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General => Brainstorming For Playmobil => Topic started by: Bas on May 21, 2017, 11:52:55

Title: Playmobil 3719 Red trailer, was it inspired by.......??
Post by: Bas on May 21, 2017, 11:52:55
You remember this one??

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/39/68/50/396850d746c3eccf9b7d7837925739d7.jpg)

(http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae322/Suptopfirst/P1010587_zps750497ed.jpg)


Now let me show you this one, notice the shapes of the container!:

(http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah91/BJJClement/80D_MG_3646_zps3ksvat5z.jpg)

(http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah91/BJJClement/80D_MG_3645_zps8yuj3wpk.jpg)

The only question: Did the trailer mfg inspire Geobra or did Geobra inspire the trailer mag??  :lol:
Title: Re: Playmobil 3719 Red trailer, was it inspired by.......??
Post by: GrahamB on May 21, 2017, 15:04:42
Well spotted, Bas! The more time I spend with Playmobil, the more examples of similar things in the real world I notice! Who knows which inspired what?

Here are some more examples where Life was copied by PM: http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=14523.0 (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=14523.0)

Mind you, some PM things differ considerably from the things I see around me, a reflection of the location of the designers I am sure. Schultute, yellow school buses, green uniformed police officers, ADAC vehicles, etc.
Title: Re: Playmobil 3719 Red trailer, was it inspired by.......??
Post by: playmofire on May 21, 2017, 15:47:31
Well spotted, Bas! The more time I spend with Playmobil, the more examples of similar things in the real world I notice! Who knows which inspired what?

Here are some more examples where Life was copied by PM: http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=14523.0 (http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=14523.0)

Mind you, some PM things differ considerably from the things I see around me, a reflection of the location of the designers I am sure. Schultute, yellow school buses, green uniformed police officers, ADAC vehicles, etc.

I think that the source of Playmobil's ideas is the real world, not the other way round. 

Bearing in  mind that Playmobil is a German based company, it is no surprise that their vehicles and uniforms are influenced by what is/was seen in Germany, hence the examples Graham B cites.
Title: Re: Playmobil 3719 Red trailer, was it inspired by.......??
Post by: Macruran on May 21, 2017, 20:49:41
I think that the source of Playmobil's ideas is the real world, not the other way round. 

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