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Brainstorming For Playmobil / Re: What's wrong with Playmobil? 2

« Last post by Macruran on Today at 01:50:55 »

Several b&ms where I live carried PM but dropped it over the last five years or so. Sales were too slow. 

There was even a local grocery chain that carried a few small sets, which is where I caught my adult Playmofever, but they don't seem to have them anymore either 

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Brainstorming For Playmobil / Re: What's wrong with Playmobil? 2

« Last post by Rasputin on Today at 01:45:01 »

Amazon is the biggest retailer of Playmobil in the US, I suspect they sell more than Playmobil does off their own site. They get exclusive sets, and sometimes early releases of themes not arriving in Playmobil's own store until later.  Their influence on the market and the sucking away of sales from local brick and mortar is a huge factor.

They certainly have better sales also

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Direct Service/Parts Queries / Re: Playmobil DE ordering down?

« Last post by Tiermann on Today at 01:37:50 »

Problem seems to be fixed. I was able to finally complete my order using PayPal like normal without any extra hoop jumping. I did make sure to not allow my browser to translate the site. I have noticed in the past problems with sites where they dont recognize data submissions from auto translated pages.

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Brainstorming For Playmobil / Re: What's wrong with Playmobil? 2

« Last post by Tiermann on Today at 01:33:15 »

Amazon is the biggest retailer of Playmobil in the US, I suspect they sell more than Playmobil does off their own site. They get exclusive sets, and sometimes early releases of themes not arriving in Playmobil's own store until later.  Their influence on the market and the sucking away of sales from local brick and mortar is a huge factor.

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Brainstorming For Playmobil / Re: What's wrong with Playmobil? 2

« Last post by Macruran on Today at 00:28:47 »

Playmobil had a great shelf exposure when it came to brick snd mortar private family shops. The relationships with the store owners was rather odd, but they always , at least in the Bay Area, had plenty of visibility with opened sets to explore. Then most , if not all brick and mortar shops disappeared.

Several b&ms where I live carried PM but dropped it over the last five years or so. Sales were too slow. 

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Brainstorming For Playmobil / Re: What's wrong with Playmobil? 2

« Last post by Rasputin on April 24, 2024, 22:11:51 »

Playmobil had a great shelf exposure when it came to brick snd mortar private family shops. The relationships with the store owners was rather odd, but they always , at least in the Bay Area, had plenty of visibility with opened sets to explore. Then most , if not all brick and mortar shops disappeared.

Playmobil trying to negotiate with Costco, wal-mart, toys r us  and target never seemed to work for any length of time. Most of the time the rotation was so quick that many sets ended up on clearance

Brand recognition is a huge problem in the USA. Most people thought my convention layouts were LEGO . LEGO has a huge cult following with multi generational recognition. Playmobil ….only rich parents knew of it

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News / Re: Playmobil in the News

« Last post by JLMatterer on April 24, 2024, 21:50:17 »

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News / Re: Korean exclusive - King Sejong the Great

« Last post by JLMatterer on April 24, 2024, 18:43:36 »

It is now on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234866287568?itmmeta=01HW8P9G4NFJJ63A2JC63V3632&hash=item36af1f23d0:g:eyoAAOSwaoVmJgAd&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8Kjan%2FpvwzWtZKMzBCqcvYw1kKp6EdRpZ6tKkoW8neP1%2FOooh5Rho3%2BB7RPVdyR%2BOWri%2Faoke8TlDRJUplpztF5NBYCI0N7ECtR3xbq54Wl89g4gx4pNLOKzm3T81gbeZwS9B3yu1%2FPb2yteU3R92N4dvb6ejtAivabJH72Ax%2BXVhNKyEznayF6XL3dVFZcnRoiZdYXfWwRbnUa6Qf9eTIHEBQH1XSbFF%2BUmjOtKaddSENQozsC1AXS%2BbPdGBoXO6lYRhwQY1Ye6FXv9adwQ8g8aTmLyuxwkL0lCX%2FxeyHV%2BVUEsw9PSsPCrMmArZuvHjg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMtIKmluJj

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Mystery Figures Series / Re: Series 25 - 71455 and 71456

« Last post by Indianna on April 24, 2024, 14:46:17 »

   I had to look up the meaning of "plot armor"   

Thank you, Ismene, for a wonderful vocab addition!!   

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Brainstorming For Playmobil / Re: What's wrong with Playmobil? 2

« Last post by JPSA on April 24, 2024, 13:10:11 »

PM's withdrawal from US stores -- most notably Target and Wal-Mart -- is dooming sales here more than anything.

All the more reason for Branstatter to move production to the US: the #1 toy market in the world, in terms of purchases.  They'd probably have an easier time getting shelf space if they were made here.  Plus, the DOJ might be less aggressive, this time, should allegations of price-fixing surface again.  You need to pay to play [-mobil! ☺].