Oh the Wonderful Things the Postman Will Bring!

[Elric]

There is some great stuff in there!  I like the painted hinges. I thought about doing this but never got around to it.

[tenni]

Oh wow, what an amazing collection! How I'd love to dig through those bins and sort it all out. Hope you have fun bringing that collection back to life!

[tahra]

There is some great stuff in there!  I like the painted hinges. I thought about doing this but never got around to it.

I like them too.. Looks real nice.

[Wesley Myers]

There is some great stuff in there!  I like the painted hinges. I thought about doing this but never got around to it.

Yes it does look good. They are painted very well - no slips or over brushing.  I would do the nails in another shade to add depth of detail. I might do that to add to it; not to get rid of anything. 

[Wesley Myers]

I know I love looking at pictures people post - so here are some more.

This is some of the more unique / special items out of the small parts bin.

They tell a lot about what sets are present.

[Wesley Myers]

Here are some of the painting details. 

Personally I don't think it takes away from the forge.  I could add to it though and make it look much more realistic and since it is already started ...



This is a detail of a wall piece I am speculating to be from the Wizards Tower Workshop (3839) - reason being the metalic sconce (not black).  The detail on the torch is quite nice.  Red and yellow and orange along with black where the torch would have dripped and been burned and the soot marks on the wall. (The torch is not glued in)



Here is detail of the castle gate.  This would be from the 3450 or 3446.



This chimney is detailed in the same way.  It's almost like they are coloured with markers.  So, they might have been done with the Playmobil colouring markers.  (The sign post that is sticking out of the front of the building is glued on - it's almost a miracle how that stayed on there after being stuffed into a rubbermaid tub and travelling almost 2000 km in frieght!)

[Wesley Myers]

In case anyone was wondering how the bakery "door"/"serving window" works this will help out.



On the back you see the two tabs that the rings on the end of the chain hook into to hold it open.  You just take it off of these to lower it.

Looks pretty fragile to me, if anyone was going to be buying one off ebay ask for a picture of that area, I can see a kid pushing down on there and snapping those off pretty darn easy ...



You can also see the flat type of chain links on the original bakery. I wonder if the new bakery will use this type of chain or not?

[bonniebeth]

Thanks for all the close-up pics. I just LOVE the blackened wall detail behind the torch, and around the chimney opening. That adds so much realism! It's so much fun seeing all this! I wish this lady could have been a part of our community. She obviously loved her playmobil very much!

[Wesley Myers]

Here are some more pictures of the buildings.

They were collector glued.  Not all of them, just some.  You can see as well that interior details were glued into some of them.  Furniture and accessories and you can see where some painted feet were placed (and some feet shaped glue marks that indicate where a person stood as well as sat in a chair).

I'm not sure why they were glued (one can only guess) but it could be that since they were supposed to be set up in an entire room display that they were glued to stop them from falling over if bumped while one was going through the room (dusting, moving to vacuum, walking through to look at them, etc).  Maybe as the lady got older she got more infirm and would accidently bump them and this was a way to help ensure it would continue to look nice or maybe even to prevent children from making too big a mess.  

Sign details:



Sadly a broken sign holder (it can be glued!):



Interior area where you can see glue marks for the table and people.



More detail.  Makes me wonder who picked all the stuff off - I can guess but without evidence I will bite my tongue.





You can see the stress markes on these tabs from being pulled apart as they were glued.



Here is a contrast between the original yellow (much brighter even if this photo does not show it too well) and new yellow house pieces which are much more 'banana' yellow in colour.



You can see a bit of extra glue on the green Tailor's house/shop



Here is one way to tie a bucket to ensure it won't come loose.  



Evidence of the presence of the 3444.  The black pieces are glued on.  This is one of the sub assemblies (Thank you for the instructions wolf knight or I never would have known this!!!)

[Wesley Myers]

Thanks for all the close-up pics. I just LOVE the blackened wall detail behind the torch, and around the chimney opening. That adds so much realism! It's so much fun seeing all this! I wish this lady could have been a part of our community. She obviously loved her playmobil very much!

That's what I was thinking when I was going through this one tub today.  Maybe another tub tomorrow.  Then after I go through them to get a rough idea of what is there then I guess it will come the serious sit down sorting.

I can see this taking all winter.     Or a dedicated weekend if I didn't have a real life with real family.   

She might be heartbroken to see it all now but when it's all sorted and displayed on shelves, I think she will approve.