And the award to felthiest purchase of 2015 goes to ...

[Robbie]

It cleaned up nicely! I think it's sad that someone listed this for sale and didn't bother to clean it. I would be embarrassed!

[tonguello]

OH! and I forgot to take pics of the "box" it was shipped in.
If two squares of cartboard and 4 pounds of newspaper can be called a "box". 

I love the plane though. Even with the big weird wheels.

[SKlick]

That wasn't too bad. I recently got a 3958 and when I carefully opened the box, I was greeted by a bug. Or a roach. Not sure what it was but I made sure to get that box out of my flat asap. Had to finish the unboxing out in the cold and then spent 5 hours cleaning all of the various bits and pieces. The cleaner I used was so nasty that the skin on my hands is peeling but it was well worth it.

[GrahamB]

Nice find, Tonguello. Shame about the filth, but it cleaned up well.

My worst experience was some Steck with rat teeth marks on it, I think it might have been a pet rat, but even so.....

I can't match the cockroach or kiddypee experiences, but I am always keen to clean secondhand PM thoroughly, especially in case the brown stains aren't chocolate....

[Iclaudius]

Eeeew! Very impressed that you have done such a good job to restore your purchase!

[tahra]

I can't match the cockroach or kiddypee experiences, (...)

The barge was dog pee. It was a dog. It WAS a dog. It better have been a dog.

[GrahamB]

Still eeeeoooowwww!

[DrDalek6]

That plane is an absolute vintage beauty glad you managed to clean it up and get it back to it's former glory love the hazmat guys cleaning it  . Feel sorry for that poor klicky being pronounced dead even if he was a bit discoloured do you have any idea what that gunk was on his head? didn't look nice 

Gorgeous little plane, and great clean up!

As to the award.. not sure it beats that green kart... In addition to the filth, something cocooned in it, found when I disassembled to clean and replace broken parts

Oh... and the barge's hull... not AS dirty, I think, but it WAS peed on... Does that count?

Nice, never a good sign when something decides to make a cocoon inside your Playmobil sets or pee on it although I suppose if it was a dog at least that's a reasonable explanation, still I can understand people selling filthy playmobil but, when you can smell urine on it surely you'd at least give it a hose off first unless you're nose blind   

That wasn't too bad. I recently got a 3958 and when I carefully opened the box, I was greeted by a bug. Or a roach. Not sure what it was but I made sure to get that box out of my flat asap. Had to finish the unboxing out in the cold and then spent 5 hours cleaning all of the various bits and pieces. The cleaner I used was so nasty that the skin on my hands is peeling but it was well worth it.

Again not the sort of thing you want spreading its droppings and therefore diseases all over you and your playmobil

[tahra]

Nice, never a good sign when something decides to make a cocoon inside your Playmobil sets or pee on it although I suppose if it was a dog at least that's a reasonable explanation, still I can understand people selling filthy playmobil but, when you can smell urine on it surely you'd at least give it a hose off first unless you're nose blind   

I did find the barge hull next to the trash bins.. and I assume (may the gods make it so!) it was a dog that peed on it... which would be natural...  A human would be DISGUSTING. So, I'm assuming it was just a friend I never met 

[PlayMoto]

THIS!
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Does anyone knows what set is this from? I never saw this biplane in blue. I think it could be TROL.

according to the Tricornejock forums, this is a TROL plane indeed ;-)