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Offline Martin Milner

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Roman Airgamboys
« on: February 02, 2008, 08:50:28 »


Found these on eBay, now where do you suppose the company got the idea?

Airgamboys are made in Spain. I'm tempted to get these for my "Museum of Not-Playmobil" but am currently shuddering at the price.
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Re: Roman Airgamboys
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2008, 11:27:42 »

Airgamboys have been around for almost as many years as Playmobil, according to this page...

http://www.airgamboys.net/

Quite a few of the Spanish playmo fans collect these sets too. There are a lot of similarities between the toys and I think certain accessories can be swapped between the two. (Not absolutely sure if this is true because the scale is probably different.)

The real question here is who copied who. ;)

Maybe the Airgamboys set came before the Playmobil romans. ;D

I guess we'd have to know production dates...
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Re: Roman Airgamboys
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2008, 12:54:15 »
Hi,

thx Sylvia for the link i dont know about it !  :wow:

But have some collected pics there no listed !  ;D

ENJOY the pics !

world greets

Andi
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Re: Roman Airgamboys
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2008, 13:00:36 »
more.............
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Re: Roman Airgamboys
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2008, 13:02:58 »
and dont forget the ship........  ;D
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Re: Roman Airgamboys
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2008, 13:53:32 »
Hello, Martin ...

According to the opinions of the Spanish collectors over at Yoyei's Playclicks forum ... Save your money!
They say that the best place for Airgamboys is in the bonfire.

Now having said that ... you might want to take a look at Tricornejock's gallery ... HERE!

I have attached a couple of interesting photos from the Playclicks forum that sort of shows the size difference. The figure is Playmobil and the Roman shield is from Airgam (c1970s). It would appear that Airgamboys are indeed larger than Playmobil. Perhaps about the size of Playbig.

Interesting subject.

Thanks for the pictures, Andi!
Maybe we could start a museum of photos rather than having to actually buy these Playmobil wanabe's ... :)

All the best,
Richard
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Edit:
Ooops ... Forgot to give credit to Garciclick over at Playclicks, for his beautiful custom Playmobil "Pretoriano" ...  :wow:
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Re: Roman Airgamboys
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2008, 13:57:51 »


Here's a photo of the same shield with an Airgam figure ... (for size comparison)
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Re: Roman Airgamboys
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2008, 15:52:07 »
Hi Richard,

great Custom !! thx for sharing ! The shield looks with the playmobil roman nice but with the airgam a little micro ???

Thanks for the links !

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Re: Roman Airgamboys
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2008, 17:08:44 »
Wow, I had no idea the Airgam Roman range was so extensive! Seeing all this, it looks more like Playmo copies Airgam's idea.

Of course it's possible the two developed in isolation, sparked perhaps by the Gladiator film, but look at how sets seem to mirror each other...

Playmobil still seems neater to the eye, though. The Airgam stuff is sparklier in places, but the figures proportions and faces don't look quite right, they just don't have the same charisma.

So, any Airgam Egyptians out yet?  ;)

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Re: Roman Airgamboys
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2008, 17:33:07 »
I also didn't know the Airgamboys range was so extensive.  I don't, however, think Playmobil has anything to worry about if the pictures are any indication of the quality of the sets.  That said, I wouldn't mind if Playmobil made a variety of standards like the Airgamboys range has.  I really wish Playmobil would come out with at least an aquilla.
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