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Perusing ebay (yes I also do that!) one day I found a Danish Guard (summer gala “red” dress)… I asked about the possibility of having a 10 figures unit but to no avail, good comms by ronald-toys but no deal.
You see… I had them in 54mm traditional toy soldiers gloss finish by Tradition of London… I even asked Giles Brown from Dorset Soldiers (another brand) to make some customs so to have the Band (the music)… sadly I sold my set some years later “to make place”… a collector’s silly mistake! (we all do that I guess… mistakes).
I was never a fan of those sky blue trousers. BUT I liked the normal (undress or no gala) uniform! with dark blue coat… red & sky blue was not a personal choice at all you see?
But… once you get to permutate parts with Playmobils the challenge was there… so… this last summer I started to work on the possibilities…
As usual I bought the basic parts from my main suppliers: Playmoingstore (Carmen&Oscar) and Markus (hannibal-lektor) ebay or on-line shops. But also bought stickers from Playmobil Custom Factory (see on FaceBook)… in fact I used Prussian stickers torsos! (stickers are used sometimes for different “things” that those intended originally)… also some parts from PlaymoBox (sky blue cuffs and closed collar). So the spares box is absolutely magnificent for new projects!… the white strips were there for years and are from BENDALA (bendalator in ebay)… BUT I ordered the “blue service clad guards” from Felipe Barroso (playmofelipe) because I did not know how to get at first instance those trousers with white strip!… So I got the pertinent parcel from him… with them “blue guards in it” and finally I built myself the gala chaps using ACW sky blue legs whith white stickers stripes (bendalator on the spares box for years!) so to have the two versions!
For my ever lasting satisfaction a member of FaceBook put a single word Post tonight: “Price?”… Not selling them… No commercial items… just my hobby for pleasure… I redirect her/him to ronald-toys and will add Felipe Barroso (they do sell them!) … but was gratified by that single word nevertheless… LOL (Her/His Profile is very suspicious! too recent… no activity… but it make my day… LOL)
