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General => News => Topic started by: cachalote on July 29, 2015, 18:17:24

Title: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: cachalote on July 29, 2015, 18:17:24

fashion apparel, accessories, novelty, gift and paper goods  :omg:
http://www.giftsanddec.com/article/520424-playmobil-expands-us-presence
i don't know if you have seen this.  :hmm:
NHL could be only the begining.
is geobra selling its soul to the devil?
is that devil that bad?
could this mean a new ser of designers (please make it so)?  :)

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Tiermann on July 29, 2015, 20:18:33

Interesting, we might finally get t-shirts and party plates in the US.

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: cachalote on July 29, 2015, 22:13:27

i was thinking in a more literal way - playmohats?

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Rasputin on July 30, 2015, 02:49:45

I sure missed a lot, this sounds interesting. I think it could go very well if done with care.

"Following the core toy introduction, Evolution will expand Super 4 into publishing, video games, novelty toys and games, apparel and accessories, gifts, stationery and out of home entertainment."

Sounds like a lot of promotional items are coming to the USA

Thanks for the link cachalote

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Macruran on July 30, 2015, 03:24:52

Super 4 sucks.

There I said it.

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Rasputin on July 30, 2015, 03:29:04

Quote from: Macruran on July 30, 2015, 03:24:52

Super 4 sucks.

There I said it.

Does it? I have not seen them yet

Did they at least hire a competent writer ?

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Macruran on July 30, 2015, 03:34:55

I'm going off all the images I have seen.

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Tiermann on July 30, 2015, 06:06:43

I've watched a couple of episodes and found it entertaining. They aren't going to abandon their theme based production any time soon and if a TV show is what it takes for them to finally get enough market share in the US to become more available then I am all for it. The more Playmobil they sell to kids the more that will show up in the secondary market when the kids outgrow them, and then the more for us to Hoover up for our collections.

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: tahra on July 30, 2015, 07:22:07

I mostly liked the eps I managed to see... Except that women-insulting stupidity in the race ep, it's fun.

A shame the "future world" is beyond ugly. But it's very nice to see the playmostuff come to life.

Then again, I know I'm easy to playmoplease.

I wish they'd sell the darn dvds - preferably with audio and subs in german and english!

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Birdie on July 30, 2015, 09:24:41

Belgian Netflix offers it in English, French and Dutch with subtitles in all of those languages. But I can't bring myself to watch it. I agree with Macruran, it looks bad and to me it has nothing to do with Playmobil.

The animated clickies on the PM website look far more Playmo-ish.

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Macruran on July 31, 2015, 02:30:13

Basically it is a sign that PM is looking to develop "media properties". They have seen the runaway success of some of the L*go themes (Ninjago was apparently a smash hit) and they want a piece of that sweet multimedia multiplatform licensing dosh. So they will just keep throwing stuff at the wall until something sticks. Asian dragons? No? How about Fire and Ice Fighters? No? etc.

To the degree that it will increase playmopresence in the world and especially in the US, I agree with Tiermann. But I question how much of the Playmobil we love will remain. This is a step away from the careful creation of tasteful medieval or Victorian or Eskimo miniworlds. This is modern media marketting. And it doesn't appeal to me.

Birdie and I will sit in the refuseniks' corner and sulk.

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Birdie on July 31, 2015, 05:46:24

Quote from: Macruran on July 31, 2015, 02:30:13

Birdie and I will sit in the refuseniks' corner and sulk.

I will  8-) But only because I don't like the look of the characters. If they were done beautifully (with clickies actually resembling clickies), I would probably like it a lot.

I'm really concerned the new eyes and weird hairdoes will completely replace the original clicky look, if this series becomes successful.

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: cachalote on July 31, 2015, 10:13:20

these are some of the pictures playmobil and bastiaan van schaik  :wow: published on playmobil facebook's page.
for the time being it's playmo going fashion.
it seems that fashion going playmo will com next.

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: Rasputin on July 31, 2015, 13:14:23

Is this what the article meant? For some reason I assumed it was fashion for people but klicky fashion is even better.

Title: Re: PLAYMO FASHION ?
Post by: cachalote on July 31, 2015, 15:07:37

i guess i went a little creative with my interpretation of the article...
 :-[
but the important thing in here is that it seems that geobra is reaching for outside designers.  :)
open your mind and you will grow.
this joint-venture was organized as a promotion for playmobil's fashion-sets.
bastiaan was a playmo-fan when he was a child and was asked to choose some representative fashion trends.
the figures are not for sale.
now, all geobra needs to do is to choose a guy like bastiaan to design the fashion sets and hire a very good marketing company to show them to the world.

if they need someone for the pirate theme, i am available, of course.  :)