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General => News => Topic started by: StJohn on July 31, 2020, 07:43:19
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... is included in the upcoming Figures 19 Boys: a pic was posted in FB but I have only seen the screenshot at Klickywelt (https://klickywelt.de/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=74582/) (log-in required). Is it presumably an entirely new head shape, even though it looks like the robot in the grainy image - but such head wouldn't suit on a swimsuit body, so I guess it isn't.
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Looks odd, yes. (had just seen the pics on THAT site :( )
What unspired series.
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What unspired series.
I beg to differ: brown pipe! :rock: Klickys are still smoking!! :rainbow: I really thought that would have been impossible in this day and age but, no, there he is again. Geobra never ceases to amaze me.
The troubadour fellow is also great, as is the griffin knight. Boys are definitely cool, can't wait for them. Haven't checked out the girls yet. :-[
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There are.. what? 4 pregnant torsos? And they use one of them.
At first look I thought those were fake, given the reuse of parts - I saw the girls first. Ridiculous.
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I only want to focus on the boys. Here is a picture of all the Figures Boys 19 (70565):
(http://i.imgur.com/Vd6r3ou.png) (https://imgur.com/Vd6r3ou)
I got the image from Sonnenblume at Klickywelt (https://klickywelt.de/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=74582) (log-in required)
Perhaps the title of this thread can be altered to include the words Figures Boys 19 70565. GrahamB? :hatoff:
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Looking at this better picture again, could it just be so that the Crash Test Dummy's head is tiltable? It would be so great to violently slam it back and forth in a crash test situation. Whiplash for Klickys! What do others see?
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I beg to differ: brown pipe! :rock: Klickys are still smoking!! :rainbow: I really thought that would have been impossible in this day and age but, no, there he is again. Geobra never ceases to amaze me.
The troubadour fellow is also great, as is the griffin knight. Boys are definitely cool, can't wait for them. Haven't checked out the girls yet. :-[
I'm also surprised at the pipe - and the fisherman is a nice figure even without it!
The troubadour is lovely. I quite like the thief - I assume it's a repeat, but I've not seen the crow bar before (or forgotten it.....)
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Interesting. The head does look like a different joint possibly. Am I the only one that sees the crash test dummy as only a tiny step removed from C-3PO of Star Wars fame??
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Am I the only one that sees the crash test dummy as only a tiny step removed from C-3PO of Star Wars fame??
:o
By the GODS. You're right! Though I am not a fan - I like Artooie a lot more, but still.. if he could be sorted, a C3PO would be awesome!
I do wish they'd stop using bare feet though.. a "neutral" foot, like the klickys of old would work a LOT better everytime (except when the klicky is actually barefoot..)
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Series 19 is coming out in January 2021 ... That's a long wait. :(
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Series 19 is coming out in January 2021 ... That's a long wait. :(
Too soon for my wallet.
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Love the medieval guitar player. And Indy... yes!
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Any pictures of the girls yet?
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Any pictures of the girls yet?
OK, then. The catalogues are online so no need to hold back. Here are the girls 70566:
(http://i.imgur.com/kL3mO9F.jpg) (https://imgur.com/kL3mO9F)
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What is the woman with binoculars? A bird watcher? Is she holding a bird?
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I don’t feel like there was any imagination used for the female mystery figured. Not like the Crash Test Dummy anyway
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I don’t feel like there was any imagination used for the female mystery figured. Not like the Crash Test Dummy anyway
I dunno.. what's happening to the audio book?
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What is the woman with binoculars? A bird watcher? Is she holding a bird?
Looks like the scorpion robot to me
Not too impressed with these, though the wand in that color is great
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Looks like the scorpion robot to me
Agree. And I think that's a man. Again. >:(
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Of the girls, the violin player is interesting, especially that thing around her neck. Would be cool to see it in close-up.
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Is that really a pig, on the Wild Knight's shield (boys)? Would be a first in PM heraldry. About time, because it's a great animal.
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Yes, I think so, a wild boar probably and definitely new
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Of the girls, the violin player is interesting, especially that thing around her neck. Would be cool to see it in close-up.
Agree... it's brownish :love:
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The neck thing looks like a repaint of an Egyptian neckpiece.
The troubadour is an absolute must have! Renaissance theme when? (note: I know troubadours were not Renaissance, we already have a medieval theme I just want more historical themes).
The burglar looks old timey - perhaps he's a yegg?
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There is also a crashtest-dummy as passenger in set 70551 "Crashcar", release about a month earlier.
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:woohoo: Series 19 is out now, but the shops are closed!! :hissyfit: :wall: The pain, the frustration. :'(
Just looking at the pics at eBay is small consolation. The Wild Boar Knight is quite something, at any rate.
