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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: Gis on June 03, 2011, 21:41:09
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Hello All,
I have I already talked about this haul in one of Skywalker’s threads. So I finally had the time to post this. As I have mentioned I am fighting often with the urge to go into a new theme. But when I ran into these auctions on Ebay I couldn’t resist and bid what I thought were bargain prizes for each. So here they are:
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Yes…I also bought some trains
So there were two auctions with an engine and two carts and I bought a separate lot of rails. For each engine and two carts I paid 20 Euro. So it was a total of 45 Euro for 2 WORKING engines, 2 flatbeds and 2 passenger cars!! So yeah, how can one resist?
One of the engines misses a roof and a seat is missing in one of the passenger cars, so overall not to bad. I was hoping maybe someone has a spare of either one for trade?
The rails was a total of 14 curves 4 straights and 2 switches for 60 Euro’s so another good deal in my book. Now the rails need to be powered and I am all set. I also managed to convince my wife that we should keep it all…as it would make a great addition to the Zoo to have a train run through it for the visitors
Then I bought a nice collection with lots and lots of different stuff, here is an overview picture (just the interesting stuff).
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The following picture shows the most interesting animals in the lot, there were a lot of coloured ones but having more intact Wildebeests is always nice. There was a whole bag full of animals, lots of horses and such of course.
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Here are some of the most interesting vehicles in the batch we’ll have lots of spares soon so I am gonna prep a trading post at some point this year!
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One of the highlights of the collection was the Longhorns although one has a broken horn but the rest are in pristine condition.
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Another nice thing was the 3799 island, unfortunately it was glued and one of the palm trees had broken off in its socket, I’ve already taken a drill to it so it’s no longer an issue. Although the tree itself will need some sanding to fit in something and will be slightly shorter! In the back you can see the Steck Farm and typical green fence, as well as the Big Tree with hideout.
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There was also a complete pottery in the mix which was one of the reasons I got interested in the collection to begin with….finally I have a pottery wheel
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There were also a couple of old knights and 90’s medieval figures that were nice surprises.
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Another great tree, complete with the figures and the Fire Wizard in the back will be customized thanks to Vauban’s great photo story.
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The witch is a just a great klicky IMO and more tournament tents are always welcome.
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There was also a nice selection of complete knight-specials that were in ziplock bags
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The travelers and the robber are also great sets. That were completely included.
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I know the monk was in there, slowly amassing a decent number of these for a potential monastery/brewery Belgium style, now that the Big Barrel is out (have 10 new ones already :)) The dove girl and goat herder special are also nice medieval specials.
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Here is some more medieval stuff that was included, some nice pieces and klickies…lots of customizing opportunities.
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In the front of this picture you see the bag of animals I was talking about. The rest of the box is just full of unsorted stuff that we are now slowly processing. Lots of trade stuff as well for the future.
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Then comes the centerpiece “The Circus” this is also what started the mediation in regards to buying the whole collection. I got the everything related with the circus for under 20 Euro’s in an ebay auction. In the follow up she explained she had more stuff for sale and instead of listing everything on ebay we made a deal for everything through email. I paid 200 Euro for everything (apart from the train stuff) which I was very happy with.
Here is the “Kassa” with the horse act in the back.
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Two wild animal cars (missing the three of the four back windows, trade anyone?) and a living wagon forming a nice wagon train. As you can see in the back there was also a big elephant.
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The sea lions were an awesome set and I still have my childhood set as well…now there are more. The Snakewoman and Fakir are also happy additions.
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Some clowns, the money act and in the back you can see the circus truck.
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Here you have a better view of the truck as well as a good view of the band :)
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Well that it, like I said all that for 200 Euro was more than ok in my book and now it’s a matter of sorting and eventually I’ll start trading some of the stuff away.
With all our recent additions we really needed some more space in our Playmoden so I made an improve extra shelf for our less used stuff. Two old pirate islands on the right, Western/Christmas/Rescue in the boxes two pirate ships on the left behind the new Water Tower and Windmill. Below are all the dragons including the small one which are “slightly” hard to spot.
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Thanks for reading/watching :)
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What a fantastic haul!!! Congratulations! I've had my eye on that pirate island for some time. I think it would be a great ape exhibit, surrounded by water to keep them from escaping.
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What a fantastic haul!!! Congratulations! I've had my eye on that pirate island for some time. I think it would be a great ape exhibit, surrounded by water to keep them from escaping.
Thats our plan as well bb. We'll see what we'll do now that we have two though.
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OMG, great minds think alike! I really hope I can finally set up my zoo sometime soon, though I may have to do something drastic to have space for it. :lol:
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Absolutely amazing haul! WOW! I'd love to get so much at once, and then get to find surprise after surprise. There's so much good stuff there. Congratulations!
I once bought that circus on ebay to get the violin and cello it came with. Apparently, the original owner allowed a very young child to apply the stickers. They are a mess! Sometime I'll add photos to my collection thread.
Anyway, very well done! Bravo! :wave:
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Wow! That is a very exciting haul!!! I see some great sets in there. Congratulations :confetti:
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Nice haul, Gis!
Btw, if there would be a knifethrower-disc (messenwerper's schijf) among the circus stuff...I'd be interested ;)
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nice haul gis ;) how much did all these costed?
