2015 assortment - Discuss away -

[leefert]

It could happen, we never know. I was excited about the concession stand and accessories

[Ismene]

I like the guinea pig water bottle. It's a nice detail, though I'm not sure yet if I'll get more guinea pigs just for the bottle.

The alpacas are probably my favorite of this set of releases. I like the design of the new zoo fencing, but it's probably too organic for the Victorian era (I've toyed with the idea of doing a small Victorian zoo, but it's hard to balance authenticity with modern sensibilities of animal upkeep). The penguin balloon is cute.

[reimagination]

I feel kinda bad because I'm not excited about these things. I do want the Princess with Spinning Wheel... and that's about it. But then, hey, it'll give me time and money to hunt down some of the vintage stuff I want.

[Tiermann]

Pretty happy with the zoo theme, as a smaller theme release it's pretty good, and I think the bags are a good idea. I count 17 or 18 new molds and color versions for animals, assuming the lions are in fact a new color. Still wondering about the pandas - maybe a new adult male there as well? The white goat in the petting zoo is a new version as well. Four new shields this time as well. I've posted about it over at Animoblog.

[PlaymoMan]

I feel kinda bad because I'm not excited about these things. I do want the Princess with Spinning Wheel... and that's about it. But then, hey, it'll give me time and money to hunt down some of the vintage stuff I want.

My thoughts exactly. A priority for me at the moment is expanding upon my much neglected knights, and, to a lesser extent, my western collection. So, nothing to get excited about in the most recent catalog. Looking forward to 2015's second half assortment, though!

[bonniebeth]

I was excited about the concession stand and accessories

Oh yes, I am quite excited over that new concession stand. I have custom concession stands all over the place, but there can never be enough, and variety is good. That could be used at the fair, too. Also loving the animal balloons.

Ismene, a victorian zoo could be very interesting. To be authentic, the animals would need to be very overcrowded, and arranged by scientific classification rather than geographic location. But I would really love to see that.

[tonguello]

Maybe a mod could split this from Tonguello's last post forward and put it in the News section now?

Done 

[sunflower]

I'm all excited. Can't wait for the new sets to be in the stores. I really like the drinking bottle (it was only in the large sets of the clinic theme). The new mama sheep, the beautiful flamingo's and of course the baby chimp. The orang oetans scare me a bit. Maybe they look better for real.

The alpaca's look really like Playmozoo drew them once. http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=11692.0

I really love them.

I'm not sure about the fencing. I loved the transparency of the now older new ones. They look more like modern zoo's who try to copy original habitat.

I also love the dog superset. Too bad no new dogs...

[sunflower]

Pretty happy with the zoo theme, as a smaller theme release it's pretty good, and I think the bags are a good idea. I count 17 or 18 new molds and color versions for animals, assuming the lions are in fact a new color. Still wondering about the pandas - maybe a new adult male there as well? The white goat in the petting zoo is a new version as well. Four new shields this time as well. I've posted about it over at Animoblog.

Thank you so much! Great to have a thorough  review. I had missed the male okapi. The only thing that is new on the goat are his painted eyes?

[Baron Marshall]

Yay spinning wheel... I need a huge pile of those fo a princess related project ... and since ds is always out a small set will do nicely...