What is your Egyptian army like?

[Richard]

The third crown represents the union of the upper and lower kingdoms.

[Justindo]

Playmobil has indeed given us a great variety of authentic crowns.  I'm using the Upper and Lower Egypt crown for my pharaoh, the war crown for my warrior prince, and the Nemes headdress for my head priest prince.  I may, however, turn the latter into another warring prince and give him a chariot.

[cheng]

I really do think Playmobil did an excellent job with their chariot and all of their Egyptian sets.  I only wish they would have included and made room for a driver for it, as that would have been more authentic.

something like this right? (sorry...I know you guys have moved on and are discussing something else now  ) ...the chariot carrying 2 men doesn't look much bigger but I suppose our beloved klickies ocuppy more space..unless they can have 4 arms   

[Richard]

Hello, Cheng ...

I like your beginning ancient Egyptian army.

BTW, Ralf posted one of his wonderful imaginary Playmobil sets depicting a two man Egyptian chariot, but he shows them standing beside it.

All the best,
Richard

[Justindo]

Interestingly, Playmobil has changed a couple of their Egyptian chariot parts slightly.  I originally purchased one chariot from Germany and had to apply stickers to the aqua side quiver myself.  I just purchased two more chariots from the US and the aqua side quivers have the printing already applied.  The aqua side quivers and the sticker sheet have new part numbers compared to the earlier version.  I prefer the new printed version, as it is more vibrant and perfectly aligned.

[da Hugh]

Today I bought my first Egyptian sets.  I bought one each of:
Set # 4244 Egyptian Chariot, and
Set # 4245 Egyptian Soldiers

These were bought at a local Toys R Us here in the Mid-west USA.  I have not had time to
 see the contents, but it looks like all the sets in the Egyptian theme are available there.

I was also surprised at the number of sets TRU had.  I also think that among them are
 all the sets for the 'ghostly' Pirates.

Oh, the pain...  the pain... so many sets, so little funds.

da Hugh

[Justindo]

Congratulations da Hugh on your first Egyptians!

While the Egyptian structures are quite nice, I prefer the klickies for play value and "bang for the buck" fun.  A set of soldiers and the pharaoh's chariot are a great way to start your Egyptian collection or the two sets could stand on their own as a nice representation of the theme.  Although huge armies are impressive, I've come to realize that one can have just as much fun with much smaller groups of men.

Toys 'R Us does have a great selection of Playmobil, although my local one never seems to have any Specials.  I think they are having a 20% off Playmobil Egyptians sale starting today, so this may be a good time to add some sets you want while simultaneously easing the pain of the price.

[da Hugh]

I am aware that the timeline for the Roman sets are not in line with the Egyptian sets, but my Romans will go up against the Egyptians.  Hee... Hee... it is my game.  I am thinking that the Playmobil Romans & Egyptians are in the time of Cleopatra and Caesar, so I can have them battle each other

It may take two or three Egyptian galleys to go against my Roman galley... okay, I am having fun.

After all, it is just klicky verses klicky.  But it will take a bit, as I have a couple of hundred Romans verses 6 Egyptians and only 1 Roman ship verses zero Egyptian.

-- da Hugh

[Justindo]

Wow, da Hugh!  A couple hundred Romans is a HUGE army!  You will need a lot of Egyptians to do battle with them!    I agree that the Roman trireme would probably be victorious against the Egyptian ship, but two Egyptian ships against one Roman trireme would be an interesting battle.

I too will have Playmobil's Egyptians fighting my Romans, even though it isn't historically accurate.

[da Hugh]

Yesterday I bought my 1st Egyptian ship and another set of Egyptian soldiers, so my Egyptian army is up and growing.

-- da Hugh
 

[Justindo]

What do you think of the Egyptian ship?

Overall I think Playmobil did a pretty good job, although I wish they had included some oars as that would have been more historically accurate.  I also think the top of the mast looks unfinished so I added a blue flag to it, similar to the red flag on the Roman ship.  More klickies would have been nice too.  One thing I really don't like about it is the detachable bow and stern because I usually pick up the ships that way and they keep breaking off!

[Richard]

I know that I've posted these two pictures before. However, I would just like to say that in more than thirty years of collecting Playmobil, IMHO, these are the two best figures that Playmobil has ever produced!

These two are definitely my two favourite Klickys of all time!

And, did I say that I absolutely love Playmobil's Egyptian theme? ... 

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[Justindo]

I agree that those are both wonderful figures, Richard.