Like everyone else, I want to thank you for taking the time to post all of the photos of your incredible collection. I have enjoyed seeing all of the sets we wanted to buy but could not because they were very expensive here in the states.
Thank you, I hope these continue to be of enjoyment.
Now technology has provided the opportunity to amass a wonderful collection like this, although I did enjoy taking them to that one toy store in town that had an enormous display of Playmobil. We would make an outing of it, lunch at a small cafe, then hours in the toy store. I suspect it will not be long until you figure out a way to have it on display.
Technology is a wonderful thing, it allows others to see what may have been lost otherwise. That is my driving force behind this collection, I want to save these pieces before they are lost forever. I Cannot afford to save them all, that is why I stuck to this one theme as Playmobil has pretty much wrapped it up with no new sets for 2017 and everything left is only available through Playmobil DS which most kids do not even know about.
We have a very big warehouse with two floors and I was getting qoutes from a company that builds custom glass cabinets but they would have to order special glass that is UVA and UVB protective so that the boxes do not fade while on display. These also advised me that it will be about 1200.00CAD per case so a fair bit of money that I will have to be sunk into them and at this time it is just not in the cards. We also would have to install LED light fixtures to again minimize the amount of UVA/UVB exposure. Regular fluorescent lights will cause fading overtime but we need to have it bright enough so that people can take pictures without the need to use a flash. Not only will they get bright marks on their pictures because of the reflection from the glass but also we rather that flash not be used because again it can cause damage to the box artwork.
It is great to see these older sets in such pristine condition. I love that set 3747 from 1987 (not one our children had): to many that was a Golden Age when klickies were simple yet still versatile and full of tremendous play possibilities. And the box art is wonderful: smoke signals! Its great that some of these sets are still to be found MISB, even though rarity tends to push up the price.
The box art work is the best from the late 80's into the 90's, I love them as well.
Keep em' coming!
Got about 100 more sets to track down, there are some blister packs from 1974 that I just found out about but the likely hood of getting my hands on them is slim, they are just so few and at a time when not as many were made. Right now I am trying to hunt down Set 3801 Watering Hole and set 3802 Mclarens Goldmine.
Sets 3421-3431 and 3461-3462 are so rare MISB, I have only seen two go up on Ebay, but my phone only lets me track ebay.ca and not ebay.de so only time I get to look is when I am near my computer for those ones really.
