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Brainstorming For Playmobil / Spanish treasure fleet Pirate batch.
« Last post by Rhalius on Today at 16:31:59 »I've mentioned it in another thread so I figure to just write it all down in full how I would imagine a whole batch like this where the Spanish soldiers are again the enemy of the pirates.
-Spanish galleon. (big ship.)
It would use a new mold with a locked treasure room at the front of the ship under a raised platform that can be reached with stairs and like at the back with the cabin, the roof can be removed to play inside.
It could still have a cargo hold but it could be lower than normal to not make the ship too high. A clickie could lay in it, but not sit in it. Instead of a crane the ship could come with a walking plank for clickies and cargo to move on and off the ship.
The crow's nest would be fully round for once, not mostly open. A new mold would be used for that too.
Captain's cabin under the steering wheel would have a bed and two shelves build into the walls to put stuff on.
There would be a treasure chest with gold nuggets and coins included for the treasure room, and two cannons as usual.
There would be no stickers or such that would clearly mark it as a soldier's ship so that flags could easily be changed to make it a pirate ship.
Included clickies would be: An officer with a feathered morion helmet, armour and a nice beard, a standard soldier in armour and two sailors.
-Pirate port. (big land set.)
Would not be a huge set, it would pretty much be a tavern with docks in front which could have an elevated area to put a mortar cannon.
The tavern would be two floors high but most of it is open on the inside, there's stairs going up to a bedroom upstairs with some hammocks for pirates to sleep in.
Would also allow for a steering wheel shaped chandelier to hang from the ceiling which could be dropped down on whoever is below.
There would be a hidden stash under floorboards or in the wall somewhere to hide weapons or treasure.
There would be a bar and some liquor bottles, also a table with two benches and a fancy big chair fit for a pirate captain.
Mugs, an ale cask and plenty of weapons would all be there too of course, and a small row boat. Also playing cards.
Included clickies would be: A red haired pirate wench kind of bartender, a male and female pirate, and an old male pirate captain.
Treasure well. (Medium set.)
A small island with a well on a sand hill, the well is big enough for a clicky to fit in, and is boarded off with wooden planks that can be removed.
There's rocks that can be moved to get under the well too, where there's a cave with a weathered treasure chest. There's also a crocodile and some snakes with the set as added dangers. There's two shovels, a map, a compass and several weapons, a lantern too and a small wooden crane with a bucket that can be lowered down into the well with a rope.
The set comes with a large rowboat, A Spanish armoured soldier and a sailor, and two pirates. So two teams trying to get the treasure first.
Spanish officer. (small set.)
A Spanish officer with a table, a chair, a map, navigating tools, a sword and pistol.
It can all fit into the Galleon's captain's quarters.
Spanish mortar. (small set.)
A mortar cannon with a tray to store the large cannon balls, also a torch.
Comes with two armoured and armed Spanish soldiers.
There is room on the Galleon's front deck to place the mortar.
Pirate ship. (small ship.)
A new mold for a small pirate ship but still similar to the usual small ships. Main difference is a storage compartment under the floorboards behind the steering wheel, big enough to either store a laying clickie in or some weapons or treasure. Great for smuggling. There is a cannon with the ship, a low basket that fits in the storage compartment, some small barrels and weapons too. No treasure. A parrot is included.
Included clickies are: Old female captain with eyepatch and wooden leg, two male pirates as her crew.
Shark bay. (Medium island.)
Could possibly be a super set, it is a small island with a small half open wooden structure of which the roof can be reached over the rocks. There's a partial railing and a small cannon on top for the look out, a barrel table in the structure and a chest to store some tools and weapons. There's a one person cage hanging on a crane of this outpost too, and a shark to feed the prisoner to.
There's also an opening in the rocks somewhere for a small treasure chest filled with gems. Some palm trees and bushes on the island too.
Included clickies are: One haggard looking Spanish soldier who is the prisoner, and two pirates.
Conquistador. (small set.)
A single armoured Spanish soldier on horseback with a saddle that has room to carry a bit of treasure with him. He has a sword and blunderbuss gun.
Raft. (Small set.)
A raft big enough for four clickies to sit on with a sail. There is a shark included.
A pirate and a Spanish sailor are included too, with a few weapons and fish. Unlikely allies against that shark.
Playmobil plus sets to go alongside it:
Spanish soldiers.
Three armed and armoured Spanish soldiers.
Spanish officer.
A Spanish officer with a feathered helmet and a sword.
Pirates.
Three pirates as usual, but ones in rare categories: A black woman, an Asian man and a dwarf. With weapons of course.
Pirate captain.
A haggard looking pirate captain that has a hook, wooden leg and eye patch all on the same side. He has an impressive beard and a feathered hat too.
Docks expansion.
An expansion set for the docks of the pirate island, making that section twice as big.
Pirate apparel.
A set consisting of a variety of pistols, knives, blunderbuss guns and swords.
Also comes with a sash to put weapons in and a baldric, three different pirate hats, a Spanish morion helmet and a chest armour, a necklace too.
There are two regular sized brown barrels with it, four small brown barrels, a simple wooden chest with lid, a reinforced wooden chest with lock too.
A regular cannon with three projectiles is included as well.
A set of gold coins, a set of silver coins, gold nuggets, a small golden statue and other various gold items are included too to make for a treasury.
Tools like a spyglass, axe, shovel, map, torch and such are included too.
And a large rowboat.
-Spanish galleon. (big ship.)
It would use a new mold with a locked treasure room at the front of the ship under a raised platform that can be reached with stairs and like at the back with the cabin, the roof can be removed to play inside.
It could still have a cargo hold but it could be lower than normal to not make the ship too high. A clickie could lay in it, but not sit in it. Instead of a crane the ship could come with a walking plank for clickies and cargo to move on and off the ship.
The crow's nest would be fully round for once, not mostly open. A new mold would be used for that too.
Captain's cabin under the steering wheel would have a bed and two shelves build into the walls to put stuff on.
There would be a treasure chest with gold nuggets and coins included for the treasure room, and two cannons as usual.
There would be no stickers or such that would clearly mark it as a soldier's ship so that flags could easily be changed to make it a pirate ship.
Included clickies would be: An officer with a feathered morion helmet, armour and a nice beard, a standard soldier in armour and two sailors.
-Pirate port. (big land set.)
Would not be a huge set, it would pretty much be a tavern with docks in front which could have an elevated area to put a mortar cannon.
The tavern would be two floors high but most of it is open on the inside, there's stairs going up to a bedroom upstairs with some hammocks for pirates to sleep in.
Would also allow for a steering wheel shaped chandelier to hang from the ceiling which could be dropped down on whoever is below.
There would be a hidden stash under floorboards or in the wall somewhere to hide weapons or treasure.
There would be a bar and some liquor bottles, also a table with two benches and a fancy big chair fit for a pirate captain.
Mugs, an ale cask and plenty of weapons would all be there too of course, and a small row boat. Also playing cards.
Included clickies would be: A red haired pirate wench kind of bartender, a male and female pirate, and an old male pirate captain.
Treasure well. (Medium set.)
A small island with a well on a sand hill, the well is big enough for a clicky to fit in, and is boarded off with wooden planks that can be removed.
There's rocks that can be moved to get under the well too, where there's a cave with a weathered treasure chest. There's also a crocodile and some snakes with the set as added dangers. There's two shovels, a map, a compass and several weapons, a lantern too and a small wooden crane with a bucket that can be lowered down into the well with a rope.
The set comes with a large rowboat, A Spanish armoured soldier and a sailor, and two pirates. So two teams trying to get the treasure first.
Spanish officer. (small set.)
A Spanish officer with a table, a chair, a map, navigating tools, a sword and pistol.
