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Title: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on February 22, 2019, 15:39:31
There are a few sets released only to merchants or by some other marketing method, whose instructions have not shown up on the official site. If anyone has them, please send me scans so I may inventory the sets! Here's the list.
PlaymoDB List - Exclusive sets 2017-2018 missing instructions (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=9366,9395,9396,9397,9400,9451,9503,9504,9522,9532,9533,9539,9542,9543;title=Exclusive%20sets%202017-2018%20missing%20instructions)

As always, promotional sets and give-aways are not likely to have instructions, but I'd like to have confirmation of that, and scans of any inserts that might come with them. I've discovered part-numbers for leaflets for some of the Greek Gods - anyone have any more info?
PlaymoDB Sets By Theme - Gift Series, Promotional / Focus - Klickies (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/sets.pl?theme=Gift+Series%2CPromotional;pics=on;sortby=released;focus=Klickies;page=3)


Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on February 23, 2019, 15:35:48
Hi Heather!
Unfortunately I can't help with any of these items (though I really wish I had 9451 Museum Robbery!)  but I was wondering about your mention of part numbers for leaflets.  I have many old leaflets (long separated from their original sets.)  Is there any info I can give you from those old leaflets that would be of use to you? 
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Tiermann on February 24, 2019, 19:48:17
Hi Heather, your list is missing 9534 to 9537 the other German Red Cross sets.
Also maybe 9519 and 9520 the Greek Play and Give sets, do those have instructions this time?
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on February 24, 2019, 21:34:48
Hi Heather!
Unfortunately I can't help with any of these items (though I really wish I had 9451 Museum Robbery!)  but I was wondering about your mention of part numbers for leaflets.  I have many old leaflets (long separated from their original sets.)  Is there any info I can give you from those old leaflets that would be of use to you?
Thanks anyway, Anne. (I know, re: Museum Robbery, looks great!) If it's catalogues you have, I can always use scans of old catalogues. I do have a bunch entered - see the Paper-Catalogues category (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/category.pl?sortby=description%2Cpartnum;page=4;category=Paper-Catalogue;year=;pics=on) - but I'm not allowed to publish the whole item, so I'm making thumbnails of the covers, and slowly (very slowly) making lists of the sets that appear in each, such as PlaymoDB Sets listed in "Folded sheet 2006 (Romans)" (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/catalogue_contents.pl?partnum=30%2088%204172;sortby=theme). With enough of this kind of data, we can track when and where sets were issued and re-issued.

Other leaflets: like what? Instructions? Check the set to see if I have them, and if it's the same part number you have. Other things? promo sheets, posters, merchandise of some sort? Hard to place in the DB, but I bet people would still like to see them.
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on February 24, 2019, 21:36:43
Hi Heather, your list is missing 9534 to 9537 the other German Red Cross sets.
Also maybe 9519 and 9520 the Greek Play and Give sets, do those have instructions this time?

Thanks Tim - yes, info needed here as well!
PlaymoDB List - Red Cross Sets 2018 (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=9534,9535,9536,9537;title=Red%20Cross%20Sets%202018)
http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=9519,9520;title=Play%20and%20Give%202018
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on February 24, 2019, 21:56:41

Other leaflets: like what? Instructions? Check the set to see if I have them, and if it's the same part number you have. Other things? promo sheets, posters, merchandise of some sort? Hard to place in the DB, but I bet people would still like to see them.

I didn't realize Playmodb had such an extensive numbered list of catalogs and the like. :love:  What I was thinking of were the mini-catalogs that come with many sets, so now I can check your list to see what you already have.  I do also have a lot of old full-size catalogs and misc. odds and ends (I seem never to throw anything away  ::) )  I'll check as soon as possible.  :)
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on February 24, 2019, 22:13:13
I didn't realize Playmodb had such an extensive numbered list of catalogs and the like. :love:  What I was thinking of were the mini-catalogs that come with many sets, so now I can check your list to see what you already have.  I do also have a lot of old full-size catalogs and misc. odds and ends (I seem never to throw anything away  ::) )  I'll check as soon as possible.  :)

Fantastic! I do have more in my own queue waiting to be scanned, so I'll get at that so we don't duplicate efforts. I may have a cover but no inside info, though, so a big parts-list of what you have would be great.
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Ismene on February 25, 2019, 07:01:43
The second batch of Greek gods had little info cards. I found Artemis'. I assume Demeter's and Hermes' are lurking, somewhere.

