I don't believe that Playmobil intended the theme to be specifically England, but a more general Victorian era. Victorian as a term refers to the reign of Queen Victoria of England but the term is used in places such as the U.S. to refer to the era in general. It is also known by other terms - The Gilded Age is one used in the U.S. that refers to the same period generally.
The two versions of the Policeman were both released internationally. I don't know why they never released a version with a Bobby's hat.
I don't think the the General and his attache are intended to be specific characters. There was a set that was though - 3099 Professor Mobilux and Patrick they were characters in a series of audio dramatizations that were released by Playmobil.
That is very interesting that the term 'Victorian' was used overseas to describe the same periods of time.
It has slightly spoilt it for me now, knowing that the theme isn't intirely true, depicting everything from Victorian London, but it is good enough I suppose considering that I know no other toy that does
All very good questions Damo! I was also wandering about the policeman sets, but I am sure that naval officers wore hats like the one in 5508!
As for the car, it does indeed look like a silver ghost (1906 - 1926) but the model t (who is refering to the particular playmobil car as model t btw?) was in production from 1908 to 1927! And especially the 1910 model (see attachment) looks like the playmobil one (Queen Victoria passed away in 1901...So I would not call these cars victorian...)!
That model T you show does look very much like the Playmobil version, but so does the Rolls Royce, and it makes more sense to be. The Model T would (1908 - 1927) by the time that any made it to victorian Britain (if many at all) would most likely have missed the victorian period and into Edwardian.
But then what about the truck? it looks identical to the car, but to my knowledge there have been no Rolls Royce trucks that look like that, but then this model T one does:
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