The annual Playmobil fair in Clémency, Luxembourg, is where I get my biggest hauls of second hand Playmobil.
This year I got an exceptionally big and affordable lot of sets, clickies, spare parts, a lot of them from the 'golden early nineties', and all in excellent condition.
I can't tell you how excited I am
I concentrated on my wishlist and I found five sets that have been on there for years, all for reasonable prices that come nowhere near the amounts they are listed for on Ebay - and with the added bonus of no shipping costs at all.
They're the Victorian laundry lady, the purple bedroom, the wizard's tower, the gypsies with dancing bear and the old city bus.
Some other *must-have* items were the pretzel guy (finally decided to get him too) and the Victorian couple with stroller.
I also found the missing bucket for my 3666 castle and a red corner roof piece missing from the train station building. Other spare parts are the bedside table lamps and several fireplaces.
Here's a picture of it all:
I've got two specific dioramas in mind for the following months, one is a zoo with enclosures that have splendid backdrops and themed areas (a bit like the San Diego Zoo we visited in July), and the other is a magical forest with dark towers, fairytale scenes and a medieval village.
That's why I got the Inca temple, the Viking fort, the prison tower, the wizard's tower, the cabin and the large drinking pool area with a lot of big trees from the dinosaur theme.
The city bus is an old favourite of mine (has something to do with the Balisto advertisement, I think). It will get a place in my current city street diorama.
I also bought some Mystery F?gures that I've had my eye on for a while.
For those of you who are interested, here's a list of what I paid for the big sets I found. They were not MISB of course, but most of them did have the original box, manual and booklet. I got some discounts because sellers actually started remembering me from previous exhibitions.
3632 Gypsies with dancing bear €25
3782 Bus €30
3665 Enemy castle with damsel €30
3839 Wizard and apprentice ruin €24
3897 Talking tree with gnome €28
5506 Pretzel vendor €15
5325 Purple bedroom €21
5510 Purple stroller and couple € 9
5407 Laundry lady €25
3015 Inca temple and Indiana Jones €42,5
3151 Viking hideout €35
5918 Cabin in the woods €25
4827 Safari animal drinking spot €20
I spent a lot of money, but I save up for this event. I don't regret it for a minute
My Victorian collection is nearly complete now.
