More greek Gods?

[csimas]

Pink romans legs maybe an zumba class

[tigana123]

Just FYI, a lot of people in Greek Playmobil FB pages were complaining for the lack of inspiration/accuracy in depicting the Greek Gods, especially since in the message that accompanies the original announcement, they were supposed to be the outcome of year long studies with cooperation between archeologists and education professionals. For example, Poseidon is a "copy" of Zeus with a trident, Artemis the Goddess of Hunting dressed in pink (!!!) etc. A theory is that the "target group" for those figures is (as most cases) preschool or first grade(s) kids thus they tried to make them as "soft" as possible.

[GrahamB]

Thanks tigana.
I still want them!

[Ismene]

"year long studies"
 

[tahra]

"year long studies"
 

Indeed. Though I think it must be one of those "laugh not to cry situations"

More like a 5 mike dip on VERY limited poptubs...

[Hadoque]

the outcome of year long studies with cooperation between archeologists and education professionals

Archeologists with regard to mythical gods and plastic toys? 

[Macruran]

Thanks for the 411 tigana. It's true they're not quite as good as they could be, and I don't blame Greeks for being irritated - after all, it's their culture and they naturally want to see it done well. These gods are obviously being produced after a huge positive response to the Athena and Zeus figures - as I keep saying there's a market for "cultural toys" and Playmo is perfectly set to capture it, if only they paid more attention to accuracy and less to X-TREEM or dumbed down styling.

That being said, they are pretty good, at least for us non-Greeks, and the fact that they exist at all is hugely cheering. They could have been much worse - the degeneration of the Roman theme from its first to its second iteration is an example of how badly things could have gone. Or Don Quixote for goodness' sake! These are nothing as bad as the DQ figure. I look forward to getting my grubby little paws on these guys, and I look forward to further expansion of the line (Aphrodite! Hephaestus! ARES!!!!)

 

[tigana123]

Archeologists with regard to mythical gods and plastic toys? 

Yes, regarding how they should look like according to Greek statues etc.

Or Don Quixote for goodness' sake! These are nothing as bad as the DQ figure.

I heard that Spanish also had similar reaction to us Greeks regarding DQ 

[Ismene]

Yes, regarding how they should look like according to Greek statues etc.

*wants to see the "source" statue with pink shorts*

[tahra]

*wants to see the "source" statue with pink shorts*

Makes two of us.