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General => News => Topic started by: Richard on September 30, 2009, 20:32:39
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Toys R Us has a different "civilian" version (5859) of Playmobil's 4445 Flying Boat (seaplane) available in their stores (and online) for $29.99 (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3614369). Click on price and also HERE! (http://s7d5.scene7.com/s7ondemand/zoom/flasht_zoom.jsp?&company=ToysRUsGSI&config=defaultZoom&zoomwidth=500&zoomheight=558&sku=p6078050)
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That looks very smart indeed, Richard.
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Thanks for posting the seaplane, Richard.
I think a trip to TRU is in order :yup:
Best regards,
Jimbo
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Oh No! Another cool set to collect :P! I'm in trouble now ;)!
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Don't know if y'all have noticed, but the logo on the new seaplane (5859) from Toys R Us is the same as Playmobil's "Underwater Exploration" theme.
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Richard, just to let you know that those are stickers you can or do not have to put on . From what I remember ( over a month now ) those were the only stickers in the set .
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Ras, in addition to the stickers, it looks like Playmobil put the Ocean Team logo everywhere.
Take a look at the crew member picture from the Research Submarine (4473).
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Hmmmm... :hmm:! I like that theme very much :)9!
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Hmmmm... :hmm:! I like that theme very much :)9!
Me too, Bill!
Maybe we could get some of those Ocean Team logo stickers that Ras mentioned and add 4472 to this theme. (It might make a great "mother-ship" for the nautical expedition or underwater exploration series.)
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4472 actually might look really cool as the Ocean Team mother-ship.
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Great ideas, I really like this theme also and am looking forward to getting them all . Next they need a helicopter with the logo to land on the mother ship. Maybe the new smaller police one with the winch . That mother ship will need a crane similar to the one in 4468 Dolphin Basin and then and then :lol:
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Next they need a helicopter ...
Agreed, Ras! BTW, there is a real Ocean Team (http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIX/2009sep00150.html) that does undersea construction for gas and electric transmission. Their ships are designated CSV (Construction Support Vessel).
As you can see from the attachment, their ship has the helicopter landing pad that you suggested (as well as the cranes).
I have also attached a picture of the back of the 5859 Seaplane box and a picture of a little Playmobil helicopter (7950) that's currently on sale from US Direct Servce for $8.99.
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Richard, just to let you know that those are stickers you can or do not have to put on . From what I remember ( over a month now ) those were the only stickers in the set .
Thanks, Ras ...
I've attached a scan of the stickers from the 5859 seaplane. Think I'll order a half dozen sheets from US Direct Service to expand my Ocean Team ... ;)
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I really like the looks of that plane, of course I like the police one too
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4472 actually might look really cool as the Ocean Team mother-ship.
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Great idea Richard! Now you've given me another project to think about 8}!
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I saw this set a while back in the Playmo Collector 3 and have been busy scouring eBay in the hope that I might be able to get one shipped over to the UK. TRU over here doesn't seem to sell the US editions consistently...sometimes they pitch up a couple of years after their US release but mostly we never see them.
Suffice to say, i'm still waiting on eBay...I am sure someone will start selling it before Xmas :crossed:
Claire :)
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I saw this set a while back in the Playmo Collector 3 and have been busy scouring eBay in the hope that I might be able to get one shipped over to the UK. TRU over here doesn't seem to sell the US editions consistently...sometimes they pitch up a couple of years after their US release but mostly we never see them.
Suffice to say, i'm still waiting on eBay...I am sure someone will start selling it before Xmas :crossed:
Claire :)
Claire, If you really want one and can not find one for the $30 they sell for, I would gladly mail you or any other Playmofriend one (or more ;)). I do not know what shipping would be but it does not weigh much and you could check the shipping with my postal code of 95407 CA . Just send me a PM
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I must say that I fell in love with that seaplane from the moment I saw it !!!
My dilemma will be : how to introduce it smoothly in my dioramas ??? :lol: ???
Hmmmm...let me think...well, Santa could come in his own seaplane in Miracle on Regent St :lol: :lol: :lol:!!!
I can already see the scene with the horses running away from the carriages, hats being blown away, and what about my fake snow effect ??? Hmmmm...maybe not after all...
Karim :)
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Karim, just do the reverse of what they do on TV. Instead of doing a dream/memory sequence you could do a fantasy/future sequence. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if one day they made machines that could fly in the air and land on water..." Think H.G. Wells ;)
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Karim, just do the reverse of what they do on TV. Instead of doing a dream/memory sequence you could do a fantasy/future sequence. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if one day they made machines that could fly in the air and land on water..." Think H.G. Wells ;)
Good idea, Tim. I'd got as far as thinking Karim could do a Hollywood studio diorama for "Around the World in 80 Days" and have the flying boat in that, you know the way Hollywood slips anachronisms into films.
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Hi Tiermann & Playmofire :wave:
What a wonderful idea !!!
After all, I had Maria Malibran giving a recital at the Mansion in February so why not an early movie set :wow: :wow:
I love this new Seaplane and I would not be surprized if it was voted one of the best selling toys of 2009 as it got it all :love:
I am sure that a talented Playmofriend will customize it to look just like an early seaplane that could have transported Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford :yup:
Karim ;)
PS : do you know that one of my dreams is to create a diorama including a hot air baloon voyage but it still has to materialize :yup: