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

[SoMuchToBits]

... 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.

And @hoochyhag I'm sure there is a team of chefs ready to feed the Playmo athletes.

DS1 just looked over my shoulder and said "Is that a PlayMo thread? Why didn't you tell me there was a new one!". He's very cross with me

How old is he? @CaptainCallisto

This was an absolute joy , thank you.

@SoMuchToBits He's 10 (and autistic) and very much a fan of your threads. He helped me make the 1918 pandemic pics on your lockdown thread.

Ah, that's lovely @CaptainCallisto ! Nice to have some young fans of Playmobil.

I love these threads. It is better than the real Olympics!

Thank you!

@SoMuchToBits

He is gathering speed.

This is possibly my most favourite post of MN ever.

It’s just so sweet.

Thank you!

Also, for those of you who are worried about fake snow, I can assure you that Playmoland has real snow in its Alpine regions.

Well, ok it's a white sheet really, but...

Hey you have another child fan in our house! Very excited to see another story. Loving it!

Ah, brilliant!

Today is the freestyle skiing ski cross event. Here are Astrid, Brigitte and Marlene.

Brigitte and Marlene are about to go over one of the jumps on the course.

In the men's event, here are Moritz, Dietrich, Reinhardt and Andreas.

They also tackle one of the jumps on the course.

Wow that's a huge jump!

Yes, they are very talented, these Playmo athletes!

Beautiful landing there from Moritz!

OP your playmolympics looks much more wintery and picturesque than some of the pictures I've seen from the actual winter olympics.

Hmm, I see what you mean!

Such beautiful blue sky in Playmoland!

Ah yes, they never seem to get any clouds do they?

Are your athletes all doing their Covid tests before they compete? Does Playmobil do LFTs!