New licenced theme: ASTERIX, from 2022

[bml87]

Playmobil released the high-res pictures, here you go:

(click to enlarge the pictures)

[bml87]

And the detailed pictures:

[Bolingbroke]

Double printed faces, finally!

[Pynedor]

Well, some of these images definitely contain preproduction pieces, but I'm interested to see how those moustaches will look. It'd be nice if they were on heads with moulded faces. The reversible heads will probably have printed faces though.

The new house and pavilion will be nice to have. Also, I'm looking forward to some of the new parts, especially the white swordbelt loop and the swords and daggers with the yellow hilts!

[Rasputin]

I sure hope someone at design knew to make the fort walls clips align with the old western fort walls

Love the domestic abuse , classic playmobil

Are you mentioning the grainy texture of the plastic as though it’s 3D printed ?

[Pynedor]

Are you mentioning the grainy texture of the plastic as though it’s 3D printed ?

Yes. It looks like some parts are printed, and others might be quickly painted or have printed stickers on them. That's why they seem like preproduction pieces to me, similar to what has been seen in some other early images of new sets like these.

[Macruran]

I think one of the main things that puts me off about these and other license sets is that they are fusions of two distinctly different aesthetics. Something has to give on both sides for it to happen. Compare Novelmore: the aesthetic is wholly Playmobil throughout, no admixture (though it is the modern "noisy" PM aesthetic).

 

[GrahamB]

I think one of the main things that puts me off about these and other license sets is that they are fusions of two distinctly different aesthetics. Something has to give on both sides for it to happen. Compare Novelmore: the aesthetic is wholly Playmobil throughout, no admixture (though it is the modern "noisy" PM aesthetic).

 

But mainly, the lack of noses!

[Redmao]

Great idea to add a beat up expression on the romans.
The sets looks pretty neat, but the lack of their characteristic noses still feels weird.
Also, not to sound cheap, but I wish that the two main characters would also be available in a smaller set. Based on these pictures, you have to get the big box to get them.

[Bolingbroke]

They should have gone with - not just noses - but sculpted, character-accurate heads like Lego does, or they shouldn’t have bothered. A bit half-assed and not particulary successful translation to the PM aesthetic, I have to say. I agree with Macruran in that regard. With ‘real life’ licenses it’s a bit better because they’re working with human characters, but with this … meh.