Fingers crossed that I can set out to hunt next month.
Best wishes
StJohn
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Toy shops and department stores may be closed but we still have a drugstore chain, Müller, which can stay open because of its essential stock. Some of its shops also sell toys. :D First shop that I visited today had its toy section closed, but it was business as usual at the second. There a fresh 48 box was waiting for me. :yippee: What joy in sad times. :D
Back in the summer we were wondering about the frame of the crash test dummy. Now we can see that they produced a handy new part that allows you to combine click-on heads with figures frames:
(https://i.imgur.com/B7FFuz9.jpg?1)
With it you can also mount different click-on heads onto your figures:
(https://i.imgur.com/Wbs5TBS.jpg)
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Great news! Did you get all the figures?
That click-on adapter could be very useful. I wonder if the part number will show up? And what other heads might fit?
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Here too, every non-essential stores have been closed and stores that sell essentials had to block off any sections that have non-essentials products.
This new series looks very nice and that neck adapter will make that dummy very popular for those who want to ad skulls to their regular klickies.
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Now we can see that they produced a handy new part that allows you to combine click-on heads with figures frames:
Can we pull that piece easily? From non-figure frames? Do you know?
Cause it looks hard to pop....
Looking forward to getting my grabby little hands on them :)
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Very interesting to see, thanks Frans!
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Can we pull that piece easily? From non-figure frames? Do you know?
I haven't tried. It is small and there isn't much to hold on to, so I believe the part is difficult to remove from a regular frame. Putting Figures heads on regular frames is a no go for me, at any rate (although some people swear by it 8})
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Did you get all the figures?
Only those that I fancied. I'm picky when it comes to picking Figures. Of the Girls I usually fancy only few, just 2 this time.
The Space Assassin is looking plain weird:
(https://i.imgur.com/U7X883T.jpg)
but underneath all the accoutrements a very nice figure is hiding:
(https://i.imgur.com/UbA8cOL.jpg)
I might need another one, just to get a pair of each arm.
The Violin Player is one refined lady. Just strange that the hair is different than shown on the packaging:
(https://i.imgur.com/D2DcrPt.jpg)
The collar surely is the best part. Not a "repaint of an Egyptian neckpiece", Macruran, but the well-known medieval cloth collar with nice printing.
You'll hopefully agree that the skirt is terrible. A lamp shade in harsh colours and brutal printing. Underneath it a nice figure is hiding, one that reminds me more of a rustic archer than a Vienna salon tigress. Just needs better arms.
(https://i.imgur.com/OOTxSVI.jpg)
She may keep her eyeshadow, for the moment. I haven't seen it yet on a Playmobil face.
Best wishes
StJohn
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I haven't tried. It is small and there isn't much to hold on to, so I believe the part is difficult to remove from a regular frame. Putting Figures heads on regular frames is a no go for me, at any rate (although some people swear by it 8})
Thanks. Well.. but it's doable in figure frames, right? It's not like I lack those :P
Now.. does anyone have the non-figures dummy?
You know me, I NEED to pop everyone! ::) :-[
The Space Assassin is looking plain weird:
Really? I love her. Not as is, but.... LOVE the colors. Shame about the legs - everyone is probably sick and tired of reading how I don't much like those - but gorgeous colors!
The collar surely is the best part.
Yep :love:
She may keep her eyeshadow, for the moment. I haven't seen it yet on a Playmobil face.
I believe those showed quite some time ago, perhaps in an ice skater figure?
Can't wait to get my hands on mine...
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Actually.. how DID you pull that dummy "neck" out of the torso/frame?
Any trick to it? I didn't manage with bare hands :-[
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Actually.. how DID you pull that dummy "neck" out of the torso/frame?
Any trick to it?
True: it's a bit tricky but you can hold on to the bit sticking out to the back. I can pull it out without tools.
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True: it's a bit tricky but you can hold on to the bit sticking out to the back. I can pull it out without tools.
Yes, I used a pen cap as a lever.... not very easy though... Ok, I admit I am not the handiest person about.. but still.
I am not sure a non-figure one will be poppable. Not that it matters, besides the principle of the thing.. I guess.
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I was looking forward to the Griffin Knight. His coat of arms is ancient, first seen as a sticker in the 1970s (as you can learn from Tim's unmissable heraldry survey at Animobil (http://animobil.info/shields/text/5d0863aa-597.html)); it is the only coat of arms to remain in use throughout Playmobil's history. Since then this House has given us the original siege tower 3887 (https://www.playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3887) and the suburb castle 5783 (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=5783). A very distinguished house, yet its coat of arms has never featured as torso print – until now! Griffin Knight was hotly anticipated.
