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General => News => Topic started by: Wesley Myers on December 28, 2010, 16:08:43
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I guess this is goes in this section.
Anyway, with the school that Playmobil has out now, they seem to be lacking one essential item for it. A school bus.
What about past offerings? Did they ever make a decent school bus? Or bus that could be converted/painted to make a school bus?
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Did they ever make a decent school bus?
is there a school bus at all? I mean decent or not .... :lol: I've never seen one......
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There have been a few variations of schoolbuses
The German one:
3521 - School Bus][URL=http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3521]3521 - School Bus (http://[URL=http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3521)
They also did a yelow/black one (which is the one I have):
3170x - Schoolbus (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3170x)
There have also been others produced for other countries such as Spain :)
Damo :rudy:
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Getting over my laziness I googled and this is all I could find. The 3521. Doesn't look like any school bus I've ever seen. More like an ambulance that got a new sticker ...
Okay, there's also the 3170, which looks like the same one(?) but with a different colour plastic.
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There have been a few variations of schoolbuses
The German one:
3521 - School Bus][URL=http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3521]3521 - School Bus (http://[URL=http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3521)
They also did a yelow/black one (which is the one I have):
3170x - Schoolbus (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3170x)
There have also been others produced for other countries such as Spain :)
Damo :rudy:
Thanks for the quick reply! Is it any good?
Yeah, I know it's Playmobil, so it should be good, right. We all know that one (but do we -- thinking of the Chicken dragon and the firetruck in the usa)
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Thanks for the quick reply! Is it any good?
Yeah, I know it's Playmobil, so it should be good, right. We all know that one (but do we -- thinking of the Chicken dragon and the firetruck in the usa)
It's ok, but I don't really like it :-\
The whole design just isn't right. The actual van itself is nice, I like it. But when you go and put seats in the back it just doesn't do it for me. It looks more like a plane/space shuttle inside rather than a bus.
I would very much like to see an updated version :)
Damo :rudy:
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Excellent idea for needing an updated school bus! Hopefully there will be a new introduction of one before the new school house series is retired!
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Excellent idea for needing an updated school bus! Hopefully there will be a new introduction of one before the new school house series is retired!
Is there anything we, as consumers, could do?
I know I have seen pictures children have drawn at Playmobil HQ that the design team goes over and gets influence from.
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Is there anything we, as consumers, could do?
I know I have seen pictures children have drawn at Playmobil HQ that the design team goes over and gets influence from.
We may be able to send a request through the Playmobil Collectors Club pilot program here. Based on which of the new vehicles already in production should it be designed from?
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wow...i've never seen any of these sets.
there are some vans in argentina that takes kids to school (that would be a private service) that looks like the orange and white one.... ;D
The buses hired by schools are of course big buses but also white and orange. :)
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there are some vans in argentina that takes kids to school (that would be a private service) that looks like the orange and white one.... ;D
The buses hired by schools are of course big buses but also white and orange. :)
In the UK (or at least round my way) School buses are usually either the school's minibuses, or coaches hired from local coach companies to do the school run, usually with multiple school drop offs :)
There is however a bright yellow American schoolbus round our way that I sometimes see in the mornings, but I havent yet worked out which school it serves :-\
Damo :rudy:
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There is however a bright yellow American schoolbus round our way that I sometimes see in the mornings, but I havent yet worked out which school it serves :-\
Damo :rudy:
I wonder if theirs look anything like Canadian school buses?
http://www.google.ca/images?q=canadian%20school%20bus&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1659&bih=721 (http://www.google.ca/images?q=canadian%20school%20bus&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1659&bih=721)
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I wonder if theirs look anything like Canadian school buses?
http://www.google.ca/images?q=canadian%20school%20bus&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1659&bih=721 (http://www.google.ca/images?q=canadian%20school%20bus&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1659&bih=721)
Ah yes, it is like this one in design:
(http://www.schoolbusdriver.org/thomas_school_bus%20canada.jpg)
Although I dont know how it works with the doors being on the other side and all that :-\
I'll have to have a closer look when I next see it :)
Damo :rudy:
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I had the same idea as you Wesley a few months back...Why did they introduce a whole school theme without a bus ???Maybe they will next year!!! ;)
Here are a few pics from my schoolbus ;)
I love it!!! Used to be my third favourite after the green police van and the yellow rescue helicopter!!!
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And an overall!!!
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Yes, I have been thinking too that we REALLY need a school bus. The link wesley posted is the kind of schoolbus I am used to. but if they just did a slightly altered (and of course yellow) version of this one: http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-US-Site/en_US/Product-Show?pid=4419&cgid=Transport it would be better than nothing. I don't know if they would want to do a whole new mold or not.
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With so many details in the current school theme I too wonder why Playmobil missed a bus for the kids :) - are big school buses popular in German public schools? if the answer is no maybe that explains it all?
Someone could customize one using the one in the link bonnie posted, any volunteer? ;) ;D
I don't need one because I have the old yellow school bus (3170) but I've noticed it has become a very sought after set in the past years and new collectors need one at a reasonable price :)
Btw I hadn't noticed that 3170 does look more like a van than a bus, but I love it because it's a classic 8-)
We may be able to send a request through the Playmobil Collectors Club pilot program here.
Could someone explain to me what that collectors club pilot is about and when it started? maybe a link to it? ??? I've heard something similiar on the Spanish forum - is it related to this one?
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Could someone explain to me what that collectors club pilot is about and when it started? maybe a link to it? ??? I've heard something similiar on the Spanish forum - is it related to this one?
Have a look at all the threads in the collectors club board Luis ;)
http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?board=39.0
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I had the same idea as you Wesley a few months back...Why did they introduce a whole school theme without a bus ???Maybe they will next year!!! ;)
Here are a few pics from my schoolbus ;)
I love it!!! Used to be my third favourite after the green police van and the yellow rescue helicopter!!!
Thanks for the pictures! How does the tab on the seat work? It just catches on the back of the "shirt"/body of the figure to hold it in place? Does it work well?
If I could get my hands on one of those it would be cool to repaint it (even though I do not know if I would want to repaint it because it is just so nice the way it is and there is something nostalgic about it).
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Thanks for the pictures! How does the tab on the seat work? It just catches on the back of the "shirt"/body of the figure to hold it in place? Does it work well?
if you place a child klicky in the sitting position, you'll notice a small gap at the joining point, on top of the legs... thats where the first tab of the chair fits and the second supports the upper part of the body. For an adult klicky, you just insert it on the back of the shirt/body point...
It works very well, but I suspect, and if I can recall correctly, since this is not my old childhood bus, that if the tabs are overused, or the klickies, the holding points do not remain sharp after a long time of playing...
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Playmobil USA fans on facebook have mentioned about the school bus just now... :hmm:
Damo :)
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We have a spy among us. :shhhh: :lol:
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Playmobil USA fans on facebook have mentioned about the school bus just now... :hmm:
Damo :)
That's a good thing! Maybe word will get out and people will start asking Playmobil for one. Then maybe we'll get one. I sure hope they keep pumping life into their various themes as opposed to just eliminating them (which is what they seem to have been doing).
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That's a good thing! Maybe word will get out and people will start asking Playmobil for one. Then maybe we'll get one. I sure hope they keep pumping life into their various themes as opposed to just eliminating them (which is what they seem to have been doing).
I totally agree!
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I like the neat way the klickies are kept on the seats, Panos.
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That's a good thing! Maybe word will get out and people will start asking Playmobil for one. Then maybe we'll get one. I sure hope they keep pumping life into their various themes as opposed to just eliminating them (which is what they seem to have been doing).
Yes, i agree too. I hate to see an exciting new them come out and then that's it for that theme, it's discontinued. (Egyptians come to mind) I like to see more "satelite" sets come out to complement the theme as time goes by.
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Here are a few pics from my schoolbus ;)
I love it!!! Used to be my third favourite after the green police van and the yellow rescue helicopter!!!
Thank's for the pictures of your white & orange version school bus, Panos! I prefer the yellow & black version myself, because it looks like the ones here in the USA. I just hope PM is listening to us ;)!
