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News / Re: Playmobil closes last factory in Germany
« Last post by Macruran on June 28, 2026, 15:04:38 »Sic transit gloria Playmo
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News / Re: Odysseus Sets
« Last post by Heronimus on June 27, 2026, 08:29:59 »Horrible choice to have some figures with the creepy non playmobil like eyes. It looks especially terrible together like this with the classics.
Yes...horrible horrible!!!!! These designs won't appeal to the new generation but they have for sure lost the love of the old collectors.....
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News / Re: Playmobil closes last factory in Germany
« Last post by Rhalius on June 25, 2026, 13:43:46 »Sadly not surprising. Heck with the horrible decisions they've been making for over a decade now it would not surprise me if they go bankrupt and the whole company closes within the next decade. They're just doing nothing to get back on track, just digging their hole deeper by doubling down on bad decisions.
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News / Re: Playmobil closes last factory in Germany
« Last post by tiger1983uk on June 25, 2026, 12:31:07 »This is very sad, a few years ago you would have thought a job at the Playmobil Factory was a job for life.
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News / Re: Playmobil closes last factory in Germany
« Last post by tahra on June 25, 2026, 06:35:42 »We knew it was coming, but it is very very sad.
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News / Re: Playmobil closes last factory in Germany
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News / Playmobil closes last factory in Germany
« Last post by bml87 on June 24, 2026, 20:54:22 »Breaking: Duitse speelgoedmaker Playmobil sluit na 50 jaar fabriek in Duitsland: "Onze wereld stort in" / German toy maker Playmobil closes factory in Germany after 50 years: "Our world is collapsing"
https://vrtnws.be/p.7n85qJ3mp
This is from the National News Channel in Belgium (Flanders), so I apologise for the Dutch. Luckily there’s the option to translate the article.
Feel free to add other links in other languages.
https://vrtnws.be/p.7n85qJ3mp
This is from the National News Channel in Belgium (Flanders), so I apologise for the Dutch. Luckily there’s the option to translate the article.
Feel free to add other links in other languages.
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News / Re: Playmobil X WWE
« Last post by GrahamB on June 24, 2026, 18:17:08 »They have arrived. Individual figures (7 to collect) are priced the same as the Naruto figures (at least here in the UK) at £7.99 each. To get Undertaker you need to buy a triple set (£19.99), but buying that would get you two of the first 7.
IMO, the most interesting figure is Rock who is driving the Monster Truck in set 71955 (£54.99). The PM version has a completely bald head and ears! But its a very unflattering representation of the man himself!
And there is a RAW ring too (£59.99), complete with folding metal chairs and two more wrestlers, bringing the total to 11.
IMO, the most interesting figure is Rock who is driving the Monster Truck in set 71955 (£54.99). The PM version has a completely bald head and ears! But its a very unflattering representation of the man himself!
And there is a RAW ring too (£59.99), complete with folding metal chairs and two more wrestlers, bringing the total to 11.
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News / Re: Odysseus Sets
« Last post by Oliver on June 24, 2026, 08:28:26 »In some stories, the sirens are more bird-like, similar to harpies. In this case, I believe these are meant to be sirens as Oliver noted.
I think technically they should be more 'bird like' (basically a bird with a human head) but they have gone for the easier option of a winged woman. But I think sirens as 'sexy mermaids' is a more modern imagining.
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News / Re: Odysseus Sets
« Last post by Pynedor on June 23, 2026, 23:21:35 »Just one dude on a ship way too big for him to sail on his own, and two.. harpies? Sirens? Not sure what they are meant to be.
In some stories, the sirens are more bird-like, similar to harpies. In this case, I believe these are meant to be sirens as Oliver noted.
Is the ship really a fullsize ship? I have a bad feeling it's a system why truncated version...Hope I'm wrong!
It looks like the same ship design from the Roman sets (Set 4276, Set 5390, and Set 7512) and the Argo and the Argonauts set that Oliver mentioned (Set 70466).