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General => News => Topic started by: Erik on January 27, 2015, 18:30:29
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Here you go-they should be released around September 2015!
Enjoy!!!
I for one see a lot of possibilities!!! ;D
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More!!!
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WOW :o
This is a super scoop :love: :love: :love:
A huge well done to you !
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More!!!
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And more.16 Sets total!
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WOW :o
This is a super scoop :love: :love: :love:
A huge well done to you !
Thank you!
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WOW :o
This is a super scoop :love: :love: :love:
A huge well done to you !
yes, but at PCC board they say to wait until tomorow before to share this information :uhoh:
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yes, but at PCC board they say to wait until tomorow before to share this information :uhoh:
It's all over FB, so it won't be so terrible I think...I went to the PCC to check-as I haven't been there for a couple of days so I didn't even know about these sets till just now, they weren't in ANY catalogue we couldn't share-but the site seems to be down??? ???
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It's all over FB, so it won't be so terrible I think...
I know, and tomorrow is in 4 hours now (in Germany) ;D...but it's just to be sure that they (The PCC's staff) continue to share this previous information with the PCC members....Yesterday Playmobil publish the set reference and prices on their web page in Germany and in Austria...so, when they say "to wait", it's not really serious ???...
A PCC member ask if he could share this information, the answer was "it's better to wait until tomorrow"....(PCC board is down so I can't write the exact answer)
:wave:
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I know, and tomorrow is in 4 hours now (in Germany) ;D...but it's just to be sure that they (The PCC's staff) continue to share this previous information with the PCC members....Yesterday Playmobil publish the set reference and prices on their web page in Germany and in Austria...so, when they say "to wait", it's not really serious ???...
:wave:
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I know, and tomorrow is in 4 hours now (in Germany) ;D...but it's just to be sure that they (The PCC's staff) continue to share this previous information with the PCC members....Yesterday Playmobil publish the set reference and prices on their web page in Germany and in Austria...so, when they say "to wait", it's not really serious ???...
:wave:
You're right, I didn't know there was info posted on the PCC-they really should inform their members!!!-if I had known I would have waited a few hours...
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You're right, I didn't know there was info posted on the PCC-they really should inform their members!!!-if I had known I would have waited a few hours...
don't worry in the east of europe it's already "tomorrow" ;D...At the PCC board they didn't write until the 28th in Germany... :P
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Thank you Eric for posting cropped pictures of these weird sets.our boys like them but to me they are so fantasy based I am not sure. I know I will get them, I'm sick after all, but not sure how to incorporate them with the reality based sets.
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The pirate house looks like a stecks Tudor house made out of something that resembles system x but more modular? I like it but if it's not customizable then to me it looses all the potential.
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Not really sure what to think of it either.. the heads and some other parts, mostly hairstyles, just dont look like playmobil.
Why did they just not give them all the typical playmobil face instead so it blends in perfectly with other playmobil? The weird faces make them look like a knockoff instead of like real playmobil.
There do seem to be some nice parts here and there though.
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Not really sure what to think of it either.. the heads and some other parts, mostly hairstyles, just dont look like playmobil.
Why did they just not give them all the typical playmobil face instead so it blends in perfectly with other playmobil? The weird faces make them look like a knockoff instead of like real playmobil.
There do seem to be some nice parts here and there though.
Exactly, why did the cartoon dictate the change of the iconic "klicky"? Shouldn't the cartoon have based their design on the toy, not the other way around? Is there just to much turnaround in corporate at geobra? Each new dictat-trice is keen on reinventing the image? Please Geobra stop trying to reinvent Hans Becks brilliantly simple design.
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Thanks for sharing hmm well there's some stuff I like the look of in there namely the 2 Pirate sets the Pirate Island doesn't look to bad and the normal looking figures look quite good, also the scientist on the speeder looks alright although nothing particularly new. I guess the Fairies also sort of work in their own way although they're not really my thing.
I agree though a lot of the figure do look weird not just the heads but, the proportions like Ruby she just looks totally wrong proportions, it's a pity as you say they didn't make the main figures more Klicky like. On the plus side at leas they seem to have managed to create a bald head without a bandanna, the bandannas look alright but, if I'm trying to create a figure that looks like one of my bald friends no one I know who is bald wears a bandanna
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Well, the klickys are hideous, they look like a cheap knock-off of playmobil! I seriously hope this isn't what all playmobil looks like in the future. :( I'm afraid now that they have invested in these molds we will see more of them, though.
I do see a few parts in there I want, though. Thanks for the pictures!
