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News / Re: Playmobil in the News
« Last post by JLMatterer on April 19, 2025, 01:15:55 »
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Dioramas & Buildings / Re: Giant tree
« Last post by Klickteryx on April 16, 2025, 21:00:56 »I like the concept. The trunk looks like something out of the Amazon rainforest but the base of the trunk should spread out slightly before going into the ground. The top has obviously been broken off in a storm. It would be nice if geobra did a compatible range of trees in larger sizes. They could be used by kids for dinosaurs or whatever else including playmobil.
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Dioramas & Buildings / Re: Giant tree
« Last post by tahra on April 16, 2025, 13:26:53 »Wow.... very creative 
I dont't like that it's glued either... but it IS an interesting idea.. (massive amount of those little tree bits used!)
But the trunk elements seem to have been glued together. All in all, I don't like it. Not my cup of tree.
I dont't like that it's glued either... but it IS an interesting idea.. (massive amount of those little tree bits used!)
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What is this??? / Re: Short spear in black, what set is it from?
« Last post by Pynedor on April 14, 2025, 23:47:32 »It certainly seems like a possibility that it was from a set that would ordinarily contain the spear in the normal colour as GrahamB noted.
This seems even more likely since Rhalius noted that he got it from an older set himself, so the other potential explanation that it was an unreleased part that he purchased from someone is probably not the case. Some unreleased (but almost certainly genuine Playmobil) parts occasionally appear for sale, and they are sometimes in very desirable colours! I've seen many of them appear in pictures here. I'd consider a black spear like this to be quite a good find.
This seems even more likely since Rhalius noted that he got it from an older set himself, so the other potential explanation that it was an unreleased part that he purchased from someone is probably not the case. Some unreleased (but almost certainly genuine Playmobil) parts occasionally appear for sale, and they are sometimes in very desirable colours! I've seen many of them appear in pictures here. I'd consider a black spear like this to be quite a good find.
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What is this??? / Re: Short spear in black, what set is it from?
« Last post by GrahamB on April 14, 2025, 11:03:59 »It's probably from a set which normally had a dark grey spear. Maybe the stock of spears used to make up the sets ran out and a few hundred more were created, but the colour wasn't matched properly. Maybe the dark grey colour was called for, but perhaps an injection moulding operative thought black was near enough!
There are other examples of sets containing slightly different coloured parts in different examples. For example, Color set 3624 is shown on the box and most pictures of real examples of the set as having a white saddle, a white shield and a chrome breastplate, but examples do exist of sets with a black saddle, a black shield or a white breastplate. Black saddles and shields are found in several other sets, so they would be readily available to use when the white ones ran out and the time and money involved in creating more white ones could be avoided. With the breastplate, I imagine it would be much easier to create white ones than chrome ones if the stock of chrome ones ran out. I believe that breastplate, in white, was not used in any other set, so it would have to be created specially.
Most sets have 'alternative parts' which were probably replacements for parts where stock had run out. Take the famous set 3666, for example. At the bottom of the Playmodb inventory page are 10 'Extra parts not include in inventory.' Most of these are identical to other, included parts. But 30077100 'Keys on keyring' is gold, not bronze. Perhaps another example of less-than-exact colour matching?
There are other examples of sets containing slightly different coloured parts in different examples. For example, Color set 3624 is shown on the box and most pictures of real examples of the set as having a white saddle, a white shield and a chrome breastplate, but examples do exist of sets with a black saddle, a black shield or a white breastplate. Black saddles and shields are found in several other sets, so they would be readily available to use when the white ones ran out and the time and money involved in creating more white ones could be avoided. With the breastplate, I imagine it would be much easier to create white ones than chrome ones if the stock of chrome ones ran out. I believe that breastplate, in white, was not used in any other set, so it would have to be created specially.
Most sets have 'alternative parts' which were probably replacements for parts where stock had run out. Take the famous set 3666, for example. At the bottom of the Playmodb inventory page are 10 'Extra parts not include in inventory.' Most of these are identical to other, included parts. But 30077100 'Keys on keyring' is gold, not bronze. Perhaps another example of less-than-exact colour matching?
