Must have..

[Jrodmobil]

 As far as sets go, what do you think are the "must have" sets for the different themes. Just kinda curious as to what sets to look into when I'm on the hunt for new stuff. Thanks for your input.

 I'm gonna guess some are the 3666 Castle
 and the 5300 Victorian house

[Ismene]

That's a dangerous thing to ask here. 

Do you have a theme or goal in mind? It's a really good idea to have a focus, or else you'll go broke. Personally, I'm aiming for getting all the Victorian pink/purple box sets.

[Jrodmobil]

For now I am going with the western stuff. Just bought the Colorado Springs. I just like to know what people are looking for.

[Jrodmobil]

Do you have a theme or goal in mind? It's a really good idea to have a focus, or else you'll go broke. Personally, I'm aiming for getting all the Victorian pink/purple box sets.

What are these pink/purple boxes? Sorry, but I am still new to this and all I have learned thus far is what tid-bits I have picked up in here. Thanks again for your help.

Jarred

[Ismene]

Back in the late 80's and early 90's, the Victorian sets (the 5300, the 5305, and the matching furniture, market and town sets) all came in pinkish purplish boxes instead of blue to distinguish them from the "boy" sets.

You can see the box fronts on PlaymoDB:
http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/sets.pl?theme=Victorian&sortby=&focus=&pics=on

[Rhalius]

I'd gues that if you are into the medieval theme, the steck houses are the true must have to be able to create a village scene, theres many castles to combine it with, but the 3666 castle is simply the best of them considering all the features it has and the exellent selection of figures.


For western, I gues theres plenty of things to choose from.. it has many themes within it actually. Trains, indians, forts, a town, the ranch, bandits and gold seekers. Might be good to first focus on some of these things instead of all of them. Especially when it comes to those houses, I gues if you have one you will want to have more to create a little town. But I gues much could be done with western without a town even, maybe a western train is the only true must have.

Having a victorian house also seems like the real must have for that theme considering its focus is very much about town life and mostly those mansions.


As for pirates.. well a pirate ship can't be absent in any pirate collection.

[bonniebeth]

For the western theme, Colorado Springs was a fantastic start, that's probably the biggest must-have for that theme. And of course you need a western train to go with it. I think probably the next most sought-after set is the 3769 - Farmhouse. An adorable and hard-to-find set.

Of course Fort Bravo is also a must. And Silver Ranch, one of my all-time favorite sets.

[basilsdad]

I think probably the next most sought-after set is the 3769 - Farmhouse. An adorable and hard-to-find set.

I agree and it also has the elusive 4 way connector!
Joe

[Jrodmobil]

 I agree with ya BB. I have Fort Bravo, and Silver Ranch. The train is yet to come. And the house, I do want it and it will probably be the next buy. The train will have to wait till I get my "playmo" room built in the garage so I have a area to set up a dio that will be somewhat safe  . I have an idea in my head for how it will start out as a photo story. I was also just wondering what you all thought were the must have sets in PM, not just the western. Thanks again for your thoughts and input.

Jarred

[PlaymoZoo]

when you collect older sets it is easier to choose, I think. The victorian house, fort Bravo, western houses... But when you collect the newer sets it is harder to choose. As a animal/zoo collector I have no Idea what the "must have" is. Is it the first zoo, new big african zoo or zoo number 3240? Well, the last one was my first playmo set, so to me it is 3240.