Haul of the day: A sailboat

[dieastra]

I got a sailboat today. And the best part? I didn't pay a cent for it. Because I had gotten a voucher from my furniture store for my birthday back in October. Time was running out on it so today I went to look for some goodie. And I found this.



I didn't know it when I bought it as it was all folded up in a box but you can actually really set or take down the sails. How cool is that?



All you need to do is pulling up the golden thing at the rope here. And if there happens to be no wind at all, you even have oars:



I'm quite happy with my purchase! So which of my figures should take a sailing trip?

Comments

[alumfelga.livejournal.com]

Nice boat! So who wants to be a pirate? Maybe you can fulfill Sherlock's child dream :)

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I love my boat! Actually I had planned to buy new plates but none of the designs appealed to me. But I kept coming back to the boat which was 9,90 Euro so fit the description perfectly.

You seem to know Sherlock better than I do - where and when did he say that? But at least he would be smaller than Jack O'Neil who was suggested above and who definitely is too huge for it. I shall try Sherlock then. Do I need to give him an eye patch? Do I have a little parrot? *think* If not, I should get one. One surely can have many uses for a parrot ;)

Edit: No parrot :( Can he also have a turtle dove? A pelican? A bat?

[alumfelga.livejournal.com]

In "Scandal in Belgravia" Mycroft said it to John in the cafe, near the end of the episode. They try to figure out Sherlock, with his brain of a scientist and a heart of a philosopher (or something like that), but a decision to become a detective. Mycroft added, "initially, he wanted to be a pirate". :)

Sherlock and a parrot! :D

EDIT
Oh, no parrot. But excentric as he is, he can have anything :)

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Ah, so he didn't say it himself. That's what threw me. I would remember if he said it ;)

I found a parrot. Just 5 Euro. I'll get it for him before he starts whining. But I am so making a story with the pelican and the bat and the turtle dove before LOL

Thank you for the inspiration!

Here is the parrot, it comes from China and has real feathers, and is scale 1:12 which is the right dollhouse scale and perfect size for Sherlock: http://www.ebay.de/itm/1-12-Puppenhaus-Miniatur-Handgemachte-Tier-Vogel-Papagei-Parrot-Dekor-/401045968510?hash=item5d6033d67e:g:h3EAAOSwhkRWe70W

[alumfelga.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I'm looking forward to see the results :)

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

The parrot arrived today! It's awesome. Have a look here: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/201509.html