Playmobil's response to the "Toy like me" campaign

[bonniebeth]

Things that have been mentioned in this campaign are birth marks, cleft palettes, prosthetic limbs, and cochlear implants, though that last one won't work for playmobil.  I also would like to see a child with no hair, like they are going through chemotherapy.

[GrahamB]

Well done Geobra! With awards in the past for the Visit To The Dentist set, Playmobil is clearly receptive to representing the lives children lead. We have had to buy extra PM wheelchairs to stop arguments between our children, who want to include in their games children they know. So we are always pleased to get extra black, Chinese or red-brown skinned children to give a more representative ethnic mix to the school, zoo, playground or whatever.

[leefert]

Just the thought of a Child Klicky with glasses is an exciting step.  I'm interested in seeing what they come up with.

[Rhalius]

Birth marks are something everyone has though but clickies dont have it at all. Due to them being quite small I dont think it would work that well to add such details on clickies who dont have a nose or ears. Its easy enough to give clickies birthmarks though. As for prostethic limbs.. clickies do kind of have that, being able to disassemble.

They could of course have a one time child figures line though, so that we'd get children with changeable parts.

[Baron Marshall]

I think the child with no hair and kids with glasses make sense to Playmobil. Perhaps also a better modern wheelchair (motorized variety). These would probably have the widest impact that  could actually be seen on the figures.

A lot of the others wouldn't really work because there would be no way to tell if a klicky had those conditions or not. Though, if they are talking about including the new "teenage" figures as children... there is a lot more room for detail. 

I am intrigued by the idea of prosthetics, but not really sure how that could be portrayed in a small limited motion toy. It will certainly be interesting to see how/if they address this aspect.

[Rhalius]

They have had clickies with prostetic limbs ever since the pirates got introduced with their hooks and peg legs though. 

[bonniebeth]

Talking about birthmarks, they don't mean the little ones that everyone has. They mean the ones that cover large portions of a person's face or are otherwise somewhat disfiguring. I have a friend who has a large dark black birthmark that covers the entire inside of her lower leg. That can make a person very self conscious, especially when they're young.

A klicky, perhaps a teenage girl, with vitiligo might be good too, though it could be customized to some degree by using a light skinned head and dark-skinned hands. Still it would be better if it actually had patches of different colors though.

[Rasputin]

Come to think of it geobra has been making handicapped klickies since 1973, it just that they have been throwing them all in the recycle grinder similar to how the Spartans used to throw unwanted babies off the cliffs. I have been asking geobra to sell these parts in job lots similar to "parts play packs" that they used to sell.

Save the unwanted, I know I have a pile of mold-disfigured klickies already. I usually use them in the hospital

[Rasputin]

The blind klickies are the ones where the brown plastic did not make it into the eye sockets.

Now that I am thinking of it perhaps the fact that geobra is using stamped eyes and they know they will rub off over time geobra is thinking ahead....." no eyes, well we intended for that to happen...it's late year cataracts"

[Ismene]

Are there any Playmo walkers? There are crutches and wheelchairs, but I can't remember if there are walkers.