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Well, the klickys are hideous, they look like a cheap knock-off of playmobil! I seriously hope this isn't what all playmobil looks like in the future. :( I'm afraid now that they have invested in these molds we will see more of them, though.....
Thanks Erik! :wave:
Those big eyes might look more attractive to kids but Playmobil is bringing itself closer to other very much cheaper toys.....even the torso of this knight appears slimmer....so his weapon belt and the pin of his armoured arm might not fit our standard kliky...looking at his neck/collar...I pray their heads are at least interchageable with our klikies
if not, Playmobil is giving up one of its most special characteristics...that our clickies are interchangeable (I mean just the easily removable parts, like hats and armor)
Playmobil will just become another expensive toy with specialized figures, buildings and parts...that parents buy for their kids to play and put away after they are bored with them...while LEGX can still boast to be a new toy everyday
actually I'm excited to see so many new Playmo stuff BUT what's happening Playmobil? Is the quest for increasing sales blurring your vision? Hope you are not sacrificing uniqueness to be just another choice on the shelf? I hope these are still "interchangeable"
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Well, the klickys are hideous, they look like a cheap knock-off of playmobil!
my son (11 years old) told me the same thing....however he did like the "giant"...
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A strange mish-mash of figures and "ideas", goodness knows where Playmobil think they are going, but the final destination may not be a good one. Sadly, there are some good ideas there which would have fitted in well with the original Playmobl approach, the bald knight is one.
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A strange mish-mash of figures and "ideas", goodness knows where Playmobil think they are going, but the final destination may not be a good one. Sadly, there are some good ideas there which would have fitted in well with the original Playmobl approach, the bald knight is one.
Duplicate post in error - internet erratic.
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Thanks for sharing! There are some new sets there. Can't say I'm in love with their faces, but I do like some of the new hair... Though that first bald guy creeps me out a bit.
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These sets don't look too bad. Not good enough to buy, but for kids I think theyre super. Of course it will all depend on the quality of the show. If the show is pants, there's little chance kids will take ti this. I wonder what the articulation is like with the big ogre guy, and how the molds used will be reused on other figures eventually.
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Think I will just skip these sets alltogether.
I mean.. now that they have worked out how to make bald heads I think that this might be the most likely thing from these sets to make it into other sets. And with a proper playmobil face. Maybe some other items that fit regular playmobil might make it there too, they could use parts of that medieval stage in another set but with a cloth tent since this one looks plastic.
Besides, there will be a lot of pirates comeing out this year and since today we are allowed to speak about it. :)
Sadly the sets themselves are mostly rubbish, but the pirates in them look great. So dont worry about not getting your fix of pirates this year.
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By the way, it isn't just adult collectors who dislike all the new faces lately. The other day I brought out some mall sets for my seven year old niece, and she looked at one of the klickys with fancy eyes and red lips and said, "she's wearing too much make-up." I thought that was cute.
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Heh well don't underestimate how fussy children can get about their toys too! :)
As a kid I was already annoyed by the lack of common soldiers in any historic theme, there where always more knights and officers. I wanted the siege tower more for the many soldiers that came with it than the actual siege tower. :-[ It had five common soldiers in a single set.
While I did love the knights, even as a kid I prefered to get more soldiers and the knights could lead them. Now I kind of regret that it stopped me from buying some sets like the ox cart knight because I did not want another fat knight (already had two) so I overlooked all the other great parts and the great female clicky that came with it.
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I did see on the PCC that most of these sets are compatible with the regular Klickies and that these are "thinner" to better represent teenagers...
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I did see on the PCC that most of these sets are compatible with the regular Klickies and that these are "thinner" to better represent teenagers...
Ah, like Lego's Friends minifigs?
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Thanks for sharing! My heart is breaking by the idea to say goodbye to the type of klicky I've known my whole life... Hopefully they will both stay available.
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All sets added to PlaymoDB, in their own theme:
http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/sets.pl?theme=Super+4&sortby=setnum&focus=all&pics=on
Now on the hunt for the instructions, and better pictures!
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But legs n arms of narrower bodies will not be interchangeable with normal klikys'
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But legs n arms of narrower bodies will not be interchangeable with normal klikys'
At least on Alex and Gene, I think the arms look like starved speedo arms (what a lousy lousy idea!)... worse, with the useless right and left arms, you can't even give someone proper chainmail arms. :wall:
And the legs.. have no idea, but theirs look different to me :(
What a mess.
Let's wait for popped pics..
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It's not just appearance, it's been confirmed that the bodies of the Super 4 figures are a new mold type to appear more like teenagers - the show figures.
