2013 Catalogue with the novelties now online (on the belgian site)

[ivesy]

Thank you very much, in love with the new mountain rescue range! How do i go about buying it though?

[Hadoque]

But aside from that theres also a small pirate ship there which seems to be new. Repeated clickies on the ship as far as I can tell, but the color scheme of the ship is beautifull. Just a shame those sails are torn.

That is set 5901, it used to be a US-exclusive from a few years ago. It has shown up on the Benelux-pages when the new DS-items were added at the start of the year.

[Hadoque]

Thank you very much, in love with the new mountain rescue range! How do i go about buying it though?

Besides Surprise Figures series 4 and 5 which are released worldwide in 2013, the new themes for 2013 are released in the UK (and most other international markets) one year later, so the cheapest option is to wait till next year. More expensive ways are buying sets on ebay, or in German webshops that ship internationally. The German webshops are interesting when you buy in bigger quantities, as German prices are generally lower, so purchasing multiple items then can make up for the shipping-costs.

[Rhalius]

Ah I kind of thought that ship may have been available before somewhere. Nice to see some of those exclusives heading this way.

Not sure yet about getting the ship or not, takes up quite some space.

[Playmo_80]

in set 5480 what is that creature that is inside the castle behind the iron door? the one next to the klicky with the Hershey's kiss on his head. It look like a spirit of some kind.

on their website it is named "Blaues Drachenfeue" that's mean "Fire's Blue Dragon"...

Playmo_80

[Hadoque]

on their website it is named "Blaues Drachenfeue" that's mean "Fire's Blue Dragon"...

Playmo_80

"blue dragonfire" is a better translation

[Hadoque]

Have a look at the prices on the official Playmobil websites for some of the novelties... 
The belgian prices might give a clue for other international markets' official shops as well.

Mountain House (chalet) 5422:   Germany 55 euro  -  Belgium 63 euro   
Crystal Palace 5474:   Germany 65 euro  -  Belgium 75 euro
Fairy Queen's ship 5445:  Germany 28 euro - Belgium 30 euro

Asia Dragonland..

Big Dragoncastle 5479:   Germany 120 euro  -  Belgium 140 euro   
Secret Dragoncastle 5480:  Germany 70 euro  - Belgium  95 euro      That is 35% more for international!! 

etc ...


Germany:
http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/Search-Show?cgid=Drachenland

Belgium:
http://www.playmobil.be/on/demandware.store/Sites-BE-Site/nl_BE/Search-Show?cgid=Drachenland

[BlueWizard]

So why the 35% higher prices? Higher prices in Canada are usually attributed to transportation costs, taxes, large country-small population, etc. (though none of these really account for the prices... I presume it's just company policy).  So why the difference between Belgium and Germany - neighbouring countries both using the euro?  Same reason... company policy?  Prices are set according to what the local market will bear (and minimal cross border leakage)? ...with favourable pricing in the home market. And are these prices any higher when compared to the price differences of previous years?  Ah, the politics of free enterprise.

Anyway that's too bad, Hadoque... will you be crossing the border when it's time for a playmo shopping trip?

David

[Birdie]

Aaaaaaaaaaand the shopping mall is... pink 

The man in the video presenting the new range was very clear about which sets were for boys and which sets were for girls. Thank you for clearing that up for us.

[Rasputin]

Well Germany has to recover its money for supporting so many these days