Good for you mate!
Shame you missed the wife imposed 16th Feb hold off date, but I'm sure the galley will be worth whatever she deems a suitable punishment for you.
Simon
It was the weirdest thing- I told her about the $100 discount if you buy early and she said "You cannot buy it BUT, if you talk someone into buying it FOR YOU then your in the clear" I was so confused I just stood up- rather than me physically writing out a check or calling to place the order, she required someone else to do it
So, what does a good Currahee trooper do when the chips are down?? Call DAD!! I called my dad and he squared me away.
I am still completely confused by her decision- I will probably only be able to open it for inspection when it comes in and then will have to package it up till the 16th
She did remind me subtly last night that we are suppossed to go out tomorrow night- she even cleared me for wargaming tonight!! She is setting me up- I know she is- I know she wants to go see that sappy love flick ATONEMENT but if all I have to do is sit through that for a couple hours, mission accomplished.
I'm sure it won't be that easy but hey.... I will look at the movie screen and see nothing but Roman War Galleys!!
In all truth and I told her this- if she hadn't pulled up the reigns, this would never have happened- that's how my best friend, my wife, looks out for me.
Hi Chris,
Congratulations on a wonderful purchase! Whenever you are able to display your new Roman War Galley, I hope you will take some pictures and post them to the forum. I would very much enjoy sharing your excitement!
Warmest personal regards,
Pat
) I sat back and, you know what, he's RIGHT!! I had to take Choo Choo to the doctor yesterday cause he was sick and he weighed 29 pounds!! I may even just weld it to the hood of my trailbalzer as a hood ornament!!Pat-
thank you for the kind sentiments. I was telling my wife that the thing weighed in at 30 pounds for Shipping and handling. My eldest son piped up "Dad, that thing weighs more than Choo Choo (our 2 year old sons nickname- when he's not smashing Dad's toy soldiers, he's playing with Thomas and friends
If I took pictures of this thing, it would be ALL over the forum and I would be pretty obnoxious
Veni Vidi Vici!!
CC
However, even though I am a automobile enthusiast, I balk at the idea of using the Galley as a hood ornament. 
That's so cool there's another Playmobil Roman collector here! I have a bunch of playmobil from my childhood (Civil war!) but the new Roman stuff has really reignited my interest in the brand. In fact, I liked the Playmobil galley so much I got a second one on sale a couple of months ago, and opened it up the other night. To mix things up a bit, on one I have the sail without oars, rear canopy or eye sticker and the other I have the opposite combination. The former is Marc Anthony's ship and the latter is Cleopatra's (she's available as a single Playmobil special). I skipped the siege tower, catapult and colosseum but I have the rest of the sets, and multiples of the legionary army building set. I want to eventually build up to a whole century (80 men) with 20 auxiliarys as support, along with a commander's meeting and a little praetorian unit. Did you know you can order additional single figures (or individual parts) directly from playmobil shop-at-home? The only annoying thing is for some production reason they recently switched the shoulder epaulettes to painted versions so you never know which variant you'll get.
You too Andy eh?
Well for you Chris ALEA IACTA EST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My two year old son Andrew can hide behind the box and we wouldn't even know he's there!!