I'm in the middle of a mass reorganization. I haven't quite gotten to the Playmobil yet, but this may entail chucking some of the paper goods. So keep us informed on what you need (for the lists you posted, I just have the second Greek gods batch).
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on February 25, 2019, 15:27:11
The second batch of Greek gods had little info cards. I found Artemis'. I assume Demeter's and Hermes' are lurking, somewhere.

I'm in the middle of a mass reorganization. I haven't quite gotten to the Playmobil yet, but this may entail chucking some of the paper goods. So keep us informed on what you need (for the lists you posted, I just have the second Greek gods batch).

Got the cards for the first batch of Greek gods - they were on the Playmobil Greece Facebook site! I won't reproduce them except as thumbnail, but you can look for yourself. https://www.facebook.com/pg/PlaymobilHellas/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1850717851606146

Boxes...

Zeus and Athena have "Play and Give" boxes and "History" boxes - I wonder if the inserts are different. If you have the boxes, Ismene, please send me the partnumber of the box (found near the copyright date) - that'll help tell when the different boxes were in production.

Actually, snaps of that section of any boxes would be good - the code there (AFS, PW, etc) is common among dimensions and style of box, so I can figure that out too! I confess I've taken a lot of pics in stores :) and those plus my own, are here: PlaymoDB Part Categories - Support (Packaging) (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/category.pl?sortby=description%2Cpartnum&page=1&category=Support-Packaging&pics=on). At the moment they don't link back to the sets where they came from - that would add them to the main inventory for a set and throw my count off. But I'll see what I can do to fix that, make it more useful.
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Ismene on February 26, 2019, 02:53:01
My Zeus and Athena are Play + Give. There's a 14.5 by 21 cm fold out mini poster picturing Zeus and Athena that I assume came with them, instead of the info cards (at least I haven't found any info cards for Zeus and Athena).

Assuming I've found the right number, the box numbers are 30916504/PE (Athena) and 30916494/PE (Zeus). It's too dark right now to take pictures, so I'll try to do those another day.
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on February 26, 2019, 12:57:21
My Zeus and Athena are Play + Give. There's a 14.5 by 21 cm fold out mini poster picturing Zeus and Athena that I assume came with them, instead of the info cards (at least I haven't found any info cards for Zeus and Athena).

Assuming I've found the right number, the box numbers are 30916504/PE (Athena) and 30916494/PE (Zeus). It's too dark right now to take pictures, so I'll try to do those another day.

Neato! Noted. Yes, they look like the right numbers, so I'll put them in. There's another thread about the Gods that I bet would be a good place to post the poster, when you can.
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on February 26, 2019, 17:32:07

At the moment [boxes] don't link back to the sets where they came from - that would add them to the main inventory for a set and throw my count off. But I'll see what I can do to fix that, make it more useful.

Fixed. On set-pages there is now a "Extra parts not included in inventory" section, containing packaging, replaced parts, anything odd that shouldn't be in the main inventory but is associated with the set; and part-pages have a "Sets in which this part is extra to inventory" section, the reverse.

e.g.:
30 91 6494 - Set box for 9149 (Play and Give) (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-91-6494)
9149 - Play and Give Zeus (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=9149)
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on March 09, 2019, 19:01:26
Hi again, Heather!  :wave:

I've located some of my paper items and I've tried to check the db to see if you have them - so far, I seem to have 3 folded paper items that you don't have: Jungle 30895580/04.00  (I'm assuming that means it was printed in April 2000), Victorian 3088518/04.96 and one really old "Playmobil System" one that doesn't have a number or date printed on it.

I have a lot more stuff, including mini-catalogs, price list booklets, Add-ons catalogs, small catalogs (10.5cm x 15cm), full size catalogs.  Am I right that the Playmodb part number search function doesn't work for the paper items?  Can it be tweaked to handle paper item searches?  It's hard to look through the whole 5 page list of numbers as they don't seem to be in numerical order. 

Please let me know how these items can be useful to Playmodb.   :)

Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Ismene on March 09, 2019, 21:24:04
Boxes and other Packaging Numbers (trying to get photos uploaded somewhere)

30794863/01.15 (no set number - I forgot what we called this guy - historical German police with spikey helmet)
4739/30903173/PDu
4778/30941163/PDu
5090/30940094/PDu   (double check)
5410/30960883/PDu
5425/30932543/DE
5514/30941123/DW
5589/30938633/PW
5591/30961943/PW
6099/30942283/PDu
6799/30910024/PF
6825/30911234/PDu
6843/30911754/DW
6925/30910074/PF
9124/30914364/PE
9149/30916494/PE
9150/30916504/PE
9211/30916744/PE
9295/30908235/PE
9483/30907765/PE
9523/30915265/PE
9524/30915315/PE
9525/30915275/PE
9526/30915235/PE
PCC 2015 30823954
PCC 2016 Jeanne d’Arc 30917944/06.16
PCC Tim 30961823/10.13
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on March 10, 2019, 21:24:25
. . . It's hard to look through the whole 5 page list of numbers as they don't seem to be in numerical order.   :)

I AM SUCH A DODO :lol: 
If only I had looked at the top or bottom of the Playmodb page where it says, "Sort above results by... Part number ... Description ... Colour ... Date first appearing" . . .  :doh:

(Thanks, Graham!)
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on March 10, 2019, 23:15:09
Thanks Ismene and Indianna! Ismene, just a list like that is easy for me to check, no worries. Of regular sets, I have 4739, 5410, 5591, 9149, 9150; the rest are new to me. The German policeman has a "30 79" number, so I had that: 30 79 4863 - Prussian Soldier (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-79-4863). I still haven't hit upon a good way of cataloguing sets without any numbers like the PCC promos. (I think the "30 82" and "30 91" numbers are the packaging.) When I do, I'll use that info, though, so thank you.

Actually for anyone typing up numbers, the whole string like "FS195/5410/30960883/PDu" is great because the FS195 part is the same for all box dimensions and type (blister, hangtab, clamshell, sleeve, top/bottom etc.)! so I can look that up as well, given that string of characters. (The box-type is (for some) in the part name; dimensions display is a "coming soon" feature.) I don't know for sure what the end couple of characters like "PDu" mean, but I bet they mean something, so I'm keeping them in.

Indianna, don't feel dumb... it's really hard for me to test the site for usability, since I'm staring at it non-stop and know exactly how it works! So that's a failure of the site, not you. I've put the sort feature at the top too - hope that helps.

Carry on, this is all useful stuff! [nerd meter in the red zone]
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Ismene on March 11, 2019, 09:25:45
Oh, the first part is the package type! Here are all the boxes I've found (though I won't rule out the possibility of there being lurkers somewhere else). The ones with asterisks are from the initial list.

