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General => News => Topic started by: playmofire on January 31, 2010, 07:27:02
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This has appeared on playmobil.de:
http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/Link-Page?id=QUALITY2010
Thanks to irnm2001 on LG for posting it first.
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Hello Gordon
What is he saying :hissyfit:
PS: I really liked at screen shot
@ 00:48, how would you like your lobby to look like that. I wonder if some FatCat who works for Geobra decorates his spare space with X-large Klickies and now castles & Dragons .
@ 03:00, the big guy is there just to rip the toys apart :**:
Interesting video Thank you Gordon and Mad Nick, I wonder if there is a way to translate ?
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
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PS: I really liked at screen shot
@ 00:48, how would you like your lobby to look like that. I wonder if some FatCat who works for Geobra decorates his spare space with X-large Klickies and now castles & Dragons .
@ 03:00, the big guy is there just to rip the toys apart
:wave: Hi Rasputin you screen shot :camera:
Pingo
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Hello Gordon
What is he saying :hissyfit:
Interesting video Thank you Gordon and Mad Nick, I wonder if there is a way to translate ?
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
I can't promise anything, but I could try to do a rough transcription/translation -- my German is just about up to it. Not something I could do quickly, though -- sorry.
One thing that did strike me as slightly curious was the complete and utter lack of children anywhere in the description of the design and testing of new products.
The video seems to me to be aimed far more at marketing executives for distributors, rather than the ultimate consumers or collectors of the products. A lot of the video is not so much about how Playmobil is made (though obviously there is a good deal of that), but more about how safe the toys are, how thoroughly they are tested, how the production is very modern and hi-tech, and how this is all emphatically not done in China.
Cheers,
AndrewL
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I can't promise anything, but I could try to do a rough transcription/translation -- my German is just about up to it. Not something I could do quickly, though -- sorry.
Thanks for the offer of the translation, Andrew. I, for one, would very much appreciate it when you have the time - just a rough summary of each stage would do.
One thing that did strike me as slightly curious was the complete and utter lack of children anywhere in the description of the design and testing of new products.
Maybe they have come in after that stage, especially as they are concentrating on a tried and tested theme, the fire brigade and, as usual, basing the design on actual designs, in this case Rosenbauer. (OK, the storage compartment openign may not be an actual design, although there is some evidence that it may be.)
The video seems to me to be aimed far more at marketing executives for distributors, rather than the ultimate consumers or collectors of the products. A lot of the video is not so much about how Playmobil is made (though obviously there is a good deal of that), but more about how safe the toys are, how thoroughly they are tested, how the production is very modern and hi-tech, and how this is all emphatically not done in China.
I think it is probably very much aimed at parents in the German market who may not be the ultimate consumers but are the ones who buy for the ultimate consumers and want reassurance as regards quality in its widest sense.
Cheers,
AndrewL
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Interesting video Thank you Gordon and Mad Nick, I wonder if there is a way to translate ?
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
I wonder if there is a way to save it to my hard disk?
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Thanks for the link to that interesting video Gordon & Mad Nick :yup:! I'm glad to see the new Fire Department theme getting so much recognition in this marketing video for once :love:!
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Thanks for the link to that interesting video Gordon & Mad Nick :yup:! I'm glad to see the new Fire Department theme getting so much recognition in this marketing video for once :love:!
Here's an advert for the new range, Bill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1321bc9iquc&feature=related
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One thing that did strike me as slightly curious was the complete and utter lack of children anywhere in the description of the design and testing of new products.
I wondered about that. I guess it's still possible they test new designs with a focus group of children before going into full-blown production, but they didn't show it.
I was amused at the idea of a mum quietly reading a book while four children all ten or under play happily with the fire engines. Maybe in Germany, but I doubt the kids are this quiet in the UK or USA. ;D
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I wonder if there is a way to save it to my hard disk?
:wave: Hi playmoire you can use RealPlayer SP from Apple
Pingo
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Thanks for the link to the video. Although I didn't understand a word, I really liked seeing it. I wish I worked for Playmobil!
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:wave: Hi playmoire you can use RealPlayer SP from Apple
Pingo
Thanks, Pingo, I've downloaded it and saved the video to file. I can hardly believe that an application like that is legal as regards copyright!
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Very interesting video! Thanks for posting.
It is amazing the amount of technical/mechanical investment that has to be made
to produce the pieces, parts for the Playmobil toys 8}
Thanks again,
Jimbo
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Hi Gordon,
Thanks for the link, I found it very interesting.
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I just had a seven year old visitor who was asking how Playmobil was made- this was posted with perfect timing!
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Thank you Gordon, the video was very interesting, very highly automated facilities, wish I knew what they were saying. :wave:
Gepetto
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I was amused at the idea of a mum quietly reading a book while four children all ten or under play happily with the fire engines. Maybe in Germany, but I doubt the kids are this quiet in the UK or USA. ;D
You took the words out of my mouth Martin! :lol: :lol: I couldn't get just two to play quietly without argueing - (I still can't !)
Elaine
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Thanks for posting this GREAT video, Gordon!
It is amazing the amount of technical/mechanical investment that has to be made
to produce the pieces, parts for the Playmobil toys 8}
Jim, they wouldn't let me video the Playmobil factory when I first visited Dietenhofen back in 1986. And, that's a real shame, because the difference in Geobra's automation, then and now, is absolutely mind-boggling. As I said before (somewhere here at Playmofriends), the day that I was there they were all excited about being able to successfully cast the chimp in one operation. Playmobil has certainly come a long, long way in twenty-four years!
Thanks again, Gordon ... and, all the best,
Richard
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Thats a great vidoe Gordon!!
Baden :wave: