Tag: Plastwood Building Sets

Italian Plastwood Piccoli Mundi magnetic building kit.

The box of Lady Farmer set by Plastwood, Piccoli Mondi series.

Yet another Plastwood Piccoli Mundi set with a lady farmer and her animals.

Another set by Plastwood, Piccoli Mondi series. They are relatively rare in USA.

I’ll tell you right away, we inherited Plastwood castle, so I know some things only from the words of the former owners. The castle itself consists of three parts, two sides and the front. There is no and never was a back part. So, if ypu want to close the gap, you need to either lean the castle against the wall, or buy another set, or make a wall from another constructor. Like from Magformers, for example, as we did in the photo below. Or you can simply bend the side walls towards each other and ignore to the gap between them (or patch it up with some tape).

We assembled the side wall from two parts (gray and bronze), the connection is very tight. In theory, it’s possible to dismantle, but I don’t risk it, it’s very likely that this will break the pieces.

Rear view. You insert two sticks with magnets from the side (they are on the right in the photo), then you use them to attach the side wall to the front wall. Once they’re in, you can’t pull them out without effort.

We assembled the front wall from gray and middle bronze parts, as well as a drawbridge. The balls for connection to the side walls and windows were installed by the manufacturer. There are also two red towers. You place them on top of a special cross-shaped ledge, but they fall off very easily. Since the walls are held together by only four magnets (two on each side), this entire structure falls apart into five parts under attack (3 walls and two towers). There was also a large cardboard box, which did not survive to this day.
The set also included little people and animals. I don’t know how many there were originally, because we bought few new pieces later. Read more about the structure of a figurines below.
There is also a horse and a dragon (torso, four legs, head, tail). Plus, there is a saddle (again, it is not magnetic). Moreover, in the case of a dragon, the saddle and the wings are one piece, so the dragon is either wingless or saddled. Of course, you can change bodies, heads and legs, but ypu can’t remove the helmets from the head of the knights. All this holds together well, you can move it back and forth, even lift it by the head, nothing falls off, however, sometimes the legs part.