KS 009/3996/30953750/ 4.00
PS001/4194/30927232/P/
AFS 009/4239/30955812/PF
MZ 003/4299/30961980/PF/01.10
FS199/4577/30935793/P
FS 062/4611/30916450/10.0 (last digit damaged)
FS 062/4627/30904542/4.04
FS 199/4642/30910602/2.05
FS 199/4658/30924852/P/
FS 199/4673/30934042/PW
FS 199/4678/30937692/PW/
FS112/4739/30903173/PDu*
FS195/4778/30941163/PDu*
MZ001/4885/30961800/PW
MZ 001/4886/30966242/PW
FS122/4888/30961750/PW
5045/30903163/PDu
BK010/5054/30934223/D/
FS195/5056/30960223/PDu
FS112/5067/30966153/PDu
C.021/5090/30940094/PDu*  (double check)
MZ004/5110/30915993/PF
FS 108/5314/3093159/07.98
BK010/5242/30960543/DDu/
FS 112/5270/30923623/PF
FS 111/5401/3092296/10.90
5405    FS 111 30 92 046 720 441 04.90 (This box is really old. The number is under the glue; there’s more to it, but I can’t get the glue all the way off.)
FS195/5410/30960883/PDu*
FS195/5411/30960133/PDu
DZ004/5425/30932543/DE            D/12/13 *
FS112/5477/30934713/PP (double check)
FS 102/5506/3092050/07.90
BK010/5514/30941123/DW*
MZ001/5589/30938633/PW*
BK005/5591/30961943/PW*
BK010/5849/30948072/DF/
SDZ002/5955/30901043/PF
FS112/5957/30919473/PF
FS299/6099/30942283/PDu*
FS299/6105/30968152/PDu
FS299/6107/30969842/PDu
C.021/6799/30910024/PF*
BK051/6825/30911234/PDu*
BK010/6843/30911754/DW*
C.021/6925/30910074/PF*
K_05H/9042/30913484/PF/01/ 16
A.011/9124/30914364/PE*
C.021/9149/30916494/PE*
C.021/9150/30916504/PE*
I.04A/9166/30919924/PDu
A.011/9211/30916744/PE*
A.011/9295/30908235/PE*
C.021/9483/30907765/PE*
C.021/9523/30915265/PE*
C.021/9524/30915315/PE*
C.021/9525/30915275/PE*
C.021/9526/30915235/PE*
40 year anniversary knight duo pack 30791743
Anniversary knight 3093 9343/10.13
Anniversary princess 3093 9353/10.13
Lechuza 30799362
PCC 2013 White Knight 30927943/12.12
PCC 2014 Marco Polo 30942733/05.14
PCC 2015 30823954*
PCC 2016 Jeanne d’Arc 30917944/06.16*
PCC Tim 30961823/10.13*
Prussian Soldier 30794863/01.15 *
Sparkasse 30809183
30898282 (from a paper that must have come in a DS bag or a clear pillow box)
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on March 11, 2019, 22:00:28
So . . . . now that I've figured out how to read and use instructions . . . . .

I have found several posters, 2 bonus stickers, 2 unused sticker pages, some un-numbered stickers, plus several folded papers, mini-catalogs, and medium catalogs that don't appear on Playmodb (haven't checked everything yet, though.) 

Heather, shall I send you scans of the front pages along with the numbers?  If so, shall I post those here or should I email them to you?  Regarding the posters, I could try taking a picture of the whole thing with my phone - the quality might not be great but I think you only show thumbnails, anyway.  I also have 2 large plastic bags each with different printing but both with the number 87052 - I think these were given out by FAO Schwarz back in the day when they were a proper toy store.   :'(

This is turning into an excellent organizational exercise!  8}  ;D
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on March 12, 2019, 02:22:10
Sounds great... it is fun to look through all this stuff, isn't it! I have a zippered binder just for catalogues in sheet protectors, and it is HEAVY. Lists: yes, a photo of the cover with the number showing is great - if I need full scans of something I'll ask. Email is fine, although I bet anyone still reading this far would like to see some of the rarer things. Items without numbers (stickers etc) I can't do anything with. Posters - yes, a cellphone shot is good - I might post 200- to 500-pixel thumbnails, just so people can see which one it is, but not huge fullsize prints.

Ismene, I'm halfway through your list! Getting there!
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on March 12, 2019, 19:50:42
Here are a few items to start, numbers shown on stickers.  :)(http://)
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on March 12, 2019, 19:53:09
. . . and a few more:
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on March 14, 2019, 17:49:56
Hey, Heather . . .

