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Offline Rasputin

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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2014, 19:42:53 »
Quote from: bonniebeth on August 03, 2014, 18:31:55
5. is Zulu! My dad's favorite movie.

Those are really cool. Thanks for sharing the pics!

Also liking that movie, and Monty Pythons parody made me feel very old  ;)

Those Zulu warriors in great numbers looks great, its rather hard to customize them to look individually unique but from the same tribe

Thanks for sharing the dioramas Conniefrere  :wave:
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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2014, 01:12:17 »
What awesome pictures. I especially love the Roman display. Wish I could inspect it up close.

Another thumbs up for Zulu. I learned "Men of Harlech" by heart because of it. I recently saw Zulu Dawn too, it's not as good but still decent.

Quote from: conniefrere on August 03, 2014, 19:16:11
1) Gladiator (Indeed leefert..!, historically it mimicked the Battle of Teutoburg forest)

This is not possible. The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was an ambush by Germans of a marching Roman column that resulted in the complete destruction of three legions. The battle at the beginning of Gladiator is a pitched battle between Germans and a Roman army formed up for battle that results in the total defeat of the Germans. Entirely different!

The battle also erroneously depicts siege equipment being used like modern field artillery - very inaccurate.

And finally, the hooting noises the Germans make before the fighting begins are a direct reference by the director Ridley Scott to the Zulu war call heard in the movie Zulu, to which the British respond with "Men of Harlech"!
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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2014, 09:51:26 »
Wow!! Wonderful pictures with very nice ideas!!! Many thanks for the sharing.

George. :)
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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2014, 12:37:37 »
What a fantastic Playmo exhibition dear Friend  :love:

I am myself very much looking forward to discovering Les Vosges and the lake city of Gérardmer !

I also plan to visit Colmar next  ;)

All my congratulations to Leefert and his very impressive knowledge of movies as I woud only have found a couple...

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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2014, 14:44:33 »
Quote from: Macruran on August 04, 2014, 01:12:17
What awesome pictures. I especially love the Roman display. Wish I could inspect it up close.

Another thumbs up for Zulu. I learned "Men of Harlech" by heart because of it. I recently saw Zulu Dawn too, it's not as good but still decent.

This is not possible. The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was an ambush by Germans of a marching Roman column that resulted in the complete destruction of three legions. The battle at the beginning of Gladiator is a pitched battle between Germans and a Roman army formed up for battle that results in the total defeat of the Germans. Entirely different!

The battle also erroneously depicts siege equipment being used like modern field artillery - very inaccurate.

And finally, the hooting noises the Germans make before the fighting begins are a direct reference by the director Ridley Scott to the Zulu war call heard in the movie Zulu, to which the British respond with "Men of Harlech"!

Ah a real connaisseur, well you're right of course it more resembles the later campaigns of Germanicus...
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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2014, 14:47:11 »
Quote from: playmovictorian on August 04, 2014, 12:37:37
What a fantastic Playmo exhibition dear Friend  :love:

I am myself very much looking forward to discovering Les Vosges and the lake city of Gérardmer !

I also plan to visit Colmar next  ;)



Gérardmer is also a nice place to stroll around, had a good time there also.
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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2014, 16:41:36 »
Sure 8 is THE THING?
It looks more like the opening of the X-files the movie.  :-\
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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2014, 16:57:35 »
I did not take pictures from the cards which said what movie was depicted. I had to do it by heart, but I'm definite 8 was the thing, because I did not recognise te scene either. At home I looked for some pictures and indeed the resemblance isn't that good.

Love the scenery anyway One of my all time favorites the artic explorers.

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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #18 on: August 04, 2014, 17:07:55 »
Wonderful displays, thanks for sharing! :)
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Re: Playmo on vacation
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2014, 20:48:38 »
Nice displays I like the Hanzel and Gretel cottage (the doorway and pumpkins are particularly nice) and the fact the Romans are doing their famous turtle maneouver with their shields that elephant is huge though with it's 4 tusks  :o. I could guess some of the dispalys were biblical only ones I could guess were Noah's Ark, Haanzel and Gretel although the title gave it away anyway and the Ice Age one I recognised( good idea turning the meerkat into Sid The Sloth).     
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