Playmobil prototypes: Mississippi steamboat, medieval , ...

[Hadoque]

Just in case following pics have never been posted on the forum...

(Only) 3 pictures "publicly" available (that I'm aware off) from a few prototypes of never released items/sets... the Mississippi-steamboat probably the most famous one.
These prototypes are kept in glass cabinets at Playmobil-headquarters (in Zirndorf I guess).

I hope there won't be negative comments/troubles again about credits/copyrights/etc. of the pics, as they originate from an old thread on the Klickywelt-forum...



Here's the steamboat... sadly not a full view, but nevertheless it gives a reasonable impression what the boat looks like.

[Hadoque]

Here's a medieval round(!) knight's tent, and... medieval torture-equipment 

[Hadoque]

And to conclude, some Arabian klickies and Mongol(?) horsemen...
The flying carpet made it to production, but the prints on it are different I believe...

Also, look at the strange roof of the steakhouse steckhouse below in the left-corner 

[Giorginetto]

Excellent !!! i have never seen these befor ein my life ! thanks so much for sharing Hadoque, the strange steck roof looks like a bigger version of the steck tiled roof used in the steck water well..

I would love to have this round tent and torture equipment and the steamboat !!! 

[Wolf Knight]

Oh WOW!!! thank you for these great pics Erwin!!! I always thought there may be prototypes locked in the vaults of playmobil... The steamboat is sooo great!!! I wonder if there is anything else in their vaults!!!

[Giorginetto]

Oh WOW!!! thank you for these great pics Erwin!!! I always thought there may be prototypes locked in the vaults of playmobil... The steamboat is sooo great!!! I wonder if there is anything else in their vaults!!!

Perhaps we can ask Playmobil to ' borrow' it for our western diorama at Playmobil Greece , hhhhmmm 

[Wolf Knight]

Perhaps we can ask Playmobil to ' borrow' it for our western diorama at Playmobil Greece , hhhhmmm 

I guess in that case the Playmobil Hellas officials will be like

[playmofire]

Thanks, Erwin, I've never seen these before.

I guess the different Steck roof was for a simpler (maybe, too, smaller) building.

[tonguello]

OMG!!! this is amazing!!! thank you Hadoque!!! 

The steamboat and the lower steck house roof are the best!!!!!!

Now, does anybody know why these SO AWESOME sets did not make it to production? they would sell like butter!!!! 

[Giorginetto]

OMG!!! this is amazing!!! thank you Hadoque!!! 

The steamboat and the lower steck house roof are the best!!!!!!

Now, does anybody know why these SO AWESOME sets did not make it to production? they would sell like butter!!!! 

The steamboat waqs mentioned in the Playmobil book ' Playmobil : Story Of a Smile' , it didnt make it into production due to high cost... shame really i would buy 10 of them and creat a confederate river fleet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!