I have been trying to create a full list of all the PM magazines issued since 2009 (the ones with a free gift). I think I might be nearly there…
Here is the list:
(these are screenshots of tables in a Word document. The Word file is attached. If you would like it in another format, let me know).
Tiermann has reviewed several of the klickies and animals given as free gifts:
Boys’ magazines 32 and 33, Girls’ magazines 10 and 12 here and Girl’s no. 13 here Other people on PF have shown some of them
e.g. Boys; No. 12 here and Boys’ No.10 here , but I have not seen an English-language site giving a list of all the magazines to date.
I put the list together using the following sources
Klickwelt topic (membership required to view)
Klickypedia PlaymowebGerman Playmobil siteHow many are there?
In Germany there have been 35 Boys' Magazines (plus 9 'Special Magazines') and 14 Girls' Magazines. (“Boys” and “Girls” is what they are called but I don't endorse the sexist approach used by the publishers!) Some of the Boys' magazines have been released in other European countries (Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, UK and probably others) but, so far, the Girls' ones have been exclusively for the DACH countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Which is a shame, because the Girls’ free gift figures are often very nice.
How are they numbered?
Each magazine has been given up to three different identification numbers (which is confusing!).
1. A 5-digit number (805nn). All of the numbers from 80500 to 80558 have been used so far, in the sequence the magazines were issued (I haven’t found number 80511 or 80550 however).
2. A number according to when each was issued. With 5 or 6 issues per year, numbers like 3/2014 are used (which means the third issue of 2014, released in May 2014).
3. A number showing the magazine’s position in the sequence; in Germany so far that is 1 to 15 for the Girls’ and 1 to 35 for the Boys’ magazines. The Girls' magazines seem to be missing issue 4. I think there may have been a mix up with numbering issues 2 and 3 (sometimes numbering them 3 and 4 respectively), so with issue 5 the sequence was restored to normality. In other countries, the Boys’ numbers used don’t necessarily correspond to the German numbers and the sequence may be different.
There are some anomalies in the numbering, with different sources sometimes giving different numbers for the same issue (especially for the third numbering system described above). I have used the numbers found at
www.playmobil.de and extrapolated across the gaps using the 5-digit serial numbers.
In addition to the above, the free gifts each have their own 8 digit number beginning 30, like other PM parts. Here are the numbers I found (on UK issues):
Free Gifts- Klickies and other things
Personally, it is the PM figures which come as 'gifts' with these magazines which attract me (the magazines themselves are not of much interest). Most of the magazines came with a klicky or an animal (some of these were exclusive to the magazines), but five of the early Boys' magazines had a non-PM toy (telescope, handcuffs, swimming goggles, walkie-talkie, crystals) which probably makes them even less interesting to collectors. Some of the 'gifts' have been repeated in the 'Special' magazines. The same gifts as were used in the German editions are used when the magazines are released outside Germany. The only variation I have found is that on the chest of the Police figures released in the UK was printed 'Police' and in Germany it was 'Polizei'.
Where can you get them?
In the UK, they are sold in Tesco supermarkets. The UK publishers (Redan) can tell you where else they may be on sale and they may have some back issues. The UK editions are also on sale in Australia and New Zealand. Finding them on sale seems to be a bit hit-or-miss in the UK and other European countries.
Some back issues are on sale at
www.playmobil.de, if you can order from that website. Most of the back issues available there have the less interesting free gifts, I would say.
As far as ebay listings are concerned, some sellers are listing just the magazines (without the free gifts)- good luck with that! The first four UK issues (which I missed) went for £7.00, £6.60, £5.90 and £11.90 respectively a couple of days ago (so I still haven’t got them!), against a cover price of £3.99! Other issues are available, sometimes just the free gift, but the nicest figures are the most expensive, of course!
One good source of pictures (for sets released up to March 2014) is
hereMore recent issues have been pictured on klickywelt, but I haven’t copied them here.
As I said above, Tiermann showed us excellent pictures of Boys’ numbers 32 and 33
here , Girls’ magazines 10 and 12
here (I WANT that angel!) and Girls’ no. 13
here If anyone has the magazines or free gifts they may like to add pictures of them to this topic….
