How to Continue Making those Wonderful Steck Castles... Without going to Ebay!

[WarriorOfToys]

Hello everyone!
In another topic I posted that I had found a way to continue making stack castles without having to resort to buying them from ebay!
It is very simple, and though they may not be the prettiest castles, they will keep your klickies safe and secure...
(until geobra rereleases steck! )
All you need is for DS to have the peices in stock (which unfourtunatly might take a long time... ... but hopefully will be worth the wait!)
This is how you do it:
The pirate dungeon is still made from steck and available!!!
You could buy the whole dungeon and fet lots of skeletons and extra bits and bobs.... or order the individual peices from DS.
You could buy these peices for an outside wall...

These for an inner wall...

Connect them...

Fancify them...

Top them off...


Connect the inner and outer walls with these...

And every couple feet or so put one of these in instead of an inner wall...

They also have the corner pieces...


I hope that everyone has found this useful...
I also would like to give a big THANK YOU to PlaymoDB for the wonderful pictures and part numbers!

[Richard]

Great idea, but I have two questions, WoT ...

Have you been able to get these parts from DS?

And ...

Is it less expensive to order from DS than to buy on eBay? If so, what's the price difference?

Finally ... a comment.

The following Steck sets are available from Playmobil USA:
(They also have lots of parts that can be ordered from DS!)

see attachments

[WarriorOfToys]

I have not checked the prices...
So maybe it is less expencive or maybe not.
I have not tried to order them from DS as I have been very preocupied with getting more Romans.
So I guess my idea is more of a theory then a working method...
I will try them today and see what happens when I ask for those pieces.

[flatcat]

Steck parts can be picked up easily and fairly cheaply on UK ebay, but I suppose it depends on where you are int the world, and how much demand there is for it

[WarriorOfToys]

Steck sets can get pretty expensive in the US...
I saw an old steck castle going for $30 or $40 on ebay,
I was deciding whether or not it was worth buying it when it was bought right out from under my nose!
I looked for another of thise sets but they were all 80$ or MORE!
So I ended up having to buy one for twice the amount I could have...

[Bill Blackhurst]

Ebay can be cheaper sometimes, but with sellers charging such high shipping & handling costs to help their bottom profit line, I don't see much of an advantage! Then there is a problem with used parts being discolored a majority of the time, having that greenish tint  !

[Martin Milner]

Your outer wall would be rather open to attack WOT, and you haven't got a big enough gateway for a horseback rider or a cart. 

I think you could extend an existing castle using these parts through DS, but there it would be cheaper to get a whole Steck castle on eBay to start with.

[Rasputin]

Hello

Well doesn't the medieval house with barn come with the flat solid walls and a straight connector ?  You brought up an interesting thought ? what type of castle could you  build with only  DS ?

Like Martin pointed out, it will have a small entrance.

If I am not mistaken with the new themes that are coming out and their design it looks to be some of stecks last stands

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

[Rasputin]

The following Steck sets are available from Playmobil USA:
(They also have lots of parts that can be ordered from DS!)

see attachments

Hi Richard

I think the Red house is still available and on sale in the US.

The Blue one is still in Germany so why not here?

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

[Richard]

I think the Red house is still available and on sale in the US.

If I am not mistaken with the new themes that are coming out and their design it looks to be some of stecks last stands.

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

You're correct, Ras !

The Red Timbered Steck House is currently "out of stock", so I didn't include it. However, after I made my post, I checked and the Steck Barn with House is also currently "out of stock" ... Unfortunately, I think that as you suggested, we soon may be totally "out of Steck" ... 

All the best,
Richard