Additions to my Playmobil family

[DrDalek6]

Love the twins pic... Maybe you need to detwin them?

Maybe but, I always feel weird about exchanging the hair and stuff even if it's just to create a new look it's sort of as though you're taking away the original character of the figure particularly if they're 2nd hand also I quite like the fact that his hair is a weird shade of orange makes him distinct from his tiwn could even see it in the dark on the way back from Liverpool on the other hand it always seems odd seeing Klickies all produced with the same colour hair like all the 90's Policemen blonde   

Nice to see long lost twins reunited again. 

Such a clean shaven group of gardeners can certainly be trusted to trim any garden, though I hope they take turns with that chainsaw since it seems very heavy. 

Well they've got me for a teacher and I do know my stuff when it comes to gardening  (I should do I'd be worried if I'd been studying for 2 years and volunteering for over 4 and didn't know what I was doing). Although having said that I have my silly moments and the guys have already tried chainsawing through the bannana and the satsuma (one of the Knights made enough mess squirting juice when he used his sword to open the satsuma, besides the bannana'll clog up the chainsaw if the woodchiper was anything to go by ) one of them was also trying to cut through Action Man's leg suffice to say he wasn't impressed 

[skypurr]

Glad they arrived OK.  The photos are great.
I put the klicky in because I thought he looked the part,  not realising that his twin was there 
I expect his hair is darker as he hasn't been out in the sun as much as his twin - we haven't had much sun lately here in Scotland
Make sure he does his share of the work - threaten to deprive him of his haggis neaps and tatties if he doesn't! 

Elaine

[Rasputin]

Nice looking expanding work crew you have. One tool I never understood is the blue broom you have in the picture. What is it supposed to be for? A push broom has a 45 degree bend on the handle but this one is straight.

[DrDalek6]

Glad they arrived OK.  The photos are great.
I put the klicky in because I thought he looked the part,  not realising that his twin was there 
I expect his hair is darker as he hasn't been out in the sun as much as his twin - we haven't had much sun lately here in Scotland
Make sure he does his share of the work - threaten to deprive him of his haggis neaps and tatties if he doesn't! 

Elaine

The twins were talking earlier and they figured they'd both been separated at birth  : (if only they knew there were millions more of them out there it would blow their minds  ) Don't worry I'll make sure of that he's been quite happy helping out so far once he got settled  , oh dear poor fellow might get a bit homesick after a while deprived of all his Scottish treats   

Nice looking expanding work crew you have. One tool I never understood is the blue broom you have in the picture. What is it supposed to be for? A push broom has a 45 degree bend on the handle but this one is straight.

Thanks  the crew's growing quite nicely don't know whether they'll all stay as part of the main team when I hopefully get some more figures to turn into a BTCV crew but, they do the job quite nicely for the minute and they'll certainly still work as a Botanical Gardens team where the safety vests aren't important.

So far I've only used the brush as a background prop only 2 types of basic brushes that I can think of indoor or outdoor  , I'm not one for angles but, I see what you mean it looks alright with a Klicky holding it but, the angle just doesn't quite work only thing I can thing is that perhaps they think it would look weird if you had the handle set back at that angle or that it wouldn't work as you wouldn't be able to bend the arm right I don't know I'm not technical. I'm not that keen on the bright colours either alright red or blue is appealing for a kid but, not realistic if you're setting up a scene don't see many bright blue brushes or yellow gras hooks, green I can live with for the rakes some of the ones we've got our all a more muted green.   

[Rasputin]

Personally I prefer my crews to use the orange, red or yellow. A green rake get easily lost and left on the job sites. The brighter the color the easier it is for the clean up crew to scan a job site and see any tools left behind. They stupidly make camouflage chainsaws and I will never understand why? The last thing you want to do is not see a chain saw on the ground and crush it with a felled tree. I want my guys to use chain saws that have flashing lights on them  better yet is camo work clothing. why do you not want to be seen on a job especially if there is equipment running.

[DrDalek6]

Personally I prefer my crews to use the orange, red or yellow. A green rake get easily lost and left on the job sites. The brighter the color the easier it is for the clean up crew to scan a job site and see any tools left behind. They stupidly make camouflage chainsaws and I will never understand why? The last thing you want to do is not see a chain saw on the ground and crush it with a felled tree. I want my guys to use chain saws that have flashing lights on them  better yet is camo work clothing. why do you not want to be seen on a job especially if there is equipment running.

  A very good counter point I easily lose my full size tools(saws, loppers, shears etc. in particular) I've left a trowel in my bucket in the past and tipped it into a bag of nettles  ouch why just last Friday I was cleaning the cabin and managed to lose the cloth for wiping down the tables I've no idea how I brushed and mopped up but, there was no sign of it so I don't know where that went  . My first measure against losing tools is to keep them ina small sealable bag and keep that clsoe at and so that I can bag them up and put them in my pocket when I'm done I've also got some tiny tubs from one of my old acne medicines which are useful for storing secateurs flowers etc.  although with the frequent toy wars at the Botanics it's surprising that I'm able to find anything 

[bonniebeth]

Personally I prefer my crews to use the orange, red or yellow. A green rake get easily lost and left on the job sites. The brighter the color the easier it is for the clean up crew to scan a job site and see any tools left behind. They stupidly make camouflage chainsaws and I will never understand why? The last thing you want to do is not see a chain saw on the ground and crush it with a felled tree. I want my guys to use chain saws that have flashing lights on them  better yet is camo work clothing. why do you not want to be seen on a job especially if there is equipment running.

A very good point!

[DrDalek6]

I had some appointments this week so I got the chance to stop off at Toysrus, I was pleased to fidn that they'd got the Series 3 figures in so I took the opportunity to get the ones I wanted while they had a good quantity available



I forgot to get the Pirate first time around but, fortunately I had to go back to the same place twice this week so I stopped by again to find him, he's my first baldie and he's really cool llike his tattoos and little weapon, not sure about the belt seems a pity to keep the printed design hidden, strange choice of cuffs as well considering he's got bald arms



The Dwarf is really cool I like him overall although I wish his wrist bands wouldn't rotate so freely

   

The clear fella's great can see him being good to play several different roles like a futuristic space explorer, alien, or a cyborg say, it's good to see Playmobil being a bit creative with these last 2 particularly. I like his body and his blue hair (I got 2 extras of that hair yay) it looks funky on most figures I've tried it with, the one thing I'm not keen on is the pattern on his visor  I'm sorry but, to me it just makes me think of those kids disguises with the glasses, big nose and moustache I would have preferred just to have a plain visor or or one with a different pattern   

[DrDalek6]

I wanted to get the driver being a Formula 1 fan, he would really have been better done with his own racing car but, considering his resemblance to the 2 Red Bull drivers and the popullarity of Formula 1 I can see why Playmobil has released a figure whose uniform so closely resembles that of the current 3 times world champion



Fianlly the Grenadier Guard I like him he's got a nice smart but, simple uniform and I really like his little gun it looks really good they did the bayonet quite well but, what's the little black thing with the hook meant for?  just can't figure that one out



Hope you don't mind these last photos but, my guard's made a new friend



His name's Matt one of my first Vintage Action Men and an ex talker from the late 60's he needs some uniform pieces replacing with more accurate ones but, he's pretty much complete. I think he approves of his little friend 

[tahra]

Those are great additions

That extra part is not a part of the set. It's used to attach stuff to those pegs in belts and such (an axe, sword, bow, whatever). Useful part, but not for that guy!

I WISH my extra hair was the blue one. We got MORE round hair. It's a PLAGUE!

Love the pics of the action man too