Hi
I always found this car thingy very silly looking. Where in the real world would you find a huge metal detector on a vehicle? Playmobil was a toy of real life in miniature. The price seems rather high as well. $30 seems a lot for a small base, 2 klickies, some plants and a lizard. I guess the metal detector is where most of the money is. That vehicle does not even look like we could use it for anything else really. It has that big space in the middle when you take the detector out . I also am not very fond of these over-sized reptiles that have hit the market. They are just way out of scale but maybe the crystal is actually uranium and has growth properties to it. I really like the Klickies and their attire and will want to get them.
Thanks for the review Martin.
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"
I agree the vehicle is a bit of a bust. As you say, Playmobil usually represets life in miniature, but this doesn't recreate anything in real life. Even the Secret Agents Theme has more real-life believeability, even if it comes to us via movies.
I think the vehicle might be rescued if Playmobil had an alternative fitting to replace the metal detector, a digger bucket, shovel, snow plow or something of that sort. They may have something like that in mind already. A big tree-cutting claw would have fit into the theme, to clear a path through the jungle to get all the treasure out, or to create a helicopter landing zone.
@Bolingbroke - only three hand-held accessories does seem mean, but with one driving and nowhere to store stuff that leaves one pair of hands to hold the three items. Once this set is combined with others in the theme the lack of accessories is less of a problem.