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General => News => Topic started by: Macruran on June 14, 2015, 19:36:55
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http://ludoplaymo.pagesperso-orange.fr/historique.htm
You can see faces of the distant ancestors of klickies in the corner of one box!
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:) do you know the dates of these adds macruran?
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Its possible that Hans Beck worked on that too since he was already working at the company before being tasked with inventing Playmobil.
"Build me an army of clickies, worthy of Geobra" instead of "build me an army worthy of mordor." :lol:
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nice, thanks for the pictures of the phones and tool toy. I had heard about the phones forever but have not seen them, especally new in box. Looks like real wire as they were actuall working phones from what I remember
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Forgive me for taking over your thread, but here are some photos of pre-Playmobil Geobra I took on my trip to Germany 2014.
Keep in mind they worked in tin / sheet metal prior to switching to plastics in the 1950s.
From the museum in Zirndorf:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3889/14504668422_5628bb002e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o6JdA3)Zirndorf Museum May 11 2014 Geobra Toys (https://flic.kr/p/o6JdA3) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3885/14505814975_6f74abdec7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o6Q6qc)Zirndorf Museum May 11 2014 Geobra Toys 2 (https://flic.kr/p/o6Q6qc) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2908/14502412341_56d9487763_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o6wDW6)Zirndorf Museum May 11 2014 Geobra Toys 3 (https://flic.kr/p/o6wDW6) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
I would totally love to have one of these shop sets
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2915/14504458244_9987a941f9_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o6H97h)Zirndorf Museum May 11 2014 Geobra Toys 4 (https://flic.kr/p/o6H97h) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
One of the things I find coolest is when they made something in other materials decades ago that they have since produced in Playmobil like this tower crane:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2903/14502401451_93e2e3e733_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o6wAGk)Zirndorf Museum May 11 2014 Geobra Toys 5 (https://flic.kr/p/o6wAGk) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
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From the displays in the upper level of the HOB Center at the Funpark in Zirndorf
The hula hoop was their first big hit in plastic, they were the first to produce it in Germany in the 50s
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3855/14302175000_f0e5aafe43_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nMQom9)Funpark May 10 2014 no57 (https://flic.kr/p/nMQom9) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5582/14508928993_643a96abc0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o7747a)Funpark May 10 2014 no58 (https://flic.kr/p/o7747a) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3905/14487586022_8d4a66c9e3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o5dEzU)Funpark May 10 2014 no59 (https://flic.kr/p/o5dEzU) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5509/14485444091_d5efdd8bdd_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o52FS4)Funpark May 10 2014 no60 (https://flic.kr/p/o52FS4) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5278/14302187550_951938873e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nMQs5w)Funpark May 10 2014 no61 (https://flic.kr/p/nMQs5w) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3884/14302382867_f679dc2078_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nMRs94)Funpark May 10 2014 no62 (https://flic.kr/p/nMRs94) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3913/14465722206_c45f9d46e1_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o3hBey)Funpark May 10 2014 no63 (https://flic.kr/p/o3hBey) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
Love this display - the recent glider showing an old version they made in plastic and then a really old version they made in wood
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2923/14487613472_695eceaf6e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o5dNKb)Funpark May 10 2014 no65 (https://flic.kr/p/o5dNKb) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
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Just a couple from the Speyer exhibit
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3874/14166150129_448e333b62_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nzPdTK)Speyer Playmobil Tour no11 (https://flic.kr/p/nzPdTK) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3899/14352824495_79c3b78c08_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nSiYFi)Speyer Playmobil Tour no12 (https://flic.kr/p/nSiYFi) by Tim (https://www.flickr.com/photos/71879015@N00/), on Flickr
I think that's all I have
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wow, thanks Tim, I have never seen most of those :lens:
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Thanks for sharing, macruaran and Tiermann. I find that early Geobra logo (children's faces) really interesting- I wonder if Hand Beck was inspired by the simplicity of those faces when he designed the first klickies?
Anyone have more images of Geobra's pre-PM offerings?
This might be Geobra (sorry if the ebay link has expired by the time you read this):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vintage-Playmobil-Geobra-Tricycle/331576624001?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D31488%26meid%3D95e1ba65631d471fb94271403a63c9f2%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D321777073668 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vintage-Playmobil-Geobra-Tricycle/331576624001?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D31488%26meid%3D95e1ba65631d471fb94271403a63c9f2%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D321777073668)
I can't find it in Produktarchiv or anywhere else!
