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Macruran:

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It appears this is a gentleman who has just passed away, and who was known for doing social and political commentary with Playmobil dioramas.

This article in English has many examples of his work. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/greece-mr-plasticobilism_n_563b6937e4b0b24aee490e39 There are some edgy and challenging images, and also a number that seem to be very Greek-localised - in other words difficult for non-Greeks to understand, as they seem to refer to local affairs that outsiders won't know about. A number of the images take strong political positions.

Some pictures are also on his THAT SITE page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044552734485 Some of these are very religious.

I think his work is very interesting. PM dioramas tend to shy away from strong commentary, and I think that's usually for the best, but the possibility is there - klickies and sets often represent real life things, and these can be combined in ways that send various messages.

He appears to have passed away rather young.

Rasputin:
Yep, always misunderstood the artist of “challenging the narrative”


“Even the company itself, Playmobil, responded negatively. “At some point my page was blocked and I thought it was someone from Golden Dawn but it was Playmobil from Germany,”


Got to push past the feeble minded Suppressors/censorshipers

NovaBombardment:
I always think of Playmobil as this utopian universe where just about everything is cheerful, so I can see why the company wasn't happy about this. A shame he passed away though.

Macruran:
Yeah PM's big draw is that it presents a perfectly cheerful place you can escape to - even the Confederate soldiers are smiling and happy! So breaking that isn't something to be done lightly.

Oliver:

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I can't tell you how frequently, as a child, my Playmobil citizenry would rise up and execute their monarchs  :lol:

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