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General => News => Topic started by: lee gray on March 20, 2012, 19:02:11
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Dont know if this is the right place to post this but was in my local tesco store today and noticed they had these 2 vehicles in (http://forum.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data/500/medium/IMAG00072.jpg)
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Wow, great prices!
Normally this would go in Shopping & Auctions, but since you can't see that board yet, I'll leave it here until you have enough posts to see it.
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No idea what Tesco is :lol: but I suppose those are pounds? right?
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:o
So they are making their way to Europe?
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No idea what Tesco is
Tesco is the number 1 supermarket in UK (on market share), so yes the prices are GB pounds.
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Thanks for this info - most interesting
Why on earth have they come here?
We don't want that **** here :no:
I won't be buying any, not even at that price
I just hope these sets don't put off potential new Playmobil customers due to the quality difference
Damo
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These sets aren't bad at all, Damo! They're nothing like the junky little chinese firetruck. We have both of them, more than one ambulance, actually, plus the school bus, and the quality is quite the same as other playmobil. The only noticable difference is that they come screwed together, similar to how some boats screw together, rather than snapping together. But they have actual rubber tires, and the quality is fine.
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Wonder if the schoolbus will appear too.. I like their brute fronts.
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These sets aren't bad at all, Damo! They're nothing like the junky little chinese firetruck. We have both of them, more than one ambulance, actually, plus the school bus, and the quality is quite the same as other playmobil. The only noticable difference is that they come screwed together, similar to how some boats screw together, rather than snapping together. But they have actual rubber tires, and the quality is fine.
But they are of American design :-\ Not much good here, unless you are a child aged between 4-10 and couldn't care less which continent the stylings are from :P
If they wern't made in China, then they would be for me, but sadly I am not won over :-\
Damo
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Yes, well we americans have been playing with and collecting european styled pm vehicles for the the last three decades, and can still manage to tell a garbage truck from a school bus. ;)
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Yes, well we americans have been playing with and collecting european styled pm vehicles for the the last three decades, and can still manage to tell a garbage truck from a school bus. ;)
I guess I just take pickyness to a new level :lol:
Damo
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As a collector of vintage items I dont really know too much about the new stuff but are these items then made badly then for some people not to care for them ?
on another note will be popping into Daniels in Windsor on saturday, they have a whole Aisle dedicated to just playmobil
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As a collector of vintage items I dont really know too much about the new stuff but are these items then made badly then for some people not to care for them ?
on another note will be popping into Daniels in Windsor on saturday, they have a whole Aisle dedicated to just playmobil
These items (along with the even worse US fire truck) were all made for the US market in China, as opposed to Europe (Germany/Malta)
I'm a bit of a Playmobil Purist, so won't go near them as I don't see them as true Playmobil in the same sense :-\
Damo
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Yeah, after the made-in-china firetruck, which was TERRIBLE, with hard plastic tires :hmm:, we had a pretty bad taste in our mouths. But they do seem to have improved their standards for made-in-china stuff, which helps a little. Still not too thrilled at it, wish they would just keep making everything in Europe.
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No wonder they are cheap then, I prefer boxes to toys lol... the garbage truck box looks nice but dont like ambulance box with the writing in the corner as doesnt look right on the blue box.
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I do think that this ambulance and the school bus seem more like a generic toy one might see in a Walmart. I bought the school bus anyway, as we really wanted a school bus, but it certainly does not hold up to the expected Playmobil standard. I've not actually seen the garbage truck, but I want one. I like the look of it. But, doesn't it come with only one trash bin? The much older garbage truck I have came with at least 6 bins!
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The back of the recycle truck box only showed the one bin and lots of little bits that I presume were rubbish.
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I don't collect these themes, but I have always thought that some of the newer vehicles looked much cheaper, simpler, and unrefined. I never knew it was because they were produced in other places, but that is telling. Thanks for sharing the sale though! ;)
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I can't get them all - RESTRAINT! - so I'd prefer the yellow american school bus (we don't have those here)....
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Tesco probably bulk buy these products to sell in their 'half price toys' sale, which they hold at least once every year as a Loss Leader (I suspect). They probably wouldn't stock the yellow school bus though, because UK children would be unfamiliar with the idea (except from watching Simpsons or other american TV programmes)- home to school transport in the UK, where it exists, makes use of 'standard' buses and coaches. Ambulance and recycling trucks are found on our streets however (right hand drive of course, but children may not really mind that).
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I thought these must be made in China due to their low price. I won't be getting any, but for those interested, they are available on Tesco's website too. I like Playmobil because it's a high quality toy made in Europe and I hope it stays that way. I buy Miele appliances because they are made in Germany and are built to a standard you don't tend to get from goods made in the far east and the same goes for Playmobil.
It seems that goods made in China are becoming more expensive due to increased wages and transport costs, so we may see some manufacturers bringing production back to their home countries which is good news in my opinion.
Keep Playmobil made in Europe :klickygrin:
GrahamB I have seen yellow school buses where I live in West Yorkshire, so some children will be familiar with
Playmobil's yellow school bus.