Playmobil Egyptian Cup

[Timotheos]

Wow it does look nice!  Even something I wouldn't be embarrassed to have at work.

(A lot of the PM accessories look a little... well... Molly... )

-Tim

[Richard]

Hello, Socrates ... 

Hi folks! Happy to bring you good news:
This great mug is now available at playmobil.de:
http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/Product-Show?pid=30844702&cgid=LZ_Sonstiges

I already got two cups yesterday... 
...they are just beautiful!

best,
socrates

Thanks for the info!

Is the cup made of plastic or "china" ...

All the best,
Richard

[Richard]

I hope these are available for U. S. customers to order.

Me too, Justindo!

All the best,
Richard

[socrates]

Is the cup made of plastic or "china" ...

Hi Richard, the cup is made of china with a real gold imprint...
Its a Playmobil licence-product...

best,
socrates

[Richard]

Hello, Timmy ... 

Wow it does look nice!  Even something I wouldn't be embarrassed to have at work.

(A lot of the PM accessories look a little... well... Molly... )

-Tim

Even though it's ridiculous (especially at my age) to worry about what other people might think ... it's true ... 

Interestingly, I can set up my old Playmobil electric train (or my LGB electric train) and no one ever makes any disparaging comments. In fact, EVERYONE seems to enjoy the trains!

However, let me set up a Playmobil scene, without the trains, and almost everyone wants to know, WHY ...

I'll never forget a Christmas Party that we had (years ago) when my first Playmo-Room was finished. That was back when I was a practicing psychologist. We invited over one hundred people, which included a large number of psychologists. I  remember having to "encourage" them (out of the Playmo-Room) to enjoy the lovely evening by the fireplace, so that our other guests could also play with the train ...

Now, if I had only had a display of Playmobil (without the train), I'm sure that there would have been a lot of murmuring about my "stability" ...

So, I understand what you're saying, Timmy! And, even though it's true ... it's too bad that some "adults" can't lighten up and just enjoy those little smiling faces with all of us ...

All the best,
Richard

BTW ... I had not heard the word "Molly" before ...


admin edit: fixed link to fireplace pic

 

[Richard]

Hello again, Socrates ... 

Hi Richard, the cup is made of china with a real gold imprint...
Its a Playmobil licence-product...

best,
socrates

And, thanks for the additional info ...

I would like to have a set of those. They would be fun to use when setting the table for dinner guests ...

Thanks again and all the best,
Richard

[socrates]

Wow it does look nice!  Even something I wouldn't be embarrassed to have at work.

(A lot of the PM accessories look a little... well... Molly... )

I would love to have one like this in my office, but I would always bring it back home, because I would be afraid, someone steals it... 

best,
socrates

[Sylvia]

Great! I hope that Playmobil UK will eventually be selling them online too.

If I do manage to get one, I'd probably be afraid to use it on a regular basis in case I dropped it or chipped it when washing up.

I would like to have a set of those. They would be fun to use when setting the table for dinner guests ...

Sounds like a really cool idea. I'd love to see a dinner party table set up this way.

[Timotheos]

Interestingly, I can set up my old Playmobil electric train (or my LGB electric train) and no one ever makes any disparaging comments. In fact, EVERYONE seems to enjoy the trains!

BTW ... I had not heard the word "Molly" before ...
 

A collector on the smurf forum I attended long ago mentioned his collection of pewter Napoleonic figures drew fawning comments, while his smurf collection earned dead silence from house guests. 

Either this means the typical house guest is a scholar at heart and appreciates the application / modeling of history through pewter and electric trains...

Or else because nearly a century of those toys--formerly a passtime for rich gentry--lends those hobbies an aura of respectability!  I suppose in 2108, a PM collection will be ultra-fab!  "I picked up this set in Dubai.  A gift of the crown prince.  He's into ACW.  The one from 2009-2014."

An old army buddy of mine once saw my smurf collection--it was like opening the door to that room Bluebeard had forbidden.  He was visibly shaking and dead silent.  Things returned to normal after we closed the door and made no further references to it.

I could speculate about what was going through his mind, but now that I know Richard was a former Pyschologist I'll leave it to the professionals! 

BTW, er, uh, RE: Molly: I swear, I once heard somebody say that on a British sitcom.  "A bit molly!"  Like we'd say maybe "metrosexual" but without the taste for fashion or success with women (even on a friend-only basis) that the metrosexual appears to command.
 
-Tim

[Richard]

Hello, Sylvia ... 

Great! I hope that Playmobil UK will eventually be selling them online too.

I noticed, when I went look at the new Egyptian cup, that on the German Playmobil site that they have an entire Birthday Party section which we don't seem to have on the US Playmobil site. Do you have one on the UK Playmobil site?

There's lots of neat stuff on the German site ... HERE !!!

Sounds like a really cool idea. I'd love to see a dinner party table set up this way.

If you ever do, please take lots of photos!

All the best,
Richard