mississippi steamer SystemX Customizing !!!

[Richard]

Perhaps this should be shown to PM to have them realize that they could produce a mississipi steamer, now.

ABSOLUTELY !!!

Although I dont think the mississippi has gators.

Hello, Meg ...

Well, it depends on which end of the Mississippi River that you're talking about. If you're talking about the Louisiana end, you can bet your bippie that there's alligators !!! As you swing past the Baton Rouge bend on your way to New Orleans, you'll see a passle of gators swimming by ...

In fact the American alligator's full name is: Alligator mississippiensis.

However, you're spot on about Playmobil no longer having ANY excuse regarding whether or not they're able to produce a Mississippi Steamboat !!!

All the best,
Richard

[playmofire]

Are my eyes playing tricks ... Or, is that really the Lone Ranger on the second deck aft (by the open door)

Surely not - the Lone Ranger was a "goodie" and so wore a white hat!

It is an outstanding creation and shows what can be done with System-X in a field it wasn't even intended for.  How, too, someone thinks laterally like that is beyond me to understand.

[Jimbo]

Wow!!!  What a great custom.   I wonder if it floats.

Well done y'all.

Jimbo

[Richard]

Surely not - the Lone Ranger was a "goodie" and so wore a white hat!

You are absolutely correct, Gordon !!! What in the world could I have been thinking? ... 

Not only does he NOT have a white hat, but he is missing his faithful companion! ...

Thanks for clearing that up ...

All the best,
Richard

[Meg]

I have never been to Louisianna.
Some day, Maybe.

I knew of Florida Gotors, but not of those who live in the Mississippi.
I guess I wont be swimming in those waters very soon.

M

[Richard]

I knew of Florida Gotors, but not of those who live in the Mississippi.

The Florida Gators all live in Gainesville, Florida ...

I have never been to Louisianna.
Some day, Maybe.

Louisiana ? Hmmm ... It's different ... 

As you know. Meg, the Mississippi River is very special to the history of the United States. It starts way up there by you (in fact the St. Croix River comes from Wisconsin and empties into the Mississippi). It then travels south to New Orleans, Louisiana (but it's still another 100 miles plus before it finally ends in the Gulf of Mexico). It has been said that if a drop of water were to begin the journey from Lake Itasca (at the Minnesota headwaters of the Mississippi) it would take more than three months to find its way to the Gulf of Mexico.

The old Mississippi Steamboats moved people, cargo and goods up and down the length of this great river. They were the subject of songs and stories. Some of the most famous were written by Mark Twain.

It would be quite fitting for Playmobil to commemorate this very interesting period of history with the release of a Playmobil Mississippi River Steamboat !!!

All the best,
Richard

[Captain Henry]

And how about a Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) klicky to go along with it!

[Richard]

And how about a Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) klicky to go along with it!

Now that would be an interesting Klicky ...

Looking at the Mississippi Steamboat reminded me of another beautiful construction using SystemX. Do y'all remember the fantastic Chateau de Loire en Miniature that Michael (mi-chi) created back in February of this year?

SystemX (in the right hands) seems to have a lot of possibilities.

All the best,
Richard

[Meg]

I grew up in Rochester NY
My parents helped out a great deal with my college education.
With their help, certain restrictions were applied, too.

I couldnt go west of the Mississippi.
I didnt realise I might have been able to split hairs and go to the Univ of Minnesota (the Mississippi splits the campus) but Dad was happy enough with the Univ of Wis.
Bakc then (and still today) it was cheap compared to several other schools I was looking at.

The St Croix is a beautiful river.
I dont know how river navigators ccould have split the misssissippi vs st croix.
But I do know that the Mississippi is a large reason why the west was settled the way that it was.
And I am ever grateful for the Mississippi and Missouri producing such a fine writer as Mark Twain.

M

[Sirena]

It's great!

I really like it! Thanks Andi for sharing it from playmoportal!