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

« Last post by Rasputin on April 28, 2024, 00:33:57 »

I am referring to wasted space in the shipping container.

Yes, there is plenty of wasted space, it’s inside the box .

If a company can fit twice as many sets in the same shipping container that either makes the company more profit or brings down the overall price

When one of my business partners buys shipping containers full of product from China he regularly orders 100’s more just so the container is 100% full . Then it’s less likely to get flagged at port of entry for inspection, saving valuable time and funds .

Pack those box’s full, save the space , bring down the price, sell more volume , make more profit, repeat ……..

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News / Re: Müller Black Knight exclusive

« Last post by Rasputin on April 28, 2024, 00:28:16 »

I think one of the other treats is the golden knight, so that the buyer will still get what he expected to acquire.

So in 100 box’s there are both ?

And I get excited if there is an extra flower bloom

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

« Last post by Macruran on April 27, 2024, 22:56:22 »

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. PLEASE!!! 

I sent you a pm about this a few days ago

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Dioramas & Buildings / Re: Cutaway Castle diorama

« Last post by Tiermann on April 27, 2024, 22:11:09 »

It's an amazing creation. Those interior kitchen fireplaces remind me very much of the kitchen in Albrecht Durer's house in Nuremberg. It's an unusually accurate Playmobil castle.

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News / Re: Müller Black Knight exclusive

« Last post by StJohn on April 27, 2024, 17:20:29 »

So you buy the golden knight and this is the surprise contents ?

I wonder if certain customers  will be angry and call to complain

I think one of the other treats is the golden knight, so that the buyer will still get what he expected to acquire.

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

« Last post by playmofire on April 27, 2024, 15:11:14 »

Absolutely 100% not

There is a massive amount of wasted space

I am referring to wasted space in the shipping container.

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

« Last post by Rasputin on April 27, 2024, 13:16:29 »

I think if you check box sizes you will find that there is a relationship to make the fullest use of space of available space when shipping.

Absolutely 100% not

There is a massive amount of wasted space

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

« Last post by Rasputin on April 27, 2024, 12:57:15 »

International shipping is really high. Playmobil.de doesn't ship international, you have to have it shipped to a German address and then get it reshipped. I do buy sets off of Amazon.de and have them shipped to me in the US which they will do for most Playmobil. For regular sets shipping is still high but the discounts compared to buying full price from Playmobil US make it just slightly more expensive than list price. Since some sets never make it here it's worth it to me for core interests like animal sets for Animobil.

Thanks for the clarification, I was wondering if the German DS started a new international shipping policy and would have been very surprised.

Yea Amazon is quite nice asset for getting non US sets

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News / Re: Müller Black Knight exclusive

« Last post by Rasputin on April 27, 2024, 12:53:24 »

So you buy the golden knight and this is the surprise contents ?

I wonder if certain customers  will be angry and call to complain

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Dioramas & Buildings / Re: Cutaway Castle diorama

« Last post by JPSA on April 27, 2024, 10:21:22 »

I wonder if Steve Crisp's cutaway castle was a source of inspiration ( available as a 1000p puzzle from Ravensburger ).

Steve Crisp is known for his "wimmelbilder" — teeming pictures — art.