playmobil vs. lego - growing up

[Rhalius]

That's pretty much the only medieval civilian set Lego ever made though, aside from a handfull in the eighties.

And to be fair, this big one looks strongly inspired by playmobil in its style.
Are those weird things next to the guy with the stick chickens or ducks?
The lack of detail possible with Lego is really showing there.

[Bolingbroke]

there were others recently, like the raid on the miller's house or whatever it was ... can't find it though. regarding the detail, eh, that's one way of looking at it. the other is ...IMAGINATION! 

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[tahra]

That one seems to be another that'd benefit from actually REMOVING the soldiers... like the hay cart...

[Ismene]

there were others recently, like the raid on the miller's house or whatever it was ... can't find it though. regarding the detail, eh, that's one way of looking at it. the other is ...IMAGINATION! 

Hey, it's Zola's Attaque du Moulin! The soldiers are the wrong era though.

[Rhalius]

I think they did a better job at the buildings with that earlier set, that barn and mill dont look too great. I'm positive that the possibilities of Lego should allow for something better than that. Also, why no baseplate? really needs a green baseplate there with some trees to dress it up.

I liked that about the old sets but somehow they completely removed that in time.

They couldnt have made their best castle ever without it.


I'm still planning to try and recreate it with Playmobil some day.

But these days, with their castles its nothing but dumb gimmicks, fake siege weapons and ugly castle designs.

Maybe its nostalgia, but if it where just that my opinion on playmobil would not have been much higher than Lego these days. Playmobil simply is much more that same toy that it was during my childhood. Aside from odd gender stereotypes these days in some themes. But with lego.. pretty much everything I loved about it as a kid is completely gone.

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haters gonna hate, as they say