target's new roman camp

[cachalote]

although i am not a roman theme collector / expert, this set caught my attention and i think it is new. 
i hope i am not wrong (i now how disppointed i would be if someone would speak about a non-new pirates set). 
it is not listed in the american and german site. 

[playmofire]

I'm not a Roman expert either, cachalote, but I'm pretty certain that that's an old set.  Certainly, it looks familiar.

[Justindo]

That set was available in the U.S. at Target and Toys 'R' Us stores prior to last Christmas.  Now my local Targets have nothing except blister packs and I haven't checked any Toys 'R' Us stores in months.  It's a great starter set.

Here's a review of it, including my reply illustrating its strong and weak points:

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=2559.0

[cachalote]

i am feeling so embarassed - this set is not new to the forum and i even wrote a reply in the original thread.

  ... i guess all i can say in my defence is that boredom caused this (richard's warning was not enough).
  ... the lack of new pirates can also be presented as a reason for my attention-drift.
  ... and the awful habit that playmobil has to release regional sets (instead od world-wide ones).

  but, who am i kidding - a responsible fan and collector should not have these weaknesses.
  maybe some kind of disciplinary action should be imposed upon me.
  i deserve it, i really do.

[Klickus Mobilius]

maybe some kind of disciplinary action should be imposed upon me.
  i deserve it, i really do.[/font]

Don't be so hard on yourself.  It could happen to anyone.

If you want disciplinary action, how about refraining from buying the next pirate set that comes out?     Or is that punishment too extreme?

[Martin Milner]

... and the awful habit that playmobil has to release regional sets (instead od world-wide ones).

I was chatting with a couple of people about this on Sunday.  It appears that "Exclusive" sets like this Target one are the result of the retailer approaching Geobra with an offer for an exclusive deal. Say they order 100,000 sets, Playmobil can produce these at a lower price, and make it exclusive to one store. Of coruse that store may sell them on to others, but this appeaers to be the mechanism by which these exclusives come out.

Thus they're outside the main stream of Playmobil, and don't appear on their websites or in their catalogue.

In the case of this set, The only thing here you couldn't get elsewhere is the sand-coloured base, and I'm not terribly keen on these large base plates. I understand why they do them, and they do make a good starter set, but they don't fit easily into the way I like to use my Playmobil. As Justindo and I pointed out in the previous thread about this set, they've made a few errors which detract from the set's desireability, especially for a Roman theme collector.

[playmofire]

  maybe some kind of disciplinary action should be imposed upon me.
  i deserve it, i really do.

Maybe you should be made to walk the plank!  But seriously, these things happen to everyone as they get older>   

[Richard]

Maybe you should be made to walk the plank!  But seriously, these things happen to everyone as they get older.   

Amen, Gordon ... 

However, since it was MY review that Cachalote had forgotten ... I think that he should definitely be made to walk the plank ...  ... 

[cachalote]

you are right, i am getting older (but still in a minority group of little lady's poll).
the not-buying new pirate releases is not an option playmofire - i had already decided not to buy the ghost pirates sets. 

i guess walking the plank is the only option. 

if my memory serves me well - this is the kind of attitude i should have had before creating this thread - the only plank available is on the 4290 ship. 

so, i will now plunge from the plank of the ugliest ship playmobil ever produced. 

fortunately there's always an island that i can reach swimming. 

how many years as an oppinion-castaway should i deserve? 

[Richard]

i guess walking the plank is the only option. 

if my memory serves me well - this is the kind of attitude i should have had before creating this thread - the only plank available is on the 4290 ship. 

so, i will now plunge from the plank of the ugliest ship playmobil ever produced.

Cachalote ...

Do you really think that this is the "ugliest ship Playmobil ever produced?"

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