It could look like a steck castle!
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what are ya'll saying playmobil is a waste of money. ::) i say this as im planning to spend this months allowance on about 40 knights. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: It could look like a steck castle!
that would be so cool :love: :love: :love: :love:
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Or the castle of the snow queen! :cloud9: So do I get to sit inn the peacock throne? ;D
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In the Playmobil commune you can buy or do what ever you want with your Playmobil collection! UPS, USPS, FedEx, would deliver daily using 18 wheeler delivery trucks just for us! Christmas everyday! :cloud9:
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:confetti: :confetti: :confetti: :confetti: :confetti:
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Plus, we would have a giant covered stadium so everyone could set up their collections on huge tables & never need to take them down or move them! Plus we'd have our own on site Playmobil dealership! ;D
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And we could all talk about our playmobil and play with it together all the time, so we wouldn't have to just talk about it here. :)
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:)9 :yippee: :woohoo: Great idea!
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I like where this is headed :lol:
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I like where this is headed :lol:
And here I thought you wanted to not spend as much money and were asking for a way out ...
My wife thinks this site should be something like Playmobil Anonymous where addicts go to get cured ... but it is doing the exact opposite ...
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:lol: Yeah, this is where we have people to reassure us that we're perfectly normal! 8}
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so that's why I'm hesitating ordering the dwarfs. I suppose we have to eat, too ::)
If you're "hesitating" on buying the dwarfs, this is not the place to look for the answer, food must come first! :P
It's like someone who has given up chocolate chip cookies.....you log onto here, and we're all sitting here with chocolate chip cookies going, "here, take one, you know you want one!" :lol:
...and, yes, it only makes sense to order more than $40, to save on shipping.....like you said Jenna, Valentine's Day is coming up and nothing says "I love you" like the gift of Playmobil! :love:
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Yup! :)9 :heart:
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Just another general question: Aaron and I have been on a ridiculous PM buying binge since November and I want to stop, or at least contain it better, because the rational side of my brain is telling me that there are more "responsible" uses for our income. Does it ever stop? 8} Does anyone have any tips on keeping this addiction under control :prays: :lol:
you're not the only one. I too have been ridicously spending money on PM since late october / early november (when i came back into the 'addiction') and can't stop :lol:
you want a real advise? ask a therapist, no fan message board on the internet will be useful :lol: :lol: :lol:
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you want a real advise? ask a therapist, no fan message board on the internet will be useful :lol: :lol: :lol:
Good point, but then with the cost of a therapist think of all the Playmobil I could buy instead :lol:
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Ha :lol:
So true. The real problem for me comes in when I make an exception in my budget for something else - like planning a trip, and then the trip falls through. Even though I hadn't even saved the money yet all of a sudden I start thinking...well if I took the money (I don't have) I was going to spend on the trip (I'm not taking) then I could buy these cool Playmo items. It's when I start acting on that kind of thinking I get into trouble. :o
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Ha :lol:
So true. The real problem for me comes in when I make an exception in my budget for something else - like planning a trip, and then the trip falls through. Even though I hadn't even saved the money yet all of a sudden I start thinking...well if I took the money (I don't have) I was going to spend on the trip (I'm not taking) then I could buy these cool Playmo items. It's when I start acting on that kind of thinking I get into trouble. :o
I like the way you think Tim! :lol:
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going back to topic.... (just a little :P)
I've never seen a playmo dwarf or an elf in real life... is it the same molde used for kids? or are they a medium size, something between an adult and a kid clicky? and dwarves and elves clickies are the same?
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The Dwarf & Elf Klicky's are designed using children Klicky's figure size from what I've seen.
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Plus, we would have a giant covered stadium so everyone could set up their collections on huge tables & never need to take them down or move them! Plus we'd have our own on site Playmobil dealership! ;D
plan me in 8-)
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ANd we can call it ... The Nirvana Stadium 8-)
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The commune could be named Playmoutopia! ;D
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plan me in 8-)
We'll let you know when the plane is leaving! ;)
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The commune could be named Playmoutopia! ;D
cool :love:
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The commune could be named Playmoutopia! ;D
:o Great minds think alike, BB! I was just about to suggest this name, whe I scrolled down further and saw you had already said it! :lol:
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:o Great minds think alike, BB! I was just about to suggest this name, whe I scrolled down further and saw you had already said it! :lol:
Scary, huh! ;D
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How much were each of these fairytale sets originally?
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I think $16-20 US? :eh?:
I really like the idea of a Playmobil commune and we could have a giant Playmobil store to subsidize it ;D Heaven :cloud9:
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going back to topic.... (just a little :P)
I've never seen a playmo dwarf or an elf in real life... is it the same molde used for kids? or are they a medium size, something between an adult and a kid clicky? and dwarves and elves clickies are the same?
Here's a photo with a kid, an elf, and a dwarf standing next to each other.
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/ronastoo/kidelfdwarf.jpg)
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Here's a photo with a kid, an elf, and a dwarf standing next to each other.
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/ronastoo/kidelfdwarf.jpg)
Thank you Rona!
so the only mold difference would be the elf's feet.... Thank you!