And it is a nice figure. The green belt used to be rare but can now be obtained in abundance. Armour arms and knight "chicken legs" have their appeal for some (I'm not a great fan), the helm and its griffin crest are fine, and so is the shield, cloak and weapons. But the body is what really matters, and there I feel a bit let down because the coat of arms is printed too far up. You cannot apply loads of collars (chainmail for example, my collar of choice) without obscuring half a griffin's head! The only sensible thing to do is to put on a cloak, as in the original, which does limit customising potential.
(https://i.imgur.com/PF5YqKM.jpg)
A minor objection is the skin colour of the head, slightly darker than plain. I never have enough matching arms to accommodate an influx of new heads of this colour, and would have welcomed plain ones. A very minor, quite subjective objection.
All in all I'm happy but not completely over the moon.
Best wishes
StJohn
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I like the knight too... And I agree with you regarding the legs - I don't like those pointy feet ones - either version. I much prefer the ones you used.
At least the guy is tan - dark tan is a LOT more challenging...
That printed torso DID exist before: https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-00-3372 - but not common, especially on this side of the pond. A fellow american playmofriend found me one years ago :)
I hadn't thought of the "high printed" chicken... Not many options, indeed. I didn't get to series 19 yet :(
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That printed torso DID exist before
:doh: You're absolutely right! The funny thing is, I do have one 5788 Griffin Knight in my boxes – but he completely slipped my mind. The bodies are indeed identical, and the figure is pretty much the same as the version that I did just now. Some memory must have guided me.
5788 also has the desirable medieval horse saddle breeching (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-27-2280) and other tack in that very distinctive Griffin Knights Green – the colour of the knight's belt. Helm feathers of that very same colour are included with castle 5783. It's quite double-edged in a typical way of my Playmobil passion: on the one hand it's majestic that there are parts in a very distinctive colour to match a particular coat of arms, on the other frustrating to see them in severely limited circulation. It just means I'll never be able to give up on scouring eBay 8}
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:doh: You're absolutely right! The funny thing is, I do have one 5788 Griffin Knight in my boxes – but he completely slipped my mind. The bodies are indeed identical, and the figure is pretty much the same as the version that I did just now. Some memory must have guided me.
I am always afraid to klick someone I klicked before....
It just means I'll never be able to give up on scouring eBay 8}
Yep! Since playmobil does not want the money for themselves, right?
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The Wild Boar Knight is quite something, at any rate.
"Orc" has meanwhile been established as its name, and this figure really is the cream of this series. I mean, philosophically speaking Crash Test Dummy may be unmatched* but I cannot see much play potential there for myself. That is very different with Orc, as is being demonstrated in another thread (https://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=17361.0/). He works best in groups:
(https://i.imgur.com/ZJXv1C9.jpg)
I have rounded up a gang of 10, which should be enough for my needs.
Orc's body is the moulded breastplate of the Romans figures, which really only accommodates one type of belt: the sword-belt with loop on front; all others do not fit the body sculpt, including the brown fur one supplied in the bag. So that needs changing.
Orc's arms are muscular, first seen with the Hoplite in Figures Boys 11 and a pirate of around the same time. I didn't like them much on either one, but do enjoy them in this instance. The arms seem to work better here because of his heavier, sculptured body and especially because of the long armguards that cover the skinny lower arms. These look splendid on muscle arms, and should be applied to each and every muscle arm in the catalogue.
(https://i.imgur.com/aeb4gIQ.jpg)
I'm having a hard time finding regular bodies of the exact same colour as Orc. So far I have only found one, on a tomb robber (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-00-8353), shown above. Playmofriends, I need your help: are there more?
Orc's weapon is from the Temple Guardians (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30%2020%207092). His shield is nice, but not necessarily in great numbers. I don't care much for the helmet.
Pretty happy with this guy!
Best wishes
StJohn
* Playmobil is unique as a toy concept solidly centred on the human body, so what superb self-reflection to launch a replicated replica of what you have been replicating since the beginning!
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"Orc" has meanwhile been established as its name, and this figure really is the cream of this series.
I agree with your assessment.. ;D
The belt was very disappointing - well, not the belt, the torso used was the problem. Would have worked better with a printed armor, imo.
Still didn't get there (s19, I mean)... I imagine I will face the same problem - matching color. I will let you know if the poptubs produce any other match ;)
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Finally found series 19 in stores. Out of 9 bags, I only got a set of double.
I got: the adventurer, bard, orc, astronaut, crash test dummy, MMA fighter x 2, doctor and the knight.
This series is pretty cool.