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Title: 2018 new items
Post by: The_Mad_Hadder on December 21, 2017, 16:12:26
Does anyone have a list of the new items that may be coming out in 2018?
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 21, 2017, 21:29:58
Saw this on THAT site... Link to the spanish forum amclicks, no pics: link (http://amclicks.org/foro/novedades-playmobil/novedades-alemania-agosto-octubre-2018)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 21, 2017, 21:49:43
So.. Spirit is a series based on the old movie? I never heard of it....
 Dreamworks: Spirit - Riding Free (link) (http://www.dreamworkstv.com/shows/spirit-riding-free/)

Cowboys. Ok. Not as good as vikings but..

And.. You think we can hope for a NOT FREAKING PINK "Crystal world" theme?

As to HTTYD, I have NO IDEA of the names in spanish (and I don't feel like looking them up :-[ ) .. but a sheep thrower sounds violent. On the other hand.. sheep!

Also, space!

And more xmas sets. On the plus side, peasants! (I hope).
 

Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Klickteryx on December 21, 2017, 22:01:09
No Super 4?

Are they abandoning that in favour of licences?
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 21, 2017, 22:04:43
New Super 4 sets were announced already..

Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Tiermann on December 21, 2017, 22:05:07
The Phoenix sounds interesting. The Crystal theme sounds fairy/magic which would be nice too. Mars sounds like a great theme to me as well. Three more Wise Men, I'm starting to think the reason there were 3 Wise Men is just that the rest of them got stuck in traffic and didn't make it to the Creche. Dreamworks Spirit is a horse theme, so more of those I would guess. An interesting year.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Rhalius on December 21, 2017, 22:42:39
Well, I am still rather bummed that they didnt bother to do much with the new dwarf theme.

Why the heck make the main set a cheap looking siege tower with a troll that looks terrible compared to the other version?

There are so many things they could have done with it. Some kind of mine or dwarven fort could have been amazing. Any kind of dwarven structure really.

I'll still get the pony rider and the two dwarves carrying a chieftan on a shield, those look alright at least. Maybe the one with the troll.. but the flying one with the way too modern helmet.. what the heck is up with that even?

Also a missed opportunity to not include a female dwarf for once, seeing how its a whole theme of dwarves now.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: StJohn on December 21, 2017, 23:15:25
Some great stuff coming up, judging by the Google translation of the Spanish list. Thanks for the reference, Tahra! Great to see more Space, and a return of the School theme. Eagerly awaiting the pictures!

Best wishes
StJohn
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: leefert on December 22, 2017, 01:53:27
Some of that could be quite interesting!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Klickteryx on December 22, 2017, 02:08:54
New Super 4 sets were announced already..
Which ones were they? I've probably seen them but don't remember.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: The_Mad_Hadder on December 22, 2017, 04:23:32
Thank you Tahra for the additional information and link
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 22, 2017, 09:29:43
Ok, the Dragons are all the main characters that were missing!   :yippee:

Which ones were they? I've probably seen them but don't remember.

See the Novelties catalog from the PCC :'(
(I am SO not over this)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Oliver on December 22, 2017, 18:10:17
Could the Crystle Palace be something along the lines of 3841? Unless it's the Football Club :P

I'm curious what they'll put in a 'History Class' set
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 22, 2017, 18:52:18
Could the Crystle Palace be something along the lines of 3841? Unless it's the Football Club :P

I would think ICE. But it's probably pink.  ::)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Klickteryx on December 22, 2017, 19:18:20
Ok, the Dragons are all the main characters that were missing!   :yippee:

See the Novelties catalog from the PCC :'(
(I am SO not over this)

I remember seeing the catalogue before but I didn't download it, just done so.
I'll miss the opportunity to do so in future.

Those series 13 figures have some great characters. The sushi guy is amazing and the newspaper boy is great too.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 22, 2017, 19:34:44
Those series 13 figures have some great characters. The sushi guy is amazing and the newspaper boy is great too.

Well... the bag and papers are great.. the rest...

There are no rollerblading diapered kids delivering papers. They probably didn't exist at the same time.

When there were paperboys, I think the ones in diapers were too young for it. And I suppose a bike would be more used.

Still.. great parts (diapers excepted). Though at least they're brown... possibly matching the ghostbuster brown? Uhm. I still need a copy of master cheng's work in female form.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Hadoque on December 22, 2017, 22:40:35
rollerblading diapered kids

I used to wear baggy pants (though not drooped down the bum) in the mid-late 90s, when I was already in my twenties.  So please don´t call them diapers anymore, I´ll probably have to wear those (again) if I should reach a certain old age.  ;)

And I still happily wear (so very comfortable) straight, wide-legged jeans today (I have some stock, acquired between 2000 and 2010), in foresight of the comming of a new slim/skinny-pants era which I hate and which did materialise the past years and which reminds me so badly of the Punkrock /New Wave era of the early-mid 80´s with it´s awfull skinny fashion. (Back then I was musically & fashionwise completely into the then brandnew electronic beat music scene that evolved later on into House, Techno, etc. No place for skinny pants there, quite on the contrary.)
For a guy/man tops (shirts, jerseys, sweaters, jackets, ...) should be fitted and comfortable at the max, imho, but pants/jeans should allways sit comfortable at least and sometimes loose. The exception of course is office/work/official-occasion clothing (suits etc), there fashion of the moment should be followed (much) more strictly.
The latest street / free-time fashion hitting the stores right now are loose, oversized tops, like back in the 90s. So, if you like fitted or slim tops, go shop till you drop before it is too late. For "on/below the waist", some designers also start to offer more comfortable, wider-legged pants again, but most mainstreet fashion for pants is still skinny/slim (& tapered towards the ankle), at least here in Europe. Looks awfull combined with the reissueing of loose/oversized tops & jackets, but the youngsters (of the day) will again like it.
(Btw, as a man I´m more then averagely interested in fashion (which I do not allways follow though), and this as you all know in addition to Playmobil toys, but to completely compensate this "possibly a bit too feminine side" I´m also an aviation/aerospace/aeronautics-freak  8} )


And sorry for going so off-topic  :-[
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on December 23, 2017, 10:37:42
The Phoenix sounds interesting. The Crystal theme sounds fairy/magic which would be nice too. Mars sounds like a great theme to me as well. Three more Wise Men, I'm starting to think the reason there were 3 Wise Men is just that the rest of them got stuck in traffic and didn't make it to the Creche. Dreamworks Spirit is a horse theme, so more of those I would guess. An interesting year.

Well, I hope they give the Spirit theme a Western look, I almost finished my diaroma, those sets could be nice additions.

Since I wasn’t able to buy the last Wise Men, I’m kinda glad they will produce them again! I was a bit afraid that Playmobil was not going to make any religion-related sets anymore.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 23, 2017, 17:34:15
I used to wear baggy pants (though not drooped down the bum) in the mid-late 90s, when I was already in my twenties.  So please don´t call them diapers anymore, I´ll probably have to wear those (again) if I should reach a certain old age.  ;)

The point is not being baggy, it's hanging around the knees, like a VERY full diaper. I find them... how do I put this... ugly and ridiculous (worse in real life  ::) )

I am not interested in fashion at all, I suppose. So, what's "in" or "out" is beyond me...  :P

I was a bit afraid that Playmobil was not going to make any religion-related sets anymore.

I was hopeful, but very doubtful.. But it IS almost the only peasant source - and the rich merchants, of course.

And with blinky winkies. Sigh.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Hadoque on December 23, 2017, 23:25:39
Any pics yet of these novelties (that weren´t in the PCC-download catalogue 2017-2018) ??
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 24, 2017, 13:55:33
Any pics yet of these novelties (that weren´t in the PCC-download catalogue 2017-2018) ??

Not that I have seen.. but I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo curious!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: CountBogro on December 27, 2017, 07:48:47
Not that I have seen.. but I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo curious!

me too ... the demise of the PCC is still gnawing on me; really miss those early views of the up and coming sets.
At least I knew what to save for ;)

Bogro
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: leefert on December 27, 2017, 12:17:13
The Spirit Movie sets make a little more sense to me as a choice now. Apparently there is a new tv series, coming as I was at a toy store yesterday and saw a new display of Breyer Horses with the Spirit theme.  It’s not something they do unless they have reason to.  If Playmobil stays strive to the horses, we are in for some cool looking horses, and hopefully Klickies too
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: kenc on December 28, 2017, 11:11:14
As an amateur astronomer I'm really curious about the Mars theme. I've always wanted to build a spacebase with sys-x parts but these days it's hard to find useable parts in large quantities as the last major space theme is already from the around the 2000's.  :)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Redmao on December 28, 2017, 12:02:47
Glad that new Dragons characters are coming as the gang felt incomplete.
A new space theme could be fun, but that will take a whole year to reach Canada.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Rhalius on December 28, 2017, 18:08:46
Well it will be easy on the wallet since there does not appear to be anything here that I'd want. Unless this crystal theme is not done in pink. But I imagine it will be just as vomit inducing as any current "girl" themes in its color scheme.

Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Hadoque on December 28, 2017, 21:44:46
A new space theme could be fun, but that will take a whole year to reach Canada.

I know Canada is not around the corner, but I didn´t know it takes a (light)year to get there at warpspeed  :P
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Hadoque on December 28, 2017, 21:46:57
vomit inducing

An additional choke-hazard warning for pink toys may be needed...
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Hadoque on December 28, 2017, 22:22:28
A new space theme ... HOORAAH!!  ;D

(https://e3.365dm.com/17/09/1096x616/a310e10b21790d361e382b0cb32d1ca39cb318322071341d4e38e2e1e80b2852_4101906.jpg?20170916023606)

Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Klickteryx on December 29, 2017, 01:18:57
The Spirit Movie sets make a little more sense to me as a choice now. Apparently there is a new tv series,

That seems to be the criteria for doing licensed sets, having an animated tv series.


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...  If Playmobil stays strive to the horses, we are in for some cool looking horses, and hopefully Klickies too

If they do what they did with the dragons from HTTYD then that should be very good, plus there are cavalry soldiers and I guess a fort in Spirit so it could be good for the Western theme.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Robbie on December 29, 2017, 03:01:46
I'm curious what DS reissues will be available. I wonder if they will use ideas from the PCC or just choose things at random like in past years.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Ismene on December 29, 2017, 08:39:31
That seems to be the criteria for doing licensed sets, having an animated tv series.


HTTYD and Spirit are both Dreamworks, so it looks like PM decided to cultivate that relationship.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 29, 2017, 08:42:33
I think HTTYD is a good one, making sense (unlike OTHERS)..

The Spirit series, I never heard of. I think I will watch the movie before the sets actually arrive.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Klickteryx on December 29, 2017, 12:17:37
I'm curious what DS reissues will be available. I wonder if they will use ideas from the PCC or just choose things at random like in past years.
The red steck house and hunting party are coming soon to the international market which were requested by pcc members. If they follow that then second half of 2018 we'll see perhaps the blue house, robbers' hideaway. We're also due for either the rathaus or jaegerhof.  They might produce a smaller set like the water carrying maid.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 29, 2017, 12:42:06
The red steck house and hunting party are coming soon to the international market which were requested by pcc members. If they follow that then second half of 2018 we'll see perhaps the blue house, robbers' hideaway. We're also due for either the rathaus or jaegerhof.  They might produce a smaller set like the water carrying maid.

If the red house doesn't appear in the new cat here, I will nag someone in Germany to get me some!

I wish they'd make the klicky reissues different.

Not sure there is anything new on those steck buildings...
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Rhalius on December 29, 2017, 13:18:51
I believe some of the other steck buildings have more of those glass windows. The tailor only has one.

The DS rereleases are pretty much the main things I am still interested in purchasing, little else they release these days still interests me.

If it where up to me to choose a building, medium set and a small set to reissue, I'd go with the following:

-3626 Merry men's hideaway.
It has the hollow tree, rope hanging from it and some great medieval clickies.

-3447 Rathaus
It has five glass windows which seems far more than any other set ever had.

-4534 Templar special.
He's a great army builder and still the best looking templar figure that has been made.

I'd be very happy with reissues from the original magic theme though. That one time that it was made equally for both boys and girls before splitting it up into a world of violence for boys and a world of pink for girls.
This theme had many great looking princesses, fairies and such in normal colors! And all kinds of gnomes, wizards, genies and forest spirits that aren't armed to the teeth and could serve many purposes.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 29, 2017, 16:11:02
I'd be very happy with reissues from the original magic theme though. That one time that it was made equally for both boys and girls before splitting it up into a world of violence for boys and a world of pink for girls.
This theme had many great looking princesses, fairies and such in normal colors! And all kinds of gnomes, wizards, genies and forest spirits that aren't armed to the teeth and could serve many purposes.

How true..

I'd still prefer new klickys, but along the same line... Nice colors and all.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Rhalius on December 29, 2017, 16:34:12
Well they made some improvements here and there, like great new hairstyles but aside from terrible colors they also made many female clickies unable to sit.
They have made much better dragons than the first one though, but then again they seem to release like 20 dragons each year nowadays.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 29, 2017, 19:09:52
Well they made some improvements here and there, like great new hairstyles

True. Sometimes I wonder WHY? I mean, don't get me wrong, I think EVERYONE knows by now I love different hairs (with a couple of exceptions  :P ), but some of those are so close sometimes you don't see the difference at first glance.

but aside from terrible colors they also made many female clickies unable to sit.

Agree. We had a serious problem with the skirted ones when they appeared, cause they couldn't ride. Not being able to sit is silly.  I mean, where do you draw the line?


They have made much better dragons than the first one though, but then again they seem to release like 20 dragons each year nowadays.

Again, true. We LOVE dragons, and I believe we have all of them, but they are FAR too many. The "asian" theme was ridiculous.. I mean, a freaking dragon should be unusual, no? When you have 10 different ones.. becomes... ordinary.

That said, I can't wait to see the new ones!!!  (I do hope they don't ruin the sculpts with silly shooting junk, like they did with poor Toothless. I still find it hard to believe someone managed to ruin THAT sculpt)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Klickteryx on December 29, 2017, 21:03:53

-3447 Rathaus
It has five glass windows which seems far more than any other set ever had.


Yes, though I'd want the original brown frames instead of the black one the tailor came with. If they could do a run of the green windows when nothing else used that colour I don't see why they couldn't have done a run of brown frames.
I'd also want the original sticker layout that the original Rathaus had. It would be great to get that double quill holder too, though that I wouldn't mind in another colour - yeah, I'm contrary. ;D
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Rhalius on December 30, 2017, 09:38:28
I'd prefer brown frames too though I wouldn't mind the black that much.

They could however change the color of the roof and the framework to other colors because most are white with a red roof. Yellow with the dark blue roof might look nice.

As for the stickers, I'd love to see the original ones but it might be nice if they add an english sticker too so people may not confuse it for a rat house.  ;)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on December 31, 2017, 16:21:00
As for the stickers, I'd love to see the original ones but it might be nice if they add an english sticker too so people may not confuse it for a rat house.  ;)

:lmao: :lmao:

(but very true!)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on January 03, 2018, 20:28:37
Out of curiosity I just watched an episode of “Spirit running free” on Netflix. For one thing I’m glad; however the main character is played by a girl, the series doesn’t look “pink” or “too girly” at all, they use normal colours and normal Western buildings. Nice detail: the father of Lucky is the owner of a railroad company... (too much wishful thinking, right?).
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 03, 2018, 20:36:15
Nice detail: the father of Lucky is the owner of a railroad company... (too much wishful thinking, right?).

Probably...
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Klickteryx on January 03, 2018, 21:29:18
... it might be nice if they add an english sticker too so people may not confuse it for a rat house.  ;)

It's a council building, of course it's a rat house. No confusion there. ;D

The French version is equally confusing for an English speaker - Hotel de Ville sounds like a fancy place to stay the night. Except the restaurant underneath is just called Restaurant under the Town Hall - they must have stayed up all night coming up with that name.
Oh yes, again you have to love the German name where a restaurant is called a rat cellar. Or is it rat seller? I haven't seen the menu so don't know.

Some English signs would be nice though. I mainly want to see the warning poster about not drinking, being loud etc on feasts days.
Does the German version use old language or some dialect because many of the words are hard to find a translation for.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Macruran on January 04, 2018, 04:07:06
Oh yes, again you have to love the German name where a restaurant is called a rat cellar. Or is it rat seller? I haven't seen the menu so don't know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imvA25fJf9c&feature=youtu.be&t=233
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Klickteryx on January 04, 2018, 20:10:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imvA25fJf9c&feature=youtu.be&t=233

 ;D

Where's that from, Monty Python?
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Macruran on January 05, 2018, 05:11:56
Not from MPFC, Idle's the only Python in it. It's from the hilarious mockumentary All You Need Is Cash aka The Rutles. If you like the Beatles and/or British comedy, it's highly recommended!  :)9
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Pynedor on January 13, 2018, 16:17:35
Ok, the Dragons are all the main characters that were missing!   :yippee:

Yes, that sounds great. <*) The sheep thrower is actually used for a game by the characters. :-\

HTTYD and Spirit are both Dreamworks, so it looks like PM decided to cultivate that relationship.

It would certainly seem so. If they continue this, I think we could get some really nice sets from the Tales of Arcadia trilogy (Trollhunters, 3 Below, and Wizards).

I'd be very happy with reissues from the original magic theme though. That one time that it was made equally for both boys and girls before splitting it up into a world of violence for boys and a world of pink for girls.
This theme had many great looking princesses, fairies and such in normal colors! And all kinds of gnomes, wizards, genies and forest spirits that aren't armed to the teeth and could serve many purposes.

How true..

I'd still prefer new klickys, but along the same line... Nice colors and all.

I am certainly with you both on that wish. The Magic theme is probably the best theme ever released. <*)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Customizer on January 24, 2018, 09:15:06
Hi,

two new pics...
(https://www.spielwarenmesse.de/?eID=pt&request[arguments][uri]=%2Fwestend%2Fimg%2Fprodukte%2Fgr800%2F01129349.jpg&request[arguments][cacheable]=1)

(https://www.spielwarenmesse.de/?eID=pt&request[arguments][uri]=%2Fwestend%2Fimg%2Fprodukte%2Fgr800%2F01128255.jpg&request[arguments][cacheable]=1)
Info from: gjcklickyfans

greetings

Andi
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 24, 2018, 09:40:25
two new pics...

:o  Thank you!

The santa house... what's with the kids?! Who had the bright idea of using those old "apron" parts, made for the old lifted skirt torsos with flat torsos?! I really wonder if these are reviewed sometimes.

The house looks nice, and Santa with a RED cook hat = ;D

Kids are pretty too - elf shoes for skirts! If only I managed to remove those...

And the pretzel sign is a must!


Spirit... do those look to be those freaking ugly new klickys? The super4-starved-fairy kind? I REALLY hope not. They are gorgeous! :love:

Is the middle one a new hair? The other two are pretty recognizable, but the middle one...
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on January 24, 2018, 10:51:47
Hi,
two new pics...
Info from: gjcklickyfans

greetings

Andi

Thanks Andi!

Santa's house looks really nice! I'm curious what the accessories will be! Hmm, I wonder if you will be able to use the "red baking molds" (which can be seen on the roof) in a real oven... Otherwise I have no clue why they are there...

Spirit theme: I want to see the "houses" and "stables"... But it's a nice teaser.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 24, 2018, 11:07:32
Spirit theme: I want to see the "houses" and "stables"... But it's a nice teaser.

I'm afraid these days those will be just a front, in system WHY...  My wallet likes the idea.. me, not so much.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Customizer on January 24, 2018, 11:38:07
Quote from: bml87
Hmm, I wonder if you will be able to use the "red baking molds" (which can be seen on the roof) in a real oven... Otherwise I have no clue why they are there...

Hi,

yes you can use in a real oven to make your own cakes.
There is a Santa and a Elf.
But i think on the other side you find again two or three moulds.  ;D

Greetings

Andi
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: kenc on January 24, 2018, 11:52:04
The pretzel sign will appear on lots of collector's bakery buildings for sure!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 24, 2018, 14:11:42
The pretzel sign will appear on lots of collector's bakery buildings for sure!

Agree!  :love:
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on January 24, 2018, 14:50:02
Information (in German) about Playmobil on the Toy Fair:

https://www.spielwarenmesse.de/messe/aussteller-2018/aussteller-a-z/language/0/?tx_nfmedb_exhibitorsaz%5Bparams%5D%5BobjId%5D=779110&tx_nfmedb_exhibitorsaz%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_nfmedb_exhibitorsaz%5Bcontroller%5D=ExhibitorsAZ&cHash=7aa1717afbd720b365630688d15691ff

=> Go to "PRODUKTE"

It appears indeed that there will be some (real) baking tools in the box, translation by Google:

Children love Christmas and can not wait until Christmas is finally over. With the new play sets "Christmas" by PLAYMOBIL, the anticipation of the little ones is even further increased and the fun is maintained long after the advent season. The Christmas baking with cookie molds makes creative baking in the home kitchen child's play. Whether angel head with wings, Santa Claus and elves head, family and friends can look forward to the original cookies. A special highlight is the hidden in the chimney of the house stamp with which the PLAYMOBIL face can be printed before baking on the dough. Santa Claus and the two gnomes are also baking cookies at the big table with practical utensils such as pastry rolls and cookie cutters. The finished biscuits get quickly over the chute into the baking trough. It smells heavenly!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 24, 2018, 15:32:37
Perhaps new topics should be opened by theme, to discuss the novelties, instead of all here? A suggestion..
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Tiermann on January 24, 2018, 16:19:15
That baking set has some interesting stuff there. In US English those would be cookie cutters. Plus new elves, new baked goods and the pretzel sign!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Hadoque on January 24, 2018, 18:52:37
Well, the pretzel-sign is probably useful, but otherwise Santa´s Bakery looks a kind of Playmo-123 to me...
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 24, 2018, 20:31:31
Some pics of the novelties catalog from THAT site!

link (https://www.facebook.com/groups/503736219647353/permalink/1747466501940979) - have no idea if everyone can see them.

edit: AH!  And from the usual source lately: link on amclicks (http://amclicks.org/foro/novedades-playmobil/novedades-alemania-agosto-octubre-2018/msg22198/#msg22198)

Now we need better quality pics... and prices  :-\

The dragons  :love: :love:   And the ice sets (MOSTLY not pink!) :love: :love:

Can't make up my mind (meaning, can't see if the klickys are normal) on the riding sets. One of them is a anoretic fairy like klicky (the small set  :hmm: )..

And the space... a lot like the last one.. and the station reminds me of playmospace.. but full of blinkies...
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on January 24, 2018, 20:49:46
Thanks so much, Tahra!!!  :thanks: :)9 :apple:

Can’t see the pictures of the Facebook link :( ... do you mind copying them here? Unless they are the same of amclicks?

I have to say that the Spirit theme looks more than okay! I like the father’s carriage and the bedroom! The house on the other hand... not convinced... And what is that one advent calendar about? It’s like a dining room or something? Looks really nice!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 24, 2018, 20:51:27
Thanks so much, Tahra!!!  :thanks: :)9 :apple:

Can’t see the pictures of the Facebook link :( ... do you mind copying them here? Unless they are the same of amclicks?

I have to say that the Spirit theme looks more than okay! I like the father’s carriage and the bedroom! The house on the other hand... not convinced... And what is that one advent calendar about? It’s like a dining room or something? Looks really nice!

Pics are the same, yes...

I REALLY hate it that we get to know everything from there :'(  So sad.

Probably a living room, yes - done in the past.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on January 24, 2018, 21:15:00
Can't make up my mind (meaning, can't see if the klickys are normal) on the riding sets. One of them is a anoretic fairy like klicky (the small set  :hmm: )..

Well, the klickies of the Spirit theme seem to have the normal klicky face, if my eyes don’t betray me :-) !
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 24, 2018, 21:20:22
Well, the klickies of the Spirit theme seem to have the normal klicky face, if my eyes don’t betray me :-) !

I am worried about their bodies. At least one is that .. let's say "silly" super4-starved-fairy-type - the smaller one.  And I THINK one of them REALLY looks like Ruby :(   (from this low quality pics..)

I NEED to see the HTTYD twins properly!

Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: kenc on January 24, 2018, 21:25:55
I've seen the pics and I must admit this is the time I'm disappointed the most since I'm anxiously awaiting January's end releases. It's easy to say I don't like the new releases but I remain a building customiser and year after year Playmobil has nothing more to offer except for a few DS (re)releases.

So my first thoughts:

-The dragons: this is such a weird theme with way too many dragons. Some useful medieval accessories though
-Firetheme: nice vehicles, at least Playmobil offers cool vehicles anno 2018. Firestation is a copy of the previous one with some different colors.
-Mars theme: I'm an amateur astronomer and space lover and awaiting the age of the real Mars Landing. Sets look ok. Mars Base again is no real Sys-X and appears to be not very customisable
-Spirit: the mansion's box shouldn't wear the brand Playmobil, again, sorry to say but it doesn't feel like being a Playmobil construction at all. Nice carriage though.
-Crystal palace theme: I'm glad it's not pink and this is the theme I'm the most positive about.

Unless the amount of themes was not complete, 2018 seems to be the first year since a very long time that there is no real history theme: no knights or pirates...
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Pynedor on January 24, 2018, 23:42:05
Thanks for the links to the pictures! :D

All of the new Dragons sets look great. It is a bit strange that all of the new sets featuring a dragon and dragonrider - and not the current ones - seem to be designed for use with the sheep game (Dragon Racing as it is called). And, Snotlout definitely looks the least like himself in Playmobil form, but he does have a new rock warhammer!

The Magic / Crystal Palace theme looks great too. It's nice to see more creatures of similar size that can use the large weapons and tools that have been released lately. The fantasy figures in the sets look nice too; I look forward to some better pictures of them. 
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Tiermann on January 25, 2018, 00:16:28
Some interesting stuff there. Lots of fantasy animals. Brown reindeer are...different. The horses look like they fit in nicely with the most recent types so that's good.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: leefert on January 25, 2018, 01:49:39
I really need to look at these on a computer rather than my phone!

I’m interested in the Crystal/ Magic theme

I like what I see in the Spirit theme

Do I see that Santa’s Reindeer are now brown?
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on January 25, 2018, 07:51:45
Some more opinions after a night of sleeping;

The nativity scene seems very poor this year... they added the baby animals instead of an adult mule and ox... I’m glad I bought the last version, the best until now. However I’m glad about the Wise Men, I didn’t have the chance to buy any of them so far.

Is that a “snow lynx” in the box of the Yeti? The ice cave is a great set, I’m thinking of using that one for my zoo, as a shelter for the ice bears!

As mentioned by kenc, the Spirit mansion doesn’t look Playmobil at all, but I’m very interested in the furniture that comes with it!

Can’t wait for more detailed pictures :D !
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: playmofire on January 25, 2018, 09:29:47
Playmobil with new appointments and new sub-sets seems to be going in a number of different directions at once, and I'm not sure where it will end up.

Hopefully, it won't all end in tears.

Looking at the fire sets, most are just re-issues of the most recent releases s far as I can see, only in a different and less interesting livery (maybe one that is cheaper to print?).  The two new sets are different, certainly, but probably of limited appeal outside Germany.  Certainly, in the UK fire brigades do not have the sort of farm/industrial equipment shown in the top right hand picture on the left hand page.

The 4x4 top left on the left hand page and the tracked vehicle top left on the other page, do exist but are rare in my experience.  Quite what the PM ones do, I can't make out.  In real life they would be either foam or dry powder appliances  (Although, I have seen photos of a similar looking piece of equipment where the device is a jet engine to blow the fire out!)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Redmao on January 25, 2018, 13:20:46
Fantastic stuff!
The snow troll/yeti from the magic theme looks great and has a lot of cross theme potential.

I also really like the Mars station. It looks like a 2018 rendition of the Playmospace station/ship.

Glad to be able to complete the Dragons crew.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: indianapierre on January 25, 2018, 13:30:31
I love the romantic green bedroom from the spirit series. I'd get that!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Oliver on January 25, 2018, 18:21:24
The green bedroom looks OK, and it looks like the house comes with some living room furniture, which I'd be interested to see - but the house itself is terrible. The carriage looks decent

I like the look of the blue sleigh that's part of the Crystal range,

Looking forward to some better quality pictures!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Hadoque on January 25, 2018, 20:17:21
Concerning the Nativity set, at first glance it seems baby Jesus was born in a carport, not in a shed or stable...
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Macruran on January 27, 2018, 18:30:02
Mars stuff looks cool

New nativity looks weird, will need a closer view. I'll get it anyway, for Roman civilians. And ANOTHER three wise men set!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Tiermann on January 27, 2018, 19:10:40
That will put us at 12 Wise Men, 15 if you count the kids. I foresee a Bethlehem traffic gridlock diorama in the future
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Macruran on January 27, 2018, 19:13:43
That will put us at 12 Wise Men, 15 if you count the kids. I foresee a Bethlehem traffic gridlock diorama in the future

 :lol: :lol:

What set are the kid wise men? I forgot about that one.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on January 27, 2018, 20:00:14
:lol: :lol:

What set are the kid wise men? I forgot about that one.

Here you go: http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=4075   :-)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Macruran on January 27, 2018, 20:51:37
 :thanks:
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on January 31, 2018, 11:44:28
think Sushiman's red scarf is "opened" at its rear?
Feb tomorrow......will he be out in Germany very soon? :love:
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 31, 2018, 13:04:19
think Sushiman's red scarf is "opened" at its rear?
Feb tomorrow......will he be out in Germany very soon? :love:

Doesn't that exist already? Tied in the back? Like this: playmodb link (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-6720)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on January 31, 2018, 13:43:28
Doesn't that exist already? Tied in the back? Like this: playmodb link (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-6720)

I meant his red (neck) scarf :)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on January 31, 2018, 15:08:15
I meant his red (neck) scarf :)

 :-[  Today is not going well. Can I blame my old age?  :-[
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Tiermann on January 31, 2018, 19:11:54
They are out in Germany now, people have posted over at Klickywelt with images of them, look great
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on February 01, 2018, 03:47:47
thanks Tiermann(can you please put a link here?)...will see if I'm right about the split rear of his red scarf....unless its a new part!  :love:
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: leefert on February 01, 2018, 11:49:51
I just noticed (for the first time) the pink cockatiel in the pet vacation spa set
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Tiermann on February 01, 2018, 16:45:53
The red scarf is split at the back Klickywelt link (http://www.klickywelt.de/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=66434&start=63)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on February 02, 2018, 10:16:39
The red scarf is split at the back Klickywelt link (http://www.klickywelt.de/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=66434&start=63)

Apparently only members can acces that link. Anyway, I bought some Fi?ures today, I will post some detailed pictures later in “my blog”: http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=16456.10

The scarf is by the way the same one as the one below, except it is made of a more softer material (more like rubber) than the original version:
(http://playmodb.org/parts/0/04/30%2004%20439.gif)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on February 02, 2018, 11:55:30
thanks Tiermann
and bml87!
I didn't know red 3004439 came out decades ago....its good....I hope its red and pinkish  :love:
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Hadoque on February 02, 2018, 23:31:24
The scarf is by the way the same one as the one below, except it is made of a more softer material (more like rubber) than the original version:
(http://playmodb.org/parts/0/04/30%2004%20439.gif)

The old one has also a slighty different red colour, a bit more orange-ish. The new one is "true red".
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on February 03, 2018, 01:13:52
The old one has also a slighty different red colour, a bit more orange-ish. The new one is "true red".

SUBARASHI(Fantastic)!!! :love:
arigato(thanks you), Hadoque-san!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on February 03, 2018, 01:27:59
(since there's no new thread on Fi?ures 13 yet, I hope its ok for me to post my questions here)

the pilot's new long, white scarf, I hope is complete at the rear too(our existing one is  a clip on, opening behind)

(is his brown arms also from a new mould?)

(hope his brown cuffs is a new 'pure' brown)

Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on February 03, 2018, 06:28:05
(since there's no new thread on Fi?ures 13 yet, I hope its ok for me to post my questions here)

the pilot's new long, white scarf, I hope is complete at the rear too(our existing one is  a clip on, opening behind)

(is his brown arms also from a new mould?)

(hope his brown cuffs is a new 'pure' brown)

Hi cheng, I’ve put Some detailed pictures here: http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=16456.msg297160#msg297160
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on February 03, 2018, 14:02:36
thanks for your link, bml :love:
(never visited your popular thread before :P)

so, the pilot's new long, white scarf does wrap around rear too....definitely a new part(no part number printed underneath?)

and the pilot's brown arms are also from new moulds 

and the pilot's brown cuffs is a new 'pure' dark brown....same as the new cowboy'scuffs ;)

.....bml, you definitely know how to feel these mystery bags....any of them, a mistake? :D

..if you made more mistakes, I'm sure our friends are happy to still see them in your thread, for our first time  ;D
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on February 03, 2018, 16:14:02
.....bml, you definitely know how to feel these mystery bags....any of them, a mistake? :D

..if you made more mistakes, I'm sure our friends are happy to still see them in your thread, for our first time  ;D

I was able to "feel" all the different figures (though I didn't buy all of them, I only collect the ones I can use in my dioramas), I always focus on 1 object. I guess the "newspaper boy" was the easiest to find because of his pants ;-) . But I didn't make any mistake (this time), they're all quite different.

Nice tip by the way, I will add to my topic on which items I focussed while "feeling" haha :) to be continued!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on February 03, 2018, 19:33:04
so, the pilot's new long, white scarf does wrap around rear too....definitely a new part(no part number printed underneath?)

The pilot's neckpiece is not new. It appeared with the Ice Princess in Figures 11 (link at playkingdoms) (http://www.playkingdoms.com/pk2/library/figures/figs11/s11g2.aspx#g07)  (can I also mention her boots?  :love: )
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Tiermann on February 04, 2018, 00:37:03
My synopsis of new animals from the most recent announcements is up at the Animoblog (link in my signature)
The pet hotel theme has been released in Germany and I saw a few photos at Facebook already. The hamster is way cuter than in the company photos.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on February 04, 2018, 01:04:33
The pilot's neckpiece is not new. It appeared with the Ice Princess in Figures 11 (link at playkingdoms) (http://www.playkingdoms.com/pk2/library/figures/figs11/s11g2.aspx#g07)  (can I also mention her boots?  :love: )

the new scarf looks much longer, right? :love:
(is the ice princess' smaller scarf also 'completed' behind?)

Tahra, you meant the new pilot's brown legs and boots are nice right? I'm sure you have a couple of these legs (from earlier klickies) already.

Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Klickteryx on February 04, 2018, 02:41:37
the new scarf looks much longer, right? :love:
(is the ice princess' smaller scarf also 'completed' behind?)


Tahra's right. Well spotted by the way! It's the same scarf. Now here's the tricky part...the pilot is wearing it around the other way! ;D

That by the by is a really good design, that it can be worn either way round and not only looks good but looks different.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on February 04, 2018, 06:18:42
Tahra's right. Well spotted by the way! It's the same scarf. Now here's the tricky part...the pilot is wearing it around the other way! ;D

That by the by is a really good design, that it can be worn either way round and not only looks good but looks different.

sorry Tahra!
thanks Klickteryx! didn't occur to me it can be worn back to front(for the female torso even :P)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Ismene on February 04, 2018, 07:20:21
My synopsis of new animals from the most recent announcements is up at the Animoblog (link in my signature)
The pet hotel theme has been released in Germany and I saw a few photos at Facebook already. The hamster is way cuter than in the company photos.

 :love: I'm really looking forward to them. I hope they do more hamster colors in the future.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: tahra on February 04, 2018, 16:22:01
Tahra, you meant the new pilot's brown legs and boots are nice right? I'm sure you have a couple of these legs (from earlier klickies) already.

Nope. I mean her WHITE stone age legs.

I am not fond of the sculpt used in the pilot's - great color though!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: cheng on February 05, 2018, 04:56:23
Nope. I mean her WHITE stone age legs.


ah, the pink ice princess in PlaymoKingdom....yes, her heavy white boots really matches the rest of her thick winter clothes :love:
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Basie10 on February 05, 2018, 21:58:54
I'm loving that aviator 8-)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on February 21, 2018, 09:49:45
The new "categories" (Spirit, Russia 2018, ...) are visible at the top of the German (and Benelux) website(s): http://www.playmobil.de/ , though, when you click them, the products are not online yet...

UPDATE: the products are online  (on the German site):

Spirit: http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/Search-ShowContent?fdid=Spirit
Ghost Busters: http://www.playmobil.de/online-shop/shop/ghostbusters
Dragons: http://www.playmobil.de/online-shop/shop/dragons
Russia 2018: http://www.playmobil.de/online-shop/shop/2018-fifa-world-cup-russia%E2%84%A2
Christmas and extra's: http://www.playmobil.de/online-shop/shop/sonstiges
Magic: http://www.playmobil.de/online-shop/shop/magic

You can click all the images for high resolution pictures!
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Hadoque on February 22, 2018, 20:10:55
Thanks for the update, Boris.

Having a look right now...
The females (youngsters) in the Spirit Theme look more horrible then I first thought. They don´t look like Playmobil figures anymore...
The Not-Covered Wagon looks nice. I fear the horse-carriage thingies are once again a not very useful colour. Rest is good. I´m thinking of getting this wagon. Will I then perhaps outfit with darker wheels.
The mansion...well... luckily there is a very useful accessory, a big barrel in darkbrown. It came with a printing in a Super-4 pirate set, I´m getting tired of all the print-erasing lately so nice this printless one will become available.
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: bml87 on March 18, 2018, 08:38:11
Tons of detailed pictures of all the new sets here (don’t get confused by the link’s description):

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/02/21/toy-fair-new-york-playmobil-ghostbusters/

and

http://kastorskorner.com/wp/toy-fair-2018-playmobil-total-package/toy-fair-playmobil-kastors-korner-01/

Too much too share all the pictures here :p enjoy! The two pictures of Spirit that I uploaded earlier in the Spirit topic are apparently from that site ;-)

One picture I want to share though;

(https://i.imgur.com/vAzixbS.jpg)
Title: Re: 2018 new items
Post by: Tiermann on March 18, 2018, 18:18:27
The vendor woman, the frost giant and the sailor are my favorites so far I think. Thanks for posting that picture for us!