
  Hello again to my old friend Arizzo!  I know what you mean about the "money-spending business!"   Even though my children no longer play with Playmobil, I still manage to buy a lot of it.  I gave Gustavo quite a laugh the other day when I said I was buying for future grandchildren! 

)  But most important, I am happy to be back here at Playmofriends, with my comfortable old identity, enjoying the conversation and company of a great group of Playmo-lovers!  

  And hello to new friend Bill!  I am not sure that I can promise never to go away again, but I will certainly try to be as active as time allows.  

   I am sure your collection is not boring at all!  Even though my first Playmo-love is the castle theme (steck, of course!  

) and my renewed interest was largely due to the new Egyptian theme, I am a fan of almost every theme!  I love the new shipping theme with the container ships, cranes, handtrucks, cargo bins, grain sacks, coal (!! 

 !!) etc. and I claim ownership of many modern buildings (airport, fire station, etc.)  I think I can safely say that everyone enjoys reading about (and seeing pix of, when possible) other people's playmo, even if it is not their particuar interest.  For example, I always enjoy seeing the customs of folks like playmofire and Tim_w who concentrate on fire/rescue vehicles, even though that is not my particular focus.  I just love seeing the creativity and ingenuity that come into play.  I am still not caught up with reading about and viewing the pix of all of the great projects and customs that have been posted here over the past few years, but I am savoring them slowly.  
