Good evening all of you (evening in Europe) !
I am very happy with all your comments, these childhood memories are precious, funny to read similarities in our experiences.
Let's begin with this:
Mr Cryns wrote:
PhilC we must be born in the same year! 1970?
You're almost right, Mr Cryns! I was born in 1968 in Orléans, France. In my memories, we (my family and I) discovered Playmobils at the end of the 70s, I would say 1977 or 1978... but 1/72 minis earlier
MABO, I love the picture you posted, and thanks for the links, I missed it, sorry. I recognize some of the Atlantic Trojans, I still have mine but they were painted (over pencil) years ago - I should take photos and post them one of these days.
Mr Cryns, yes, your minis are very close to mine, even the faded colors are similar. My brother and I played a lot with with minis. In the best games we could have, we built fortresses, or even small cities with Lego bricks. One of us had to defend the city, while the other had to attack... we developed catapults with legos and elastics to breach the wall (which never happened) or at least put the defenders down.
sberry wrote:
I used the competing product called Play-Big.
Yes, I know them too, had a dozen ACW men with their big horses, and I clearly remember the way to mount them
They were technically advanced, but not as cute as Playmobil maybe.
All your pictures are great, thank you very much. Bluefalchion, I can't wait for yours !!
And last (but not least), I must say, Mr Xryns, that your analysis of our perception (as children) of the white color is very interesting ( though I understand that my brain was not as fast as yours
).
Just one element you missed: the white men are the male nurses, they were sent to bring you back to the hospital !!