u/Canard-jaune

Well I had to broke my purse but... worth it.

The sherif had an intact box, all the components, not sealed though, almost nothing is yellowed. 90

The surgery unit had an intact box and everything was sealed, even the stickers are brand new, nothing is yellowed so. 35

The hôspital room box is ok but was opened but is full and even has its stickers board with unused ones. 35

The fishing cabin has a full cabin but not the accessories, the seller didn't try to have everything, he put whatever accessories seemed ok. 20

The palace thing is a création, doesn't follow a box. 25 (actually 20)

The magician was 8 (had it at 7). The tango duo at 5.

The final vrac took me 40 minutes to sort out, big pièces, smaller ones... Even tidied up his table, showing him when he had Lego mixed up with his Playmobil, repairing separated pièces... Sold it at 90, I proposed 80 (would have said 70 but everything was closing down; I think it was too expensive but, well, I had spent too much time to see him getting everything back, ahah).

Pour les curieux. Travaux au cours de la mi-septembre 2026.

Found them on eBay, and I was wondering...

I was mesmerized when I recognized them. And it's beautiful. Interesting fact : the Tsarina and the two eldest daughters are shown with their religious/nurse attire, considering they healed soldiers during the war.

Of course I jumped on the seller to buy it. She also had other saints, including two Saint-George battling against the dragon.

Andersen wrote this seven parts tale in 1844. The original content has little in common with our beloved movie, but at first, the movie was heavily inspired of it before they took some liberties (gladly).

The Snow Queen isn't really evil (but she is not benevolent though), she's more a god-like figure who only thinks for herself. Her fur coat is actually made of snow. We have a heavy Christian ground. And of course, a mandatory "true love saves everything" moment.

The main characters, Kai and Gerda, aren't lovers nor brother and sister, but are neighboors and share a deep bond, their friendship is comparable to a brotherhood. Kai isn't "half-frozen" by an ice shard, but some parts of a evil mirror sent from Hell towards Heaven and broken before it reached its goal. The mirror makes everything nice looking ugly (a rose will look like a carnivorous plant for instance) and these shards came in the eyes and hearts from many people, including Kai, giving them a cold and harsh temper.

Gerda will start a journey to find back Kai, who followed the Ice Queen after she visited the town (he was originally playing with his sledge). The Queen kissed him so he doesn't feel the cold, and a second time so he forgets Gerda. She refused to Kiss him a third time because it would kill him. Gerda will meet many people : witch, princess, murderous thieves, a Sami-like native... and of course, talking animals (two ravens, a deer...).

Won't spoil the end in a very big icy castle, but there is no final boss fight. It's more... safe and sound. Happy to have shared this, hope it belongs here! :)

I was very surprised to learn in 1998, 10 statues of martyrs from the XXth century got added above the main entrance of Westminster Abbey, the holiest of the holy for the British royal family, Anglican (protestant) state religion, and English capital city.

The statue of Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt, sister of Tsarina Alexandra and grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, wears her orthodox faith dress, and witnesses thousands of pious people coming to have a spiritual or touristic moment in this religious monument.

Official page > https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/grand-duchess-elizabeth

Previous post with a nice portrait, some pictures, and the short story > https://www.reddit.com/r/romanovs/s/4cRbbCL1Oo

Hello dear Romanovs community. At Madame Tussaud's, you may meet a very detailled Queen Elizabeth II with her court dress. During a few seconds I got confused because Nicholas II's face was on one of her ornaments.

Of course this is the face of King George V, her grandfather, and the famous "twin" of our favourite Tsar. The brooch, which she was the last to wear, was the Royal Family Order of George V. It was bestowed to female members from the Royal Family, at the discrétion of the monarch. The brooch showed King George V in his naval officer uniform, and was circled with diamonds. It was a little brooch, only the consort Queen (Mary) and the Queen Mother wore a big one. It lay on a pale blue ribbon (same thing goes in pink with her father, King George VI, who you can also watch on the pictures).

So I had a little Romanov thought while I was here and paid my respect to Her Majesty the Queen.

Wish you the best to all of you.

Just fell upon this monument. You can spot the Romanovs' / Empire of Russia double eagle sigil at the top.

Happened the 13th March 1814, some time after the Russian campaign (and the Bérézina episode). On 15 000 Prussian and Russian men, 3 000 got killed and 5 000 imprisoned. The Rheims battle was a win for Napoléon. But three weeks later, Paris fell and Tsar Alexander the First was given the keys of the capital city of the French Empire (soon to be French Kingdom, because Napoléon had to leave... before trying a come-back in 1815, so tsar Alexander I was going to pay Paris a soon-to-be new visit).

I added a drawing of the moment Tsar Alexander I was given Paris' keys.