King (and Queen) of the Castle

Finn's most prized possession is probably the small playmobil take-along castle he got for Christmas. He's asked me numerous times if for his next birthday or Christmas he could wish for the REALLY big knight's castle he can't stop admiring in his playmobil catalog. And I've told him numerous times that I think it is too expensive (about 170EUR/240$).
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So fast forward to last Sunday. A kiddie flea market was being held at the school opposite our house, so while Lily napped and the boys played I went over to have a look. I spotted a big cardboard box with grey plastic pieces under one of the tables and asked the seller what it was. She said it was a playmobil knight's castle that her neighbor had given her and she had never tried to build. She didn't know how old it was and whether it was complete. I asked what she wanted for the box, she said ten, I gave her eight and it was a deal! So I went home and while Neil and Finn washed all the pieces in the bathtub I googled some pictures of older versions of Playmobil castles and sure enough I could recognize some of the pieces we had. So we spent the rest of the afternoon building the castle according to those pictures, and it was actually a lot of fun. Turns out it is almost complete with only some minor pieces missing! Finn and Lily love the castle and play with it a lot every day. Best eight Euros I've spent in a long time.