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General => News => Topic started by: Bas on September 22, 2013, 11:16:36
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Just noticed these 4 sets at the official Benelux/German playmobil website!
They finaly here!
(http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae322/Suptopfirst/40thanniversary2014_zps2fb3c25b.jpg)
More info's:
http://www.playmobil.nl/on/demandware.store/Sites-NL-Site/nl_NL/Product-Show?pid=5168&showSpareParts=false&cgid=Ritter#cgid=Ritter&start=26
http://www.playmobil.nl/on/demandware.store/Sites-NL-Site/nl_NL/Product-Show?pid=5169
http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/Product-Show?pid=5456&showSpareParts=false&cgid=Maerchenschloss#cgid=Maerchenschloss&start=30
http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/Product-Show?pid=5457&showSpareParts=false&cgid=Reiterhof#cgid=Reiterhof&start=31
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I noticed these too. The Knight one seems cool. I don't use cannons in my setups, but it's nice to have a cool set with a cart, training dummy, weapon rack, and mounted knight. :) Unfortunately, I think the Princess set suffers from tahra's problem of pink boats. :lol: The figures look great, but the pink and purple boat and dock are too much...
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I noticed these too. The Knight one seems cool. I don't use cannons in my setups, but it's nice to have a cool set with a cart, training dummy, weapon rack, and mounted knight. :) Unfortunately, I think the Princess set suffers from tahra's problem of pink boats. :lol: The figures look great, but the pink and purple boat and dock are too much...
A real shame, is it not? :(
I'll probably get the knights and fairy ones though ::)
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A real shame, is it not? :(
It is, since a lot of the boats would be awesome in real wood colours. The old Magic theme was great for that. Unfortunately, I don't have any of it though. :lol:
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Well, again, that boat exists in brown....
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not too fond of the tournament set.
Both the knight's shield and the horse barding dont look very medieval to me, not a fan of that helmet design either. (it should have two openings for the eyes, not one big one.)
Not sure why they have to throw in yet another cannon, they do that with most medieval sets it seems. Would have been better to have included a tent or second jousting knight.
The kid and the shield on the combat dummy look nice though.
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I agree with a lot of what you said, Rhalius. The opening on that helm is why I use the sugarloaf type helm more than it. It does look a bit weird. And a tent or pavilion would have been awesome. Hopefully we'll get another one of those some day.
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I've got to admit looking at all of those sets it's the kids which really stand out to me on all the sets they all look decnt sized sets though, anyone else noticed the spinning windows style feature on the Firemans set a bit different. Gotta agree on the Knights set though the fact that you've got a weapons rack, a training dummy, and 2 Knights one on horseback is good the actual design is a bit well neh :-\
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Yeah, the purple dock is just too much... absolutely crazy! 8}
But I love the fireman set! Absolutely adorable.
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I really like the fact the sets have children in them.
I wish they would have made them more "anniversary" ish - (maybe olde sets with new figures in (olde accessories) or olde/original sets with all new figures and components).
I think the only one we will be getting will be the Princess set.
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I agree, old classics would have been better.
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I agree, old classics would have been better.
I suppose it depends on WHICH classics... and personal preferences.. But I think we can all agree it would at least make more sense for a 40th ANNIVERSARY set.. to be a link to the past...
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Yeah, that's what I mean really, just more appropriate. I personally like newer style plamo better than the old original klickies. But they have a certain nostalgia to them. Kind of like when Barbie re-released the original Barbie for... I think their 50th(?) anniversary.
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Yes, I mostly prefer the newer ones too - well.. MIDDLE ones? But maybe an updated version of an old set would be more suitable, or the "twin pack" would be the ancient and the old. However, I suppose only us nuts would see that as good value, right? :-[
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Weird sets they've chosen...
That Princess'es purplepink boat and dock are once again absolutely ridiculous.
The Prince in the boat has a nice printed torso which is great for customizing. That's about it for me with these sets.
Btw, in the Knights' set the cannon's gunbarrel is resting on a newly designed guncarriage (I don't mean the wheeled waggon), this might perhaps indicate more new medieval sets will appear 2nd half 2014.
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Weird sets they've chosen...
That Princess'es purplepink boat and dock are once again absolutely ridiculous.
The Prince in the boat has a nice printed torso which is great for customizing. That's about it for me with these sets.
Btw, in the Knights' set the cannon's gunbarrel is resting on a newly designed guncarriage (I don't mean the wheeled waggon), this might perhaps indicate more new medieval sets will appear 2nd half 2014.
I think it is just the cart that was used for the prison wagon and the vikings.
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not too fond of the tournament set.
not a fan of that helmet design either. (it should have two openings for the eyes, not one big one.)
You're absolutely right, but we DO have a much better one, as you can see below! :)
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I think it is just the cart that was used for the prison wagon and the vikings.
The viking cart has "full wooden" wheels.This cart indeed seems the same as the prison and treasure carts, but the gun-carriage seems new, like Hadoque said. :)
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You're absolutely right, but we DO have a much better one, as you can see below! :)
Don't much like that one either... hides too much :-[
The weapons rack is new too? I don't seem to recall it.... At least it's not the brooms stand :P
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Don't much like that one either... hides too much :-[
Eh...That's the point of a "great helm", lol!!! ;D :P
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Just 4 new compact sets? very poor :(
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Ahh we can finally talk About these then? :P
I love the fire set, Nice use of the quad. Collecting ;D
From an adult pov i can understand, but my daughter really loves that purple & pink princess set. So it comes down to the Same point: PM is made for kids. They love it.
For the non-pcc members: these were allready announced for pcc members some time ago and discussed somewhere else >:D :shhhh: :shhhh: :shhhh:
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thing about those colors is: would kids love it less if it where in more realistic colors?
But yes I have to agree about it being rather poor for anniversary sets. There just does not seem to be a link to it at all, it just seems like a regular batch of supersets.
Rereleasing old sets might not always be good since classic clickies just are a bit bland, but considering sets this size they could have done nicer things.
What if that tournament set was using the nuremberg guard heralrdry for example? or included updated versions of the very first jousting knights they released?
They could also have rereleased some sets from the early ninetees of that size.
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schleich (or whatever its called) knight sets are extremely realistic in realistic colours, and kids still love them. yet another pass for me, and i really hate those bases. such a waste of plastic, space and money.