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Offline AndrewL

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Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« on: July 23, 2009, 11:30:12 »
Greetings All,

I just joined the forum, and so here I am to introduce myself.

I grew up in the US, and got a variety of Playmobil as a child (knights, pirates, cowboys and firemen), all of the old, fixed-hand sort. So you can guess my age...

Anyway, after a while, I 'grew out' of Playmobil and moved on to Lego, and then on electric guitars. But the Playmobil never got thrown away. After a number of years, I wound up living in Germany, but a combination of lack of space and lack of money meant about the only Playmobil I acquired was the Robin Hood special and the 'Robber Baron' knight and his dog. That is, until my then girlfriend (now wife  ;D yay!) bought me a 3666 castle on Ebay for my birthday.

I've since moved to England, and my collection has been slowly but surely growing. I collect just the medieval theme (I count the Vikings as medieval), though I do very much enjoy seeing collections and customs folks do in other themes.

I'm looking forward to seeing what other Playmobil enthusiasts are up to, and maybe sharing some images of some of my customs and medieval buildings.

Cheers,

AndrewL
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Offline Bill Blackhurst

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Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2009, 11:50:57 »
Welcome to Playmofriends from the South Eastern USA, AndrewL! You will find many people here with the same interests, & don't be ashamed of your age, I'm in my upper 40's  :-[!

Bill
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Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2009, 12:48:59 »
Howdy AndrewL,

A warm welcome from sunny Arizona.

Best regards,
Jimbo
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Offline AndrewL

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Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2009, 13:01:57 »
Quote from: Bill Blackhurst on July 23, 2009, 11:50:57
Welcome to Playmofriends from the South Eastern USA, AndrewL! You will find many people here with the same interests, & don't be ashamed of your age, I'm in my upper 40's  :-[!

Bill
Hi Bill,

No shame here  ;) Just giving folks an idea (without being too specific...)

Cheers,

AndrewL
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Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2009, 13:32:02 »
Welcome from North Yorkshire in the UK, Andrew  :wave: and thanks for the detailed intro.  You sound something of a youngster really, but that's from a 65 years old perspective!  And Vikings mediaeval, no problem.  Nowadays the mediaeval period is usually seen as including them.
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Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2009, 14:01:58 »
Medieval Greetings from Lisbon, AndrewL  :wave:

Knights and Vikings (or altogether "Medieval" or "Pre-Medieval") are two of my favorite themes too!  :**:

Hope that you fit perfectly in this community, and that we all go beyond your perspectives!


Miguel
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Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2009, 15:09:37 »
Greetings AndrewL from the Great Pacific Northwest and welcome, sounds like you will fit in quite nicely!



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Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2009, 16:09:06 »
Welcome Andrew!

I'm glad you had such a sensible girlfriend, and that you had the good sense to then marry her! Spousal attitudes towards Playmobil vary, and tolerance is the best many can hope for.

I'm impressed you can stick just to Medieval (and Vikings) - I got re-started via the Romans, and am now in the process of adding Egyptians to my collection, and have a smattering of most themes. I'm reversing your stats by moving from the UK to the US, hopefully in the next 6-8 months.

Do you still have your original klickeis then? I'd love to see a picture of some of the old guys.

cheers, Martin
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Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2009, 16:58:44 »
Welcome Andrew,

It seems we share most of our themes  ;).
Always great to welcome another medieval knight  :love:

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Re: Greetings from Portsmouth, UK
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2009, 17:30:40 »
Hello and Welcome form Cheshire, :wave:
although it seams a little odd saying that as I've only recently joined this forum myself.
So far everyones been very nice, and its great to be able to talk to some one who understands your obsession with kiddies toys.
I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here check out the photos when you've got LOTS of spare time their are some great pics on there of everyones things.
 All the best Emma.
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