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Offline Little Jo

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Easter Eggs Overview
« on: January 12, 2006, 19:10:32 »
Does anybody know an overview about all the easter eggs sets available? I've recently won two from 2005 on eBay and know I'm wondering what has been there already in the past. Is there a site somewhere (on somebody's homepage) where I can have a look to all eggs? (The Playmobil Collector list just a few and for some quartets it's not clear in which year they have been released, e.g. 3975, 4911, and 3078 -- and there are also just only the eggs itself depicted with the small pictorgram of the content but not the real/full content).

Any help/hint appreciated.

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Re: Easter Eggs Overview
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2006, 20:24:28 »
You can see some of the older egg sets and their content at Playkingdoms.

And if you look in the Easter section of the collectobil catalogue, you'll find the 2002 set.

I haven't yet found a website that has ALL the egg sets shown together, but perhaps there is one that another member knows of.  :-\

Seems like this might be a project for you to tackle once you have collected them all, Jochen. ;)

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Re: Easter Eggs Overview
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2006, 20:47:03 »
Thanks Sylvia for the links. So now I know at least that this series has been started from 1997.

Oh my god: 9 years, with each 4 eggs plus the big one  :eh?: ... I even should not think about start collecting them  :no: (particularly as they are not available in Germany ... this would become expensive  :-\).

Seems like this might be a project for you to tackle once you have collected them all, Jochen. ;)

Uh, displaying and presenting them here is really the easier part, but finding (and especially purchasing) them all ...

Only reason for me to get the 2005 red one (4916) was because of the brown, old-styled dog which I hadn't so far in my animal collection; and the green 2005 one was because I've looking quite a while for this/a/the female pet doctor (once in the Special edition but the egg is also fine)

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Re: Easter Eggs Overview
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2006, 21:23:52 »
I'm not absolutely sure that there was a different set released every year. Or maybe that's just the impression I got because they were so hard to get in the UK. :(

You're right... trying to get all of them now would pose a real challenge for any collector! (That's why I passed on the task. ;)) Some of the rarer ones reach very high prices at auction these days.

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Re: Easter Eggs Overview
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2006, 01:29:30 »
Yes, some of the most expensive Playmobil are the eggs.

Side note to Jochen - while the brown dog is old style it is clearly a brand new mold rather than a reuse of the old mold. Photos can be seen you know where  ;)

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Re: Easter Eggs Overview
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2006, 08:33:57 »
Side note to Jochen - while the brown dog is old style it is clearly a brand new mold rather than a reuse of the old mold. Photos can be seen you know where  ;)

Ups, didn't noticed this so far (just received it by yesterday evening and hadn't time to look closely to this  :))
So I should take a look at the "I know where place"  ;D

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Re: Easter Eggs Overview
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2006, 03:15:02 »
WHEN I get the eggs set up, I can take a photo
But I do have a complete collection, not including the spanish eggs.

There was a time when Eggs were released in Germany, and it took a year before the came to the US, or so I believe.
But of late, new eggs are released in France, Spain, and the US.  This year Britian got the 2004 eggs, or so I believe.
My dates are estimates, and the older the eggs, the less reliable the date is.

Set 3975   1997
Red       Magic Gnome          4950
Blue      Wizard Gnome        4951
Green   Robber Gnome        4952
Yellow   Knight Gnome        4953


Animal Eggs   1998/1999   Very Hard to find, and therefore very expensive on Ebay
Orange      Geese   
Blue          Rabbits   (I could use one of these eggs)
Green        Storks   
Yellow       Ducks   


Zirndorf Funpark Opening Day      The figures were randomly put into eggs.
                                   I was able to get 3 different color eggs,  and 3 different sets
Red Sparkle        Skiers
Blue Sparkle       Professor Mobilux and Patrick F Patrick
Orange Sparkle   Man, and two children


Set 3977   1999/2000
Red                Pirate   Patch eye, black hair and beard, red hat with a cream colored feather, green coat and a
                                     hook arm    Perhaps the hardest Pirate to find
Light Blue      Knight /horns on helmet   Light Blue and gold  Perhaps the hardest knight to find
                                     Price has been very high for these on Ebay
Black/Green   Bandit   4620     Two different color eggs were released with the same figure
Yellow            Princess   3345/Fairy Tale Add On


Set 3947     1998/2000   The Strong Four
Red          Sheriff   
Blue         Pirate Red Beard   3860 - Black Corsair, different feather
Green       Indian   
Black        Knight with horns on helmet   Black and dark blue.  Horns are dark blue


Large Egg   2000/2001   

Cardboard, Scene on Egg   Farmer   


Set 3971   2002
Red               Traffic Cop   
Light Blue      Knight/Golden helmet, white feather   
Orange          Girl with Cat   
Yellow            Vet/Doctor   


Set 4911   2003      
Red              Pirate with parrot   
Light Blue    Knight with nob on top of helmet
Orange        Girl with Foal   4571
Yellow          Girl with Rabbits   4529


Set 4915   2004
Red              Victorian Lady   
Light Blue    Knight, Chain mail, nothing on top of helmet
Green          Pirate with Monkey   
Yellow          Girl with Geese   


Set 4916   2005
Red              Pirate with dog   
Blue/Red      Knight   silver/grey helmet with blue feather 
                     Egg was supposed to be blue, but was also released in Red
Green          Female Vet with monkey   
Yellow          Boy with dogs   
« Last Edit: January 17, 2006, 03:24:12 by Meg »

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Re: Easter Eggs Overview
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2006, 12:59:33 »
2006 eggs
Red              Black Knight with horns  (figure from 4517?)
Blue            Pirate with scull (figure from 4581)
Green          Boy with g-kart (4510?)
Yellow          Maiden with little kittens (figure from special 4570)
 8-)

Wow, Meg, you really have them all?  8}

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Re: Easter Eggs Overview
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2006, 15:57:59 »
 :o Wow.

:hmm: You are making me more and more wonder how large you collection actually is ...  ???

But I do have a complete collection, not including the spanish eggs.

What does this mean? Are the spanish ones different?

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Re: Easter Eggs Overview
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2006, 17:25:34 »
Spanish eggs are more of a surprise.. you can't dictate a color to what is inside.  There are numerous figures that were released..