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It's Platinum Jubilee weekend for the Playmobil people in our house...

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SoMuchToBits · 02/06/2022 10:07

... and so I'm bringing you four days of celebrations in Playmoland. Today is King Athelstan's birthday parade. The route has been lined with bunting.

It's Platinum Jubilee weekend for the Playmobil people in our house...
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SoMuchToBits · 15/09/2022 20:46

Thank you @BakeOffRewatch Smile

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BakeOffRewatch · 13/09/2022 15:10

Sorry to hear of your family’s recent bereavement, wishing you all well.

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SoMuchToBits · 12/09/2022 23:29

Thank you. King Athelstan and Queen Edith thank you for your good wishes. Smile

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Camdenish · 12/09/2022 18:03

I’m sorry about your BIL, Somuch.

Yes, let’s all go and live in Playmoland. I bet they’ve got their own MN. I love that they have a Royal family tree.

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SoMuchToBits · 12/09/2022 17:50

Thank you both. Smile

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ColeensBoot · 12/09/2022 16:30

Oh gosh, so sorry to hear that.

Your sets must take so much time to set up.

All the best X

FuzzyPuffling · 12/09/2022 12:56

I'm so sorry to hear of your BIL. I do hope next year is better for you.

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SoMuchToBits · 12/09/2022 12:51

Thank you too, @Autumnwinterspringsummer .

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SoMuchToBits · 12/09/2022 12:50

Thanks, @NiqueNique, I'm hoping next year will be better! Smile

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Autumnwinterspringsummer · 12/09/2022 12:04

Sorry for your loss

NiqueNique · 12/09/2022 10:49

@SoMuchToBits I’m very sorry for your loss. Flowers

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SoMuchToBits · 12/09/2022 10:37

I expect the real coronation will be next year, so maybe that will give me time to plan something. A platinum jubilee of the coronation perhaps. I was going to do a summer holiday theme this year (in August), but my lovely BIL passed away in July, and I haven't really been in the right frame of mind for it. So I might do that next year as well.

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FuzzyPuffling · 12/09/2022 07:37

SoMuchToBits I want to live in Playmoland too.
I want Apollo to steal my sausages!

ChessieFL · 12/09/2022 07:06

You could do a flashback to King Athelstan’s coronation.

WhenPushComesToShove · 12/09/2022 00:40

Perhaps your wonderfully happy people could plant a memorial garden full of flowers and trees to commemorate the passing a revered and much loved cousin... Thank you for your time and imagination - such a jolly 🪡

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SoMuchToBits · 12/09/2022 00:12

Thank you @NiqueNique yes, it's a weird time. I'll be watching the funeral when it's on. It will be the only time I've seen the funeral of a UK monarch. The same for most people I guess.

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NiqueNique · 11/09/2022 23:19

I know what you mean @SoMuchToBits. That’s the thing we all love about Playmoland! ❤️

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SoMuchToBits · 11/09/2022 22:31

Ah, we do still have Norman the Foreman, the tea drinking PM! He's here to stay I think.

We do have a Playmo royal family tree. But it's quite different from the British one (with a few similarities). Intentionally a bit different, so no-one can accuse me of completely basing our characters on the British royal family.

I'm not sure what I can do to reflect the current situation without having to kill off King Athelstan though. I guess Playmoland is one of those places where things are more constant and the bad things don't happen. I wish I lived there.

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Camdenish · 11/09/2022 20:42

I feel quite bad “calling” you now Somuch.

You can’t kill off the Playmo king, and I think they’ve still got the tea drinking PM (Norman?). I don’t want him to go!

And Playmo isn’t “our” Royal Family although I think they’re related. I’d love to see a family tree.

NiqueNique · 11/09/2022 20:03

Definitely don’t feel obligated to do any thread(s) at alll @SoMuchToBits! Flowers You weren’t to know, and so you couldn’t have made any plans or had any ideas mapped out.

However if you did want to do something another idea could be just a retrospective of some of your favourite images from previous threads over the years (if you still have the photographs handy). It would be lovely to look back on happier times in a gentle thread.

BakeOffRewatch · 11/09/2022 19:51

Up to you @SoMuchToBits , I know you put a lot of hard work in to these and you said they take a lot of planning. I thought of this thread, because the last royal event I followed The Playmobil people and at the time I took it for granted we’d see another form of celebration with the Queen.

NiqueNique · 11/09/2022 19:33

@SoMuchToBits Maybe a general Royal Remembrance and Memorial thread could be a better idea?

Given the momentous nature of this historical event I personally think it would strike a better note - and if you (just this once) changed names to actually reflect the Royal Family, you wouldn’t have to permanently kill off any of the Playmoland characters we all know and love...

FuzzyPuffling · 11/09/2022 19:28

Although looking at your username BakeOffRewatch maybe a reality TV programme could come to Playmoland?

FuzzyPuffling · 11/09/2022 19:27

BakeOffRewatch · 11/09/2022 19:26

I agree that maybe not the religious events (funeral and coronation), but things like the proclamations are process and for “proclaiming”. Maybe it could be flashbacks to King Athelstan’s accession!

Or like a vow renewal.

BakeOffRewatch · 11/09/2022 19:26

I agree that maybe not the religious events (funeral and coronation), but things like the proclamations are process and for “proclaiming”. Maybe it could be flashbacks to King Athelstan’s accession!