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News / Re: Barbie theme as Geobra and Mattel team up

« Last post by Oliver on August 23, 2025, 09:42:47 »

An extremely weird decision (and I'm fairly generous about giving the benefit of the doubt).

I assume it will basically be a re-hash of the beach theme with some Barbie Logos stuck on the figures (of course, the beach theme has literally had a re-fresh last month...).

The only real overlap is that children do play with Playmobil and Barbies in very similar ways, but I'm not sure that's enough to make this make sense.

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News / Re: Barbie theme as Geobra and Mattel team up

« Last post by tahra on August 22, 2025, 06:47:01 »

They're going to use one toy to represent another toy and lose the unique attributes of both?

Like the "my little pony" - if people want my little pony, they buy my little pony.  I completely agree.

They should be playmobil. Which is basically the best to be. Or at least it was.  :'(

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News / Re: Barbie theme as Geobra and Mattel team up

« Last post by Ismene on August 22, 2025, 06:22:18 »

They're going to use one toy to represent another toy and lose the unique attributes of both?

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News / Re: Barbie theme as Geobra and Mattel team up

« Last post by Klickteryx on August 22, 2025, 00:07:54 »

As was pointed out in the German forum, what is the point of a miniature Barbie doll if you cannot comb their hair?

There are the Horses of Waterfall you can comb the hair so I wouldn't be surprised if some playmobil troll doll appeared in future.

Not everything Barbie has to be like the doll, there are movies for instance and you can't comb the tv - well not if you're sane anyway.

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News / Re: Barbie theme as Geobra and Mattel team up

« Last post by Pynedor on August 22, 2025, 00:07:45 »

I expect that these sets will likely end up taking the place of some of the sets in a few of the modern themes. Hopefully that trend will not continue though. Not many classic themes remain.

The Monster High sets might have some interesting pieces though.

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News / Re: Barbie theme as Geobra and Mattel team up

« Last post by StJohn on August 21, 2025, 23:51:59 »

As the EU has gained more control over Europeans' lives over the past 25 years, each EU country has seen its core identity watered down to pave the way for a controlled, corporate, pan-European identity -- and no one has been a bigger proponent of this than Germany.

A result of this is those companies most affiliated with each country's core values have become weaker and corrupted. To me it is no surpise that as Germany has lost its way, so has PM. It is only natural.

Sorry, but this is nonsense. I agree there is a lot of cultural levelling – Europe and the world at large are getting starbucksed – but that is an unavoidable consequence of ever closer economic integration, which is by itself a good thing and the main benefit achieved under EU rules. The problem of the EU is that, on the one hand, it is too overbearing (issuing too many complicated rules) but on the other too weak (in the end the states still decide). On balance it hasn't been bad, and should not be blamed for Playmobil's demise, which is really entirely homemade.

I cannot see Barbie in Playmobil form. As was pointed out in the German forum, what is the point of a miniature Barbie doll if you cannot comb their hair?

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News / Re: Barbie theme as Geobra and Mattel team up

« Last post by bml87 on August 21, 2025, 20:48:41 »

I’m a bit surprised nobody is talking about how this smells like Playmobil will be taken over by Mattel one day. I can definitely see it happen, unless a miracle happens… I can imagine Mattel would love to own the once big concurrent of Lego. It makes sense. Not sure what to expect though, but if it involves some Playmobil sets in “normal” colours, I would give it a chance! Anyway, I’m already at the point that the glory years are far behind us and my wallet is actually very happy about that at the moment, I just buy parts lately and some figures. Which is all I need right now, because I own all the sets that I always wanted to have at this point.

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News / Re: Playmobil in the News

« Last post by JLMatterer on August 21, 2025, 19:46:08 »

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News / Re: Playmobil in the News

« Last post by JLMatterer on August 21, 2025, 18:34:47 »

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News / Re: Playmobil in the News

« Last post by JLMatterer on August 21, 2025, 18:18:28 »