It can all fit into the Galleon's captain's quarters.
Spanish mortar. (small set.)
A mortar cannon with a tray to store the large cannon balls, also a torch.
Comes with two armoured and armed Spanish soldiers.
There is room on the Galleon's front deck to place the mortar.
Pirate ship. (small ship.)
A new mold for a small pirate ship but still similar to the usual small ships. Main difference is a storage compartment under the floorboards behind the steering wheel, big enough to either store a laying clickie in or some weapons or treasure. Great for smuggling. There is a cannon with the ship, a low basket that fits in the storage compartment, some small barrels and weapons too. No treasure. A parrot is included.
Included clickies are: Old female captain with eyepatch and wooden leg, two male pirates as her crew.
Shark bay. (Medium island.)
Could possibly be a super set, it is a small island with a small half open wooden structure of which the roof can be reached over the rocks. There's a partial railing and a small cannon on top for the look out, a barrel table in the structure and a chest to store some tools and weapons. There's a one person cage hanging on a crane of this outpost too, and a shark to feed the prisoner to.
There's also an opening in the rocks somewhere for a small treasure chest filled with gems. Some palm trees and bushes on the island too.
Included clickies are: One haggard looking Spanish soldier who is the prisoner, and two pirates.
Conquistador. (small set.)
A single armoured Spanish soldier on horseback with a saddle that has room to carry a bit of treasure with him. He has a sword and blunderbuss gun.
Raft. (Small set.)
A raft big enough for four clickies to sit on with a sail. There is a shark included.
A pirate and a Spanish sailor are included too, with a few weapons and fish. Unlikely allies against that shark.
Playmobil plus sets to go alongside it:
Spanish soldiers.
Three armed and armoured Spanish soldiers.
Spanish officer.
A Spanish officer with a feathered helmet and a sword.
Pirates.
Three pirates as usual, but ones in rare categories: A black woman, an Asian man and a dwarf. With weapons of course.
Pirate captain.
A haggard looking pirate captain that has a hook, wooden leg and eye patch all on the same side. He has an impressive beard and a feathered hat too.
Docks expansion.
An expansion set for the docks of the pirate island, making that section twice as big.
Pirate apparel.
A set consisting of a variety of pistols, knives, blunderbuss guns and swords.
Also comes with a sash to put weapons in and a baldric, three different pirate hats, a Spanish morion helmet and a chest armour, a necklace too.
There are two regular sized brown barrels with it, four small brown barrels, a simple wooden chest with lid, a reinforced wooden chest with lock too.
A regular cannon with three projectiles is included as well.
A set of gold coins, a set of silver coins, gold nuggets, a small golden statue and other various gold items are included too to make for a treasury.
Tools like a spyglass, axe, shovel, map, torch and such are included too.
And a large rowboat.
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Brainstorming For Playmobil / Re: What's wrong with Playmobil? 2
« Last post by Rhalius on Today at 14:51:04 »Just want to give my two cents after being out of the loop for some years, not following news but still seeing what's in the store and all that:
It feels like they keep pushing in the wrong directions, repeating mistakes. It's very clear in the newest batch of pirate sets.
Ghost pirates did not do well and now they have half sea monster pirates which won't do any better I imagine. Especially not with clickies not having their brown eyes any more.
What's with the coloured eyes? It looks creepy and weird, it does not work for playmobil. Also again a big pirate ship without a cabin. Last time they tried it, they released old reliable yet again pretty quick afterwards.
On the other hand they are getting better at the stuff exclusive to the webstore, having a lot of the victorian sets there and keeping a good amount of the steck buildings around too.
Clearly they know it sells, so my best hopes would be in them doing more rereleases there. Good move to put clickies in with those houses and making it a whole box like an official set.
But the stuff in the regular book... I guess I don't look at much beyond the historic themes since that's what personally interests me but they seem to keep pushing that novelmore hard. Is it really selling that well? I miss the medieval line. Seems they have gone through several batches of Novelmore now and I hate it when they push named characters like that, with weird eyes.
