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Title: hello from amsterdam
Post by: viviana on May 11, 2011, 19:32:16
Hello playmofans from all over the world!  :wave:

it's such a pleasure to join this nice playmobil community and I'm looking forward to hear about your collections and be able to talk about my most favorite toys.

I started playing with playmobil when I was 6, but after a while my mom wouldn't let me buy new stuff and so my little friends were kept on the shelves for a couple of years. I recently rediscovered the wonders of my old playmobil collection and now I'm back to collecting again, mostly I focus on the city theme, the farm and the leasure theme. My next big goal is to purchase the playmobil school, but I'm a student so it might take some time before I have the money.... In the mean time I''ll enjoy just looking at your collections and hopefully one day I'll be able to call myself a 'serious collector'  :)

kind regards, viviana
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Wolf Knight on May 11, 2011, 19:38:14
Hello and  :welcome: to Playmofriends  from Greece viviana!!!

Is great fun rediscovering what you once loved so much!!!

I hope you have a good time here and even greater building up to your collection!!!
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Post by: tonguello on May 11, 2011, 19:39:07
hello Viviana, welcome to the froum from Buenos Aires, Argentina! I hope you have lots of fun with us.
We love pics here so whenever you can please post some photos of your collection! I also hope you can make it bigger soon adding your most wanted school!
Welcome again.
Gaston.  :wave:
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: el jefe on May 11, 2011, 19:41:52
 :wave:   :welcome: :welcome: :wave:

Welcome to Playmofriends viviana!  This is definitely a great playmobil family.
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Post by: Bill Blackhurst on May 11, 2011, 20:10:15
 :welcome: to the Playmofriends forum from South Carolina USA, Viviana! It's great to have you with us!
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on May 11, 2011, 20:17:26
Welcome to the Forum Vivian! :welcome:
I hope you enjoy spending time here. :wave:
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Post by: Skywalker on May 11, 2011, 20:44:12
 :welcome: from germany
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Post by: flatcat on May 11, 2011, 20:54:36
Welcome from the UK, Viviana! :wave:

Damo :)
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Post by: bonniebeth on May 11, 2011, 21:01:45
A warm  :welcome: from Louisiana, USA!!! Great to have you with us, Viviana! Hope you have a great time here!
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Post by: playmo1989 on May 12, 2011, 00:38:26
hello viviana  :welcome: to  playmofriends   :)
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Playmoholics on May 12, 2011, 00:55:15
  :welcome: A warm welcome from Indiana  :wave: You will find many friends here and you will always find support for your collection growing  ;) AND I think it is great that you are focusing on your education! What are your educational goals? Cheers  :**: Jenna
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Post by: Hadoque on May 12, 2011, 01:32:33
Welcome from the "deep South" (Belgium  ;D) !
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Post by: Gis on May 12, 2011, 02:25:03
Hello Viviana, A warm welcome from a countryman!!

Hope you have a great time here!
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Post by: Sylvia on May 12, 2011, 08:44:13

Hi Viviana!  :wave:

Welcome to the forum and thank you for the lovely introduction!  :D

Size of a collection is not important here - it's how you feel about Playmo that matters! ;)
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Jimbo on May 12, 2011, 12:41:44
Hi Viviana,

Warm welcome from sunny Arizona. :welcome:
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: viviana on May 12, 2011, 14:38:59
@ playmoholics: i'm doing a masters in philosophy right now and i hope to graduate next academic year. after that, i would like to do a course on leading 'philosophical' conversations with children. so that's not about the transference of knowledge, but about stimulating children to analyse their own thoughts and make them comfotable exchange their ideas with others... this is what i really would like to do, and i already work with children when i'm not studying.

@ Sylvia: of course it's not about the size of my collection :) but it would be nice to be able to expand it so i can build a playmotown...

@ Jimbo, Gis, Hadoque, playmo1989, bonniebeth, flatcat, skywalker, warrioroftoys, Bill Blackhurst, el jefe, tonguello and Wolf Knight: i'm pretty sure that i'll have great time here. ( and that it provides lot's of hours of distraction from my studies  :lol: ) Thank you all for the welcome words you wrote
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: playmofire on May 12, 2011, 14:57:43
A warm welcome from the UK, Viviana!    :wave:  Don't worry, you can be a serious collector with only two Playmobil items, maybe even one!  And the Playmobil will be a nice relaxation from your studies when you've made all your notes and written all your essays.
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Playmoholics on May 12, 2011, 23:06:31
Wow, that sounds so interesting! Congratulations! It is amazing to see how differently the mild of a child works  :)


Size of a collection is not important here - it's how you feel about Playmo that matters! ;)


Very true! You will find the support you need to help your collection grow here, and you can count on that  ;)
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: viviana on May 14, 2011, 18:19:35
Wow, that sounds so interesting! Congratulations! It is amazing to see how differently the mild of a child works  :)
 

Very true! You will find the support you need to help your collection grow here, and you can count on that  ;)

Thanks Playmoholic. it really wonders me how education is so much more focused on the transference of knowledge than on thinking itself and learning to cope with emotions and such. when i was young, i was one of those annoying kids who always had questions and i was always so curious about so many things. somehow i didn't feel very encouraged iy eagerness to know more and more... and actually playmobil was very important for me then ;)

and today i bought the summer house, which i'm really excited about! i'll post pictures later
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Luis on May 14, 2011, 19:23:59
welcome! :wave:
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Playmoholics on May 14, 2011, 23:07:16
Thanks Playmoholic. it really wonders me how education is so much more focused on the transference of knowledge than on thinking itself and learning to cope with emotions and such. when i was young, i was one of those annoying kids who always had questions and i was always so curious about so many things. somehow i didn't feel very encouraged iy eagerness to know more and more... and actually playmobil was very important for me then ;)

and today i bought the summer house, which i'm really excited about! i'll post pictures later

That is a huge problem I have with the American school system as well  :hmm: They don't teach students to think for themselves, or problem solving for that matter. Especially since so many children (and people) think, processes information, and learn differently, I think that focusing on problem solving would really help more people learn more when they are in school. But don't get me going on that subject  :lol:

That is also why I like Playmobil. I think it is so wonderful how it inspires imagination. I am getting the summer house today too  :lol:
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Post by: bonniebeth on May 14, 2011, 23:22:53
With you 100% there, Jenna! The schools here just feed information for kids to spit back into standardized, multiple choice tests, rather than teaching the thrill of learning and exploring new worlds. You can graduate high school with an appalling lack of knowledge about anything or ability to think things through, and most don't even care that they know nothing.

I agree that playmobil helps kids enjoy learning something, whether it's about history or animals or dinosaurs... it makes it interesting.
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on May 15, 2011, 01:00:37
Electronic games are the demise of learning! There is little thought processes needed to be fast with your fingers. :hmm:
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Post by: bonniebeth on May 15, 2011, 01:02:19
Quite true. They make the brain go numb!
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Post by: Playmoholics on May 15, 2011, 01:09:45
Yes, that's very true! But at least they have made preschool television very educational. I can't believe what Collin picks up from Diego and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Hot dog!  ;)
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: viviana on May 15, 2011, 19:11:24
@ playmoholics: are you enjoying the summerhouse as much as i do? i'm in the middle of re arranging my supermarket and next to it will be the summer house that will be a student house. and what will purpose will your summer house serve?

@ Luis, thanks!

