Wow, this morning the site is really fast ...
My understanding is that yesterday (Friday) was a "test" day. So, as you said. "Maybe some launch issue yesterday." is probably absolutely correct, 
Jochen!
Maybe Playmobil will send out two 
thank you email messages:
One to 
Andi for getting all of us there so quickly ...
and
One to all of us for helping them test the new design ... 

All the best,
Richard