Playmoholic Quiz The Seventh Seal Something Fishy The Big Thicket

are you a playmoholic?

1. I can quit buying PLAYMOBIL® sets any time, but I don't want to.
1. True.
2. False.
3. I don't have a problem.


2. I'm buying it for my children/grandchildren.
1. True.
2. False.
3. I don't have a problem.


3. Have you ever written to geobra Brandstätter with suggestions for new sets?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Yes, and they actually implemented some of my ideas 10 years later.


4. When you bought the piano set (Nr. 5551) did you notice right away that the music is an accurate reprint of Beethoven's Für Elise?
   1. Yes.
   2. No.
   3. The print is too small, and anyway I don't care.
   
   
5. Have you ever bought the same set twice, by mistake?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Sometimes.
4. I don't have a problem.


6. Have you ever taken PLAYMOBIL® klickys to work with you?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. I'm too mature for such nonsense.


7. Do you have PLAYMOBIL® items on your desk right now?
1. Yes, cute children and the Christmas angel.
2. Yes, low-lifes.
3. Yes, the gorilla with movable hands and feet.
4. No. It's silly to take toys to work.


8. When you hear a set number in the 3600-3699 range, do you automatically remember the old PLAYMOBIL® Color sets?
1. Yes.
2. No.


9. Did you buy two of the Deluxe Hospital set, so you'd have extra white-suited people to customize with PLAYMOBIL® Colors?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. I bought three Deluxe Hospital sets.


10. Have you ever gotten mad at your mom for throwing an empty PLAYMOBIL® box away?
1. Yes.
2. No.


11. Have you ever quarreled with your siblings over a special PLAYMOBIL® piece?
1. Never. I am an only child.
2. Often.
3. Only over the balcony and stairs in the big castle (Nr. 3450) because it cost $150, and Mom refused to buy two sets.


12. Has your mom ever had to go back to the store and buy a duplicate set because the quarrel was so intense?
1. Never. I am an only child.
2. Sometimes.
3. As a matter of fact, last week.


13. Has your spouse ever grumbled that s/he's not worried about being evicted because, should it happen, you can always build a PLAYMOBIL® house to live in?
1. Yes.
2. No.


14. Do you make your friends remove their shoes and sox at your front door so they won't break any PLAYMOBIL® items, should they step on something?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Yes, because when they step on lost pieces with their bare feet, it saves me hours of futile searching.


15. Do you sometimes have to hide new PLAYMOBIL® boxes after you bring them home, so you won't get yelled at?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. I hide them at my sister's house, and I tell her that they are birthday surprises for my children.
4. No problem. The blue boxes all look alike to the uninitiated, and after so many, a new set will just blend in with the rest, and go unnoticed indefinitely.
5. I don't have a problem.


16. Have you ever found a wonderful apartment but turned it down when you realized that the living room was too small for your PLAYMOBIL® train track?
1. Yes.
2. No.


17. Do other people sneeringly tell you to "grow up" when you show them your PLAYMOBIL® collection?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. I don't show it to any but the initiated.


18. How many PLAYMOBIL® FunParks have you visited?
1. All of them.
2. Only the ones on my side of the Atlantic Ocean.
3. Only one, but I go there once a week.
4. None.


19. Have you ever dreamed about PLAYMOBIL® klickys?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Quite frequently.


20. Have you ever dreamed about PLAYMOBIL® sets that don't exist?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Yes, and I write to geobra Brandstätter about the particularly memorable sets.


21. Do you ever make your hands stiff like klicky hands, and then try to pick things up?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Sometimes.


22. In public?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Only once.


23. Have you ever gotten up in the middle of the night to check on your PLAYMOBIL® sets?
1. Often.
2. Sometimes.
3. Never.


24. Have you ever gone out during a tornado warning because Toy World was having its annual PLAYMOBIL® sale?
1. Yes.
2. No.


25. Do you own more PLAYMOBIL® sets than your children do?
1. Somewhat more.
2. Lots more.
3. I'm buying it for my grandchildren.


26. Does the phrase farben unverbindlich bring nostalgic tears to your eyes?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. What's that?


27. I'm on a first-name basis with the PLAYMOBIL® factory rep for my region.
1. Yes.
2. No.


28. I have the "800" phone number of the PLAYMOBIL® store ...
1. memorized.
2. around here somewhere.
3. right next to the phone.
4. as Number 3 in my pre-sets on auto-dial.


29. When you learn that a friend is travelling to Europe, you...
1. wish him bon voyage.
2. give him a large sum of money and a list of German PLAYMOBIL® sets you need.