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I am adult, behold my adulting.

Okay, so, to set the scene, I sometimes use toys and other handy objects to block out action scenes. A while back, I bought a box of assorted 80s-era Playmobil people and horses from eBay for this, because first of all I have a lot of nostalgia for them (my sister and I had a bunch of these and played with them a lot, although these of course are not the exact same ones) but also, they come in a variety of colors and are a very good size for this sort of scene blocking, as opposed to grabbing stray figures off my desk and "the part of the hero is currently played by this unicorn."

........ anyway it was probably inevitable that I would look into this box today and start wondering if it was possible to cast them as Biggles characters.

The 1980s Playmobil figures come in only one face and body style, in a few different colors, with black, brown, or blond as a hair option. I should probably have cast a blond one as Biggles, but honestly I ended up going with one of the brown-haired ones because "he just looks like a Biggles."



The team. Left to right: Algy, Biggles (in back), Ginger, and Bertie.

(I realize Bertie is also a blond in canon, but again, "he just looked like a Bertie," and also, I can't have them ALL blond. Ginger has to have a red shirt because their hair just doesn't come in red.)

I don't know why I decided to use one with a cowboy hat for von Stalhein. I just did.



But he definitely needed a sword. I can't believe Johns never gave him a sword in canon.

( It continues )