Klickus, the account of your TRU adventure made me laugh out loud. It also made me feel a bit nostalgic for the early days of my Playmo-love when I had similar experiences. Just as with any love affair, the time may come when that thrill is gone so enjoy it and experience it fully while you still can! 
Sorry to add a rather depressing note to the conversation but I have recently reached that point myself. How did I know the love affair was really over? I just returned two clearance priced 4444 sets and 3 5849 Ninja/Mandarin blister packs to Target with no remorse. Just a little sadness. 
I just finally stopped compulsively buying more Playmobil. That was a huge step. I recently did some organizing in my attic and realized that I had become an MISB collector by default because of all the unopened boxes that I have acquired over the years from clearance tables, ebay, plus the occasional find of a rare discontinued item at a small toy store (I will probably continue to give in to that particular urge - Playmobil has proven to be a better investment than a lot of other things! 
) Then there are all the sets that I bought when they came out just because they were cool: the treasure room, the butcher shop, the safecrackers, beavers, skunks, raccoons, merpeople, silver knight, golden knight, misc. pals, the big roman colliseum, the red & blue houses (5 of each - why??? but I did love to receive those big boxes direct from Playmobil USA!) and on and on and on.
Not too long ago, I was planning to buy all the Egyptian sets plus the jewel thieves, some fairies, those wonderful new African animals, plus even more. Now I no longer feel the urge. I am content to see all the fabulous ways that other folks play with them. We'll see how long I last!
Forgive me for quoting you out of the original thread Indianna, I thought it better to start a new thread than to take KM's too far off track.
I guess a time comes eventually when a collection becomes a burden, and what used to seem wonderfully abundant now seems overwhelming. A review of what one already has is a likely tipping point.
I've been watching my purchases more closely recently, not because I don't want new stuff, but because in about 5 years I'll need to move my entire collection half way round the world (from London UK to Eugene OR) and it's already big enough to be a storage problem in my current house. It likely won't be a problem in my future house (we're planning on a house 2.5 to 3 times the square footage) but the trip from London to Eugene is the potential problem. We'll be renting a sea container (or part of one) to carry what we can't carry on the plane, and I'm trying to ensure that I don't occupy the entire container with Playmo. We're not taking any furniture or electrical stuff, so the container will be filled with clothing, books, DVDs, hobby stuff (like my wife's spinning wheel and my Playmo) and the like.
My purchasing has also naturally eased off, because I only need so much of any theme. I've got all the Police, Fire & Hospital stuff I need to create a good scene, so even if Playmo release new versions of these things, I don't need them. I have two big castles, and enough leftover wall sections to create a ruined castle for bandits or barbarians, so I won't be buying anymore castles, though I will still add individual knights.
The Egyptian theme is giving me difficulties, because some of the sets look bulky, so far I have only figures, and I suspect I would still be able to buy this theme in America in 5 years, so why buy now and have to pay to transport it?
I've set myself the task of reorganising my collection, and potentially getting rid of some of the less-used pieces and themes. Like Indianna, I've got many unopened boxes, partly because I bought so much so fast that I haven't had time to open it, and partly because I don't have the space to have much out at a time.
I don't keep sets in their original boxes, unless it's the easiest way to store them. Generally I sort things into categories and re-box them; for example most of my Knights are kept in groups in zip-lock bags, and taken out only when I want to use that group.
My aim is to get several 84 litre Really Useful Boxes (the biggest size that I can fit through my loft hatch, and still carry when stuffed with Playmo), and divide into themes, one for Pirates, one for Knights, one for Romans, one for modern world (inclusing all Police, Rescue and Hospital) etc.
The zip-lock bag inside a bigger box seems the best way to go, so I can sub-divide themes into manageable portions.