. . . A weird thing happened: I was making a list of catalogs, etc., trying to leave off the ones you already have, and as I checked the Playmodb paper/catalog section sorted by part number, I noticed a problem with the numbers in the list.  On page 3 the sorted numbers go directly from 30899850 to 30890772 with the 8 following numbers continuing in order as a group, but with all 8 item numbers being out of proper order within the list as a whole.  Not being a coder myself, I can't figure out why this would happen.   :eh?:
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on March 15, 2019, 13:34:10
Right -thanks for pointing that out. The sorting of partnumbers is not how you'd expect; they're actually sorted by the first four digits, then the LAST DIGIT, then the remaining three. That's the order in which Playmobil issues the numbers, sort of. In other words, these are in order according to the rules:

30 89 8700 Booklet medium 1999 (Victorian)
30 89 9010 Catalogue 2001 mini (Pirates)
30 89 9850 Booklet medium 2001 (Pirates)
30 89 0772 Catalogue 2003 mini (Vikings)
30 89 0832 Catalogue 2002 full-size (Christmas theme)
30 89 0842 Catalogue 2002 full-size (Christmas theme)

I did this so that parts that were actually issued together, appear together in sequence. (Part numbers outside of the 30 xx xxxx pattern just fall into regular order.) It's more obvious in other categories, like PlaymoDB Part Categories - Klicky (Adult female) (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/category.pl?cat=Klicky;subcat=Adult%20female;pics=;sortby=partnum;page=17) where on page 17 you can see 30 14 9970 followed immediately by 30 14 0002. If they were sorted strictly numerically, the first page would look like this:

30 14 0000 Royal mother
30 14 0009 (no name)
30 14 0019 Pirate, female, red coat, long blue hair (Ruby)
30 14 0029 Pirate, female, red coat, long blue hair (Ruby)
30 14 0032 Astrid (dragon rider, long pale yellow braid over shoulder, brown clothes)
30 14 0039 Twinkle Fairy
30 14 0040 Lady, purple dress, red shoes
30 14 0042 (no name)
30 14 0052 Spytruck pilot, female, blonde, white/orange uniform
30 14 0059 (no name)
30 14 0060 Lady with long yellow dress
30 14 0062 Woman, short brown hair, orange ski suit, white scarf
30 14 0069 (no name)
30 14 0070 Washerwoman
30 14 0072 Woman, long black ponytail, pink/green winter jacket
30 14 0089 (no name)

Victorians mixed in with Super 4's with parts from 2017. (I've really got to get on naming klickies, there's a huge backlog. They have pictures though.) Anyway, there it is. The text search doesn't do this, since this kind of sequence doesn't often appear.

Is this horrible? Or sensible once you see it? Should I keep it, abandon it, offer both options? Open to suggestions!

Oh, and thanks for the stickers! There were 34 Victorian sets issued in 1989/1990, and I now have 19 Victorian stickers... I wonder if there was one per set?
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on March 15, 2019, 15:28:16
. . . Am I right that the Playmodb part number search function doesn't work for the paper items?  Can it be tweaked to handle paper item searches? . . . .

I've noticed that it is now possible to use the part number search on the Playmodb home page to find the "Paper" items - is this a recent change?  I'm pretty sure that I tried that before and it didn't work, as noted above.  Whatever the case, I will use that feature now to see if the items I have are already in the database.  :)

. . . The sorting of partnumbers is not how you'd expect; they're actually sorted by the first four digits, then the LAST DIGIT, then the remaining three. That's the order in which Playmobil issues the numbers, sort of. . . .
. . . Is this horrible? Or sensible once you see it? Should I keep it, abandon it, offer both options? Open to suggestions!

Thank you for the explanation, Heather - I figured that there had to be a logical reason, but I just couldn't imagine what it would be.  :thanks:

I was only looking through the number-sorted list to try to set aside items that you already have in the db and, as noted above, I will use the part search function going forward, so I don't know if there is a need to make a change, unless it's easy to add a truly numeric sort option. 

