Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!

[playmo1989]

Tournament set 3287 was perhaps the most recent offering.

 yes this was what i had in mind
 

Playmobil presumably think they have made a "proper" castle with their latest 4865 and 4866 castle sets. What would you like to have different?

well personally i don't like them i would prefer something more realistic like the old castles 3666 etc.... i'am not a steck lover as many here on the forum but i like the possibilities you have with steck to make great castles and the set itself were very realistic and could stand buy it self with the tournament sets on the side ," some dioramas from 1993-4 with the castle and the tournaments really beautifull  "

[WarriorOfToys]

Love the wandering monk and the 3654 Tournament tent, and of course 3653 as Playmo1989 said was the best of the tournament main sets. They've done a couple of other versions over the years, but they never topped this one for completeness. I'm not so keen on the chromed knights of the 3265 era, but maybe that's because I never had them as a child. 

I wish Playmobil had continued the tournament tent idea and created a tent for each full-carapison knight. It could have become an annual release with guaranteed sales. The only other one I know of is the 3837 Fairytale Tournament tent. Imagine the color and spectacle of a field of these tents in all their different heraldry with knights getting into their armor, squires running around making last minute adjustments, and the crowd of followers all getting drunk and eating popcorn. Wasn't medieval life in the Playmobil world so much richer and more evocative when not everybody was trying to bash someone else's brains out? 

OTOH they reused the tent frame in the Roman set 4273 but I only ever bought one as it was so expensive! I see it's now available (in the US) as add-on set 7471 without the figures, which makes it a less eye-watering $11. Maybe I should get a few, create some templates for new fabric sides, and create a Field of the Cloth of Gold diorama. 

That is very tempting... 

[Wesley Myers]

Love the wandering monk and the 3654 Tournament tent, and of course 3653 as Playmo1989 said was the best of the tournament main sets. They've done a couple of other versions over the years, but they never topped this one for completeness. I'm not so keen on the chromed knights of the 3265 era, but maybe that's because I never had them as a child. 

I wish Playmobil had continued the tournament tent idea and created a tent for each full-carapison knight. It could have become an annual release with guaranteed sales. The only other one I know of is the 3837 Fairytale Tournament tent. Imagine the color and spectacle of a field of these tents in all their different heraldry with knights getting into their armor, squires running around making last minute adjustments, and the crowd of followers all getting drunk and eating popcorn. Wasn't medieval life in the Playmobil world so much richer and more evocative when not everybody was trying to bash someone else's brains out? 

OTOH they reused the tent frame in the Roman set 4273 but I only ever bought one as it was so expensive! I see it's now available (in the US) as add-on set 7471 without the figures, which makes it a less eye-watering $11. Maybe I should get a few, create some templates for new fabric sides, and create a Field of the Cloth of Gold diorama. 

Schleich makes some tents for their knights and they work well.  I bought 4 or 5 of the green ones off ebay for aonly a couple of dollars each from one seller.  I was thining of painting them different .

Here is a picture of one.

[WarriorOfToys]

Cool!
Unfourtunatly they are from a later period then I am trying to reproduce...
(I think... I know they were used in the 14th and 15th centuries, not sure about earlier.)

[Justindo]

Those are some wonderful acquisitions, Wesley!  The yellow and red jousting set was my first Playmobil set and the purple knight set followed it shortly.

[Wesley Myers]

I guess I haven't added to this for a while. 

I got a couple new things the other day.  These are from two auctions on ebay from the same seller so it was cheaper with combined shipping.

[Wesley Myers]

Here is more of what came.

The boxed 3446 looks to be in pristine condition - like it was never even set up.  Sadly, the figures were not there (was looking forward to possibly another firing crossbow!). 

I didn't really need another pirate ship, but I was going to make it into a princess ship and put a swans head at the fore (and obviously change the sails and paint it).

[bonniebeth]

Wow, this is a great haul! Some really nice sets there.

[Wesley Myers]

Here was another one.

The 3716 barn is pretty much complete (no stork's nest) and is quite nice.  It is sort of a cross between medieval and western with the timbered walls and the plank walls.  It would work for either, but it has a much more European feel to it.

The extra Steck pieces, most likely from a 3446, were most welcome as well.


The figures are nice too - I never did get the 3668 when it was new, but it is nice to have the figures from it (just wish the rest of it was there too - gotta wonder where all the rest of a set goes ...).

[Wesley Myers]

And another one.

This 3937 Royal Tent is not complete, but the girls like it a lot - more princesses and princes.  If anyone has the other princess/female figure for it and does not want it/need it anymore, I would be happy to take it off your hands.