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We have a spy among us. :shhhh: :lol:
Is it you? Im in that facebook but it wasn't me! :)
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Can't be me. I'm not even on facebook. :)
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Can't be me. I'm not even on facebook. :)
I've got an account that I've never used, plus, I've forgotten my password :-[!
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we're so tech-savvy. ;)
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we're so tech-savvy. ;)
:P Yeah buddy! I'm a huntin' pecker myself ;)!
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yet, you both are talking about this on an online forum. :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
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Quite true! :lol:
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yet, you both are talking about this on an online forum. :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
All I know about is eBay, Pay Pal, online banking, You tube, & PLAYMOFRIENDS :love:, anything else is not needed!
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I'll agree with you there. But I do work with a touch-screen computer 13 hrs a day. 8}
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All I know about is eBay, Pay Pal, online banking, You tube, & PLAYMOFRIENDS :love:, anything else is not needed!
I would add to this list playmobil, ridgeroad station, photobucket, wikipedia, zoo websites (i'm a nerd) and various clothing store sites. ;D
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I would add to this list playmobil, ridgeroad station, photobucket, wikipedia, zoo websites (i'm a nerd) and various clothing store sites. ;D
Oh yeah, I forgot about my Playmobil USA DS, Ridge Road Station, & Imageshack accounts! That means I'm hopelessly addicted to online mania 8}!
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Yeah, I must confess I'm guilty of spending a little too much time online. I'm trying to do better though, tonight notwithstanding. :-[
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But you're hanging out with such great company :lol:!
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:)9
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I'm friends with Playmobil on FB and never saw that - I probably need to subscribe
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Thank's for the pictures of your white & orange version school bus, Panos! I prefer the yellow & black version myself, because it looks like the ones here in the USA. I just hope PM is listening to us ;)!
Apparently, they were listening to us, huh?
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Yep! We may have more influence than we think! ;)
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In the UK (or at least round my way) School buses are usually either the school's minibuses, or coaches hired from local coach companies to do the school run, usually with multiple school drop offs :)
There is however a bright yellow American schoolbus round our way that I sometimes see in the mornings, but I havent yet worked out which school it serves :-\
Damo :rudy:
Ah, btw, I spotted the bus again.
It's a bluebird (if this means anything?) in yellow, but the divers seat and doors are on the correct side, so perhaps it is an export?
Although there can't be much demand for yellow US school buses in this country! :lol:
Damo :)
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Damo, this is what ours look like down here http://www.showbus.com/gallery/sw/truro5.htm (http://www.showbus.com/gallery/sw/truro5.htm) but I have to admit although there was a huge fuss when they were introduced, I haven't seen one in ages. They normally hire the mankiest, oldest coaches they can find!!
Having said that, for the benefit of our non UK members, travelling to school by bus is far from the norm. If you need to catch a bus to school or college, you get a normal service bus and use a free bus pass from the County Council if you are eligible (otherwise you pay your own fare). http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=7544 (http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=7544)
Bit irrelevant to the launch of a new Playmobil bus, but it's always interesting to know what goes on in other countries (or it is to me :))
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Having said that, for the benefit of our non UK members, travelling to school by bus is far from the norm. If you need to catch a bus to school or college, you get a normal service bus and use a free bus pass from the County Council if you are eligible (otherwise you pay your own fare).
Where I live everyone has to catch a bus to get to school and whilst the area I live is classed as the countryside we are not isolated by any stretch of the imagination. Primary schools are common in every village however high schools and colleges all require a bus. From my village alone there is at least 6 different buses just for school children-it makes the one bus stop VERY busy in the morning! 8}
They normally hire the mankiest, oldest coaches they can find!!
This is very true! We have an ancient double decker bus that is freezing in the winter- it is also breaks down quite frequently.
I like the new playmobil bus but I don't think I will be buying it-my klickies can just walk!
naflibomyalp
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This is very true! We have an ancient double decker bus that is freezing in the winter- it is also breaks down quite frequently.
