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Offline Pippa

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Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« on: January 07, 2014, 21:04:37 »
Hi, my name is Pippa.

I have been collecting Playmobil on and off since I discovered it when I was a kid.  First Western (which my parents still have most of) then Pirates, followed by a combination of Knights, Medieval & Fantasy.  And somewhere along the way a Victorian Mansion, which I just couldn't resist.  :)  About 8 years ago I packed it all carefully away and put collecting on a hiatus as to make room for other things.

Now I have a 3.5 yo son and have been waiting patiently to introduce him to "real" Playmobil.  (He already has an impressive collection of 1.2.3.)  He loves buses so for Christmas Santa brought him the City Bus, with some extra passengers to make it more interesting.  From looking at the recent catalog he seems more interested in the modern sets so I think the majority of my older stuff will remain packed up for now.  I've been having fun looking over everything that has come and gone while I've been on hiatus and this site has been a great resource.  Though it's making it hard to resist building onto my existing themes.  ;)

I hope to have lots of fun here as I rediscover Playmobil.   :wave:
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Offline basilsdad

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Re: Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2014, 21:55:54 »
 :wave: A warm welcome from your neighbor to the north west in Gettysburg.  My 3 year old great nephew was here yesterday and we had a grand time with my Playmobil collection.  It is all so much more fun looking through the eyes of a child.  So happy to hear you are carrying on the Playmobil tradition with your son.  (And it is a great excuse for purchasing some new sets!)  ;D

Joe
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Offline Pynedor

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Re: Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2014, 23:13:32 »
Welcome! :)
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Offline BowlInJar

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Re: Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2014, 23:41:36 »
Hello from St. Louis!!!   :wave:  Have you looked at the RC Trains yet?  My son had a lot of fun with mine when he was about that age :)
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Offline Donmobil

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Re: Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2014, 00:36:09 »
Welcome from another St. Louisan.
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Offline Rasputin

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Re: Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2014, 03:44:56 »
Welcome to the forum.
 oh those are precious times with little kids and playmobil. Your at the beginning of a slippery slope, enjoy the ride, we did  :lol:
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Offline Birdie

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Re: Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2014, 07:32:07 »
Hi there, welcome from Antwerp, Belgium  :wave:
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Offline tahra

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Re: Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2014, 08:38:39 »
Welcome from Portugal! ;)
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Offline Georgeag1972

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Re: Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2014, 10:24:06 »
Hello and welcome from Greece :wave:

George. :)
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Offline Rhalius

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Re: Hello from Washington, DC, USA!
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2014, 15:42:02 »
Welcome from the Netherlands.  :wave:

Sounds like you have a varied collection already! Maybe to expand on it, you can look for the stuff that you feel is still missing?

I would strongly advice looking at the offer of Direct Service items, since they have some great western and medieval stuff there you cant find in the stores, and which tends to be very expensive on ebay and other second hand markets.

Personly I am gathering all the steck houses that got released since I started collecting a few years ago.. already have the bakery, a yellow house, the museum and will get the blacksmith this year. It's already enough to create a nice village and with a little camera trickery it can even look like a city.  :)

But seriously, direct service is your friend.  :)
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