Pics novelties 2013 at the Nuremberg Toyfair (Nürnberg Spielwarenmesse)

[Tiermann]

Well I don't particularly like that big dragon, not Asian looking enough and not classic style enough either for my taste. I like the Klickies in that theme but not the buildings. The one part I see that I really want is the silver roof section from the shopping center. It looks like System X but I don't think two of them could be connected together by connectors. That's ok, there are ways around that.

[Rhalius]

That asian boat might have potential, it reminds of of the ship in Mortal Kombat.

I bet that skilled customizers could make something wonderfull out of it.

[PlaymoZoo]

hmmm.. I'm a bit disappointed, really.
I think the mall looks too much like the hotel, too pink, too "girly" and... where are all the shops?! 
I'd liked to see a toystore or a café or something!

As for the Asian castle:
looks like a small normal castle with the Asian roof-ornament of the Asian zoo orang-utang lodge.
Not bad, but not overwhelming either.

All together: woahh... ok.

[Bolingbroke]

When most people on playmofriends say they're disappointed, it means the theme really, really, really stinks.

And it does 

Either that, or it's a 'it's not you, it's just me' kind of thing.

Pass ...

[Erik]

For me the "Asian" theme is just the Dragonland theme gone "gangnam style"...A bigger stronghold and a smaller one that can connect through a bridge...I was expecting and hoping for a more surprising (in a GOOD way!) and realistic theme, but it seems that the days of even slightly accurate "historic" Playmobil are gone...

[Rasputin]

are there any other pictures in the press that we can see in PF? there were other things and themes that I liked.

The asian fantasy theme is not being well received with adult collectors lets just hope the same is true with the buying masses, that is after all where Geobra will makes its decisions from.

I personally am holding out for when I actually have them and incorporate these sets into the collection. As a collector I am behooved to buy them up but I at least can limit their amounts. I have been able to hold out adding any chinese junk fire engines to the collection but I am sure these will slip in.

The mall, it looks like the pink could be changed to a more neutral stylish color easy enough. I am more concerned about how to expand it over all so all the shops and their sizes I want will fit. We will need a 3rd or  even 4th story and the ability to use the add on store many times.

[PlaymoZoo]

For me the "Asian" theme is just the Dragonland theme gone "gangnam style"

Exactly (eheh... Op-op-opopop... Oppa gangnam style!!) 
And even the dragons aren't really Asian!
I have posted my sketch on a different topic, but since this is about the asian castle, I'll just post it here too. This is how I'd hoped the dragons would've looked like:

http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r624/PlaymoZoo/draak002_zps9d70b973.jpg
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r624/PlaymoZoo/draak003_zps0ec80f43.jpg

[PlaymoZoo]

so sorry, forgot making them visible:



apologies

[Tiermann]

Yes, PlaymoZoo! That is exactly the style I was hoping for myself.
I think Department Store would be a better term than Shopping Center to refer to that set. It's more like a Karstadt or Pennys than a mall. I am unhappy about them putting pink stripes on the windows. It makes them impossible to reuse without doing something to take the stripes off.

[Ismene]

PlaymoZoo, I would buy a dragon like that. 

I like some parts from these themes (the new hair, the boat, etc.), but the themes as a whole are underwhelming.