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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: Rhalius on September 25, 2011, 22:51:00
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Hello, its great to see I am not the only one still interested in playmobil while in adulthood. :)
I am not really a big collector, I dont have the space for that but I have occasionly bought a small box after my childhood, things that compliment what I have nicely and really expand on it. Only historical themes though, pirates and knights, although cowboys might also be tempting if I see a good set for it.
But I am planning to buy myself a camera sometimes soon and photograph my entire collection (it should be able to fit on one desk) and also some nice shots to maybe tell a little story behind it. In the meanwhile I will just join the discussions going on though." ;)
Being the youngest of four children and my brother being 14 years older than me (two sisters in between), I grew up playing with not only the playmobil of my own generation, but also from before that. After we stopped playing with the playmobil we seperated it from each other while we where still able to know exactly what belonged to whom. Which does mean my collection has a siege tower but no castle to besiege since that was my brothers.
In fact, I owned no structures at all up untill last week when I bought the new redcoat fort in an impulse, we always used that castle to build any houses we wanted.
After buying that set, along with several smaller sets of the new pirates the day before it, I figured it was time to look up like minded people to talk about it. :)
(and maybe to help me controll my urge to buy a bit.)
If there is any set I would simply love to aqquire some day, it would be the 3666 castle. I always wanted to have it as a kid because it seemed to belong to the three knights that where my favorite back then, which came with a practice set. A swan knight, a fleur de lis knight, and a tower knight. I gues anything from those factions would be welcome, but might be hard to get in good condition.
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hello and welcome! :wave:
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Help control your urge to buy? You're in the wroooong place!!! Hang onto your wallet, we're a bunch of enablers here, always helping each other rationalize excuses to buy ridiculous amounts of playmobil! ;D ;D ;D
But, we're happy to have you with us. Hello and :welcome: from Louisiana, USA! You will find your collection growing fast now that you have joined our ranks. >:D
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:welcome: A warm welcome from Washington, USA :wave: Don't you worry- you buy a 3666 castle, and your collection will multiply right before your eyes ;D I'm glad you made it here!
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Hi and welcome from the bulb region.
You might keep an eye on Marktplaats for that 3666 castle, you still might get lucky.
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Hello and welcom from the south of holland
or is it SOUTHholland( zuidholland) 8} 8} 8} 8}
and a 3666 i think i have one double.
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Hello Rhalius and welcome to playmofriends from Greece!!!
I f you roam ebay, you'll find lots of the 3666 castle and the set with the knights you love at good contidions!!! The only thing needed is patience!!!
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Welcome from the UK :wave:
Damo :)
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Thanks for the warm welcomes, and I will make sure to keep an eye on marktplaats for the 3666.
Havent seen a good version of it yet there, they always seem to try and sell incorrect clickies with it, have other pieces missing, or just show the box which had been open but not the content.
For now its still a bit of a secret hobby though, my parents have a small cargo ship and a house. I have the house during the week for my own, but they are home in the weekends. Untill they retire in about two years its the idea to keep it this way so that their house won't be empty every week, and it allows me to keep saving up money for a really nice house.
I'd rather not have them know I am spending this much on playmobil since I already spend 530 euros on lego a few months ago to complete the collection. They where fine with that since I greatly downplayed the price and their knowledge of what I own not being good enough to notice several of the smaller sets.
It's my money of course, but my mother can be rather chatty. I'd rather not risk being ridiculed around town for my innocent little hobby.
On a completely different note, does anyone have any suggestions for a good camera to photograph playmobil with thats not too expensive?
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welcome !!! :cheerlead: :cheerlead: :cheerlead: :cheerlead:
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Hi,
A warm welcome from the german border to the netherlands.
The Dutch delegation is growing very fast.
Regards
schluss
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:wave: Welcome from Pennsylvania! Glad you joined us! ;D
Joe
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Hello, and welcome from sunny Arizona. :wave:
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:welcome: from Buenos Aires, Argentina!
regarding a camera... any one will do for simple photographs but NIKON would be the best choice. Even the most basic one would be amazing. :wave:
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:welcome: to Playmofriends from Washington State, Rhalius!
Ace :brownhair:
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A warm welcome from the UK and good wishes for your 3666 hunt - they are classic Playmobil! :wave:
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And a welcome from Holland again. :welcome:
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Welcome from Portugal..
Though seriously - guard your wallet! Mine has nightmares about this place :)
(I have those training knights too :) )
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:welcome: from Germany
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A lot of us were shy for friends and family to know about our hobby at one time, too. I remember I used to be so embarassed to go down the toy aisle at target, scared to death I'd be seen by someone I knew. But the longer you're a member here, the more you'll start to be convinced that you are normal, that a lot of sane, even highly professional, successful people are totally obsessed with toys, and it's nothing to be ashamed of or embarassed about it. It's just as good a hobby as any other!
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For now I will just keep it secret, maybe later once I live on my own and have a better job than working in a supermarket I might let it be known to everyone. :)
Today I ordered a Nikon camera, which should be ready for me tomorrow. I have been busy building up my playmobil for a photo session tomorrow to test it out right away. So with a bit of luck I can show my collection tomorrow or the day after. At least during this week. :)
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Another warm welcome from the center of the Netherlands this time :-)
I am sure you'll have fun here!!
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warm welcome from malta
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Welkom vanuit Vlaanderen! :wave:
Welcome from Flanders! :wave:
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A very warm welcome to you from the UK dear Rhalius :wave:
Playmofriends is a fantastic place to be and to enjoy with talented and creative Friends from around the world !
I am French, I live in the UK and specialize in customising the Victorian theme :love:
Have fun !
Karim :gent:
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Welcome to our company from Athens in Greece!!! :wave: