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Offline playmo1989

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Re: the playmobil malta factory
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2011, 03:31:37 »
Quote from: playmofire on August 27, 2011, 16:58:30
Probably because the great bulk of the set was made in Western Germany.

the figures were made there right? the single figure sets say made in ger.  ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Re: the playmobil malta factory
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2011, 03:32:44 »
Quote from: Wesley Myers on August 27, 2011, 16:33:43
Probably for the same reasons Harley Davidson says "Made in the USA".

i don't find a real reason for that because now they say where every set was made ... 8}
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Re: the playmobil malta factory
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2011, 06:43:10 »
Quote from: playmo1989 on August 28, 2011, 03:31:37
the figures were made there right? the single figure sets say made in ger.  ::) ::) ::) ::)

No, all the figures were made in Malta but all the packaging took place in Germany at that time. Maybe by value, because of higher labour rates in Germany, the bulk of the cost of the set would arise from work in Germany and so it could be marked "Made in Germany" or maybe the country where the item was finally assembled determined where it was "made".
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Re: the playmobil malta factory
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2011, 11:21:25 »
Items had to be packed in the German factory because it's there where the QC is done.
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Re: the playmobil malta factory
« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2011, 12:01:36 »
most of the time final assembly is the "made" mark... which is why some sets are marked made in china/spain/czech republic ... etc even though the vast majority of all parts for PM (the number I have is 95%) are made in germany and malta

Malta is as last I heard the exclusive producer of PM figures... first smile sets... and PM 123. Most if not all prepacked items... think take-along and advent calendars are marked made in the czech republic because that is where they are assembled and packaged.

Malta for all figures and Czech Republic for the advent calendar and take-along houses I know for sure... and I suspect that the sets marked China are primarily because the electronic elements are made there and the sets that come assembled like the new school bus and US exclusive pirate ship 5950 would be labor intensive to pack as the "ready to go" level they are boxed with for Mass Market... it would also appear that some of these similar but non-electric items undergo the same treatment in Spain.
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Re: the playmobil malta factory
« Reply #15 on: August 28, 2011, 21:28:20 »
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