Hi everyone,
My name is Toni, I'm a 35 year old girl living in England. I became interested in Playmobil after buying a few Romans a couple of years ago - I studied classical history at university and when I saw the Playmobil figures in a shop I just had to have them. They stood proudly on display on my mantelpiece until a couple of months ago, when I thought it would be good to get some more.......then I discovered that the Playmobil Romans have been phased out.
Since then I have been having a fun time buying the few Roman items that are left from the Playmobil store and locating others from EBay, and then I thought I might as well get some Christmas items too, seeing as they would make nice decorations......and then I thought that the advent calendars looked great so I bought one each for myself and my husband.....and before I knew it, I had the beginnings of a collection
The Romans are now on display on the mantelpiece again, but I play around with them and change the display every few days (I've currently got some Christians being rounded up, but last week I had the murder of Julius Caesar on display
) I've got the Roman arena on order and when that arrives I will set everything up on a table of its own.
I only had one Playmobil figure of my own as a child, the green farmer figure (which I know know was 3373), along with a few farming tools. He was friends with my sister's 1970s nurses and I used to play with them a lot. I would have loved more Playmobil back then, but hey ho, I can make up for it now!!
I really like the thought of customising figures too. I like painting and doing arty things in general, so that really appeals. I've just ordered a bunch of mystery bags from Series 1 and 2, and when they arrive I'll probably fiddle about with the figures that I'm not so keen on.
Anyway, it's good to be here
I've really been enjoying reading the forum and it's good to be able to join in. If I can be of any help to anyone by sending stuff from the UK etc, please ask.
Cheers,
Toni