It sounds like the one I used to get to college on nearly 30 years ago!! Wouldn't be surprised if it's the same one :lol: :lol: :lol: I can picture it now - it was a Leyland Atlantean (for all you bus anoraks!)
Interesting that you have lots of buses. I suppose different local authorities allocate their funding in different directions. Your part of the country may also have roads that are actually big enough for a bus to drive along ::)
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For those who have not, or will not, read the other thread on the "shcool" bus:
Okay, just so we know what type of bus it is supposed to be (the school bus). It is a Girardin Micro-Bird. It is (and was) made in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada by Girardin Mini-bus Inc.
It was bought by Blue-Bird in the USA and remarketed as their own.
Here is some info about the company:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girardin_Minibus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girardin_Minibus)
The specific model is based on the first one used on the Ford Canada E-350 frame as well as GM Canada's frames.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%2700-%2702_Ford_E-350_School_Bus.JPG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%2700-%2702_Ford_E-350_School_Bus.JPG)
Here is the latest model made here in Canada by Girardin (you will notice the roof isn't as curved at the front anymore, so the Playmobil model is of the ones made until 1999 - you will also see the front end of the Playmobil one does not resemble the grills on either the Ford Canada or the GM Canada base model versions. Most likely so they would not have to pay royalties.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_bird_micro_bird_by_girardin_1.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_bird_micro_bird_by_girardin_1.jpg)
They were also made in Brantford, Ontario, Canada from 1975 - 2007.
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=699460 (http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=699460)
Blue-bird figured they could make the school buses in the USA, so they tried that for less than two years before coming back to Canada to admit they needed Girardin to make them for them (see news release below)
FORT VALLEY, Ga. (October 19, 2009) – Blue Bird and Girardin are pleased to announce a joint venture between Blue Bird and Girardin Minibus. This new partnership, effective October 14, 2009, will consolidate Blue Bird and Girardin Minibus Type A bus products and distribution into one entity. “Girardin’s complete Type A bus line is a perfect complement to Blue Bird’s complete Type C and D bus product lines and ensures our Dealers can offer our mutual customers the best in a complete family of Blue Bird school and activity bus products,” said Greg Bennett, President and CEO of Blue Bird Corporation.
The new entity, located in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, will be named Micro Bird, Inc. and will be exclusively responsible for the design and fabrication of all Blue Bird Type A school buses, activity buses and commercial buses,” offered Steve Girardin, President of Micro-Bird, Inc. All Type A products, branded Blue Bird Micro Bird® by Girardin, will be exclusively distributed and supported by the Authorized Blue Bird Dealer Network.
The combination of Blue Bird’s 80+ years and Girardin’s 50 years in the bus industry make for a strong and driven partnership, and everything derived from it will be of great benefit and success to Blue Bird, Girardin, our Dealers, and most importantly the customer. The Blue Bird and Girardin teams have initiated efforts to successfully integrate products and processes to ensure a smooth and transparent transition for customers.
Blue Bird, Girardin and their Dealers have, over the years, built and earned strong reputations for quality and leadership which will continue with the new Blue Bird Micro Bird® by Girardin.
As found on: http://www.blue-bird.com/pressrelease.aspx?item=2009 (http://www.blue-bird.com/pressrelease.aspx?item=2009)
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Thank you for this info Wesley! I read it in the other thread. Boy, did this guys mess the school word... I guess they did not go to school :lol:
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Thank you for this info Wesley! I read it in the other thread. Boy, did this guys mess the school word... I guess they did not go to school :lol:
It's actually from two different incidents in the USA.
With the one you can see they realise their mistake when they took off the painting frames. The other one they didn't until it hit the newspapers.
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The next picture will probably say, SOCOOL! :P
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:lol: That would be.... well, so cool! :D
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who knows what the heck they were thinking when they started by SH... :o :P
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Has anyone gotten the new Canadian school bus at TRU yet?
The $20 price tag seems pretty tempting.
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Has anyone gotten the new Canadian school bus at TRU yet?
The $20 price tag seems pretty tempting.
Hi Wesley! there is a review of the school bus in the review board :wave: