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Title: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: MimmaBlue on December 31, 2013, 03:18:28: Hey everyone! :wave:

I am a self-employed graphic designer and live near Sydney in Australia. I have 2 children (who are 4 & 6). I grew up with Playmobil (though I seem to only remember having the one set, remember the hospital set from the late 70's 80's?) I also have German heritage, so of course appreciate the German connection to Playmobil.

As a designer I love the clean lines of Playmobil, the high-quality of all the sets, and attention to detail. I LOVE that there is no cross-promotion within the Playmobil brand with movies, tv shows etc. I really reeeeeally love that.

Since having children I have been able to indulge once again in Playmobil, and needless to say the kids love it. We have a pretty wide selection of sets that get a good rotation.

As far as I go, I have limited myself to collecting the figure/klickys in my home office. They just make me so happy. :-[ I have found the thrill of chasing down all the mystery figures a little bit addictive! I love the idea of swapping duplicate klickys with others if that is a possibility.

Looking forward to seeing all your awesome stuff, those of you with more time to 'play' with Playmobil than I have! Should be fun!!!

Mimma ;D
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: bonniebeth on December 31, 2013, 03:35:59: Hello and :welcome: from Louisiana, USA! Great to meet you. I couldn't agree more about the lack of licensed themes. Kids can use their own imaginations when playing with playmobil.
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: BowlInJar on December 31, 2013, 04:34:30: Hello from St. Louis, Missouri, USA. I'm new to the forum too, but I've been having fun joining in over the last week. Lot's of great content and cool people here!!!
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Post by: tahra on December 31, 2013, 08:35:47: Welcome from Portugal!

(LOVE your avatar klicky - definetely one of the highlights of the figures :love: )
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Post by: basilsdad on December 31, 2013, 12:50:22: Good to hear from you! Welcome from Pennsylvania.

Joe
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Post by: playmofire on December 31, 2013, 13:55:36: A warm welcome from the UK! :wave:
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Post by: Pynedor on December 31, 2013, 15:31:24: Welcome! <*)
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Post by: Georgeag1972 on December 31, 2013, 18:02:17: Hello and welcome from Greece. :wave:

George. :)
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: MimmaBlue on December 31, 2013, 22:54:22: Thanks for the lovely warm welcome!! And Happy New Year!
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: MimmaBlue on January 01, 2014, 02:28:45: Quote from: tahra on December 31, 2013, 08:35:47
(LOVE your avatar klicky - definetely one of the highlights of the figures :love: )

Totally agree Tahra, I love love love this klicky!
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: DrDalek6 on January 01, 2014, 12:37:14: Hello and a warm welcome from the UK :wave: :welcome: it's so nice to hear someone talking with such enthusiasm about Playmobil look forward to seeing some of your collection
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Post by: sunflower on January 02, 2014, 19:08:17: Welcome from Holland!
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Post by: Donmobil on January 03, 2014, 02:23:37: Hi! And welcome from Missouri, USA.

-- Donmobil
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Post by: Tiermann on January 03, 2014, 05:52:48: Welcome from Oregon!
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Post by: Birdie on January 04, 2014, 11:16:08: Hi Mimma, welcome to Playmofriends! :wave:

That first hospital is such a beautiful set. I agree with you it's lovely that Playmobil steers clear of the merchandise stuff.

You can exchange/sell Playmobil here, but I think you will have to post more before you can access that part of the forum. That's to keep professional sellers from using this forum as a sort of E-bay.
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: BlueWizard on January 04, 2014, 20:53:45: Greetings and welcome aboard from Victoria, BC, Canada. I too like Playmobil's clean design and attention to detail (even if it's not historically accurate!). I hope you have lots of fun here!

David
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: MimmaBlue on January 04, 2014, 22:17:42: Thanks against for the welcome.

I'm building up the courage to post photos of my 'collections'. I feel like such a a lightweight after having a bit of a read of the forums so far!!!

That said, I am waiting on a delivery of a pretty good playmobil find on eBay I will share with you all when it arrives! ;)

Thanks for the heads up about the exchange/sell, and I totally understand. I better get posting!!
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: Rasputin on January 06, 2014, 17:18:26: Hello and welcome to the forum,

We too really like the fi?ures but we just hate that it takes so much time to identify them in the stores. Anything over a few seconds is too long :lol: We want first them all and then duplicates of certain ones. The kids now want all the klickies to have the rounded skeleton so they can change all the klickies around. We are and I am sure you are as well looking forward to 6 and 7 series.
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: PlaymoMan on January 12, 2014, 14:41:45: Hello and a belated :welcome: from Ontario, Canada!
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Post by: Lynx on January 14, 2014, 10:37:31: Welcome from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. :) :wave:
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Post by: playmovictorian on January 16, 2014, 08:14:56: A very warm :welcome: to you from Luxembourg dear Mimma :wave:

I used to live in Sydney years ago and loved it :love:
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Post by: playmojager on January 29, 2014, 06:46:42: Hey hey :wave:
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Post by: Macruran on January 30, 2014, 05:26:34: I too like the clean design, and I especially treasure the non-Anglosphere approach that Brandstatter takes. I mean, wacky sets like the airport security, the hazmat crew, the African chieftain, the executioner, the pope, etc. - no UK or US company would make such toys. I LOVE that PM has odd stuff
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: tonguello on January 30, 2014, 14:33:03: Hello Mimmablue! We've already been in touch by message but I owed you a proper welcome!
I hope you enjoy the forum.

:welcome: :welcome: :welcome: :welcome:

Gaston
Title: Re: Hello from Australia!!!
Post by: Cloud Strife on March 01, 2014, 15:28:47: Hello, self-employed graphic designer from a self-employed textile designer. :wave:
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Post by: leefert on March 01, 2014, 15:52:19: Welcome!!!!!