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:) do you know the dates of these adds macruran?
I don't, I'm sorry. I don't even remember how I stumbled on that page, as I don't know French!
Thanks for the excellent pictures Tiermann! I find it interesting how many of their "toys" were actually accurately detailed, functioning versions of adult items.
I find that early Geobra logo (children's faces) really interesting- I wonder if Hans Beck was inspired by the simplicity of those faces when he designed the first klickies?
I would be willing to bet that he deliberately used those faces as The Klicky Face, due to their having been the official logo of geobra. I mean, there's more than just a resemblance, it's an almost exact copy.
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thanks. :)
like grahamb i was trying to understand a link between the chindren's logo and the klickies' faces.
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I meant Hans, not Hand Beck, thanks for correcting it when you quoted me, macruaran. I got one of they spellling correcticon thingies wot stops me from tie-pin whatt I reely want two putt (including "macruaran").
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It seems we can't change our usernames. If we could I would change mine to macruaran.
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:doh:
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:doh:
:loco: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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Thanks for sharing the pre-Playmobil pictures.
I guess someone in the design department was obsessed with phones...
"Helleu, diz iz jiev-inspector Cloustättereau zpeakin on the pheurne"
On the third-last photo, I see in the righttop tiny jetfighter models of a 1950s F-86 Sabre (or is it a MiG-19?) and a 1960s F-4 Phantom II ... if only they would produce that as Playmobil too.
edit: when enlarging the photo, I believe the fighter-models are an F-100 Super Sabre and a F-101 Voodoo
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"Helleu, diz iz jiev-inspector Cloustättereau zpeakin on the pheurne"
:lol: :lol: :lol:
I thought that was Esperanto, then I realised it was pure Sellers!
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On the third-last photo, I see in the righttop tiny jetfighter models of a 1950s F-86 Sabre (or is it a MiG-19?) and a 1960s F-4 Phantom II ... if only they would produce that as Playmobil too.
edit: when enlarging the photo, I believe the fighter-models are an F-100 Super Sabre and a F-101 Voodoo
The bottom plane is not a Voodoo, it's an F-9 Cougar. Note the large wing area, the widening wing roots, the horizontal stabilizers mounted halfway up the tailfin (compare the tail shadow to that of the other plane), and most crucially the notched sections of the forward wing edges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar
(http://i.imgur.com/DWlIO34.png?1) (http://imgur.com/DWlIO34)
(http://i.imgur.com/WXARvHQ.jpg) (http://imgur.com/WXARvHQ)
I think you're right on the Super Sabre, but there are a couple of tiny inconsistencies in wing and tail shape. Can't find a closer match though.
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This site confirms Super Sabre and Cougar:
http://www.avkits.net/kit50/toy/geobra/catapult.html
And OMG, geobra did a V2 model in the 50s!
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/317137-geobra-403-v-2-rakete-a-4
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This site confirms Super Sabre and Cougar:
http://www.avkits.net/kit50/toy/geobra/catapult.html
Great find!!
I hadn´t enlarged the pic as much as you did, so I still wasn´t 100% sure about my guesses.
Glad I got it right about the F-100, otherwise I would have been embarresed!
So the other one is the Grumman F-9F Cougar, the first swept-wing jetfighter for the US Navy/Marines, developped from the straight-winged Panther.
The later USAF McDonnell F-101 Voodoo (see pic) which I thought it was, is larger and the engine nacelles/exhausts are placed differently, but otherwise it´s planform is quite similar to the F-9 Cougar.
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And OMG, geobra did a V2 model in the 50s!
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/317137-geobra-403-v-2-rakete-a-4
Maybe it was aimed at the British market... :uhoh:
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:lol:
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PS here is another site that turned up last night. Lools like geobra did a set of orange plastic gliders too.
http://missgwendoline2.de.tl/Katapultflieger2.htm
I will remark here on the incredible attention paid to accurate and realistic detail even in cheap children's toys. Compare to the sloppy approach evinced in e.g. the Asian Dragon theme. O tempora, O mores!
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Thanks for all these pictures Tim. In the book ' history of a smile' there are some pics and info on the history and previous products of this company. all nice to know . :wave: