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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: Marco_4124 on July 01, 2012, 18:57:10
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First, let me introduce myself. I'm not quite a large Playmobil fan. The first "klicky's" I had were some construction workers, end seventies. I those days you had only construction workers, knights and Indians. I didn't play much with them, until I had a marvelous tipper-truck, that carry two "klicky's", sand and a few tools in the toolbox. But in the end Lego still won, specially technical Lego.
Years later, and now it is 2011, I stumbled upon a LGB starter set that was left behind by a farmer for some years at the attic of a barn. I've got it for a bargain (or better: it was a steal?) and started to clean up and renovate the passenger cars and locomotive. Spare parts were orderded, and the locomotive even got a new chimney. I've asked my father if I could run the train in the garden at the camping site, and he was very enthusiastic, let me build up a small layout over there.
But… LGB is expensive, even second hand. Looking for affordable cars, I was surprised to find Playmobil 4125 at a modeltrain store in Zevenhuizen. At a Dutch LGB forum they told me that these wagons fit on LGB. For some time, LGB and Playmobil made together trains for Playmobil, and from that program wagons might still be available.
I hope to receive Playmobil 4124 sometime this week, and hope to find here more Playmobil train/LGB train fans.
Greetings, Marco.
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Hello Marco, and :welcome: to Playmofriends, from Greece!
You'd find there is a lot of interest in trains, and some very important projects done with playmobil tains, here under the Train board!
When you get the time, we hope you can share your set up with the rest of the forum in pictures or videos :)
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Hello and welcome to Playmofriends from Paris, France. Though trains isn't my theme, you'll find you're definitely in the right place here! Just browse the "Trains" section, and you'll find lots of interesting tips and infos there.
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Hello Marco, and welcome to Playmofriends from the UK! :wave:
It's good to have another train fan on the board. :yippee:
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Hello and :welcome:
Greetings from Greece,
George. :)
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:wave: Welcome Marco! So good to have you with us. ;)
Joe
Could you explain what LGB stands for? I am afraid Playmobil trains are still a mystery to me.
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Hello and welcome from Louisiana, USA! Great to have you with us. Can't wait to see pictures of your layout. :)
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Welcome! :)
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Welcome from Southern California, Marco! :wave:
My late grandfather got me started with LGB trains and Playmobil followed. They're perfect for one another!
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Welcome from Germany, Marco!
If you have some questions about G-trains (G gauge, IIm or garden railway), you first can look at our FAQs and if there isn't the answer, please ask in the trains! section.
:wave: Welcome Marco! So good to have you with us. ;)
Joe
Could you explain what LGB stands for? I am afraid Playmobil trains are still a mystery to me.
Look here [KLICK!] (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=8881.0). We have a FAQ for/in the trains section to learn the basics and more...
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Hello and :welcome: from Canada, Marco!
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Hello and welcome from The Netherlands ;D
I don't have any Playmobil trains yet, am waiting for august to buy the 5258 for my son (ofcourse).
Can't wait to see some pictures of yours.
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:wave: Welcome Marco! So good to have you with us. ;)
Joe
Could you explain what LGB stands for? I am afraid Playmobil trains are still a mystery to me.
LGB is an acronym for Lehmann Gross Bahn (Lehmann Large Railway). LGB started in 1968 making garden railways running on scale 1 rails (LGB is scale IIm, or 1:22,5). In the late sixties, early seventies much model railway firm started to produce smaller trains (scale N), but Lehmann took the gamble to make larger trains. They hoped that there were still people that would like to make a train in a garden, and the gamble worked out. Lehmann and Playmobil introduced in the mid-eighties a train for the "klicky's". Although it was a very good system, I think it was much too expensive for most Playmobil fans. Playmobil went on with trains, but with cheaper plastic rails and RC-control. In 2007 Märklin took over LGB, and in 2012 a starter set was announced which in my opinion also suites "klicky's". But I have not more information about this set yet.
Set LGB 90450
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8713/lgb90450.jpg)
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6692/9045001diesel.jpg)
And all about LGB —> www.lgb.com
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Hello and welcome from a fellow dutchman. :wave:
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And hello from yet another Dutchman. :)
With the diverse sets of playmobil, you might be able to set up a great enviroment around the train as well with train stations, houses, bridges, and of course plenty of clickies to ride the train or watch it ride past them while they are picknicking, on a walking trip or otherwise found around the track.
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Hi Marco,
Warm welcome from sunny Arizona. :wave: :cowboy:
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welcome to Playmofriends. You will find there are quite a few train collectors in here and some get quite serious about the theme. I have both brass and plastic and love every minute of our (3 sons) play time. We usually turn on a train and let her ride around as we play.
The blue LGB/Marklin train you showed looks like it would fit in with playmoibl toy-ish look very nicely.
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Thank you all for your warm welcome.
I will start a new topic about the LGB set, since it has nothing to do with my introduction.
I hope this double post will be forgiven (I know, you should avoid it).
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Welcome from the Scottish Highlands! :coo:
I hope this double post will be forgiven (I know, you should avoid it).
No, that's perfectly OK! It's not a double post, it's a reply. We're fairly relaxed about such things, anyway. ;)
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Welcome Marco, from another Dutchman. I'm sure you'll enjoy it here! Trains are not my cup of tea (however, I used to have a big Lima train in my youth), I'm more interested in ancient and exotic warriors from the melee era, also fantasy knights, I make a comic with them you might like. (The Story of Randolph in the Story telling section).
Another project is making chess sets under the name Playmochess.
Hope to see more pics soon!
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Welcome from the UK! :wave:
Damo :)
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Welcome from Portugal!
You must have an impressive setup!
(I'm catching up with the new members myself :-[ )
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Hello, welcome from Belgium!
I recently found a store in Antwerp that sells new LGB so I was able to buy new tracks for my playmobil train without having to rely on e-bay.
But finding treasure hidden in the attick sounds way better :D
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Hello and Welcome from Ireland :wave:
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Missed this one too!
Welcome form Buenos Aires, Argentina! :wave:
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Hi and :welcome: to PlaymoFriends from Washington State :wave:!
Ace :brownhair:
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Welcome Marco from the UK! Reading your introduction spurred me to remember an old Faller train that was available in the UK which was the right scale for Playmobil figures (or Playpeople as it was back then) which I had when I was a kid (probably around the same time as you got your construction set!). The carriages were just the right size for one figure on each side, but unfortunately the figures weren't included in the set ;D
I'm sure you'll have a great time sharing your train interests on the board and have fun!
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A warm welcome to our company from Piraeus in Greece!! :wave: