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General => Report & Review => Topic started by: Rasputin on January 09, 2024, 03:42:58
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I think this would have been such a nice set to add to many different diorama themes if not for the hideous colors. Was it really necessary to pick such awful colors
A blue roof, who has a blue roof ? Why are most of the windows that terrible puke green but then a few are lavender ? Lavender metal balcony , come on .
Why not just make the dog orange and the horse bright red ? The grass in the picture could have been pink
Did I mention I hate the colors
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They are color blind. I can't think of no other explanation.
Did you see the beautiful Ayuma cart? METALLIC PURPLE. Enough said.
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Oh for the love of god….WHY !
That would have been such a great useful set
Who the hell is charge of color selections over at Geobra ?
Off with their head , please
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Funny but the purple cart reminds me of the gift cart which used to be located at the exit of Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion -- Madame Leota's caravan named "Varda." It was originally conceived as part of a potential attraction called "The Museum of the Weird," but when that wasn't approved the design was repurposed to sell merchandise.
Frankly, with a few added elements and some freehand decorating, it probably would make a nice Varda!
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That would have been such a great useful set
Yes.... It's... I don't know what to say. It's like they mean NOT to sell. I would REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY love to know their purpose. Or maybe I'm better off not knowing.
That and again the idiotic body types. :(
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Perhaps turquoise would have been better?
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Funny but the purple cart reminds me of the gift cart which used to be located at the exit of Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion -- Madame Leota's caravan named "Varda." It was originally conceived as part of a potential attraction called "The Museum of the Weird," but when that wasn't approved the design was repurposed to sell merchandise.
Frankly, with a few added elements and some freehand decorating, it probably would make a nice Varda!
Purple often appears in cartoons as a dark colour. Haunted houses and the like have this colour but usually depicted at night where the purple makes the building stand out against the night sky while still looking sinister. The Scooby Doo mansion is purple for the same reason and probably why your Varda cart was that colour.
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When I first saw the house/stable I though the colours were great but it was a quick glance and my eye was drawn to the yellowish walls and brown parts because previous buildings have had worse colours. The roof should be slate coloured - dark grey. The windows the same colour as the walls or a paler cream colour. I know kids like bright colours but you don't see odd coloured police cars or fire engines. What's wrong with buildings that are realistic colours? Add-on sets with different window and door colours is how it should be done.
I've seen balcony rails in black, grey and white, not purple.
Playmobil does seem to have a thing for purple like when the viking theme came out and the related barbarians - purple everywhere. I bet the themes would have sold better if natural colours and primary colours had been used.
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Playmobil does seem to have a thing for purple like when the viking theme came out and the related barbarians - purple everywhere. I bet the themes would have sold better if natural colours and primary colours had been used.
Purple would be a lesser evil. METALLIC PURPLE?!
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I can live with the blue roof and the green window frames. Lavender is one color too many.
As for the cart, #canihaveitinbrown
I'd even accept a darker purple, but that particular shade reminds me of children's tylenol.
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The mentally deranged side of my brain is going to buy it to see if anything can be done to make it a bit more usable .
It would have fit in so nicely with the western but perhaps it’s destined for the circus
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As for the cart, #canihaveitinbrown
I'd even accept a darker purple, but that particular shade reminds me of children's tylenol.
It's not purple. It's SHINY METALLIC purple.
The mentally deranged side of my brain is going to buy it to see if anything can be done to make it a bit more usable .
It would have fit in so nicely with the western but perhaps it’s destined for the circus
People have painted it (saw a beautiful version on kw) - the sculpt is gorgeous, and trading the oversized chicken (that I love, btw) for horses is trivial, I guess.
However, not everyone is .... gifted that way. And so, instead of selling them by the loads to .. a bunch of different themes.. they sell one for color blind magic themes.
I think it fits with all "old" themes.... if it didn't have that idiotic color. This even looks bad in circus or as a gypsy wagon, imo, where bright and less.. usual.. colors would probably work well.
I would have made it a nicer color (if deemed necessary - NOT! - include color blind STICKERS?)... and with horses. And move the gorgeous overgrown chicken :love: to a different set (like the previous oversized chicken).
The stupid colors (and in that case useless gyzmos) also applies to the novelmore wagon, btw.
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I'm a fan of the Merchant Wagon and don't mind the purple as it is consistent with the jewel tones of the other Novelmore wizards. The metallic silver top and "wooden" stickers which adorn the wagon also mute the purple, to some extent.
It's funny but as garish as the colors are on Waterfall Ranch, what I really don't like is how the windows in the front have windows (with panes and sashes) while the ones on the side have nothing! Yet the same designer stuck idiotic solar panels on the roof! It is as it was designed by a committee which has no concept of the original PM mission of bringing the real world to children.
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People have painted it (saw a beautiful version on kw)
Any chance you can show for ideas , I haven’t been over to KW in many years
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Agreed. It's a disaster. Not just the colours, but also the miss-match of window types and then the solar panels that clash with the overall look of the house.
I think the lilac window panes in the tower could be replaced with the ones from Lucky's house (from the Spirit series).
The main windows seem to be the same sash windows as the ones from the western farmhouse - at first glance.
I assume the door frames will also be standard size.
I think I've seen similar balconies before on other System WHY?! mansions, so I'm guessing that could be replaced too.
But what on earth can you do about the bright blue roof and yellow walls, and all the small, differently shaped windows?
Such a waste :(
I have an 8-y-o daughter and while she's obsessed with unicorns and princesses in pink, I still don't see how she'd prefer this buiding to a more realistic one. This is just... all over the place!
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Any chance you can show for ideas , I haven’t been over to KW in many years
Not my work - I think you need to be registered to load pics : https://klickywelt.de/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=78978
I think I've seen similar balconies before on other System WHY mansions, so I'm guessing that could be replaced to.
Don't take that for granted. Nothing matches these days. It's like they do it on purpose. Or are they THAT ignorant? The fort in asterix is a perfect example.
I have an 8-y-o daughter and while she's obsessed with unicorns and princesses in pink, I still don't see how she'd prefer this buiding to a more realistic one. This is just... all over the place!
My point. Would kids be SO put off for not ridiculous colors? Or at least not SO ridiculous...
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Don't take that for granted. Nothing matches these days. It's like they do it on purpose. Or are they THAT ignorant? The fort in asterix is a perfect example.
Yeah I know, it's a long shot :( I can't be sure, but the balcony at least seems to be the one same one as the 9420 mediterranean style holiday home - it's cast iron black/grey in that set.
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A blue roof, who has a blue roof ?
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I guess whether the colour of something looks odd depends on your own cultural perspective?
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I agree - blue roofs aren't particularly common in the Europe but I have definitely seen (dark) blue roof tiles.
Funnily enough it's not the colours of this one that I dislike particularly - it's certainly not the most garish thing they've put out - but the building itself is a little off for me.
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I guess whether the colour of something looks odd depends on your own cultural perspective?
Guiyang China , ah so it was an expat or passport bro who brought this “water” theme to Geobra then ? Yep Chinese now playmobil’s motivation and influence, this will turn out well
Playmobil’s new Castle design
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Playmobil influence for a classic building
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Ah yes and their marketing staff, seeing the writing on the wall from the financial statements, decided to market to this group of earthlings
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Those look to be blue tarps , it’s a slum in India
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Guiyang China , ah so it was an expat or passport bro who brought this “water” theme to Geobra then ? Yep Chinese now playmobil’s motivation and influence, this will turn out well
Playmobil’s new Castle design
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Literal architectural cancer. And no, I'm not a fan of that stupid glass pyramid at the Louvre either.
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The mentally deranged side of my brain is going to buy it to see if anything can be done to make it a bit more usable .
I recognize the feeling, applaud your courage, and appreciate the review in the other tread. But I'm afraid 71031 Ayuma Fairy Carriage is beyond salvation. It's not just the awful colours - what really bugs me are the proportions: the wagon is way too big for a Klicky - it's, like, two-storey tall? Just put a horse before the cart, it just doesn't fit.
I'm a fan of the Merchant Wagon and don't mind the purple as it is consistent with the jewel tones of the other Novelmore wizards. The metallic silver top and "wooden" stickers which adorn the wagon also mute the purple, to some extent.
I agree! The colours of the 70903 Merchant Carriage are exactly those of the world to which it belongs, Violet Vale, a beautiful ensemble. The wagon is again a little oversized, but not so extreme as the Ayuma Fairy Carriage. I like it quite a bit (bar the cannon :hmm:).