The Daily PLA(ys)ET!

Sure wish I could blog over at my toy blog today, but will just have to cut, paste, and post later.
MEANwhile, there IS a cool article just begging for a playseteer to upgrade, so here goes:

MASH of "Fresh Insights Where Decay Meets Architecture", Jan. 5, 29013 by Saul Austerlitz, from the NEW YORK TIMED-OUT

FOR the determined and innovatively creative Playseteer,  there are two potential responses to the presence of ruined stuff in an old PLAYSET. The first is the default Romantic expression of bittersweet wonder:
"I found it thuis way and I will keep my childhood memory  this way until I take it to my grave, and we moulder together forever!
http://www.bartleby.com/104/5.html

 The second, and more intriguing, is to ask: “What can I do here? What does this suggest to me that I am able to re-build?” Take heart and view the new film about Mr. Souto de Moura, subject of “Reconversão,”  by the Los Angeles filmmaker Thom Andersen, who could be the architect’s cinematic doppelgänger.

Then, look for a fellow collector who could be YOUR doppelganger!

http://collectibles.about.com/library/glossary/blclubsindexT.htm
How do we play? Just at the shows when we decorate our rooms for trading
http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?39439-OTSN-2012-William-Hocker-Proprietor
...?
Or do we only play with our playsets when we set them up to sell:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-MARX-WESTGATE-24-HOUR-SERVICE-STATION-TIN-GAS-GARAGE-TOY-PLAYSET-CARS-PARTS-/130837259407?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D5106889924798110900%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D4%26sd%3D221141739617%26
Forthwith, and to arms! The old, rotten stuff needs a MAKEOVER!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-MARX-FORT-APACHE-STOCKADE-Play-Set-3609-with-Original-Box-No-Reserve-/160951732774?pt=Vintage_Antique_Toys_US&hash=item2579788a26

First, haul out the box and dump out the  stuff:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fort-Apache-Playset-Fort-With-Gate-Walls-Tin-Litho-Building-Figures-/190774303363?pt=Vintage_Antique_Toys_US&hash=item2c6b08da83
SORT out the inappropriate junk; i.e. the palm trees DO NOT go out west to the cavalry fort!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fort-Apache-Set-With-Extras-Not-Complete-By-Marx-Mpc-Lots-Of-Pieces-/261158003762?pt=Vintage_Antique_Toys_US&hash=item3cce3ae432
Zorro Mexicands do not fight British and German mercs at Trenton!

Get everything sorted? Now arrange in ranks:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-SETS-LOT-VTG-MARX-FORT-APACHE-WESTERN-250-PCS-FIGURES-ACCESSORIES-MANY-EXTRAS-/221180770848?pt=Vintage_Antique_Toys_US&hash=item337f66ba20


Next, recycle old and new and stuff it in a fresh box!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marx-RIN-TIN-TIN-Play-Set-Box-Rusty-at-Fort-Apache-/120748902787?pt=Vintage_Antique_Toys_US&hash=item1c1d320983
Pick out the stuff you want your KIDS to play with:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-IN-BOX-THE-FAMOUS-FORT-APACHE-PLAYSET-OVER-190-PIECES-/181058769943?pt=Vintage_Antique_Toys_US&hash=item2a27f19417

You will be delighted at how FRESH the whole playsetting experience becomes. Happy New Year!
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