Mangusdogs Collection Journal

[Skywalker]

the pic of Snow Fairy is really nice !

[Mangusdog]

Finally opened up the damaged box pirate ship. 

I was worried there may be some pieces missing.  You can see how it was taped up all around the bottom:


Playmobil 013 by Mangusdog, on Flickr

But it seems to be all still there in it's original packaging:


Playmobil 009 by Mangusdog, on Flickr

[Mangusdog]

Last night I sort of came up with a couple project ideas so at least I have some sort of direction now when I'm looking at things.  Playmobil was on sale today (3 hours only  ) so I came home with this:


Playmobil 021 by Mangusdog, on Flickr

The jousting tent was a fluke find at the bookstore afterwards.  So far I've only opened up one of the Spanish Knights.  Got an extra glove so that was cool:

 
Playmobil 032 by Mangusdog, on Flickr

Waiting for DD2 to go to sleep so maybe I can open up the rest.

[Bill Blackhurst]

A great collection in progress, but just realize eventually that neat & tidy look will be over run as the quantities increase!

[Mangusdog]

A great collection in progress, but just realize eventually that neat & tidy look will be over run as the quantities increase!

Bah, there is no neat and tidy already.  That was only to try and get a decent picture 

OK so DD actually fell asleep early which is a shocker so I did get to open everything up tonight .  Started small and put together the Indian Chief first:


Playmobil 066 by Mangusdog, on Flickr

I like him very much, just hope the headpiece will fall more naturally after a while.  It's rubber and tends to bend how it was packaged.

Then the (non-playmobil) jousting tent.  Perfect size IMO:


Playmobil 060 by Mangusdog, on Flickr

[Mangusdog]

Very excited to get the two Lion Knight sets out of the box.  Absolutely thrilled with eveything except I could not put the bolt onto the wagon door because of a defect on the door  .  You can see here how the latch thing is broken; I am going to e-mail them and see if I can get a replacement part:

 
Playmobil 039 by Mangusdog, on Flickr

Very happy with everything else.  Honestly I don't really care particularily for cannons or the large weaopons but I was pleasantly surprised to find I could shoot the bolt clear accross the room.  I forgot to add the cannon and other horse in the picture but here are the two knights and the transport.


Playmobil 058 by Mangusdog, on Flickr

I made a few minor changes to the lion knight troop klickies (after reading the review on here).  I switched the legs on the two heavily armoured klickies on the right.  I also gave the 3rd guy the breast plate off of my extra Conquistador.  It's not the best (there is nothing covering his back, so it looks a little weird from behind) but I still prefer it to the original version.

All in all I felt a little guilty for spending the money, but now that I've "played" with everything I'm quite pleased 


Playmobil 052 by Mangusdog, on Flickr

[Wolf Knight]

That jousting tent looks awesome!! Thanks for sharing these items!

[tahra]

Wow.. wish I could find that tent at that price....

Thanks for the pics!

[Tiermann]

Yes that's a great price on the tent. A nice group of sets there and you're already an accomplished customizer.

[conniefrere]

Always nice to see other collections growing.