Sep 2020 - Greek Mythology?!

[Bolingbroke]

Went to the Maltese Funpark shop some days ago and they didn’t have these in stock. A pity because it was the only thing I was interested in.

[StJohn]

(...) it's a lot cheaper to nag someone in Germany for a crate than from Greece (...)

Feel free to do so.

[tahra]

Feel free to do so.

  Thank you. I wanna wait some time - it would be cheaper (free ship) and easier to just order them from Iberia, if they show.... I don't expect to sets to be gone in the next year - or at least until xmas

But if they don't appear... well.... I WILL nag.

Also odd (and worrying) I didn't see ANYTHING from these sets about.. Except a couple of skirts on ebay... nothing.  There are klickys I would like by the dozen, and while I suppose I can buy a couple of the small sets, that is just not doable with the bigger ones (gods know we don't need more roman ships, hydras - of the same color! - or fairytale palaces - columns excepted!)

[Oliver]

They're not on the UK site either at the moment. I'm not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but all the Greek Gods are included in the 20% off sale on the UK site.

[Hadoque]

They´re also not available in the Belgian webshop either.

So I phoned Playmobil Northern Europe, who are responsible for the markets and webshops of Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg (and perhaps the Scandinavian countries as well) and they checked and told me they do not have the new Greek Theme sets on their list for availability in these countries. 
Hopefully that might change later on...

[Hadoque]

Also odd (and worrying) I didn't see ANYTHING from these sets about.. Except a couple of skirts on ebay... nothing. 

Me neither... And also (almost *) nothing with regard to the new Scooby Doo sets, due for official release here this month. Did you encounter parts / figures from those new sets on ebay?

(*) with exception of the Zombie-"Cleopatra" which did show up, but that´s it I think.

[StJohn]

Also odd (and worrying) I didn't see ANYTHING from these sets about.. Except a couple of skirts on ebay... nothing. 

Me neither... And also (almost *) nothing with regard to the new Scooby Doo sets, due for official release here this month. Did you encounter parts / figures from those new sets on ebay?

(*) with exception of the Zombie-"Cleopatra" which did show up, but that´s it I think.

The logical conclusion must be that they clamped down on the once boundless factory leakage at Malta.

[tahra]

And also (almost *) nothing with regard to the new Scooby Doo sets, due for official release here this month. Did you encounter parts / figures from those new sets on ebay?

(*) with exception of the Zombie-"Cleopatra" which did show up, but that´s it I think.

Saw a couple of weirdos, yes - that "cleo" and another, ONCE...

And the heads. The heads have been around for quite some time...

The logical conclusion must be that they clamped down on the once boundless factory leakage at Malta.

That sucks. Unless playmobil decide to meet the supply themselves...

[Oliver]

The logical conclusion must be that they clamped down on the once boundless factory leakage at Malta.

Is it possible they've stopped the practice of people assembling the figures at home (which I assume is where the parts/figures came from), either because of the issues around employment law or because of Covid?

[Bolingbroke]

Is it possible they've stopped the practice of people assembling the figures at home (which I assume is where the parts/figures came from), either because of the issues around employment law or because of Covid?

https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2017-10-29/local-news/Playmobil-employing-inmates-at-Corradino-in-suspected-cheap-labour-scheme-6736180796

Also:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/playmobil-figurines-used-for-prison-drug-trafficking.674819