Dim memories of sets we had as children

[Erik]

Have you not opened them yet Erik?

I opened them about 41 years ago, lol!!!!!!   

[Ismene]

I have my childhood Playmobil. Some of the other toys I had are rather hazy... The first set was the pony sleigh (unless I got the skiers at the same time). The merry-go-round was also fairly early on. Later, I got the short Victorian house.

[tahra]

I don't have dim memories of the sets we had as children...

[Oliver]

The first set I bought for myself with my own money was 5502 - The Victorian nanny with the Pram. I think it was just after the Victorian range was released, winter time? I remember that it was the first woman in a 'dress' I had. I was already obsessed with Victorian times, so obviously I loved all those sets. I'd love them to re-issue those smaller Victorian sets - I'm hopeful after the release of the Pianist this year.

I inherited quite a lot from my siblings, so we had a lot of school/hospital/nursery sets, in various states of completion. I remember there was one piece we had that was a brown tub with carrying handles - now I think it is meant to be a dough trough or something, but a baby fitted in it so I used it as a bed. It's possible it wasn't even Playmobil, thinking about it.

[Tiermann]

Sounds like this one: http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-02-6680
unless it was more oval, and then it was the wash womans tub http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-02-6730

[Oliver]

Sounds like this one: http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-02-6680
unless it was more oval, and then it was the wash womans tub http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-02-6730

It had long handles at the ends.... so two playmobil could carry it between them. Sort of like a stretcher I guess, but brown and a box

[Erik]

It had long handles at the ends.... so two playmobil could carry it between them. Sort of like a stretcher I guess, but brown and a box

This one, maybe?

[Macruran]

Interesting memories there Macruran. I remember you saying once your early childhood was spent in the UK. Perhaps you did have the Shaper version once you moved to the States?

Possible. I might have got some PM while in the UK, and then recognized them again in the states. And who knows, maybe I had several small sets and not the big Schaper one. Also, I seem to remember having a fire engine, but I might have just imagined it.

So much plastic. Later I got heavily into the 80s version of GI Joe. 

Good point about the apostrophes.

I wonder how much my PMing is an attempt to recapture some of the flavor of childhood. So delicate and quick to pass.

Great memories everyone.

[GrahamB]

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

[Oliver]

This one, maybe?

Yes! Exactly, but dark brown. Even in the context of that set - what is it? For carrying cement?