Doll House Stigma..

Adeleron · Post by **Adeleron** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:04 pm

I've seen a couple of threads where the topic of 1:18 buildings comes up.. especially scalable buildings where floors can be added...

If the stigma of kitbashing a 1:18 doll house won't kill you

Check out this link and the buildings, furniture, and accessories that are available..

http://www.mailorderexpress.com/lundby/lundby.html

Cheers,

Ryan

Adeleron · Post by **Adeleron** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:06 pm

For fellow diorama builders, check out the accessories.. They have some great food, computer, and TV equipment etc..

tankduel · Post by **tankduel** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:40 pm

Thanks Ryan,I found the Lundby site
http://www.micki.se/Engelska/lundby/om_lundby1.html
Anybody know of any oyher 1/18th dolls house manufacturers?

flayrah · Post by **flayrah** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:17 pm

I like that grill - perfect for after a tough day on the battlefield! I've been looking at large-scale model railroading buildings. A little small for 1:18, but there are some nice Western-themed pieces available. Can be pretty pricey, though. But with Dusty Trails coming out with their Western series of figures...

Spudkopf · Post by **Spudkopf** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:23 pm

G'day All

I always thought the Playmobil Doll House would make an excellent WWII building.

http://www.playmobil.de/is-bin/INTERSHO ... s_uk&PLS=0

Spudkopf · Post by **Spudkopf** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:35 pm

.....and this one.

http://www.playmobil.de/is-bin/INTERSHO ... r_uk&PLS=0

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:56 pm

WOW! Those Playmobile sets are fantastic! Are they still available or are they old playsets?

Spudkopf · Post by **Spudkopf** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:02 pm

Yes.....

Follow the links under the pictures to the UK site, or use the following link to get to the US site.

http://store.playmobilusa.com/is-bin/IN ... e-g=?PLS=0

Jesse James · Post by **Jesse James** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:19 pm

The dollhouse from Playmobil is great, but there's an odd feeling to it that it's needing painted up or something.

Really nice detail inside though... Accessories are sorta 1:18 if they're not oddly sculpted for the figures.

Worth great to have though. i used to collect Playmobil when I was a kid, and it's great. The dollhouse I got for my "wild west" sets... A sort of budding western town. Tons of cool stuff in that line like book shelves, furniture, plates, etc., etc.... Just tons. Keep it as an option.

It's gonna cost you though.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:18 pm

I collected Playmobil, too! Lots of cool pieces, my favorite being the large floating Pirate Ship. They've recently made some very cool Viking pieces and I was very tempted to get the Viking ship (its actually very accurate when compared to the real ones preserved in Oslo, Norway). Unfortunantly, no space and I'm a little old for Playmobil!

Good idea using the Victorian house and the older buildings. Playmobil is a German-based company and alot of their older buildings (like the brown one in a previous post) were designed after classic German buildings!

Jesse James · Post by **Jesse James** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:19 am

Man, browsing their sites brings back some stuff...

WTF is up with them dropping wild west though? THat was their bread and butter when I was a kid.

They finally did Civil War figures too and I'm not buying those anymore... AH! I made my own CW guys when I was a kid by painting union hats grey.

Decked out guys in butternut or grey in the hats then... Gave 'em muskets.

Why couldn't they have done that when I was a wee one?

Dammit

Their stuff is incredible. I swear if I wasn't into other lines this would be on my list...

tankduel · Post by **tankduel** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:40 am

Love the Playmobil stuff I will start checking out toystores (like I don't anyway),thanks Spud. Tell me,do they remain 'open' on one side or can the entire building be walled in?

Jesse James · Post by **Jesse James** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:46 am

Generally they're open on the back... The dollhouse is for sure.

Some of the sets had full walls, but not many.

Like I had the western sets which consisted of square houses you could link together or stack... Ala the old west and everything. Well, they were all open in the back for access... You could technically have walled those in but it won't work on the dollhouse i don't believe.

I saw someone once (9th WaffenSS maybe?) who did the dollhouse up as an SS headquarters or something... Had little Nazi banners and everything. Really nice set-up...

With how price the Playmobil is, you almost hate to paint the house up to look more realistic... it's ok, but a coat of paint on it would make it really sharp and realistic. But even the prices at stores aren't cheap really. Compared to the website Playmobil has they're cheaper, but not by a ton more.

God I'm still irked they make civil war dudes NOW instead of then. And in army builder packs on top of that!

Adeleron · Post by **Adeleron** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:52 am

How close are the Playmobile accessories to 1:18?...I did'nt have playmobile as a kid..

Would they be a good fit for 1:18?

flayrah · Post by **flayrah** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 8:29 am

I always thought Playmobil was too small....the doors are only about 3 1/2 inches tall, unless I'm mistaken...???

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 10:35 am

Playmobil is not 1:18, per say. Some of the accessories, which are oversized, would work for this scale, but the figures are only a little over 3" tall, and the buildings & vehicles scaled accordingly. I guess you could say they're 1:20 or 1:25 or something. The Playmobil figures work very well with G scaled model train products, for a more accurate scale reference.

tankduel · Post by **tankduel** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:38 am

Here is another one worth looking at,Sylvanian Family,saw them in store today.I couldn't open the box but the bunny rabbits they sell are about the height of a XD human,bear this in mind when looking at pics of their various building with mummy and daddy rabbit in it.
http://www.sylvanianfamilies.com/cgi/sy ... it%21&nh=1

flayrah · Post by **flayrah** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:08 pm

Now this is interesting:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-LARGE-LUNDB ... dZViewItem

Under $2 opening bid, although the shipping will be quite a bit. But those stables coulc be used as garages....for staff cars, perhaps? I'd love to see someone on the board get this and customize it for XD. It already has a WWII European look to it., IMO.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:10 pm

what's interesting is how you dug up this two year old thread.

flayrah · Post by **flayrah** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:15 pm

I'm home with one disabled hand, no more work I can do and tryingn to keep occupied....

digger · Post by **digger** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:31 pm

Wow - correct me if I'm wrong but 22 inches high is about perfect for three stories. Very nice detail on that one without too much doll house effect. Shame it is overseas. Still very nice.

FieroDude · Post by **FieroDude** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:56 pm

Aferg... Old threads never die, they just mellow with age...

One thing I remember when I was a kid that was very from accurate scale if taken literally, but made AWESOME structures for 3-3/4 GI Joe and Star Wars figures was the Girder and Panel sets. I remember building some awesome guard towers, bridges, etc... Of course, I haven't seen anything like those in almost 20 years.

Small Scale Military Headquarters

Doll House Stigma..

Doll House Stigma..

Accessories...

How close is the playmobile stuff to 1:18?

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