People are going to get all freaked about this of course, but I will remind you it's just one theme. They aren't replacing the regular klickies any more than the figures with waists that don't bend have or the kicking soccer players or the new hockey players will. It's just more variety for customisers to play with.
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Not enough varieties of Speedo parts to build armies.... ;Dthink I'll stick to normal klikies
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It's not just appearance, it's been confirmed that the bodies of the Super 4 figures are a new mold type to appear more like teenagers - the show figures.
People are going to get all freaked about this of course, but I will remind you it's just one theme. They aren't replacing the regular klickies any more than the figures with waists that don't bend have or the kicking soccer players or the new hockey players will. It's just more variety for customisers to play with.
One more theme that is incompatible with the classic klicky. One by one the themes are being taken over by hybrid klickies that are just as useless as the modular buildings. Sadly now it's not just "bring back stecks" but bring back "classic klickies" each one of these themes takes away production and warehouse space that is in short supply. Oh but profit will come at the expense of a great toy brand.
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But legs n arms of narrower bodies will not be interchangeable with normal klikys'
By the post they made on the PCC the parts of all but a couple figures are supposed to be interchangeable.
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. . . Oh but profit will come at the expense of a great toy brand.
Rasputin, I completely share your concerns about the direction that Playmobil seems to be taking with its newer offerings but I don't believe that profits are the primary motivation. Playmobil is privately owned (by Brandstetter and/or his 2 children) so there are not any stockholders to satisfy. Horst has said that he has taken steps to ensure that the company will follow his philosophy after he dies - I remember reading somewhere that the company will actually be owned by some sort of non-profit trust with an emphasis on benefitting children when he dies. Certainly the profit motive was not HOB's concern when he originally supported Hans Beck's invention of the klicky (despite its initial lack of success) and all that followed during Beck's time with the company. That initial leap of faith is the type of innovation that is reminiscent of Steve Jobs and all the Apple products that are now so successful but that nobody thought they wanted until Jobs put those beautifully executed products into their hands.
Also, I don't believe that the purchasing desires of children drive Playmobil's decision-making - while children are the primary end-users of their products, Playmobil's main customer base is actually the retail outlets that sell the toys. While the genius of Hans Beck was to come up with something new that children didn't know they wanted until they had the toys in their hands, the large toy retailers seem to be more concerned with making people buy more and more stuff regardless of the inherent quality or play value of the toys they sell. That's why we see the relentless sparkly/pink/lavender/unicorn/fairy/princess stuff directed toward girls and the black/red/purple/pirates/soldiers stuff directed toward boys. The big retailers also want high volume and quick turnover so that is why many themes only last a short time and why, at least here in the USA, nothing stays on the shelf for more than a few seasons and then gets clearance-priced until it's gone to make room for newer stock.
Playmobil used to get a lot of awards from groups that evaluate the creative play value of toys but those awards seem to be fewer as time passes. Playmobil's marketing department seems more concerned about trends and gimmicks than by what children really want to play with (as opposed to the junk that children have been convinced they want to play with.) New styles of figures and new themes can be fantastic as long as they have some long-lasting creative play value but if Playmobil continues to dumb-down it's toys, children will quickly get bored with them and parents will stop buying them. It is the parents (and adult collectors!) who make most of the Playmobil purchasing decisions so if the quality and play-value (for kids and adults ;) ) continue to decline, then retail sales will also decline. If Playmobil's retail sales decline, then retail stores will stop carrying Playmobil. Here in the USA, large retailers such as Target and Walmart stopped selling Playmobil several years ago. ToysRUs had also stopped selling it several years ago but then re-instated it after a couple of years. Based on my own anecdotal experience with ToysRUs, however, Playmobil does not seem to sell well there and sets usually gets clearance-priced after a year or so on the shelf. Not a good sign.
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if you are interesting in the price, here is the link:
http://www.playmobil.de/SUPER4_15.html
Playmo_80
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Playmobil's marketing department seems more concerned about trends and gimmicks than by what children really want to play with (as opposed to the junk that children have been convinced they want to play with.) New styles of figures and new themes can be fantastic as long as they have some long-lasting creative play value but if Playmobil continues to dumb-down it's toys, children will quickly get bored with them and parents will stop buying them. It is the parents (and adult collectors!) who make most of the Playmobil purchasing decisions so if the quality and play-value (for kids and adults ;) ) continue to decline, then retail sales will also decline.
Amen!
I am seriously bummed out about these new clickies and their faces.
But I will probably buy that house if I get the chance.