I feel like they need to go back to basics, do something like they did about 12 or so years ago when they brought back a solid medieval theme with the yellow lions and red falcons after the odd dragon knights stuff, and brought in a very solid run of pirates too with the treasure island after the ghost pirates stuff.
They could always draw more inspiration from Spain or Italy for a new Medieval batch, to have it still be a bit different.
And I think it was such a good move back then with the treasure island giving the pirates kind of a subtheme within it with the coins. Only problem was that the island was crazy big, I never got it but got everything else of the batch. Looks great but hard to place and store. But they could go with a new subtheme to give it identity and make it stand out.
I'd go with bringing back the Spanish soldiers and give them a galleon filled with treasure, providing the first big soldier ship in the theme and a target for the pirates.
Who'd still have a smaller ship and could get a nice new island more like the System X one that's easier to store. Maybe with a nice hut that's also a bit of a tavern.
It feels like they keep pushing in the wrong directions, repeating mistakes. It's very clear in the newest batch of pirate sets.
Ghost pirates did not do well and now they have half sea monster pirates which won't do any better I imagine. Especially not with clickies not having their brown eyes any more.
What's with the coloured eyes? It looks creepy and weird, it does not work for playmobil. Also again a big pirate ship without a cabin. Last time they tried it, they released old reliable yet again pretty quick afterwards.
On the other hand they are getting better at the stuff exclusive to the webstore, having a lot of the victorian sets there and keeping a good amount of the steck buildings around too.
Clearly they know it sells, so my best hopes would be in them doing more rereleases there. Good move to put clickies in with those houses and making it a whole box like an official set.
But the stuff in the regular book... I guess I don't look at much beyond the historic themes since that's what personally interests me but they seem to keep pushing that novelmore hard. Is it really selling that well? I miss the medieval line. Seems they have gone through several batches of Novelmore now and I hate it when they push named characters like that, with weird eyes.
I feel like they need to go back to basics, do something like they did about 12 or so years ago when they brought back a solid medieval theme with the yellow lions and red falcons after the odd dragon knights stuff, and brought in a very solid run of pirates too with the treasure island after the ghost pirates stuff.
They could always draw more inspiration from Spain or Italy for a new Medieval batch, to have it still be a bit different.
And I think it was such a good move back then with the treasure island giving the pirates kind of a subtheme within it with the coins. Only problem was that the island was crazy big, I never got it but got everything else of the batch. Looks great but hard to place and store. But they could go with a new subtheme to give it identity and make it stand out.
I'd go with bringing back the Spanish soldiers and give them a galleon filled with treasure, providing the first big soldier ship in the theme and a target for the pirates.
Who'd still have a smaller ship and could get a nice new island more like the System X one that's easier to store. Maybe with a nice hut that's also a bit of a tavern.
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Brainstorming For Playmobil / Re: What's wrong with Playmobil? 2
« Last post by Rasputin on Today at 13:59:58 »Looks like now wiltopia vegan Playmobil will also be getting hit with a price increase due to EU bureaucratic sanctions on agricultural products
Oh what a wicked web we weave when we practice to deceive
If you shoot yourself in the foot, I guess the logic is, shoot the other foot as well
Oh what a wicked web we weave when we practice to deceive
If you shoot yourself in the foot, I guess the logic is, shoot the other foot as well
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News / Re: Not Quite Playmobil News
« Last post by Ismene on Today at 06:26:18 »It's a shame they didn't include a photo of that collection.
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Trains! / RC of train 5258
« Last post by Pachucobrc on May 29, 2024, 02:22:21 »
Hi to everyone, i hope doing amazing
I bought an used train 5258 but without the control, and i cant find in mexico the control, is anyway to get it or make or invent a replacement or something?
Thanks for reading me!
Have a playmoday
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