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Janilew:
Greetings everyone. I was wondering if anyone else shared the same concerns as me about the continual downsizing of Playmobil. It seems like every year the sets are getting smaller and smaller. The princess castle is a good example of this. One of the "rooms" is just a tube. They keep recycling certain klickies (pirates is especially guilty of this), and, to me, the colors and prints look simple at times. A part of me keeps fearing that this is a sign of Playmobil losing financial stability as that's what usually accompanies choices like these. Of course, I understand the economy can fluctuate and that can affect production. That's why I hope they're just creatively bankrupt as that can easily be fixed with newer people with better ideas.

If anyone knows the financial situation, please feel free to post it for observation.

Thank you.

Oliver:
I think that sets have got smaller just because the price of toys, in general, has fallen in real terms. Large sets were £100 when I was a kid 30 years ago, so they were way more in real terms than they are now.

leefert:
I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that the toys are meant for kids that are now an electronic generation.  But also like Oliver said, the smaller size sets are probably price based as well.  Kids nowadays lack the imagination that we had as kids. I would have killed for some of the sets we have now.

playmofire:
Sets are smaller partly because smaller sets can be produced more cheaply and so can be priced to make a profit by selling to more people.  Also, a lower price make them more competitive with other toys.

Secondly, sets are smaller because home space is getting smaller.

Janilew:
Siiiiigh. I dunno if this is all good news or bad. I guess the golden age of big, cool toys has surpassed us. :( I was born too late and got serious even later! Nowadays, almost everything's drenched in gaudy color schemes and gimmicks. There's some decent stuff I see here and there, but most of it just doesn't seem appealing. Then again, I'm not a kid of this generation...

That's why it hurts my heart to see Playmobil go down this route. Oh, well. There's always DIYs and Steck sellers.

Thank you everyone for this epiphany.

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