@ others: exactly! sometimes education appears to be so uninspiring.... luckily, we have playmobil :)
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on May 15, 2011, 23:43:58
and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Hot dog!  ;)

 :lol: Now you've gone & done it! I've got that hotdog, hotdog, hot diggity dog song playing in my head! :hissyfit:
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Post by: basilsdad on May 15, 2011, 23:58:29
 :wave: Hello Viviana and welcome from Pennsylvania!
Joe
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Playmoholics on May 16, 2011, 00:24:58
:lol: Now you've gone & done it! I've got that hotdog, hotdog, hot diggity dog song playing in my head! :hissyfit:

 :lol: :lol: :lol: Now I'm not the only one.
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Playmoholics on May 16, 2011, 00:28:36
@ playmoholics: are you enjoying the summerhouse as much as i do? i'm in the middle of re arranging my supermarket and next to it will be the summer house that will be a student house. and what will purpose will your summer house serve?
I imagine it makes fantastic student housing! It is a little dorm like.  :picsplz:
I am probably one of the few who are actually using it for a summer house. I don't have very many modern-theme sets. It serves as a little vacation home for "our family" and have it set up next to the pool and beach. Though, I am finding the layout to be a little restrictive of play, so I am contemplating making a DS (Direct Service) spare parts order to add another level, but we will see  ???
 :wave:
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: bonniebeth on May 16, 2011, 01:31:14
:lol: Now you've gone & done it! I've got that hotdog, hotdog, hot diggity dog song playing in my head! :hissyfit:

Now it's in my head too! Thanks, BB. >:(

 :P
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on May 16, 2011, 01:53:45
Wait until you're forced to sit for hours watching those shows,....you become brain washed! 8}
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Post by: bonniebeth on May 16, 2011, 01:59:46
Ah, you know you love it! ;)
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Post by: Bill Blackhurst on May 16, 2011, 02:01:01
Yeah I do ,.....hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog,....... ;D
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Post by: Playmoholics on May 16, 2011, 13:04:15
And now at least you know your shapes and colors  :P
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Post by: Justindo on May 19, 2011, 06:15:07
Welcome from Southern California! :wave:
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Post by: dragonlovestoys on May 19, 2011, 22:05:31
Welcome from the Midwest  :wave:
Isn't it fun to re-discover your playmo! I hope you continue to have fun!
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Post by: baden-wurttemberg on May 23, 2011, 03:27:22
Welcome from Texas, USA!  :wave:


Baden  :)
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Post by: skypurr on May 31, 2011, 21:23:30
Hi  viviana  :wave:
A warm 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: schluss on June 22, 2011, 20:01:27
Also a warm welcome from the lower rhine, only a few kilometers to the dutch border...

Regards
schluss
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Post by: playmovictorian on June 23, 2011, 19:12:50
A very warm  :welcome: from England dear Viviana  :wave:

Have fun on Playmofriends  :)9

Karim :gent:
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Post by: stadswache on September 03, 2011, 06:38:46
Hello and  :welcome: :welcome: from  the netherlands
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Post by: naflibomyalp on September 04, 2011, 08:43:37
 :wave: Welcome from the UK.  I'm sure you'll love it here.

Naflibomyalp
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Post by: playmogal on September 04, 2011, 10:51:33
Viviana,
Hope you are having fun with your summer house! There are some very nice pieces in that set. I love the arbor and brick wall pieces. One day I will expand mind with another set and extra pieces as the design is quite lovely.

It is great that someone is studying how to make children think rather than just memorize facts and spit them out again and again. I refused to give multiple choice tests as a teacher because that only rewarded the best test takers and did not promote thinking.

Good luck with your studies, Pgal :wave:
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: Birdie on September 05, 2011, 17:09:27
Hi from Antwerp  :wave:

I love that summer house (actually I love all the Playmobil summer houses  ;D). So sad to hear your mum made you stop collecting Playmobil when you were young. I would have put up quite a fight  :lol:

Enjoy the forum  :)
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: noodwachter72 on September 05, 2011, 20:29:17
gretings from Haarlem Holland   :wave: :wave:

I'm sure you'll love it here.

groet Peter
Title: Re: hello from amsterdam
Post by: grangel on September 07, 2011, 06:27:06
Welcome our Company from Greece!!!