Hello All
Most of you will probably know a bit about me allready but i thought i would take this opportunity to re-introduce myself to everyone.
My name is Tim and i live in the West Midlands, England. I have been interested in Playmobil since i was a child, being introduced to my first blue box at the age of 5 or 6. I am now 27 years old and still collect and make things using Playmobil.
As a child my most cherished possesion was my Playmobil fire engine which took pride and place underneath a table (the fire station) in my living room. On numerous occasions it was proppelled along my living room floor and down the hall into the garden on some form of emergency call. This was usually accompanied by me making siren noises through the house, i was certainly popular with my parents
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It was back then as a child i used to dream about having my own Playmobil fire service complete with lots of Playmobil tools and equipment. Little did i realise this was something that i would be able to acheive as an adult collector with the help of a very good friend of mine. I collected and played with my Playmobil untill i was about 14 when i parted with my collection to raise money for my first computer.
I never lost my love for Playmobil and i allways knew deep down that one day our paths would cross again. That day came at a car boot sale a few years ago when finally decided to start collecting it as an adult. Not long after this i met some wonderfull people ( you know who you are
) on the internet who shared the same love for Playmobil as me. I also met my very good friend who, through his amazing custom's introduced me to the wonderfull world the Playmobil fire service. It was also through this friend that i discovered i could do anything i wanted to do with Playmobil. It all seemed to grow from there really and as well as making a lot of custom vehicles for my fire service i started making construction vehicles and truck conversions too. I have never looked back and to this day one of my specialities has been the making of Playmobil vehicles.
When i am not making vehicles i still like to do a lot of other different things with my Playmobil including painting klickies and creating story's with pictures. The story's that i like to tell with my klickies can be funny, scary or dramatic, but of late slightly scary
. Allmost all of my pictures are taken in my garden in the real world so to speak. Afterall this is where i played with my klickies when i was a child and where i feel they look more 'real'. Within the next few weeks i plan on sharing some of these pictures with you.
So there it is, a small introduction to my Playmobil interests. As time goes on and i get to share my work with you, you will be able to learn a bit more about me other than what i have written here
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Regards Tim
