Author Topic: Hello from Leiden, Holland  (Read 2502 times)

Offline sunflower

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Hello from Leiden, Holland
« on: September 12, 2013, 08:39:32 »
Dear Playmobil-lovers,
Recently I discovered the site Animobil. I liked the site very much, so I decided to send an email to its host Tiermann to thank him for sharing all his research. In his reply he suggested joining this forum.

I was really surprised by the beautiful collections people present here, especially the creative part, and I'd very much like to join you. And it got me over my shame that I am still excited about toys by the age of forty

I am born in 1973 in the Netherlands and I grew up playing with Playmobil. My sister and me, we had the circus and the road workers and our pride a real medieval house. Our toys are still at my parents house. They keep them for their grandchildren. Although I might sneak out some items one day. Probably the vintage animals I want to add to my collection.
At this moment I am a mother of three boys and together with them I am building a zoo. We also have a large vintage collection my husband gathered in his youth. My ambition is to have a big diorama with a zoo and farm but my boys bring in the vehicles and pirates!
I would like to show you some pictures of our items, but my flash gives me ugly shadows. I’m working on that. You also see it in my avatar.

Another benefit of joining this forum could be improving my English. So if you see me writing strange things please tell!
Thanks for reading my story and sharing yours!

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Re: Hello from Leiden, Holland
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2013, 12:18:09 »
Welcome! Your English is very good. ;)
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Re: Hello from Leiden, Holland
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2013, 13:28:01 »
A warm welcome from the UK.    :wave:

If only all British people could write English as well as you do!

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Re: Hello from Leiden, Holland
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2013, 13:29:16 »
Welcome, from Western Canada, to the site!

There are some good sites with tutorials on photographing scale models that would give you some lighting ideas.  I'm not sure about this site (as I don't recall any on here) but Tricornejock.com has some fantastic photo tutorials!

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Re: Hello from Leiden, Holland
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2013, 14:25:58 »
Hello and welcome from Canada!  :wave:

Your English is great!

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Re: Hello from Leiden, Holland
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2013, 16:11:34 »
Welcome from Portugal!

Looking forward to seeing some photos :)  (I'm a terrible photographer myself... but I don't let that stop me!)

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Re: Hello from Leiden, Holland
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2013, 16:48:32 »
A very warm welcome from Luxembourg  :wave:

And congratulations for posting a lovely diorama just a few days after joining the Forum  ;)

That is just the spirit we like  :love:

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Re: Hello from Leiden, Holland
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2013, 18:42:05 »
 :wave:  Hello from Pennsylvania, USA!  Good to have you with us, Sunflower.

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Re: Hello from Leiden, Holland
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2013, 19:45:17 »
Welcome from Flanders / Belgium!  :wave:

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Re: Hello from Leiden, Holland
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2013, 23:08:12 »
Hi Sunflower,
A very warm welcome from Southern Scotland :scotflag:
Your English is very good indeed.

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