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General => News => Topic started by: Customizer on January 27, 2008, 13:02:49
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Hi,
ENJOY the pics......
thx to Knusperkeks.
world greets
Andi
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The house looks fabulous!!! :inlove: :inlove: :inlove:
The balcony and conservatory add an exciting new dimension and I prefer the steep roof. It feels more in keeping with the style of your average, modern European home than the previous modern house set.
I don't think I will be able to resist buying it even though I've no space to store another big set like this. 8}
I know much of the furnishings in the new sets are just different colourings or prints but it all still looks very fresh.
Pleased to see an updated television set and there's even a small aquarium! :D
Thank you Andi and Knusperkeks!!! :*)
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Hello, Andi ...
Thank you very much for finding all these great new sets!
I love that SEAPLANE !!!
(I can't wait for Jimbo to see it!)
Thanks again and all the best my friend,
Richard
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Thanks for the pictures!! The new house is great... especially the set witht the sunroom and the grandparents!! I love the new ponytail hairstyle for the little girls too! A great update for the police too. The new police house is soo different from the older ones... plus they should never run out of guns.
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It's great to finally to see some pic's!
I must admit that neither the modern living nor Police are themes that attract me. But these are great looking sets. I even might be tempted to buy the thieves as the extras are fantastic.
And I loooooooooooooooooooooooooove the flyboat !!!!
Must try to get Tristan one ;D
Bogro
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Thank you Andi and Knusperkeks for the pics. These are more in my line than the Egyptian theme, impressive though that is.
The motorbike is looks like a nicely updated version of the previous police bike, e.g. more streamlined front, plus what appears to be a working blue light on the rear. Great! I customised my police bikes to have a blue light on the rear, but not a working one.
The new police station looks good with its glazed in office area.
The new police car looks very smart and well produced in its new livery, and the helicopter is a revised version apparently incoroporating the working rotors of the air ambulance and a new winch system. It's nice to see a storage box for the equipment in the police car.
The plane doesn't really interest me, but looks a nice model. I like the new uniforms and the new open-necked sack for the robbers' loot and the new jemmy or crowbar.
Overall, great new additions which should sell well.
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I agree with Sylvia about the new house, although it's a bit worrying to see that the modern parents' bedroom now has single beds! Is this a sign of marital stress resulting from one of them spending tooi much on Playmobil? ;D
I think I'd compromise on what to buy by buying the study set and the new roof with the Velux windows and balcony from DS to go on my present one and a bit family houses.
I see there's a working doorbell, btw. When we went to the FunPark (some pics to follow) one thing we were told was that PM was updating its approach by introducing more electronics, but on a small scale.
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Well I love all of these. I have avoided the modern house in the past because I didn't like the architecture, but this one is great. The more realistic roofline really helps.
Yes the police bike is a new style, they keep up with bike styles pretty well. I love the new float plane - do police in Europe actually have those? The jewel heist set is great - it looks like the case has an alarm that sounds if you bump it, so the fishing pole will be an actual challenge for play. The painting in that set is great too and could be used for a lot of different eras. The tropical poachers is an unusual set - reminds me of the jungle series but they have done something odd with the hovercraft, added outboards? ? I think the kitchen set is more comprehensive in the stuff provided than the previous one - I think all the room sets have more small accessories. The doors on the bedroom wardrobe look to be reflective - probably decals. The aquarium makes me extremely happy. I hope they have an add-on set for the house fencing - it looks far more like typical fencing here than anything they've produced previously.
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UPDATE !!
ENJOY !!
world greets
Andi
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I think the kitchen set is more comprehensive in the stuff provided than the previous one - I think all the room sets have more small accessories. The doors on the bedroom wardrobe look to be reflective - probably decals....I hope they have an add-on set for the house fencing - it looks far more like typical fencing here than anything they've produced previously.
I thought the same about the accessories, Tim. I think that the clear "glass" lids for some of the kitchen pans are new.
The previous wardrobe had stick-on reflective sheet.
The new fencing is interesting, somewhere for the rubbish bins as well as garden tools etc.
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@Richard: i saw you love the new waterplane !