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Congratulations on a wonderful purchase. Personally, I had to wipe the drool off of my keyboard when I saw the pottery house and the wheel. (Sigh)
Those are rare and very expensive finds here in the states.
kaethe
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Those are rare and very expensive finds here in the states.
everywhere not only in tn the states :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Thanks for all the nice comments people!
nice haul gis ;) how much did all these costed?
So it was a total of 45 Euro for 2 WORKING engines, 2 flatbeds and 2 passenger cars!!
The rails was a total of 14 curves 4 straights and 2 switches for 60 Euro’s so another good deal in my book.
like I said all that for 200 Euro was more than ok in my book
Hey alex could you next time read my post before asking questions. I quoted from the original message how much i paid for everything.
Nice haul, Gis!
Btw, if there would be a knifethrower-disc (messenwerper's schijf) among the circus stuff...I'd be interested ;)
That set unfortunately was not in there, it is still on my list aswell.
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Excellent haul Gis!!! So diverse!!! I am not a circus fan, nor in real life neither in playmobil, but that orchestra is really great!!! I want one!!!!
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Thanks for all the nice comments people!
Hey alex could you next time read my post before asking questions. I quoted from the original message how much i paid for everything.
oh sorry :-[ 200 euros thats a fair price for these :)9
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I want one!!!!
romani is the best !!!! :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:
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romani is the best !!!! :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:
I meant I only want the orchestra, not the circus Alex ;) I'll never put a circus in my collection.Sorry thats just the way I feel.
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I meant I only want the orchestra, not the circus Alex ;) I'll never put a circus in my collection.Sorry thats just the way I feel.
oh the orchestra :( it may grow in you panos by time and one day you'll buy all circus sets :D
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Amazing Haul Gis ! all Sets you did get are great. with the circus + the trains you might try this custom i saw with i circus trailer & a train wagon that would fit perfect to your new sets and you can combine the circus / train sets very nice :wave:
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Very nice haul!
I also get the best deals from big hauls like this. It is also always nice to puzzle them out completely!
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I'll never put a circus in my collection.Sorry thats just the way I feel.
Yeah, I didn't think I would either. :-[ But now I've justified it by just not having any animal acts, only human acrobats.
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Yeah, I didn't think I would either. :-[ But now I've justified it by just not having any animal acts, only human acrobats.
why? it's very well desighned !! after all the animals are not real ;) the tigers with the fire ,the elephant , the mokeys they are all great :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:
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We're off topic. ;)
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We're off topic. ;)
Already?! There are a lot of circus' parts in Gis' haul, so can't the circus parts be discussed? Or are we only allowed to say "congratulations Gis, nice sets, bye" :eh?:
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:lol: Oh, we're not far off yet, but if I keep arguing about my views of animals in circuses, then we certainly will be! So I'd rather not go into it here. That's all I meant. ;)
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Already?! There are a lot of circus' parts in Gis' haul, so can't the circus parts be discussed? Or are we only allowed to say "congratulations Gis, nice sets, bye" :eh?:
true true... :yup: :yup: :yup: :yup: i guess bonnie doesn't want to answer because she hates circuses :shhhh: :shhhh: ;D
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:lol: Oh, we're not far off yet, but if I keep arguing about my views of animals in circuses, then we certainly will be! So I'd rather not go into it here. That's all I meant. ;)
oh !!! now i read that :-[ :-[ :-[ see my thoughts exactly hadoque ;)
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Congratulations, lots of excellent stuff there
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wow great haul and a reasonable price, bye :P
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Very nice haul Gis! Circus is my new favorite theme. I just recently got that red circus, but no band. They look awesome. Love the trailers too. :wave:
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very tasty haul Sir !!!! steck houses, nuremberg ,old time classicos, very nice sinior, very nice !!! :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:
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That's a tremendous haul, Gis, but beware, with the trains you are on a slippery slope! First, it will be trains to carry visitors around the zoo, then trains to carry them to the zoo, the trains to carry animal feed to the zoo, and then.....thereis no end with trains!
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That's a tremendous haul, Gis, but beware, with the trains you are on a slippery slope! First, it will be trains to carry visitors around the zoo, then trains to carry them to the zoo, the trains to carry animal feed to the zoo, and then.....thereis no end with trains!
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very tasty haul Sir !!! :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:
tasty hmmm... (http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Food/i-scream-for-ice-cream-41.gif)
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Yeah, I didn't think I would either. :-[ But now I've justified it by just not having any animal acts, only human acrobats.
We are not big fans of Circusses either but the worth of the animals alone in the Circus was more then we paid for the circus. I mean we got it for ~20 Euro including Sea Lions,Giant Elephant, Camels, Lions, Monkeys how could I resist?
That's a tremendous haul, Gis, but beware, with the trains you are on a slippery slope! First, it will be trains to carry visitors around the zoo, then trains to carry them to the zoo, the trains to carry animal feed to the zoo, and then.....thereis no end with trains!
I think my wife will be VERY carefully on the lookout for that! I can go crazy with medieval as this is my theme but adding themes is just not allowed...she will carefully monitor things if I start going overboard on other themes...space is an issue for all collectors right :-)