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Using schleich toys for figutes

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:27 PM
Is that what there calling it now!
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Posted by ttrigg on Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:14 PM
 ToadFrogWhiteLightn wrote:

Vic,

They have your Fav!

Laugh [(-D] Ole Toad

 

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Posted by vsmith on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:24 PM
 kstrong wrote:

When my wife and I first started dating, I was--obviously--a bit nervous about showing her the railroad in the back yard for fear she'd run away and never look back. After all, I had spent a fair amount of time working to create a prototypical environment with scale trees, etc., and that kind of fanaticism--like genius--is often misunderstood.

Well, I take her into the back yard to show her the garden. Her words: "COOL!!! I can put my Smurfs in here!" My initial reaction was one of utter horror, after all, I had spent all this time creating a historically accurate setting for the trains. Then--after realizing she was still standing next to me with a great deal of enthusiasm and not running towards her car, I uttered the seemingly innocuous letters O and K.

What hath those two letters wrought...

Later,

K

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Posted by kstrong on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:01 PM

When my wife and I first started dating, I was--obviously--a bit nervous about showing her the railroad in the back yard for fear she'd run away and never look back. After all, I had spent a fair amount of time working to create a prototypical environment with scale trees, etc., and that kind of fanaticism--like genius--is often misunderstood.

Well, I take her into the back yard to show her the garden. Her words: "COOL!!! I can put my Smurfs in here!" My initial reaction was one of utter horror, after all, I had spent all this time creating a historically accurate setting for the trains. Then--after realizing she was still standing next to me with a great deal of enthusiasm and not running towards her car, I uttered the seemingly innocuous letters O and K.

What hath those two letters wrought...

Later,

K

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:03 PM

Here is your wagon Vic.

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Posted by vsmith on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:54 PM
poted by "ToadFrog&WhiteLightn"

Vic,

They have your Fav!

Laugh [(-D] Ole Toad

"Eeew, look what I step on, well, like my Blue Smurfed Shoes......?"

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:55 PM

Vic,

They have your Fav!

Laugh [(-D] Ole Toad

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Posted by spookytown rr on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:22 PM

any figure "can" work depending on how you use them. expecially if your layout has depth, use the larger figures in the foreground and smaller ones in the background, gives a better illusion of depth

 

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Posted by vsmith on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:04 AM
Just stay away from those evil Playmobile robotsWink [;)]

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Posted by SNOWSHOE on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:59 AM

That was the answere I was looking for thanks.  My tractor supply sells them much cheaper than ridge road.  When I compare them to the others like LGB etc....  Schleighs are a lot cheaper plus Im looking more towards the wildlife since my layout will be in a more wilderness type setting with maybe an old homestead here and there.

 

You can even go with the smurfsTongue [:P] 

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Posted by altterrain on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:58 AM

Depending on your scale, any figure between 2.5 and 3 inches will work for 1:24 scale (scale 5 to 6 feet). Go a bit bigger for 1:20 and a bit smaller for 1:29/32. When I run across figures out shopping, you can find me using a folded in half a dollar bill (exactly 3 inches) measuring their heights.

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Posted by vsmith on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:52 AM

They're terrific! ...even if a bit on the expensive side.

I have a miner and mule that will be placed prominently on my layout and I'm kicking myself for not picking up the stagecoach they had been selling last year, but I just didnt have the room for it.

They are very detailed and look terrific, close enough for 1/20 scale although I'm using them for 1/22.5. I hope to pick up more this year.

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Using schleich toys for figutes
Posted by SNOWSHOE on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:41 AM
Has anyone used the schleich figures for their garden RR?  Ridge Road sells them here http://www.ridgeroadstation.com/toyss.shtml  My local tractor supply sells them for a decent price and looking at the sizes some of their figures seem to fit G scale like some of their animals and people.  Im not sure what scale they are.  Does anyone know what scale they represent and will they work with a garden RR like the Bachmann Big Haulers?  They seem to be detailed and good quality  Here is the company site http://www.schleich-s.de/english/unternehmen/chronik.php?lang=2

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