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It's the start of the Winter Olympics for the Playmobil people in our house...

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SoMuchToBits · 04/02/2022 06:08

... and so I'll be bringing you a few scenes every day.

Today is the opening ceremony. Skater Andrei arrives in the stadium with the Olympic torch.

It's the start of the Winter Olympics for the Playmobil people in our house...
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Redeyed · 15/02/2022 21:49

Love it.

I can't imagine that you will have a bobsleigh, but you seem to have everything else.

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SoMuchToBits · 15/02/2022 21:50

No, we've had that, it will be something new...

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SoMuchToBits · 15/02/2022 21:51

Ah, the bobsleigh will appear! But not tomorrow...

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petalpower · 15/02/2022 21:56

Is it curling?

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SoMuchToBits · 15/02/2022 21:58

Nor curling, although we may see more of that towards the end of the games. Smile

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SheldonesqueTheBstard · 15/02/2022 22:05

If my hair wasn’t already questionable, I would whip out the pudding bowl and give myself a lop in your honour.

I love this thread. A little bit of sanity in a world of madness 🤗

LIZS · 15/02/2022 22:07

Very impressive snowboard skills?

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SoMuchToBits · 15/02/2022 22:12

Sheldonesque a couple of my friends think I'm bonkers (in a nice way) for doing this stuff. So maybe a little bit of madness in a world of, well not sanity but whatever else is going on in the world... Smile

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SheldonesqueTheBstard · 15/02/2022 22:19

I bloody love it. If you are going the bonkers route then it is beautifully bonkers in all the good ways 🥰

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SoMuchToBits · 15/02/2022 22:21

Ah, thank you! I'd rather be bonkers than not, and have loved putting these scenes together. Smile

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SoMuchToBits · 16/02/2022 07:46

Today we have slalom skiing! Dietrich sets off down the slopes.

It's the start of the Winter Olympics for the Playmobil people in our house...
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FleeceNavidadFromTheSheep · 16/02/2022 07:48

Yikes, that's a steep course!

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SoMuchToBits · 16/02/2022 07:48

He nears the end of his run.

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SoMuchToBits · 16/02/2022 07:49

In the women's event Astrid is competing.

It's the start of the Winter Olympics for the Playmobil people in our house...
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SoMuchToBits · 16/02/2022 07:50

She is doing well!

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petalpower · 16/02/2022 08:24

Go Astrid!

ChessieFL · 16/02/2022 08:34

This is way better than the real thing.

LIZS · 16/02/2022 08:35

Fab, what are the conditions like?

TalkedTooMuchStayedTooLong · 16/02/2022 08:42

Way to go Astrid! I enjoy this far more than the real thing...

Deathraystare · 16/02/2022 09:49

Yay! They are back! Hoorah!

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 16/02/2022 10:10

I love it! (Also like the idea of everyone having pudding bowl haircuts in homage Grin)

How long have you been doing the Playmo threads somuch? Although I'm not sure I want to hear the answer after realising the other day SWWNBN was 2006 Shock

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SoMuchToBits · 16/02/2022 11:45

Thank you all! The conditions are pretty good today. Smile
I have been on MN since 2006, but think the first Playmo thread was for the general election in 2010, and then we had a royal wedding in 2011.

In those days though you couldn't post photos on the thread, so had to put them on your profile (and now can't seem to view my profile any more, I don't know why). Also, at that point we just set the scenes up on the living room floor, I hadn't got round to doing backdrops/grass/snow/water etc. I started doing that for the next royal wedding in May 2018.

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FleeceNavidadFromTheSheep · 16/02/2022 13:08

I really want to send you a dry ice machine for the fog!

SheldonesqueTheBstard · 16/02/2022 13:09

Summon the vapers!! 😉

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SoMuchToBits · 16/02/2022 14:13

We don't get much fog in Playmoland, as it's usually blue skies and sunshine I only have a sky blue sheet for the backdrop .

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