long brown poles for klicky hands

[cheng]

I remember searching for 6 foot poles for my (Robin Hood's)Merry men years back but now thay are available from even the latest Series 3 orange-shirted Shao-Lin monk Fi?ure.

Can anyone help me find even longer poles for a Chinese peasant army I'm building? I was thinking of cutting the 3 horizontal poles from the old PM animal fences but hope someone can identify longer poles from any other PM parts (please check for tight fit in a klicky's hand and measure the maximum length possible,
thanks playmofriends!

Cheng

[Ismene]

Maybe cauldron poles (from nativity sets and some of the native american sets)? They would have to hold it on the thicker end. They're 4.5 inches.

[Pynedor]

Those poles that Ismene suggested would be great for your customs, I think.

For the Robin Hood characters, you'd need something shorter to be used as a staff though.

[cheng]

thanks very much Ismene!! like Pynedor says, its exactly what my peasant army needs (and rounded tips for my own safety if I dont cut off the tip along with those 2 'rings' (I often squeeze my head into my PM shelves looking for parts that have dropped between my soldiers )

hope I dont sound too picky Ismene,
but you probably mean the klicky hand can't hold it like a soldier on guard with outstretched and level arm in front with the thicker end resting on the floor?

and can you also tell me what set this lady comes from? I need her blue skirt for my peasants

 

[Ismene]

hope I dont sound too picky Ismene,
but you probably mean the klicky hand can't hold it like a soldier on guard with outstretched and level arm in front with the thicker end resting on the floor?

It's possible, but it's not a tight fit. For a display, it would be okay, but the poll will slide if you pick the klicky up.

She's from the original dollhouse 5300, and they also sold the family separately, but I don't remember the number of that one. The nanny in 5502 has the blue skirt with tan shoes.

[cheng]

thanks for the details Ismene!
will check playmoDb when its running again

...many thanks Heather, wherever you are today...we'll hold on ....playmoing might slowly grind to a halt without your PlaymoDb much longer

[Ismene]

No problem! The poles should still be in production, but the lady isn't, unless there's a similar klicky in one of the newer sets.