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Offline Macruran

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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #100 on: August 22, 2020, 22:13:35 »
A Gr eek article posted by JLMatterer (:thanks:)  has some different angle shots of the Argonauts set. The contents pic shows that pineapples and bananas are in the Argo's cargo (c'Argo?) - wildly anachronistical!  >:(

There are also two images of what looks like an independent creation of an Argonauts set, with a different feel:



https://www.thenewspaper.gr/2020/08/08/i-argo-egine-paichnidi-apo-tin-playmobil-deite-e/
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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #101 on: August 23, 2020, 10:50:08 »
Quote from: Macruran on August 22, 2020, 22:13:35
A Gr eek article posted by JLMatterer (:thanks:)  has some different angle shots of the Argonauts set. The contents pic shows that pineapples and bananas are in the Argo's cargo (c'Argo?) - wildly anachronistical!  >:(

You can seen the offensive consumables clearly in the backside picture of 70466:



Tropical fruits are a stock item in the classical maritime world since set 5390:

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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #102 on: August 23, 2020, 16:06:00 »
Quote from: Macruran on August 22, 2020, 22:13:35
The contents pic shows that pineapples and bananas are in the Argo's cargo (c'Argo?) - wildly anachronistical! 

I agree; Bananas (origin Southeast Asia via India, Africa) seem to have been unknown in Europe before 700 CE and Pineapples (origin South America) came back with Columbus in 1493.
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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #103 on: August 23, 2020, 16:47:16 »
You'd think they'd have put a bunch of grapes in there!  :banana:
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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #104 on: August 23, 2020, 16:47:52 »
Quote from: Macruran on August 23, 2020, 16:47:16
You'd think they'd have put a bunch of grapes in there!  :banana:

Except they don't have any... not really :(
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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #105 on: August 23, 2020, 16:58:55 »
Hm I could have sworn they did but it seems the "grapes" that came with the first caesar figure are listed on playmodb as "flower bouquet"  :o

How can they not have grapes?  ???
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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #106 on: August 23, 2020, 17:30:18 »
Quote from: Macruran on August 23, 2020, 16:58:55
Hm I could have sworn they did but it seems the "grapes" that came with the first caesar figure are listed on playmodb as "flower bouquet"  :o

How can they not have grapes?  ???

No idea. But Sylvanian does  :love: :love:
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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #107 on: August 26, 2020, 07:25:50 »
Quote from: Macruran on August 22, 2020, 22:13:35
There are also two images of what looks like an independent creation of an Argonauts set, with a different feel:

Those come from myplaymocustom's profile on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BrjrWejFIge/
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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #108 on: August 26, 2020, 07:50:30 »
Cool!  :thanks:
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Re: Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!
« Reply #109 on: August 26, 2020, 09:09:52 »
My GOODNESS this guy is absolutely incredible! He's basically done an entire Greek theme entirely on his own, many more sets than the official one, and with a very distinct and lush style, plus sets from several other ancient cultures (Egyptian, Levantine, Persian), as well as some Victorian dios. His stuff is indescribable! I'm scrolling through his insta and I want to repost every pic here! but there are too many!

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