Is there anyone else out there?

[Bill Blackhurst]

I was working on some Playmobil projects, such as custom Playmo fire trucks, dismantling Klicky's to switch body parts, & then it hit me  ! I remembered a film I used to watch with my children, & now my grandchildren, & I've found myself in a peculiar place  . The movie is Toy Story,.....& yes, I feel like I've become the horrible child named Sid that sadistically created, destroyed, or "customized" his poor helpless toys! OH NO!...what have I become! I used to be a Playmobil purist, but I'm starting to subcomb to the lure of the horrible customization addictions that I have avoided for so long  ! Please keep in mind that I've not attempted to do anything as radical, & amazing as some very experienced people have accomplished here, Tim_W, Fire Chief, & Playmofire, to name just a few, but it could happen  ! I'm finding myself not happy with the original figures or vehicles saying to myself, oh it just needs that head instead of this one, or these wheels would look so much better on that truck than those originals, or this decal from that set would be so much better here,....then the never ending calls to the DS department, the on going parts lists on MS Word on my computer, marking the calender for approximate DS restock dates, increasing inventory of commonly stocked parts because you don't want to run out of something delaying a project,....running out of space ! Is there any one else out there that has recently crossed the thresh hold of from good to bad ? Please come forward, & admit your crimes, because the Spanish Inquisition has begun  !

[Martin Milner]

I don't think you truly qualify as a "Sid" unless you're strapping your Klickys to rockets, burning them with magnifying glasses, or otherwise destroying them.

Everyone who has acquired second-hand Klickys probably has a number of "unwanted" figures. For example I have received figures with chewed heads or limbs or otherwise damaged looks that won't get into my proper collection.

What does one do with these poor victims? Sometimes I disassemble them and add the parts to buckets of bits, ready to be reassembled into new figures when required. Some I've laid aside until I can think of a use for them.

[Gepetto]

I think a defining element of a "Sid" is 'intent', to customize is to appreciate the base on which you build and to seek to bring out its full potential. As is usually the case, if you do not start with a quality material you will not end up with a quality result, Playmobil provides a perfect base on which to build and if approached with respect the resulting customizations will only honor the original, so fear not to wade into these waters, they will cleanse your soul of doubts (about what might have been) and as your skills grow so to will your horizons!! Onward, ever onward!!



Gepetto

[playmofire]

A first step, Bill, is to do customs that you can undo.  Changing heads, arms and bodies fall into this category.  Even some fairly major stuff can be undone, for example where parts have been added but the glueing has been done with two part epoxy resin.  I think with care I could even undo major customs such as the RW1 and reassemble at least the 3880 it's based on.  So have a go but start gently and then plunge in when you feel ready.

[Sylvia]

The theme of this topic reminded me of an old but funny photostory in which David Hamer satirised Richard's fondness for extreme customizing techniques. Some of you will have already seen this before...

The von Richardstein Affair

I have several boxes of disassembled parts which will probably never get used. I can't say it really bothers me.

I guess I'm becoming too cold-hearted towards my poor klickies, because I usually view them in terms of what their individual parts could be used for instead of appreciating them in their original form.

[Bill Blackhurst]

The theme of this topic reminded me of an old but funny photostory in which David Hamer satirised Richard's fondness for extreme customizing techniques. Some of you will have already seen this before...
The von Richardstein Affair
I have several boxes of disassembled parts which will probably never get used. I can't say it really bothers me.
I guess I'm becoming too cold-hearted towards my poor klickies, because I usually view them in terms of what their individual parts could be used for instead of appreciating them in their original form.

Oh, the shame of it all  ! To have become so distant from your once beloved Klicky's original being, to be able to dismember, switch heads, & body parts if you will, like a Dr. Frankenstein  ! And worse cut, glue, lengthen, shorten precious Playmobil vehicles  !

[playmofire]

One thing I forgot to mention, Bill - never forget Playmobil is made to play with.  It's very easy to end up customising and customising and customising and not get any fun playing with them!

[bonniebeth]

I came across this topic while searching for something else and just had to revive it! Hilarious! We talk about Sid all the time, because Chris was rather a Sid when he was little.

Anyway, to answer the original question, yes I do feel a bit cruel when popping heads off klickys. Oddly enough, I feel even worse about popping heads off the kids than I do adults! Especially using the rubber band method, because I feel I'm strangling them to death. And I have a big box of unused body parts that looks very gruesome. But in the end, the klicks usually look very nice in their new "outfits" when the ordeal is over, so hopefully they don't mind too much.

[Ismene]

I feel bad enough breaking up families. I want to keep a colt, whose parents I'm selling, and it makes me kind of sad...  though I do have some klickies in rough shape, so I'm planning on dismembering them to make them "new" again if/when I find the right parts.

[Wolf Knight]

Interesting thread, never came across it before...

I have a few pics that can turn you blood cold... I am a bit hesitant to upload them because the cruelty I show towards klickies is so great and unbearable for most of us here... But the end justifies the means and slowly all my disassambled klickies are build into new ones, so I don't feel bad at all about it....