General > Brainstorming For Playmobil

What's wrong with Playmobil? 2

(1/14) > >>

JPSA:
Well, plenty, apparently.  In case you missed it, here is a video that came out a month ago ( turn on captions for English subtitles ).  Geobra seems to be in trouble, both financially and culturally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQwUMQ1hc38

Klickteryx:
It's being run by idiots in other words. The lack of anything interesting in the 50 year theme is proof of that. Something simple like a Horst and Hans set; a display box showing the changes in design of a  single character like a fireman from the 70s through to the present; a bunch of city life people with 50 jahre or similar on their clothing; lots of ideas spring to mind that would only require parts being done in different colours and some prints to provide unique klickys. Did the deciders approach anyone in the collecting community before making a final decision on what to include for a half century celebration?

Alex4420:
WOW PM is now LOSING money?!? Holy cow... The only silver lining I see is in the example of Lego -- they came right to the brink of bankruptcy before they made the necessary changes to save the company. Whether PM can do the same, only the future knows.
On a side note, for a country as highly regarded as Germany is in the field of manufacturing, they sure have a hard time producing decent management talent. The degradation of the company's image and profits is entirely the fault of top management, period.

playmofire:

--- Quote from: Alex4420 on April 17, 2024, 12:57:15 ---WOW PM is now LOSING money?!? Holy cow... The only silver lining I see is in the example of Lego -- they came right to the brink of bankruptcy before they made the necessary changes to save the company. Whether PM can do the same, only the future knows.
On a side note, for a country as highly regarded as Germany is in the field of manufacturing, they sure have a hard time producing decent management talent. The degradation of the company's image and profits is entirely the fault of top management, period.

--- End quote ---

Many German businesses are family owned and though it is not exactly so in this there is an old British Victorian in relation to such firms "Clogs to clogs in three generations", meaning the first generation start the business and build sound foundations, the second generation build on these and expand the business successfully while the third generation run the business down.  Broadly speaking, this seems to be what has happened with Playmobil, not in terms of family generations but in terms of management generations.

Klickteryx:

--- Quote from: Alex4420 on April 17, 2024, 12:57:15 ---WOW PM is now LOSING money?!? Holy cow... The only silver lining I see is in the example of Lego -- they came right to the brink of bankruptcy before they made the necessary changes to save the company. Whether PM can do the same, only the future knows.
On a side note, for a country as highly regarded as Germany is in the field of manufacturing, they sure have a hard time producing decent management talent. The degradation of the company's image and profits is entirely the fault of top management, period.

--- End quote ---
It's been a problem for a long time. German collectors fought hard to get the adult fanbase a foot in the door several years ago but the resultant club was treated with disdain by those at the top and very little interaction took place. The vast majority of the members were interested in history but instead the club provided modern themes for sale and the lack of interest in those coupled with the disgruntled comments due to lack of wanted merchandise ended the club after about four years.
I don't know about Germany, but as another article mentioned a quarter of toy sales in Spain are to adult collectors. That's a huge customer base being ignored currently.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page