Hi everybody!
I have finally gotten up my nerve to go ahead and join the forum -- been thinking about it for a long time. I received my first playmobil set when I was 7 or 8, and I fell in love with it that very day.
At the time, I was into Little House on the Prairie, and my mom gave me 3278a, an adorable covered wagon set. I was so impressed at how accurate it was. That same day, my brother received 3733, the indian camp. So in those days, my main interest was the western theme, but we really only had a few sets, as it was only sold at one small local toy store. Eventually, all my playmobil went to the attic, along with my other childhood toys.
Then one day, I was in Target with the man who is now my husband, and I noticed they had playmobil. I was excited to see some of the new things they had come out with. A few days later, my boyfriend surprised me with set 3135, the seal superset, and the rest is history. Down from the attic came all my old playmobil, including the old zoo set i had. I started looking for playmobil on the internet, and a few years and several hundred dollars later, I am an avid playmobil enthusiast. My main area of interest is animal themes. I have a big zoo layout, which unfortunately, I do not have space to leave set up all the time. But it is all very organized in a closet and comes out routinely. My dream is to have a big hobby room where I can leave it set up permanently.
My husband is very supportive, as he is a toy collector too. His interest is in legos, which to me is the opposite of playmobil, but at least he understand spending hundreds of dollars on toys!
