Good Omen

[fritzmobil]

What a great week!

   After joining the forum and receiving a warm reception; my Playmo-juices got going. After working on a few customs, I realized I needed a bigger 'fix', and looked up the dealerlist on playmobil.com. I found a toy shop I had never been to (a rarity), about 45 minutes from my house; and it was an independent toy retailer and more than 10 years old, both really good signs for the discriminating Playmobil buyer!!!

  Thursday morning I headed out; after some trouble finding a parking place, I located my destination. Upon entering, I almost turned around and left: less than TEN boxed sets sat on the shelf......BUT.... one of them was a sealed 3666 Large Castle!!!! Sold!!!! And a copy of the Playmobil Collector book (I was hesitant to buy this until I saw it in reality). Bonus!!!!

Thank you, playmofriends, for sending me such great Playmo-Karma!!!

[Martin Milner]

Upon entering, I almost turned around and left: less than TEN boxed sets sat on the shelf......BUT.... one of them was a sealed 3666 Large Castle!!!! Sold!!!!

You jammy dodger! I wonder how long that's been sitting around on the shelves being overlooked by the less descrimitaing public?

Now you did ask if they had any more Playmobil out back in the storage room, didn't you?

I had an similar experience in Dorchester last year, after checking three or four hopefuls, I came across a branch of Toymaster with a whole wall full of Playmobil. It was so great to see some of the harder to find sets from bricks and mortar shop rather than online. I got the full advent calender, which later tok up residence on my desk at work plus a Christmas-themed carry-about holiday house with Mr & Mrs Santa and a couple of Elfs in residence.

[fritzmobil]

You jammy dodger! I wonder how long that's been sitting around on the shelves being overlooked by the less descrimitaing public?

Now you did ask if they had any more Playmobil out back in the storage room, didn't you?

I've no idea what a jammy dodger is, so thank you? And of course I asked for more, sadly no luck, but the terrible irony was the clerk told me how she had passed on it (for her sons) when she began working there, because she figured out it was the 'obsolete' building sysytem.... 


...and this is actually my second "HOLEY MOLEY!!!" score of the last month. My wife(the new convert to Playmobil) and I went on a hunt and she purchased me a fantastic Valentine's Gift: 3841 Dragon's Temple!!!!

At the same store, I grabbed (for trade??) 2x 4573 Clown Beppo, 2x 4621 US Firefighter, and 3037 Gold Transport. Left 3004, 3016, 3023 Fort Eagle, 3172, 3957, and 3019 Fairy Tale Castle (took pics on my phone of the set #s so I'd remember).

[Gepetto]

Good haul!  Congratulations.


Gepetto