3053 pirate ship & 4121 Western cattle wagon - gorgeous box art

[Birdie]

I wanted to share the treasures I found today - well the sets aren't exactly rare, but I am just in awe with their boxes and the pictures on them. I do miss the box art from the eighties and early nineties...

3053 pirate ship



The back of the box:



This is my first pirate ship, and it's the one I like best out of all the ones ever made. The box wasn't sealed (in fact it is in pretty bad shape), but strangely enough the sails and all the bits and pieces are intact. It's as if no-one ever played with it.

[Birdie]

[Birdie]

As far as I can tell, all the accessories are there. Does anybody know what the two grey poles are for? They're on the right hand side, next to the black hooks.





These figures are so iconic, it's about time I had a batch of my own 

[Birdie]

4121 Western cattle wagon











Can't wait to do another western dio! 

Oh and these two clickies were bought on the same occasion. I know where the man is from, but that woman, I have no idea. anyone?

[Marco_4124]

She is from New Orleans .

[tahra]

the pole things are "pushers" for the cannons. To load them or something..

Gorgeous, yes

[Hadoque]

The "poles" are indeed "loading ramrods" for cannons.
(much smaller ones are used for muskets and pistols, but these don´t exist as Playmobil-items).

This is my first pirate ship

That was about time, I´d say 
  

So I assume the trip to the event in Oosterhout was a big succes 

[Rhalius]

Thats quite a (pirate) treasure you found! Beautifull ship. Personly I do prefer the shape of the most recent big pirateship, but this one has great natural colors too, and the real cannonballs and cannons.

Great clickies too!

[Hadoque]

I do prefer the shape of the most recent big pirateship

Be careful with that phrase, there is a new one coming next september 

[Rhalius]

True, and that new one seems to be the worst one they ever made. I mean.. a big ship without a cabin? come on. No accesoires either other than weapons and a cannon.