Hi everyone!
I went to TRU today, & was able to find only one of the 5843 fire engines in the whole store, because I wanted to see it for myself! When I asked the sales associate how they were selling, I was told that I was lucky to find one because they couldn't keep them on the shelves
! The associate said TRU was at the mercy of the suppling warehouse of what items they received on their restocking order. I am like Rasputin in this review! This item is horrible! I cannot believe that Playmobil has resorted to this level of quality & market thirst
! I am at this point spoiled from the quality of the retired 3526 & 3880 fire engine's
. I am going to return this item, because I don't want Playmobil to have my purchase as a positive market reflection on this item
! I am totally dismayed in regards to the function of this item. All I can figure is Playmobil is going to have two markets for its items in this country. One for the higher scale buyer in the mom & pop, brick & mortar stores, & one for the mass market level Targets, & TRU's. As far as a collector goes, this is a disgrace to the Playmobil name, & I will not endorse this type of quality ever! The only thing that worries me is that Playmobil is receiving a wrong market response to this type of product due to the level of sales with no negative reviews! People are buying this item because of the reputation of quality from the Playmobil name at a can't pass it up price! But I question if people even know what the Playmobil name represents like we do? Do they then swear off buying anything from Playmobil again in the future due to getting Fisher Price quality? I challenge everyone not to buy these inferior Playmobil toys like the chicken dragon with shedding wings, & this poor excuse for a fire engine wanna be, & if they have, to return them to let Playmobil know to change their course of development, or we all may regret not doing anything, because we may be the only voice they will hear! I'll get off my soap box now, ' cause I'm on my way back to TRU to return this piece of
! Oh, & by the way! The instructions for the fire engine wanna be are written in all foreign languages, so it's possible that everyone around the world may get this little slice of heaven in the future instead of a unimog type vehicle?! BEWARE!!!!