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Offline Rasputin

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Re: Finally I bought the Gold Nug.
« Reply #30 on: December 31, 2009, 16:47:55 »
Quote from: Adam on December 31, 2009, 16:44:16
There are hitching posts on the upper veranda?

Hi Adam  :wave:

    I did not think of that one  :eh?:

    I know, those are for those rare cowboys who us giraffe's as horses  :lol: :lol:

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Re: Finally I bought the Gold Nug.
« Reply #31 on: December 31, 2009, 16:53:39 »
Ha ha!

It looks great though - I'm very envious.

My first ever klickies were the original cowboys and Indians, back in the mid 70's, but then I went on to Medieval, and I've never really bothered with the Western theme since.

So, it was a great shock a couple of weeks ago to find that, in an absent state of mind, I had acquired 2 Confederate wagons and limbers, 1 Union limber, the Gold Wagon and a small army of Civil War troops.

I'm now wondering if maybe they deserve a pub to drink in?
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Re: Finally I bought the Gold Nug.
« Reply #32 on: December 31, 2009, 17:24:06 »
Quote from: Adam on December 31, 2009, 16:53:39

So, it was a great shock a couple of weeks ago to find that, in an absent state of mind, I had acquired 2 Confederate wagons and limbers, 1 Union limber, the Gold Wagon and a small army of Civil War troops.

I'm now wondering if maybe they deserve a pub to drink in?

Hi Adam  :wave:

   Oh yes, every soldier need a good place to relax . After a long night of "relaxing" you ,may need a sheriffs office to keep them in line, and then a flop house, and then a blacksmith for re shooing the horses, and then, and then ......... ;)

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PS: ya a train, you have to have the train to move everybody around .
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Re: Finally I bought the Gold Nug.
« Reply #33 on: December 31, 2009, 17:48:32 »
awesome set up !!!! love the piano in it , love the western theme in general so many houses and sets , the victorian house theme can so easily be combined and the confederate and union armies can looks absoloytely awesome with calalry, artillery and soldiers with bayonnaitte rifles. i was very tempted two years ago to buy 100 union and 100 rebels ( have about 25 of each .. :(   ) but went for the 200+ leggionaires instead .

Very tempted after i finish with setting up mediaval etc etc to buy some more western , would love to see some more pictures of your western stuff rasputin  :wow: :wow: :wow:, that saloon looks very good indeed !! :wow:
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Re: Finally I bought the Gold Nug.
« Reply #34 on: December 31, 2009, 19:07:52 »
Hi Giorginetto  :wave:

   Here are some old pictures . I have filled it in more and should take some new pictures. It will be a challenge to find a spot for this new building. I will first try to find the parts for the custom job I plan on and some special Klickies for it. I am trying to recruit my wife & her talents for the job  :*)

   Thanks for the compliment
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Re: Finally I bought the Gold Nug.
« Reply #35 on: December 31, 2009, 19:36:39 »
That black upright piano is one of the Holy Grails for collectors. It's so useful, every Victorian Parlour should have one, yet Playmo have never seen fit to re-release it, going instead for a Liberace white baby grand in the Wedding theme.



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Re: Finally I bought the Gold Nug.
« Reply #36 on: December 31, 2009, 20:58:22 »
Rasputin, I'm glad you got most of the accessories and the bartender with your second saloon!  As far as retail price goes, the MIB Sheriff's Office I received, which was around at the same time and is a comparable set, had a price tag of $50 USD on it, which seems about right, so I'm guessing the Golden Nugget Saloon sold for the same.  Today, the Sheriff's Office building alone as part of Playmobil's Add-Ons sells for $30 USD, so $50 with the box, all the accessories, and klickies is a fair price, in my opinion.  Of course that $50 USD bought a lot more 15 years ago than it does today!  Today I think the price would be about the same (maybe increased to $55).  Looking at it this way, if one accounts for inflation and considers this set as a benchmark, Playmobil is cheaper today than it was 15 years ago.  Of course I doubt this set would even be released today!

Adam, the only sets I have left from my childhood (thanks for throwing away my knights and castles and pirates and ships, mom!) are the Western sets, so I've been adding to them recently.  The Union and Confederate limbers and Gold Wagon are quite desirable.  I recently acquired a Confederate wagon and limber and am on the lookout for the Gold Wagon.

Giorginetto, you're right that the Victorian theme could go well with the Western theme.  I've picked up a few pricey Victorian interior sets to use with my Western and Pirate themes and the piano is the last one I really want.

Martin, I really hate that new white grand piano too!  It would look so much better and be so much more versatile in black!
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Re: Finally I bought the Gold Nug.
« Reply #37 on: January 01, 2010, 00:59:33 »
Quote from: Rasputin on December 31, 2009, 19:07:52
Hi Giorginetto  :wave:

   Here are some old pictures .    Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

Great stuff.  :wow: :wow: :wow:. western has probably more sets than any other as it can be combined with victorian. I really want to buy the school, train station, ranch that i havent got and many more of the old houses , there are so many of them  !!! Actually the old pirates ships ( no the new ones with the weird sails and cannons that look like air gum boys toys actually ... )  can also be combined very nicely especially sets as 3740 english ship and crew .. Awesome stuff .  i want some western sets now !!! :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[......   

I  have a vision in my mind  of a huge union and confederate army wth cavalry , cannons and lots of foot soldiers with bayonnaite rifles  ( and not all these winchesters , PM got it soooo wrong there ) and a big city in the background with all the western houses and some additional western cabins ( best  houses for building western cities )  and then an indian conservation nearby....  :love: :love: :love:
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