PlaymoFriends
Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: engineman on January 04, 2014, 23:20:28
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Hi PlaymoFriends,
it's good to know, that there a people out there with the same interest and hobby.
Here some facts about me:
I was born in 1974 near by Zirndorf where Playmobil was founded and my father got in contact with some Playmobil designers in the really beginning of Playmobil (but that is his story, not mine). But that's why I got my first parts even before I could walk. I can't imagine a life without Playmobil.
I took a brake playing Playmobil when I was 14/15 years old, but I never lost my interest in reading the actual catalogues. Me and my godchildren visited the Playmobil-Fun-Park in Zirndorf (just a 30 minutes drive from where I live now) every once in a while and I remember very well my feelings when I saw the big pirate ship in the Fun-Park for the first time. It was so strange to stand up on the deck in real, not in my imagination. Dreams came true...
Now I'm as old as Playmobil and my own children (daughter, 3 and son, 5) got really into my passion. I opened the first Playmobil box with my old knights and the castle about one year ago. Now the knights, policeman, firefighters and top agents are mixed up everywhere in our house.
My personal addiction are the trains. As a kid I had three trains (LGB). Now I've mixed some rc-trains and the old ones. So I can drive the trains with the transformer on 8 circuits while my son is driving the rc-trains without taking care of the electricity. It's really fun!
And just a few days ago I fulfilled my biggest wish ever: I bought the old tender loco (4052)! Even if some little parts are missing, the loco works and the dream goes on... I'm not a collector who needs all the original parts or the exact items to each theme (but I even wouldn't say no if I could get them somewhere). I just wanna play and build my little Playmobil world in my attic (60 sqm). Pictures will follow...
So that's my Playmobil story as short as possible. Thanks for letting me joining the PlaymoFriends community.
And by the way, my name is Tobias...
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Hello and :welcome: from Louisiana, USA! Great to have you here with us!
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Hello from Colonia :wave:
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Hello from St. Louis, Missouri, USA! Great introduction story. I was also born in 1974, I guess this is going to be a fun year for a few of us :) And, my son and I love the trains too, we have a couple RC trains and the LGB Western train. I'd love to create a larger electric layout like yours, but the brass track is a bit expensive these days :-[ I guess, where there's a will, there's a way :)
I look forward to seeing photos of the world you build in your attic :wave:
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Welcome from Holland! It is so nice to share your collection and passion for Playmobilwith your children! :wave:
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Welcome Tobias! :wave: I live in Antwerp, Belgium.
I just wanna play and build my little Playmobil world in my attic (60 sqm). Pictures will follow...
That sounds like a little piece of heaven to me ;D
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Hello Tobias,
welcome here in this international forum!
I am from Germany too (near Frankfurt/Main) and I also »love« trains. Two things we have in common.
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Hello and warm welcome from the UK :wave: :welcome: interesting story it's good to hear the whole family is loving Playmobil I think playing with Playmobil and building a little world is a simple dream many of us share and if it's got a good railway and some trains running through it all the more fun ;)
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:wave: A warm welcome from frigid Pennsylvania, Tobias. Good to have you here!
Joe
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Welcome from Portugal!
(that sounds like a big playmoroom!)
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Welcome! <*)
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Hello from Missouri, USA. Welcome to a great site for friends of Playmobil.
-- Donmobil
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Hello Tobias... and greetings from British Columbia, Canada! You certainly are located in the best place to be interested in Playmobil! I hope you have lots of fun here.
David
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Hello Tobias :wave:
Welcome to the forum
Sounds like a match made in heaven. Playmo addict right next to the factory and fun center. I will be eagerly looking forward to your pictures of the playmo-room. There is never enough ideas to keep improving ones own space so please keep us informed.
While we wait here is a link to our most recent show using our western theme, yes trains :love:, trains :love:, trains :love:. Did I mention we love trains in this household :lol:
http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=13402.0
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Welcome from Oregon! I am also a train fan and will be coming to Germany in May for the PCC event at Zirndorf. I will visit Frankfurt and Hamburg also (Minitaur Wunderland) and get to ride on and see many trains of different sizes this trip.
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A warm welcome from the UK from another train fan! :wave:
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Hello and welcome from Greece :wave:
George. :)
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Welcome from the Netherlands, sounds like you had a wonderfull childhood. :)
The beauty of playmobil is that you can do so many things with it to keep adults entertained as well, letting them relive those innocent times of old once more.
Great that you have so much room to build a little world for your clickies to live in.
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Happy NEW year to you too and welcome aboard :wave:
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Hello from the midwest, and welcome. :wave: It's nice to meet another collector. I've been collecting almost 40 years, first buying items in 1978 in Germany! You'll like this group, as it's full of information and chat.
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Hello and a belated :welcome: from Ontario, Canada!
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Welcome from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. :) :wave:
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A very warm :welcome: to you from Luxembourg dear Tobias :wave:
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Welcome, from Buenos Aires Argentina!
:welcome:
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a bit late :-[ , but still: Welcome here Tobias from Den Haag, NL.
:wave: :wave:
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Thanks for all the greetings!
It's been a while but I got started building my playmoworld...
It's actually quite difficult to "work" while my children are "playing" with all the stuff. 8}
I guess I need a bigger house...
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I guess I need a bigger house...
Join the club! ;)
That place seems huge... :love:
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Hello and belated welcome, Tobias, :wave: What a beautiful collection of boats especially the fishing trawler, sigh!
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Welcome aboard!