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News / Re: Day of the Dead set 71652
« Last post by Oliver on October 24, 2024, 10:19:28 »I had seen this on social media, but I actually thought it was a fan mock up 
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News / Re: At last! New free gifts!
« Last post by Klickteryx on October 24, 2024, 02:04:09 »It's amazing how Man with portable bbq is in the same price bracket as one of the licenced figures which might only have a single accessory.
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News / Re: Day of the Dead set 71652
« Last post by Klickteryx on October 24, 2024, 01:59:49 »Oh, the fi?ures one done as a normal set. Good idea but I was hoping for something more zombie apocalypse based on the thread title. 
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News / Day of the Dead set 71652
« Last post by Macruran on October 24, 2024, 01:06:28 »Surprised nobody's made a thread about this yet. An incredible-looking set.
https://www.playmobil.com/es-mx/dia-de-los-muertos/71652.html
https://www.playmobil.com/es-mx/dia-de-los-muertos/71652.html
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Photography & Graphics / Re: JLMatterer Photo Gallery
« Last post by JLMatterer on October 24, 2024, 00:57:11 »
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News / Re: New Figure: Thomas Mann
« Last post by Klickteryx on October 23, 2024, 20:10:50 »Also, they like money, and afaik, they don't consider collectors unwanted... nuisances...They did some collector based sets. The original Star Trek sets, Magnum PI, Knight Rider etc. These are really only known to older people - though the original series look of Star Trek did get a reboot with a couple of movies so they're reasonably fresh in terms of pop culture.
The problem is that the modern pop culture they've gone for, Naruto and the bug people, are expensive. What they used to do well was coming up with a generic alternative theme but there is nothing like that. In regards anime there are styles which appear across many programmes so if playmobil made sure not to use specific looks they could create a whole theme that appealed to slightly older children as well as the 'geek community' at large. They've sort of done this with Novelmore but that doesn't match all that closely with anime which is one of the biggest pop culture forms around. They have that cat girl figure who's appeared in a couple of different colours (skirt with tail, cat ears headband) but that type isn't that common, they should have done a school uniform instead - male and female. The advantage of that is that you can sell a whole classroom of kids instead of a single person doing cosplay like the cat girl.
The Mann figure could be useful for a late 19th century/early 20th century generic gentleman type figure if done right. Then multiples of it could be purchased to populate a diorama/game of politicians, judges etc. I still think they need to do a Gutenburg and his printing press and other historic people like Vasco da Gama.
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Photography & Graphics / Re: 31 Days of Jack-o-Lanterns
« Last post by JLMatterer on October 23, 2024, 14:18:22 »Day 23
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News / Re: New Figure: Thomas Mann
« Last post by Rasputin on October 23, 2024, 03:56:25 »Come on now, Lego is way more expensive than Playmobil, which is exactly why they can produce what they produce.
Years of cultivating a relationship with their fans . Encourage your initial customer base ( kids) then reap the rewards into their adulthood
Seems like a found business strategy that’s paying off
On the other hand, ego your attitude and see what happens to your market share , then alienate your next of kin, and leave the empire to a dim witted secretary