How to Continue Making those Wonderful Steck Castles... Without going to Ebay!

[Martin Milner]

You're correct, Ras !

The Red Timbered Steck House is currently "out of stock", so I didn't include it. However, after I made my post, I checked and the Steck Barn with House is also currently "out of stock" ... Unfortunately, I think that as you suggested, we soon may be totally "out of Steck" ... 

All the best,
Richard

I've put notifies on both those as I'd like to get at least a couple of each. They haven't put them on the discontinued list, so I have hope new stocks will arrive eventually, but it could be months away.

I wonder if Playmo take notice of "notify" requestes, and if enough people in the US do this it might prompt a reorder?

[Richard]

I wonder if Playmo take notice of "notify" requests, and if enough people in the US do this it might prompt a reorder?

Believe it or not, Martin (you could have knocked me over with a feather), PlaymobilUSA really did notify me when the 7450 Float Plane became available. (I ordered two!)

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[WarriorOfToys]

Your outer wall would be rather open to attack WOT, and you haven't got a big enough gateway for a horseback rider or a cart. 

I think you could extend an existing castle using these parts through DS, but there it would be cheaper to get a whole Steck castle on eBay to start with.

How is the outer wall open to an attack? Except for the little window at the top.
I have not put in what I would use as a gateway,
probably the big door on the Medieval House with Barn as it is available and a horse or cart could fit under it.

[Martin Milner]

How is the outer wall open to an attack? Except for the little window at the top.
I have not put in what I would use as a gateway,
probably the big door on the Medieval House with Barn as it is available and a horse or cart could fit under it.

The little window at the top is the weakness. 

[Richard]

The little window at the top is the weakness. 

Geobra has really been bad about that, Martin! I always hated the "windows" in the Playmobil western log palisade fort. (They probably intended for the "openings" to be rifle ports. Unfortunately, they're just as convenient for those outside the fort as for those who are inside the fort.)

Perhaps it's important to remember that Playmobil is a toy and it doesn't always have to make sense (even though it probably should).

All the best,
Richard

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[WarriorOfToys]

I thought the windows were too high,
I had worried about that...
I don't mind the little window at the top to much,
seeing as how I can't see how it would help the enemy. (Unless they were super tall klickies! )
Thanks for the waarning though... would putting the grate over it help?

[Martin Milner]

I thought the windows were too high,
I had worried about that...
I don't mind the little window at the top to much,
seeing as how I can't see how it would help the enemy. (Unless they were super tall klickies! )
Thanks for the waarning though... would putting the grate over it help?

A grating would definitely stop people just climbing through the hole using a ladder, or getting a bunk up from a fellow attacker, but a big hole like that is a weakness in the wall that's going to attract siege engine missiles like honey attracts wasps, and even a grating would get smashed out quickly by a trebuchet strike. Even arrow slits are a weakness and wouldn't usually appear on the lowest wall sections.

[WarriorOfToys]

I didn't realise how large those holes were!
I will deffinatly get a grate, but I can see the dilema with the seige engines...
I'll just have to burn all of their ladders before they reach the walls!
(Im going to add that to the burning arrow tecnique in my set of melee combat rules... How to burn seige engines... )
Thanks again for the warning and advice!
Thou art the master of klicky castles!