Here some special pics for you !! :P
The crocodile was the old one from 1983 with yellow eyes !
New green LOOKS FANTASTIC !!
world greets
Andi
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Just noticed there is new furniture, for example, the rocker chair.
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Thanks for posting the pics. Customizer!
You are right, Richard. Man oh man is that seaplane cool!
I can see a different paint job, and a crew of Porco Rosso
type sky pirates!...Or a small USN patrol plane,...Or leave
it alone JB, it looks just fine like it its. (Young Knightmo
shares my joy also :yup:)
Ah for the good old days :lol:
Jimbo
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Thanks for the pics, I am definitely downsizing all my modern stuff, will then have the cash (and space) to up-size into the new MUCH prettier, sweeter, classier house! I think all of a sudden I LOVE the modern range! No 'stray kids' allowed to touch this lot, LOL. SQ
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@Richard: i saw you love the new waterplane !
Here some special pics for you !! :P
Thanks, Andi ...
Yes, I LOVE :love: the new seaplane!
Jimbo and I are dreaming about all the possiblities ... :woohoo:
Thanks for posting the pics. Customizer!
You are right, Richard. Man oh man is that seaplane cool!
I can see a different paint job, and a crew of Porco Rosso
type sky pirates!...Or a small USN patrol plane,...Or leave
it alone JB, it looks just fine like it its. (Young Knightmo
shares my joy also :yup:)
Ah for the good old days :lol:
Jimbo
So ... I would like to "Skyjack" this thread for just a moment to share our "dreams" with everyone ... :cloud9:
The new Playmobil seaplane looks a lot like the old US Navy Grumman Goose from the 1940s.
I can just imagine how cool these new Playmobil seaplanes would look with a "vintage" paint job!
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Oh my god ... :o
Where should I get the money for these pieces ... and where should I store all of them ... :-\
They are absolutely fantastic. The Police car exactly how I would like have expected it. The motorbike in the same design. The uniforms with great variations. The police station quite modern. And did I see there diagonal wall pieces? These would be great for building our house in Playmobil size (we have several walls with 45 degrees e.g. at the dining room oriel).
The new modern living theme is wonderful. All these little new accessories, like the aquarium and a new flat LCD/plasma TV ...
Thanks Andi for posting these news!
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I have been trying to find a prototype photo for a police seaplane but haven't yet. If you Google it the first 20 or so listings are for the LEGO police seaplane. ::)
I did however find a cool webnsite on the subject http://www.policeaviationnews.com (http://www.policeaviationnews.com)
Their magazine is available free in pdf format on the site. In the Conference Special issue there is a cool photo of a Merseyside Fire & Rescue jet-ski. Maybe Playmo will do one for the next Fire series release?
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:love:loved the new sea-plane.
there are also other possible "civil" convertions.
a canadair would be nice...
:)
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Hi, :wave:
I really like the new house. :yup: :D
It's not fair, I really want it. :'(
It won't be out here for another year. :o
I also really like the new ponytail on the little girl figure. :inlove:
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I really, really like the updates to the modern living furniture sets. :love: I love all the additional items. For example, the old kids' room was just a bunk bed and a stool! ??? The new one has more toys, a little desk, and storage bins, etc. All the things you would find in a messy kids' room. The new refrigerator is much better and now they actually get some counter space to prepare meals on! All the rooms seem to have great additions, while keeping the essential pieces that made up the rooms. I am very excited for these to come out. :wow:
I like the house itself, too. But I also liked the old one. The sunroom is really cute. It's like the modern equivalent to the Victorian conservatory on the old houses.
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A little update to those who are interested in the new police line. Lately I have received the 2008 PLAYMOBIL catalogue (non-german) containing the novelties.
The interesting thing is to see how the police will look outside Germany (German speaking countries).
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h139/lhaap3/P3211143-.jpg)
First of all the clear difference is that the sign on all the vehicles and the headquarter have been changed to "police" instead of "Polizei" - but that's normal ;) Furthermore is one light on the patrol car changed to red. That was the part with the obvious things and now comes the "interesting" part.
If you take a look at set number 4264 and 4267 you will notice that one of the white persons in each set has been changed to a black person.
