beautiful sets outside our favourite themes

[cachalote]

Hello

All of the examples everyone showed are all so great and I think this is my problem, everything Playmobil makes is beautiful in some way and quite useful when you collect it all  .

PS Cachalote I too wonder what about this "bond" 

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

hello ras, and welcome back. 
you've been missed. 
it is indeed strange what might link sets that are so different. 
a while ago i wrote that the concept of "heterotopia" (or "otherness") - another space somewhere - could somehow be the link.
in a way, all these sets have the ability to "transport" us (our imagination) to another place.
foucault considers this as a particular kind of heterotopia - http://foucault.info/documents/heteroTopia/foucault.heteroTopia.fr.html - "ça serait l'hétérotopie non pas d'illusion mais de compensations".
but maybe this is going too far in over-analizing things.

[Gepetto]

These are all nice sets, the scarecrow in the dovecote set is a particularly nice piece to have on hand.

[Wolf Knight]

hello ras, and welcome back. 
you've been missed. 
it is indeed strange what might link sets that are so different. 
a while ago i wrote that the concept of "heterotopia" (or "otherness") - another space somewhere - could somehow be the link.
in a way, all these sets have the ability to "transport" us (our imagination) to another place.
foucault considers this as a particular kind of heterotopia - http://foucault.info/documents/heteroTopia/foucault.heteroTopia.fr.html - "ça serait l'hétérotopie non pas d'illusion mais de compensations".
but maybe this is going too far in over-analizing things.

That is true cachalote! All sets link together to make an even bigger world!

And this can certainly go up against Bourdieu's Distinction!!! We can distinct playmobil form other toys for many reasosn, each one for their own but shared reason....But it is not easy to distinct one set more from the other...true we all love a certain theme more than another, but when we visit a toy shop, we want to go and have a look over all the playmobil sets because we love them!!!!

[Abbot Hamilton]

Even though i have four pirate sets, medieval and vikings are my main themes. But 3799 is fantastic and could be almost be an illustration from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Is is beautiful and my favourite is the hammock, followed by the cave built into the beach. If Playmobil had made a Benbow Inn i think i would buy a lot more pirates.

Abbot Hamilton

[playmofire]

I had forgotten the Arctic series - yes, those are other favourites outside my theme.

[Lindama]

I would love that one Abbott Hamilton - I have often admired it.