Where is everybody?

[Bill Blackhurst]

Hey Everyone,
Where are you? I have noticed a severe decrease of topic postings on this forum! Although I have seen some members involved on other forums, why isn't anyone talking to one another here? What's wrong? Just curious!

[Gustavo]

I think there's nothing necessarily wrong, Bill.

Some people are waiting for new releases, others are working in something else ... It's a hobby, after all, to most of us.

However I've spent a little of my time at other places, I always pass by Playmofriends, and keep eye in here. As well as I'm preparing to shoot a sequence of my pirates' story ... But things happen when things happen, eh?

Anyway, what's new, in the playmo' world?

I'm sorry, you guys ... Actually, I have at least one new topic to publish, but I've been a little slow with it. (As well as with two other threads of storytelling, reasons already explained, somewhere else ...)

Gus

[Gustavo]

What's wrong?

However, once you mentioned it ... I always thought that there's little profitable interaction in Playmofriends. I found in it a wonderful place for publishing my photostories, and I keep doing it, from time to time. Perhaps, if the public manifested anything, not only to flatter, but to criticize as well ... I was talking with a friend, at work, another day, and he asked "and do they say interesting things about what you write?" and I told him that I never had any actually INTERESTING commentary. Always flattering, "I like it". I keep doing out of liking it (it's my main hobby, after all ...), but it would be a 1000 times more interesting, if people made intelligent commentaries and gave ideas. I have my own, but, why not more interation? Writing together? People saying kinds of stories they'd like to see and hear ... Maybe I wouldn't do them, but someone else might.

I don't know.

As well, there's this world crisis, people might be buying less playmo, so, there's less things they want to talk about. But I don't think it is so.

[Justindo]

I visit here at least a couple times a week, but I haven't been posting as much because others aren't posting as much either and so I assume it's a chain reaction.  That said, I think the reason this forum hasn't been extremely active lately is that we're all waiting for new releases to talk about.

Regarding photostories and commentary, I tend to look at photostories that are of interest to me (i.e. historical themed ones) and I will comment, both with positives and constructive criticism.

[Gepetto]

Hello Bill,

I have been experiencing machine difficulties lately, both my main and backup laptops are experiencing difficulties and I just located my old 'let's hook it up and see what happens' laptop that I have not used in ages and by golly here I am (for what that is worth  ).

The only Playmo relaated action I have seen is the dearth of product at any of my local Target stores although everyone I have talked to says no one is stocking any more product than they need to.


Gepetto

[cachalote]

it's this cold spring bill. 
... but it will be made a glorious summer soon, no doubt. 
... all we need is a "son of york" that decides to replace the entire playmobil design department and everything will be great again. 
i guess the same is happening on other forums (klickywelt seems to be "iced" also). 

[cachalote]

I always thought that there's little profitable interaction in Playmofriends. I(...) I never had any actually INTERESTING commentary.

gustavo, you have an average of 1.86 messages per day. 
sometimes it is a bit difficult to keep up with such an enormous enthusiasm... 

[Little Jo]

For myself the reason being absent the last days was the wonderful warm and sunny weather the last days (still ongoing ) and the fact that easter holidays made me stay in the garden and being busy on the first gardening activities this year ...

[macgayver]

we have been very busy with Wolfsburg

Pictures will follow as soon we have recovered a bit

And as Little Jo we have been trying to catch some sun when we could

[playmofire]

I've been busy doing work about the house and garden and also winding down the work I do for my former employer (retiring completely), plus I've had some health issues to follow up.  However, I've not been idle and have got a number of reviews and customs and another Maisie and Fred contribution (from November last year!) to post when I can make a minute.  The sun is just coming out here and so, after 10:00 coffee, the garden calls again, so it may not be today.