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General => Collector's Corner => Topic started by: Customizer on July 01, 2007, 19:05:35
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Hello Friends,
i need your help !
Find this figure !
But i dont know where he comes from ?! Set ? Year ??
Can you help me ??
worldgreets
Andi
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Hi,
i had the answer !!
Thx Arizzo for the hint !!
picture from collectobil !
(http://www.collectobil.com/images/items/3738.jpg)
worldgreets
Andi
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Glad to know you found the answer, Andi. I was completely stumped. :'(
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A woman with no curves at all..... or is it a man with long hair and ponytails ;)
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Never knew this figure existed before! 8-)
Until Arizzo provided the answer, I thought possibly it was a promotional figure.
Playmobil missed a good opportunity there. The female figure from that set would have been a perfect choice for marketing as an official keychain. I think the wording would have helped it to sell really well.
A woman with no curves at all..... or is it a man with long hair and ponytails ;)
I do think it's definitely a woman. The bows in the hair are a bit of a give-away. ;D
It's not the first time I've seen a woman figure given a male body. Usually it's done when they require some kind of uniform which isn't suited to the female torso.
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I used to have long hair myself, but never put bows in my hair :-[
Which other sets had these male-like women figures?
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I used to have long hair myself, but never put bows in my hair :-[
:lol:
Which other sets had these male-like women figures?
The one I was thinking of when I wrote that was 3305 (http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/ViewProductDetail-Archive?ProductRef=3305%40Sites-DE&CatalogCategoryID=gHsKAANpApcAAAENShsaJ.uY&JumpTo=BrowseStandardCatalog).
I can see why they chose a male body here. This set was released a few years before they introduced the curvy torso and the old-style female dress would have looked a bit wrong on a horserider. I have that figure as a keychain (http://www.justforklicks.com/j4k/keychains/promo/promo.html) too. :)
I haven't seen any flat-chested women in recent sets, but I do have a female golfer keychain with a male torso. It is definitely official merchandise as it's still in the original Playmobil bag. I think the intention in this case was to produce m/f figures that matched each other, but I still think the flat chest looks a bit off on a female figure.
(A big thank you goes to Andi (Customizer) for helping me get these golf keychains. :-*)
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I can also add a female one with a male torso. On the left you can see an original Playmobil figure (for which I must admit, that I still know that I got it originally packaged in a Playmobil bag but I absolutely didn't know anymore from where :-[ ... was it eBay? ... a direct service order add on? ...) which for obvious reasons -- the vest -- has got a male body. On the right you can see a custom work of mine using the same vest on a curved female torso, which actually proves that with a little bit heating via a hot air gun the vest could also made fit on a female body ;D
(BTW the left figure also includes the shown monkey; and the female figure should match the 3240 (http://www.playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3240) zoo male keeper (http://www.playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30%2000%200482) ... or actually is the male keeper with female head and hairs)
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Neat work yet again, Jochen. :)
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If you don't mind i prefer the female with the female curves ;)
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If you don't mind i prefer the female with the female curves ;)
:lol: :lol: :lol: .... me too .... :lol:
I was looking for this figure a year or so ago for myself ... I had found one in an ebay lot and the yellow jacket is unique ... and comes in quite handy for customs ... ;)
btw: I still have long hair ... and with just one black bow in the neck it is looking quite historic and noble ;)