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Title: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: mrbfly on January 19, 2015, 14:36:49
Hi,

you can find the new novelties for the second half year now on the PCC.

Ben
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: bonniebeth on January 19, 2015, 15:06:11
Discussion in the PCC only area here: http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=14507.msg265586#new
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: Jay on January 20, 2015, 02:13:57
So those not in the secret society need to wait another week or so?
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: tahra on January 20, 2015, 08:21:59
So those not in the secret society need to wait another week or so?

Hardly a secret society, me thinks...  :P
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: Rasputin on January 20, 2015, 12:09:27
So those not in the secret society need to wait another week or so?

I don't know, I am not in the secret group either. I am a pcc member so I can see over there.
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: Rhalius on January 20, 2015, 13:09:38
Just dont get your hopes up.
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: bonniebeth on January 20, 2015, 13:53:48
Yeah, a secret society that is open for ANYONE to join for a negligible cost.
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: Rasputin on January 20, 2015, 14:08:47
Let's just say, you better like pink, purple, blue and other pastel colors. My little ponies anyone?
Geobra has officially been taken over by women.  :lol: :cheerlead: :confetti: :bloom: :inlove: :*) :bunny: :bdaycake: :cloud9: :rainbow:

It's a child's toy after all, only pink wearing dads allowed, good buy masculinity  :wave: Oh but wait, there is a way to escape to another planet, there is still hope  ;)
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: Birdie on January 20, 2015, 15:08:53
Geobra has officially been taken over by women.  :lol: :cheerlead: :confetti: :bloom: :inlove: :*) :bunny: :bdaycake: :cloud9: :rainbow:

Women?????

Marketing, you mean.
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: bonniebeth on January 20, 2015, 15:32:31
Yeah, women aren't just a bunch of pink-loving mindless idiots. I hate this pink-ifying of everything just as much as any guy. I got the impression from the replies by the PCC that perhaps they themselves aren't too wild about it, but feel obligated to go along with the findings of their market research. I on the other hand feel that little girls are only so wild about pink because advertisers tell them they are supposed to be, and I wish more companies would buck the trend like playmobil used to do.
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: tahra on January 20, 2015, 15:55:00
Yeah, women aren't just a bunch of pink-loving mindless idiots. I hate this pink-ifying of everything just as much as any guy.

I think I hate it MORE than any guy.

After all, we "girls" are the ones being reduced to pink-loving mindless idiots. I seriously find it offensive, though playmobil is VERY far from lego in that department.

I should really try to find that lego cat that made me sick. Thing is, as you can imagine, I have NO IDEA where it is.  :-[
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: bonniebeth on January 20, 2015, 15:59:55
After all, we "girls" are the ones being reduced to pink-loving mindless idiots.

Exactly. I don't consider myself a feminist AT ALL, but even I find it offensive.
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: Rhalius on January 20, 2015, 17:55:27
Very understandeable, I can only imagine how much unwanted pink toys, clothes, etc any girl might get during their childhood at birthdays and such. Even if you wanted the very same thing in another color but got the pink one just because youre a girl.

Personly I just received the occasional unwanted construction toy and such which I had no interest in.

It's so weird though that while in recent years eyes are opening and theres far more awareness about gender roles and such, and somehow Playmobil is actually going backwards with it considering earlier years. Well I gues its pretty much the same for quite some years now.. Always a few over the top girly themes that makes you almost want to vomit just by looking at them.  :-\

And also keeping various themes specifically for boys and really trying to exclude girls by either not having any or just one female character in the entire batch and outright focusing on war and nothing else, with every set being about making war.

Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: Rasputin on January 20, 2015, 18:26:50
Yes, I agree. The girls themes which used to me neutral are now specifically marketed to them and the boy themes which used to be more normal are getting more violent with less and less civilians. What gives Geobra, have an agenda to push on children? The excuse that kids chose is a cop-out to me. Stand your ground and stay neutral and innocent not polarized and violent.
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: bonniebeth on January 20, 2015, 18:57:53
It's not just Playmobil, it's toys in general these days.
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: tahra on January 20, 2015, 19:11:49
It's not just Playmobil, it's toys in general these days.

Yes. But it is sad to see playmobil going that way.

I think this was pointed out before (and by someone else too!) . it may sound corny, but I wanted playmobil to be BETTER than everyone else... "better than, above"..
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: Birdie on January 20, 2015, 20:25:10
It's so weird though that while in recent years eyes are opening and theres far more awareness about gender roles and such, and somehow Playmobil is actually going backwards with it considering earlier years.

Excellent point.
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 now on PCC
Post by: Pynedor on January 21, 2015, 19:23:42
I thought I'd put this here since it doesn't require PCC membership, so everyone can see these. They are the two new sets that we discussed here, if anyone remembers :lol::

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=13533.msg250502;topicseen#msg250502

They both appeared on the site now, with inventories. :D I'm not sure how long they have been there or if anyone has seen them yet. I didn't see them mentioned anywhere else here!

Wolf Knights with Catapult:
http://www.playmobil.co.uk/on/demandware.store/Sites-GB-Site/en_GB/Product-Show?pid=6041&showSpareParts=false&cgid=Ritter

Wolf Knights Castle:
http://www.playmobil.co.uk/on/demandware.store/Sites-GB-Site/en_GB/Product-Show?pid=6002&showSpareParts=false&cgid=Ritter
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 now on PCC
Post by: sbblabotw on January 21, 2015, 19:54:06
And... imported into PlaymoDB. Slurp. Thanks for the alert, Pynedor!

PlaymoDB List - Green Wolf Knight sets (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=6002,6041;title=Green%20Wolf%20Knight%20sets)

I thought I'd put this here since it doesn't require PCC membership, so everyone can see these. They are the two new sets that we discussed here, if anyone remembers :lol::

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=13533.msg250502;topicseen#msg250502

They both appeared on the site now, with inventories. :D I'm not sure how long they have been there or if anyone has seen them yet. I didn't see them mentioned anywhere else here!

Wolf Knights with Catapult:
http://www.playmobil.co.uk/on/demandware.store/Sites-GB-Site/en_GB/Product-Show?pid=6041&showSpareParts=false&cgid=Ritter

Wolf Knights Castle:
http://www.playmobil.co.uk/on/demandware.store/Sites-GB-Site/en_GB/Product-Show?pid=6002&showSpareParts=false&cgid=Ritter
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 now on PCC
Post by: Pynedor on January 21, 2015, 21:15:38
And... imported into PlaymoDB. Slurp. Thanks for the alert, Pynedor!

PlaymoDB List - Green Wolf Knight sets (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=6002,6041;title=Green%20Wolf%20Knight%20sets)

Sure thing! Thank you again for all of your work on PlaymoDB. :)
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: sbblabotw on January 28, 2015, 15:01:26
Well, the media blackout is over, so I've added all the new 2015 sets to the "2015 Releases" theme.  All pictures came straight from the official site - even though they don't have set-pages there yet, the pictures are available if you modify the URL of pictures for the sets you CAN find! Once the sets appear on the official site properly, I'll separate them into their proper themes, but for now they're all here in one place.

PlaymoDB Sets By Theme - 2015 Releases (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/sets.pl?theme=2015+Releases;sortby=setnum;focus=all;pics=on;page=1)
Title: Re: Novelties second half year 2015 no on PCC
Post by: Bolingbroke on January 28, 2015, 15:08:09
I hate how they re-design the soldiers with every theme. It would be good to just expand what already exists to cover new ground ... it's hard to army-build like that. The pirate sets are quite poor ... there used to be 5 klickies in the pirate ship sets, now there's only 3? Some very useful parts though for those who are into these things.