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Title: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Ace on April 28, 2012, 13:09:04
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A picture of this truck was on the Playmobil Fanbase Facebook page, and I couldn't find it anywhere else. I'd say it's an American exclusive, like the school bus or the fire truck, but it has a European liscense plate ???.
Ace :brownhair:
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: playmofire on April 28, 2012, 13:16:51
It looks as if it owes some parentage to this:

http://collectobil.com/catalogue/items/3181.htm
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Wolf Knight on April 28, 2012, 13:31:33
Holy Cow!!!!! This is absolutely awesome!!! I certainly need a fleet of those babies!!!! Thank you for this info, Ace!!!
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Pynedor on April 28, 2012, 13:37:07
Do the front wheels turn? Or is that picture just bizarre looking? :-\
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: bonniebeth on April 28, 2012, 14:07:53
Could it be a custom? It's weird how it says XX pc. Seems either they would say how many, or leave that off altogether. ???
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: playmofire on April 28, 2012, 14:38:13
Do the front wheels turn? Or is that picture just bizarre looking? :-\

If it is based on the 3181, it can take the RC unit and then the front wheels do turn.

Could it be a custom? It's weird how it says XX pc. Seems either they would say how many, or leave that off altogether. ???

Good point, BB. 
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on April 28, 2012, 15:04:25
I hope it becomes a reality! PCPD would really like to have some of these! :love:
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Robbie on April 28, 2012, 15:40:30
Hmmm....I would bet money it's a custom.  8-)
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Ace on April 28, 2012, 15:47:05
Hmmm....I would bet money it's a custom.  8-)
Really? I think that the background, the City Action logo, the look of the truck, all looks official. I know I've seen that XX for the parts before on sets that weren't released yet  :).
Ace :brownhair: 
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Rasputin on April 28, 2012, 16:01:18
thanks once again Ace for the news update

when sets are not yet on the market Geobra many times puts the XX on parts quantities

The whole truck looks bent which may give the illusion the wheels are turned, but it does look like they really are turned. I think Geobra gives a lot of misleading images

These types of sets remind my wife of the movie Toys w/Robin Williams. The old man is retiring and the new leader is giving us very dark, aggressive, war oriented toys  :hmm:

I will no doubt get it as it is playmobil after all  :P

Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Rasputin on April 28, 2012, 16:10:20
It looks as if it owes some parentage to this:

http://collectobil.com/catalogue/items/3181.htm

It looks similar but I do not think it is the same mold. It looks like one more Chinese truck to me for some reason

(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc457/Koretsky/3181firetruck.jpg)


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Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: PlaymoMan on April 28, 2012, 16:14:04
Wow, that's pretty cool looking!
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Rasputin on April 28, 2012, 16:20:10
the more I look at it the more it looks similar to the fire truck  ??? I do hope it is made in Europe
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on April 28, 2012, 20:01:21
I agree! The front end is modeled after the 3181 with only minor changes no question. The rest of the body is a new creation. An armored SWAT vehicle.
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Clong on April 28, 2012, 23:22:50
thats awesome. It should be a german release because it has the new swat team uniforms and guns
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: bonniebeth on April 28, 2012, 23:45:26
thats awesome. It should be a german release because it has the new swat team uniforms and guns

Your police force may have to get a donation from the Plombylia Zoo about this time next year, baby. ;)
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Pynedor on April 29, 2012, 01:20:06
the more I look at it the more it looks similar to the fire truck  ??? I do hope it is made in Europe

It does seem like that, so I doubt it. If those other more cheap-looking vehicles weren't made where the rest of Playmobil is, I doubt this will be. :(
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Giorginetto on May 01, 2012, 19:12:19
 What is that weapon that klikcy on the outside is holding , i cant see very well, is it a shotgun  ??? ??? ??? ???

i have some reservations as to how real this set is actually

Long gone are the days of the original playmobil police sets .......  :love: :love: :love:
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Rhalius on May 03, 2012, 18:28:53
It looks like a must to go along with the swat team set. Can't have a swat team without a van to transport them, well maybe the helicopter.
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Rasputin on May 03, 2012, 18:41:20
What is that weapon that klikcy on the outside is holding , i cant see very well, is it a shotgun  ??? ??? ??? ???

i have some reservations as to how real this set is actually

Long gone are the days of the original playmobil police sets .......  :love: :love: :love:

Ahh ha here is where you were asking, If you look on the new DS pictures Glassy showed you can see how there is a new shotgun looking gun in one of the pictures
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: cowabounga on May 03, 2012, 20:32:41
Hey guys!
Been browsing the PM FB page until I found the pics. They're genuine US exclusive prototype box sets. They don't say when they'll be released though. Everybody in Europe is asking for them too!  :lol:
Hope I helped.
A.
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Rasputin on May 03, 2012, 22:09:31
Hey guys!
Been browsing the PM FB page until I found the pics. They're genuine US exclusive prototype box sets. They don't say when they'll be released though. Everybody in Europe is asking for them too!  :lol:
Hope I helped.
A.

yes it does thank you,  could or would you ask if it is made in Europe or China ? 
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Red Watch on May 15, 2012, 21:54:02
Well fingers crossed it'll turn up in the U.K. Mini Chief already has some of the Chinese made vehicles which have survived so far, just hope it's as strong as it looks! 
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Peterd on May 20, 2012, 16:03:46
does the police truck have flashing red blue red blue
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Peterd on May 20, 2012, 16:05:02
do you like this police truck
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Red Watch on May 20, 2012, 20:50:11
Can't really make out from the photo if the light bar is a dummy or a more modern L.E.D. version of the original light bar from the 3181 truck, it'll be interesting to see which if it turns up in the U.K. As for do we like it?  ohhh yesss.... !  :) :) :) One or two of those will be most welcome amongst our Mini-Chief's fleet ! :)
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on May 20, 2012, 20:58:26
Can't really make out from the photo if the light bar is a dummy or a more modern L.E.D. version of the original light bar from the 3181 truck, it'll be interesting to see which if it turns up in the U.K. As for do we like it?  ohhh yesss.... !  :) :) :) One or two of those will be most welcome amongst our Mini-Chief's fleet ! :)

The light doesn't look to be an actual operational type. That's one way how the cost factor is dealt with in American only sets. They use less than high quality components to keep prices low. The light that comes on it maybe able to be subsituted with a battery operated one from DS though. ;)
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Red Watch on May 20, 2012, 21:48:42
Hmmmmm, yeah, thinking about it, if it's a Chinese made vehicle then the lights are more probably just stickers, although, the 5952 ambulance does have working lights along with the sound effects, still undecided about the sound effects here, we have decided on the truck though, U.K. release please ! :)
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: bonniebeth on May 22, 2012, 02:06:58
The chinese made school bus also has flashing lights, and yet the head and tail lights are just stickers. :hmm: So the designs are a bit unpredictable of these.
Title: Re: Police Truck 5974: An American Exclusive?
Post by: Rasputin on May 22, 2012, 06:04:51
those lights look like stickers to me, as long as the whole is the same it will be easy enough to add lights. I would rather have more features on the vehicle than blinking lights especially if you could add them later. One of the biggest disappointments on the original Chinese truck was the lack of opening compartments, lack of storage space plus the hard wheels. It looks like they learned the lesson on the wheels as we have never seen them again so now all we have to do is get them to add the storage. Most collectors have enough accessories to fill in the blanks but beyond cutting there is little we can do about the vehicle itself.