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Offline Wolf Knight

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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #100 on: July 20, 2011, 06:06:05 »
Thank yu for the close ups Wesley!! WOW!! What a great time you are having! There are many great sets in there indeed!!

The painting details are so awesome... they bring more character to the sets. A unique way to mark them as yours and give them a personality and a history. And the paint on the musical instruments! this lady had an excellent idea to do all this!!
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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #101 on: July 21, 2011, 01:09:37 »
 :o :o :o

Amazing! All those medieval houses, signs, barrels!! WOW!!  8}


Btw:

"Rathaus" (German) is "raadshuis" or "stadshuis" here in Dutch and is "City Hall" in English.

"Ratskeller" could be litterally translated as "City Hall's basement" (it's called "raadskelder" in Dutch).
It usually refers to a tavern or restaurant just below street level. Reason is in medieval times, the cellar/basement of a city-hall was often used as a tavern.

First pic attached is the inside of the "raadskelder" (Ratskeller) in my city Ghent, in Flanders (Belgium).
In this case the "raadskelder" is not in the City Hall but right next to it, in a building aside the "Belfort" (could be translated as "Bell Fortress" in English). The "Belfort" is a big tower with a huge bell in it - like the "Schuldturm" from Playmobil - to sound the alarm when there was a fire or when hostile troops were approaching the city.


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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #102 on: July 21, 2011, 05:36:21 »
thank you for this info Hadoque.
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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #103 on: July 21, 2011, 05:43:25 »
I'd love to see that tower made of Steck!

Maybe you could get a commission from the town to do that?!

They must have historical funding.
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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #104 on: July 21, 2011, 22:15:11 »
The new bakery doesn't have the chains (geobra doesn't seem to be fond of metal chains any more) it has got a pice of thread to do the thing.

Oh and yes, those tiny "hooks" to keep the latch open are known for breaking easily and collectors will try to check if they're OK before buying an old bakery...
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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #105 on: July 22, 2011, 05:28:21 »
Quote from: Playmofool on July 21, 2011, 22:15:11
The new bakery doesn't have the chains (geobra doesn't seem to be fond of metal chains any more) it has got a pice of thread to do the thing.

Oh and yes, those tiny "hooks" to keep the latch open are known for breaking easily and collectors will try to check if they're OK before buying an old bakery...

Thank you for the info!

I think that new chains could be something to easily add to a new bakery.  What I've noticed is that the slot for the chain to go through is cross shaped so you can hook a piece of chain in there to keep it open (something to think about if buying one on ebay and it shows the serving window open).  Maybe the designer(s) thought about the tabs breaking and added that in as extra usability for the long term.

I do like how the new bakery has lots of baked goods. 
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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #106 on: July 22, 2011, 19:26:45 »
Quote from: Wesley Myers on July 22, 2011, 05:28:21
I think that new chains could be something to easily add to a new bakery....

Some people have already reported about finding fitting chains in hardware stores - for a reasonable price as well....

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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #107 on: August 07, 2011, 21:14:27 »
Here are some sets my wife bought for me at a garage sale.



The airplane will go perfectly with the Airport I got in the spring.
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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #108 on: August 07, 2011, 23:51:36 »
Here are some sets that I got from two private sales (on kijiji):







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Re: Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!
« Reply #109 on: August 08, 2011, 00:23:11 »
This shows just how "in"expensive Playmobil was in the 1990's.

Prices are from the Hudson's Bay Company store (more commonly known as "The Bay").




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