WOW, what a nice read this is :-)
Thanks for a great thread guys (I mean it) so much good stuff :-)
Personally I see value in most Playmobil Themes. But am mainly attracted to the medieval ones. I have been a Dungeon Master for Fantasy Role Playing Games for 17 years now and anything that I can use for that is fair game for me....Ghost Pirates can be used as Zombies (Yes I just might have a couple) And the New Jungle theme most people dislike have some very nice weird animals that are perfect in a Fantasy Medieval world.
As you all might know I am also working on a Zoo together with my wife (for many of the same reasons bonniebeth has stated we endorse the Zoo theme) but the Circus theme is bad form when it includes animals. I really like the Ciscus though when it is JUST people. (My wife works in a shelter for Exotic Mamals (up to Chimpanzees in size) and they actually do have a couple of Chimps that used to "work" in the Circus. They are now looking into also sheltering big cats, because one of the reasons Circus animals are sometimes not confiscated is that there is no good way to house them afterwards). For the Zoo we need many building pieces and city people, but cars and the like are not very usefull. Police buildings are great but we don't use them as such. I understand your point Bill in regards to the details of the Police and Fire themes and I fully agree, it is just something that I (we) don't collect.
My wife and duaghter just started in on the Princess Theme (I got my wife a
3019 for her birthday) and they already have a story Dollhouse to play with as well.
My son isn't much into Fire and Police themes but loves the Dragon Knights so he received the small tower for xmass and will probably get the big castle for his bday in August. He also likes the Egyptians a lot and we already have most of the sets lined up for him as presents.
So what we won't be buying anything of it seems is the secret Agent stuff (although my son said he loves the free DVD we recently got). Also we are staying away from the Pirates because eventhough I like the theme (and we have a 3750 and a schooner and a couple of 4444's) I don't want to start collecting it as avidly as I do Medieval. The Construction and Harbour themes are really not very usefull for the our collections so we are staying away from them (for now...I am trying to convince my wife, construction does happen in Zoo's but no luck sofar
). I guess thats a pretty comprhensive list of our likes/dislikes of the themes. Overall I understand and respect most themes it's just that we have to prioritize in life!
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but i believe playmobil circuses don't show any of these sad events it's a quite happy theme i belive 
Really...You don't see the two elephants on the box cover you posted?
Here is a list of all the circus related sets according to playmodb
Out of the 41 Circus sets that have been released (not counting specials and DS releases) 27 feature animals, thats 66%. How did you ever get to your:
"but i believe playmobil circuses don't show any of these sad events it's a quite happy theme i belive "statement? Just wondering.