Oh, and thanks for the stickers! There were 34 Victorian sets issued in 1989/1990, and I now have 19 Victorian stickers... I wonder if there was one per set?
You are most welcome!  I also have the sticker of the pretzel vendor from 5506 (which was already in Playmodb) and I gave away one or two Victorian stickers some years ago.  If I find any more I will pass them along as well, Victorian or otherwise.  Now I can see that the other 2 stickers I posted were already in Playmodb, but I didn't find them previously because of the way the sort works - maybe adding that other sort option would be helpful.  :D
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: GrahamB on March 16, 2019, 09:55:30
What's the position with showing full size scans of PM stickers online? There are quite a few in PlaymoDB and it's VERY helpful having them there ( :wave: thanks, Heather!). Missing or damaged stickers can be very hard to replace and I'm happy to use home-made ones most of the time, but it can be difficult to make them without a scan of an original.

If this is something we shouldn't discuss openly, just ignore my question! :shhhh: :toot:
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on March 17, 2019, 03:15:38
What's the position with showing full size scans of PM stickers online? There are quite a few in PlaymoDB and it's VERY helpful having them there ( :wave: thanks, Heather!). Missing or damaged stickers can be very hard to replace and I'm happy to use home-made ones most of the time, but it can be difficult to make them without a scan of an original.

If this is something we shouldn't discuss openly, just ignore my question! :shhhh: :toot:
Sticker scans: it's catalogues and instruction sheets that are expressly forbidden (I'm going by https://www.playmobil.ca/en/content/p_guidelines/P_GUIDELINES.html since I'm in Canada; I expect it's the same everywhere) but stickers aren't specifically mentioned. Are they printed materials, or parts? Don't know. Still, I'd think that stickers in long-discontinued sets wouldn't be a bother.

Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: GrahamB on March 17, 2019, 10:10:29
That's good to know, Heather. And thanks for that link. I haven't found that page before  :-[ (it's linked from the 'Legal Information' page) and it's good to know the term 'playmo' can be part of a web address, though 'playmobil' can't (I refer to a discussion on here with Tahra a few weeks ago), so we don't need to worry on that score!  ::)

I like the line (in the final paragraph of that Internet guidelines page) "The Internet provides a great new opportunity..," it shows someone at Geobra is still living in the 1990s! 8}
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Hadoque on March 17, 2019, 21:32:47
I never really checked their guidelines sofar...

"The web site will not depict any violence that is inappropriate for children under 5"

So, who determines (and how) what kind of violence is appropriate for children under age 5, and what kind of violence is appropriate for children age 5 and older?  8}
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: tahra on March 17, 2019, 21:47:41
So, who determines (and how) what kind of violence is appropriate for children under age 5, and what kind of violence is appropriate for children age 5 and older?  8}

considering some sets... noone.
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: jodawill on March 18, 2019, 17:53:39
considering some sets... noone.

Out of curiosity, and since I'm new… which sets are you thinking of? I saw the big hubbub about the former slave on the pirate ship. Is there some other controversial stuff? (What's considered controversial is probably a lot different from one country to another, too, I suppose. Although slavery has been outlawed in the US for 150+ years, it's a very taboo subject here, whereas naziism is considered more of an historical thing here, and swastikas are commonly depicted in films, books, toys, and games.)
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: tahra on March 18, 2019, 19:27:11
Out of curiosity, and since I'm new… which sets are you thinking of? I saw the big hubbub about the former slave on the pirate ship. Is there some other controversial stuff? (What's considered controversial is probably a lot different from one country to another, too, I suppose. Although slavery has been outlawed in the US for 150+ years, it's a very taboo subject here, whereas naziism is considered more of an historical thing here, and swastikas are commonly depicted in films, books, toys, and games.)

To me the worse offenders are religious propaganda. Completely unfit for children (besides everyone else). Though included there is the annual peasant source. At least I THINK they don't include the dreadful booklet anymore. I hope.

As to the "former slave" controversy, just some idiot looking for her 15 mikes of fame. Didn't even get the guy's playmocolor right. Gah.

Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: jodawill on March 18, 2019, 20:07:17
To me the worse offenders are religious propaganda. Completely unfit for children (besides everyone else). Though included there is the annual peasant source. At least I THINK they don't include the dreadful booklet anymore. I hope.

As to the "former slave" controversy, just some idiot looking for her 15 mikes of fame. Didn't even get the guy's playmocolor right. Gah.

There's also the gladiator sets. They're really cool, but it's also kind of funny that they make children's toys about guys fighting each other to the death for entertainment, and they include a lion to eat them too.
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: tahra on March 18, 2019, 20:14:16
There's also the gladiator sets. They're really cool, but it's also kind of funny that they make children's toys about guys fighting each other to the death for entertainment, and they include a lion to eat them too.

If you look at it that way.. cowboys and indians? Pirates, seriously? And all the medieval warriors...

Still.. nothing compared to those others.. imo.
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on March 22, 2019, 18:05:44
Not sure if I should continue with items for Heather in this thread, or in the new Playmo Research Dept. sub-board?  For now, I will post this information here as it seems to go along with the rest of this thread.  Please feel free to move this, as needed.

First, some set box codes:
FS102/5506/3092050/05.90
FS104/5350/3092033/05.90
FS058/5360/3092036/04.90
FS105/5340/3092032/10.90
FS111/5404/3092038/04.91
FS103/5551/3092051/02.91
FS108/5315/3094597/08.99
D8502  (this one from set 5503 didn't have the longer code anywhere that I could see)

Also, a sticker from set 5404 which doesn't have an image in Playmodb:

Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: GrahamB on March 23, 2019, 09:17:03
Very nice stickers! Thanks Indianna!
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Luftgaengerin on March 23, 2019, 23:06:49
 :apple: Thanks Indianna!
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on March 25, 2019, 12:57:45
Super -much appreciated, Indianna. (I only was able to find out for sure that the 5404 (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=5404)parts WERE stickered and not printed, a little while ago, but couldn't get any more info.) Do those Victorian boxes have hangtabs, or are they plain? If you happen to have the dimensions I'll get them from you later.

As for the thread: The original request has long been subsumed, although by very useful and interesting stuff (to those with high nerd-meter readings). If a mod wanted to split this into the Research folder that'd be fine.

Still looking for plans for the following. 9522 - Pirates Playset (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=9522&pics=on) has been submitted, but since then I've turned up 70219 - PLAYMOBIL-FunPark Aufklapp-Ferienhaus (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=70219) and 9518 - Firefighting Operation in the Forest (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=9518) (a combo of 5616 - Fire Terrain Truck (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=5616) and 5617 - Forest fire helicopter (https://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=5617)).

Instructions needed, 2019-03-25 (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=70219,9366,9369,9395,9396,9397,9400,9412,9451,9503,9504,9518,9532,9533,9534,9535,9536,9537,9539,9542,9543;title=Instructions%20needed%2C%202019-03-25) THANKS EVERYONE!

Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: Indianna on March 26, 2019, 13:09:06
Not sure if I should continue with items for Heather in this thread, or in the new Playmo Research Dept. sub-board?  For now, I will post this information here as it seems to go along with the rest of this thread.  Please feel free to move this, as needed.

First, some set box codes:
FS102/5506/3092050/05.90
FS104/5350/3092033/05.90
FS058/5360/3092036/04.90
FS105/5340/3092032/10.90
FS111/5404/3092038/04.91
FS103/5551/3092051/02.91
FS108/5315/3094597/08.99
D8502  (this one from set 5503 didn't have the longer code anywhere that I could see)

Correction:  I now realize that "D8502" is not a set box code and is more likely some sort of German postal code  ::) but I still don't see a set box code anywhere on 5503.  :eh?:
Title: Re: Wanted: instructions for exclusive sets, not on official site
Post by: sbblabotw on April 11, 2019, 11:33:27
I've added the Smyths Toys sets to the Wanted list: here is the updated list. Hope someone has these and can help me out!

Instructions needed, 2019-04-11 (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/your_set_list.pl?setlist=70166,70167,70168,70169,70219,9366,9369,9395,9396,9397,9400,9412,9451,9503,9504,9518,9532,9533,9534,9535,9536,9537,9539,9542,9543;title=Instructions%20needed%2C%202019-04-11)