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Collector's Corner / Re: Playmojimmy's collection
« Last post by Birdie on January 30, 2025, 17:52:25 »
I have this somewhere from when I was a kid, I am very fond of him  :lol:

I was about to post that, haha, such an iconic clickie  :D
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News / Re: Playmobil at the International Toy Fair
« Last post by Birdie on January 30, 2025, 17:50:20 »
I have a nearly 4-y-o boy and a 9-y-o girl and I'm a huge Playmobil fan, but I can't see myself buying that Sky Trail.

I do like the hot air balloon and the ice cream truck.

Wow.  Never thought I would witness the downward spiral of such a stable iconic brand I have used for modeling my modern city for over the last 30 years let alone such an iconic toy line that I never owned until my late teens.  So tragic!  I’ve been holding out hope the last 2-5 years and it just gets worse and worse…..terrible.  This is the mirror image of Lego in the late 90’s.  Except they are closer to the point of no return. 

This is exactly my take on it  :(
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News / Re: Playmobil at the International Toy Fair
« Last post by tahra on January 30, 2025, 08:58:02 »
Basic starter set is 80€.

RIP, Sky Trails.

And I am shutting up.  :-X
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News / Re: Playmobil at the International Toy Fair
« Last post by glazz74 on January 30, 2025, 02:54:35 »
Wow.  Never thought I would witness the downward spiral of such a stable iconic brand I have used for modeling my modern city for over the last 30 years let alone such an iconic toy line that I never owned until my late teens.  So tragic!  I’ve been holding out hope the last 2-5 years and it just gets worse and worse…..terrible.  This is the mirror image of Lego in the late 90’s.  Except they are closer to the point of no return. 
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Photography & Graphics / Re: JLMatterer Photo Gallery
« Last post by JLMatterer on January 29, 2025, 23:49:51 »
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News / Re: Playmobil at the International Toy Fair
« Last post by Rasputin on January 29, 2025, 18:33:53 »
The Sky-Trails concept really reminds me of K’nex  brand. K’nex had sections that were flexible for building rollercoasters.

I’m wondering if from all the years of Collectors begging for the re-release of the Japanese Playmobil roller coaster or a newly designed set, that this is what the R&D department came up with ?

Great concept direction, but in my opinion they missed the mark by a mile

The Dino track sure showed that they were thinking , but……..
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News / Re: Playmobil at the International Toy Fair
« Last post by Oliver on January 29, 2025, 12:41:29 »
The sky trails concept looks fun, but it's huge. That is a lot of space to take up for a toy.

I think this is the problem that it's going to face, rather than anything from the playing side
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News / Re: New 2025 (Jul-Dec)
« Last post by Oliver on January 29, 2025, 12:32:04 »
I think that's a lady

You're correct! Well I still like her
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News / Re: Vespa Sets
« Last post by Klickteryx on January 29, 2025, 09:35:29 »
After not following Playmobil for the last few years I picked up a catalogue recently. Was surprised to see on the Vespa page a "Vespa Products not available in Canada" notice at the top.
C'mon! That's the most playmothing ever.
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News / Re: Playmobil at the International Toy Fair
« Last post by Klickteryx on January 29, 2025, 09:28:06 »
Excuse me, Playmobil, now you've made a CONSTRUCTION TOY??   :(o):
Not at all, please reference the set where a dinosaur smashes down bricks with little bumps on them to show how pathetic this form of construction is.

As for the figures soaring across the room, you can actually do that with twine. This and the beach theme just seem pointless. A builing like the ghostbusters one but as a regular apartment block would be useful. Give it some points around the walls to attatch fire to and you have something for the fire engines to actually deal with. Or police have to rescue people, or thieves have to get to the safe on the top floor. Far more useful than a beach blanket and umbrella or some tubes that wont be near enough to be really interesting. Actually instead of the flying fox or whatever it is they could have done a huge water slide theme. Build your own mega slide and have the klickies end up in an actual pool of water, the bath or just the carpet. At least the old hot wheels type tracks had loops in them for the cars to go upside down as they raced along. Set up some rings at the end of the slide and try to get the klickies to fly through them.
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