It was the same case with the old 3908 helicopter.
Here comes the picture of the two sets:
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h139/lhaap3/Image0036.jpg)
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Is this the catalogue for North America or for the UK as well? I'd be sorry to see the new Playmobil police vehicles in the UK have the red and blue lights (as happened towards the end of the life of the 3904 international police car) as all emergency service vehicles here just have blue lights. (In fact, the red and blue lights aren't even standard for the USA for police vehicles; it seems each state can chose its own pattern, both red, one red and one blue or both blue.)
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Good evening Playmofire,
This is the catalogue for Northern Europe (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland) but I am quite sure the flashing light will be the same in UK as well as in America (In the 2009 catalogue).
I had the same thought as you when I first time opened the catalogue - disappointing and not realistic to most European countries. I had hoped that PLAYMOBIL would stop producing blue/red flashing lights (which the invention team truck number 3166 also had in version 2) as they aren't realistic and no one in Europe uses them...
EDIT: Release of new police theme in UK and America made plain.
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Lars' catalogue is not the same as the UK one, but unfortunately the UK 2008 catalogue also has the Red & Blue lights for the 3904 Police car & 3166 Police van. The Fire vehicles and Hospital vehicles still have blue/blue lights.
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd97/Martin_Milner/2008UKCatalogue.jpg)
Luckily for me I got my Police car off eBay recently, and that has the Blue/Blue lights.
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd97/Martin_Milner/oldPoliceCar.jpg)
I have to admit this is a detail I would probably not notice unless I compared it with the real world vehicles, until you guys pointed it out.
As the UK is usually a year behind Europe for the new releases, we may be getting those sets here in 2009. The uniforms look much paler than the current ones.
I will have to get one of those motorbikes with the flashing blue light.
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Hello Martin
You are totally right that my catalogue isn't identical to the UK 2008 catalogue (which has horse stables on the cover). I understood Playmofire's question as if the catalogue would look like that in 2009 in UK. Now that's clear! :)
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I can understand why Playmobil produce the red and blue light version but not why they apply it to countries who use only blue lights. It's not as if it's a question of economies of scale as I'm sure that more Playmobil police cars are sold in European and other countries which use only blue lights than in North America where some police forces use red and blue lights.
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Thanks for posting, LHAAP! Those sets with the brown-skinned police officers have new numbers, which I've added in. What are the numbers of the new van and motorcycle, and could I have a better picture of them? Is there a third new set as well, to fill out the 4259-4269 range? (Any other modified sets for the rest-of-world market in other themes?)
All the new police sets (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=4259%2C4260%2C4261%2C4262%2C4263%2C4264%2C4265%2C4266%2C4267%2C4268%2C4269;title=2008%20Police%20Sets)
As for blinking lights: I found mine were shamefully diversely named, so fixed that. Here are all I could find (http://www.playmodb.org/cgi-bin/textsearch.pl?text=electric+emergency+light+unit&sortby=partnum&pics=on), for your review. If I missed any, shout 'em out.
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Wow! :o
I hadn't looked too closely at the new Police sets until Heather put those pics up at PlaymoDB.
Now I can see there's some really cool stuff coming for this theme. :love:
I especially love the jewel thieves set - great to see one is a female!
Finally, some equality of the sexes in Playmobil's criminal underworld. ;D ;)
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30 88 3552 on the current ambulances:
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd97/Martin_Milner/IMGP8310.jpg)
and the Blue/Blue old Police light, don't know the part number as I got it on eBay:
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd97/Martin_Milner/IMGP8309.jpg)
There's also various units in the Fire & Rescue vehicles, 30 67 0820 , I can't find the other one but Gordon probably can.
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I'll look tomorrow as I've just shut down the disks.
And there's also the new orange light on the 4606 construction truck.
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and the Blue/Blue old Police light, don't know the part number as I got it on eBay:
This is an oddity: the box-pictures for 3166 - Police Van (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3166) and 3904 - Police Car (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3904) (the Collectobil pictures, anyway) show blue/blue lights, but the instructions for both sets show red/blue lights! 3904 actually has two different instruction sheets and they both show the red/blue light. The only blue/blue lights I've seen on instruction sheets say "POLIZEI".
Would owners of the above sets please check their instruction sheets to see if you have different versions that I do?
All the Police vehicles, for your browsing pleasure (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/sets.pl?theme=Police&sortby=setnum&focus=Vehicle)
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This is an oddity: the box-pictures for 3166 - Police Van (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3166) and 3904 - Police Car (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3904) (the Collectobil pictures, anyway) show blue/blue lights, but the instructions for both sets show red/blue lights!
All the Police vehicles, for your browsing pleasure (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/sets.pl?theme=Police&sortby=setnum&focus=Vehicle)
I think (I'm quite sure ;)) it is that way because PLAYMOBIL had the Blue/Blue lights first but changed it to Blue/Red lights later during the production time.
PS: I haven't forgotten your wishes for better pictures of the police sets - they'll be online today or tomorrow.
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Another oddity is that the blue/blue lights are one piece of blue plastic connected together, so to get red/blue the moulding system must have been altered, not just one piece of plastic changed.
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Would owners of the above sets please check their instruction sheets to see if you have different versions that I do?
I have checked my old instructions and found the one included with the 3904 police car (the first version with Blue/Blue lights), which I bought in 1997, when it was released.
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Great! I was sure someone would have it. The instructions I have for 3904 are from 2001 and 2003, so yes, the blue/blue combination was indeed the original. I'll add in those parts (didn't have the battery-cover, either) and if you could scan for me the full instructions I can keep my sources organized. Thanks re: better pictures, by the way.
Does anyone have 3166 instructions showing this part? Just being thorough.
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Does anyone have 3166 instructions showing this part? Just being thorough.
Yup! I'll do the necessary.
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On Friday I saw an ambulance not 100 yards from my house flashing red & blue lights on the roof. It was estate car (stationwagon) size and mostly yellow, not white. The red & blue flashed alternately on both sides.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera handy - but as it was outside the health clinic I'm sure I'll have another opportunity.
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The red & blue flashed alternately on both sides.
I have taken a look at the British website http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/. There I have also found emergency vehicles fitted with red and blue lights, but for the most part the cars are fitted with only blue (like the rest of Europe). In other countries, e.g. France and Span, it is also possible to find emergency vehicles with red/blue, but it is only a minority of the cars - that's why I think PLAYMOBIL should stick with the traditional double blue lights :)
PS: Very "cool" police cars you have in the UK. Not that I haven't noticed them before, I just think you should know here also;)
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On Friday I saw an ambulance not 100 yards from my house flashing red & blue lights on the roof. It was estate car (stationwagon) size and mostly yellow, not white. The red & blue flashed alternately on both sides.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera handy - but as it was outside the health clinic I'm sure I'll have another opportunity.
Yellow is now the EU standard colour for ambulances and EU members will move over to a mainly standard yellow over time. (Which is a puzzle why the new ambulance and ambulance car are white and red, but probably this is because white is a very common international colour for ambulances.)
The car you saw, Martin, sounds like a paramedic first responder unit. Any emergency vehicle (police, fire, ambulance and presumably coastguard) is allowed to use flashing red lights, but only when stationary, which the one you saw sounds a sif it were. However, this idea doesn't seem to have caught on much except with the police on motorway patrol cars.
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Yes it was stationary.
I saw a Fire Tender yesterday (Mercedes-Benz) returning to base, so no lights flashing. The entire back panel was diagonally striped red/orange in thick stripes, but in other respects apart from cab seats the 3880 unit was a pretty good match. there was some sort of erectable structure on top but it wasn't immediately distinguishable as a ladder.
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Yes it was stationary.
I saw a Fire Tender yesterday (Mercedes-Benz) returning to base, so no lights flashing. The entire back panel was diagonally striped red/orange in thick stripes, but in other respects apart from cab seats the 3880 unit was a pretty good match. there was some sort of erectable structure on top but it wasn't immediately distinguishable as a ladder.
Something like this?
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That was it, except the ladders were not visible.
So the 3880 is pretty good, except the cab only holds two and there aren't enough side storage compartments. However in the spirit of Playmobil having to reduce sizes so as not to be totally unusable for play, or too expensive, this is pretty good.
Makes me wonder why they discontinued it, and why the less common turntable ladder vehice is kept in the lineup. Maybe 3880 will get a revamp.
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I think this picture of an earlier Mercedes fire engine shows the accuracy of the Playmobil still more when you look at the "crease" below the cab window.
I expect the new fire engine (guessing due for release in Jan 2009, but out for Christmas 2008) will be based on the new-style Unimog (see the new construction truck 4046) and will probably look similar to the non-Playmobil one shown below marketed by Peterkin in the UK and in German livery by Dickie in Germany, which is based on actual versions. Mind you, I also expect that the 3880 will be around for some time yet in sets for stores and such like.
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I promised some extra information on blue lights, so here goes.
My 3166 police van plans show an all blue light part number 30 66 9850 which, confuisingly, is also the part number for the red and blue light unit on the 3904 police car! I can let you have the 3166 plans and the 3925 ambulance plans if you need them, Heather, and the scans of the 3904 police car.
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There's also various units in the Fire & Rescue vehicles, 30 67 0820 , I can't find the other one but Gordon probably can.
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you but been a bit under the weather these last few days. Anyway here's the lowdown on blue lights for the fire engines.
3880 from Jan 1997-Oct 1999: blue light unit using 2 x AA batteries: body of unit (i.e. electronics and bulb and battery holder) 30 88 410(0); light cover (i.e. clear blue plastic cover) 30 09 983(0); grey centre section to fit on cover 30 09 984(0), replacement bulbs 30 81 324(0). The zeros in brackets were added when the Playmobil computer system was revamped.
3880 from from Nov 1999 (and still continuing so far as I know in the recent re-releases in store sets): blue light unit using 2 x AAA batteries: body of unit (i.e. electronics and bulb and battery holder and now clear blue cover) 30 67 0620, grey centre section 30 09 9840. I'm told that the unit still contains bulbs and these can be changed, but I've never managed to get on apart!
3879 from 1997 to ?: blue light unit using 2 x AA batteries: body of unit (i.e. electronics and bulb and battery holder) 30 88 410(0); light cover (i.e. clear blue plastic cover) 30 09 999(0); grey centre section 30 09 514(0); replacement bulbs 30 81 324(0).
3182 from 2002 and still current (from PlaymoDB) blue light unit using 2 x AAA batteries: body of unit (i.e. electronics and bulb and battery holder and clear blue cover) 30 67 0820, grey centre section 30 09 5140. I would hazard the guess that this unit appeared in the 3879 version maybe from Nov 1999 as with the 3880, but I can't be sure.
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Wow! :o
I hadn't looked too closely at the new Police sets until Heather put those pics up at PlaymoDB.
Now I can see there's some really cool stuff coming for this theme. :love:
I especially love the jewel thieves set - great to see one is a female!
Finally, some equality of the sexes in Playmobil's criminal underworld. ;D ;)
Wow, indeed, Sylvia !!!
I was so excited about the new flying boat that I also missed the jewel thief set.
However, I stumbled across it at this interesting site ... Click HERE (http://www.16bit.com/playmobil-3787-saloon.asp) ...
(http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aabe_prd/on/demandware.static/Sites-DE-Site/Sites-Catalog/de_DE/v1214474582803/imagesOnline/products/4265.jpg) (http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aabe_prd/on/demandware.static/Sites-DE-Site/Sites-Catalog/de_DE/v1214474582803/imagesOnline/content/4265.jpg)
Thanks again, Andi ... :wow:
All the best,
Richard
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The picture on the left it looks like a magnet on the end of the pole and on the right picture it is a hook ? It would be better if it were the magnet and the crown had a metal piece in it and then it would be a game .
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The picture on the left it looks like a magnet on the end of the pole and on the right picture it is a hook ? It would be better if it were the magnet and the crown had a metal piece in it and then it would be a game.
Very true, Rasputin ... it could be a great game!
Especially since it seems that there may actually be an alarm in the jewel case ... :klickygrin:
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mmm - that would make that set a definit "Must-have" ! :love: