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Offline kaethe

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Re: 4884 - Playmobil Crib
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2010, 11:15:54 »
thank you for the review, i have been waiting to see close-ups of the set, as it has been on my wish list since we first saw the catalogue previews.  i like the changes to the animals, never did like the saddle on the old donkey, and prefer mary's simpler dress.  i love the new stable, i always hated the cardboard original, and currently am using the robber's tomb from the egyptian series.  the lantern is a nice touch. 
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Re: 4884 - Playmobil Crib
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2010, 11:17:48 »
Thanks for the review. The angel does have a new printing. Does it have any special meaning?
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Re: 4884 - Playmobil Crib
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2010, 13:39:20 »
I dont think so - though funnily the angels from my childhood catechism classes were always grown ups (Gabriel etc). I agree re the robber's house from the Egyptian theme - I bought it specifically because it can be used for Jesus and biblical dioramas.
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Re: 4884 - Playmobil Crib
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2010, 17:33:58 »
Quote from: Bolingbroke on December 21, 2010, 13:39:20
I dont think so - though funnily the angels from my childhood catechism classes were always grown ups (Gabriel etc). I agree re the robber's house from the Egyptian theme - I bought it specifically because it can be used for Jesus and biblical dioramas.

Thank you for the review!  (That's what I love about this site!)

Actually, angels are neither children nor adults - they are pure spiritual beings - who cannot breed nor multiply, to continue the Catechism lesson.  :)

I am thinking that maybe they are respresented as children because God stated that to be able to enter Heaven you must become like children (Matthew 18)?  http://www.newadvent.org/bible/mat018.htm

It might also be because this is a children's toy and I know from my kids, they like the children figures better.

Or a combination?  (Boy it would be nice to have an official rep or Playmobil to be on here to answer so many of our questions!!!)

For those who never had Catechism and/or want to learn more about angels so they can add to their Playmobil angel dioramas and customs:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476d.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01485a.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049c.htm
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Re: 4884 - Playmobil Crib
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2010, 17:39:18 »
Quote from: Wesley Myers on December 21, 2010, 17:33:58

Actually, angels are neither children nor adults - they are pure spiritual beings - who cannot breed nor multiply, to continue the Catechism lesson.  :)
Absolutely right! It's always been a mystery to me why so many portray angels as children or even babies. In the Bible, when they appeared to various ones, they took the form of men. of course, they are neither male nor female, but it seems one would portray them the way they appeared. You almost never see them portrayed as men, but rather as women, children or babies.
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Re: 4884 - Playmobil Crib
« Reply #15 on: December 21, 2010, 18:08:55 »
Maybe it is beacuse the image of a child is closer to the ideal image of inocence?? So PM thought it would be better portrait angels as Playmokids...?
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« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2010, 18:10:26 »
It's because of the way our patriarchal society works, I presume.

Still, whenever I think of angels its always Gabriel visiting Mary: a man, an adult.
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Re: 4884 - Playmobil Crib
« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2010, 18:20:37 »
Right, me too.
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« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2010, 18:21:17 »
Which is fair enough for me  :P :P :P

God IS a man after all  :P :P :P :P
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Re: 4884 - Playmobil Crib
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2010, 18:22:13 »
 :lol: Some would take issue with that statement...  :P
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