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Title: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: tonguello on January 28, 2014, 18:49:49
(http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb432/tonguello/happybirthdayplaymobil_zpsa189fdc8.jpg) (http://s1205.photobucket.com/user/tonguello/media/happybirthdayplaymobil_zpsa189fdc8.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: Pynedor on January 28, 2014, 21:02:11
Great image, tonguello! ;)
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: Birdie on January 29, 2014, 07:01:03
Yeah, love the Playmobil candle in stead of the i  :)
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: tonguello on January 30, 2014, 14:39:51
Thank you Pynedor and Birdie!   :)




Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: tonguello on January 30, 2014, 14:47:30
@ all PF:


I opened this thread thinking, and hoping, it would encourage everyone -or at least a few- to leave their best wishes for our beloved brand and clickies
.
Of course no one is obliged to do so or even use THIS specific thread, but it's sad, at least to me, in comparison, to see that threads with complaints about the PCC or the way Playmobil is going, are from 2 to 16 pages long.

Is there nothing to celebrate?

Friendly, tonguello.  :wave:
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: playmovictorian on January 30, 2014, 15:59:49
It is such a happy and beautiful picture dear Gaston  :wave:

I LOVE it  :love: :love: :love:

Karim
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: bonniebeth on January 30, 2014, 16:14:10
Beautiful image, Gaston, and I agree we should be celebrating not complaining right now. I think it's amazing how far they have come in 40 years. Looking forward to the next 40!

                         
:confetti: :confetti:  Happy 40th anniversary to Playmobil!!! :confetti: :confetti:
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: sunflower on January 30, 2014, 16:44:40
 <:D Playmobil!

I hope we also celebrate our eightiest birthday together!

I like your picture Tonguello!

In dutch we have a saying 'Als de boeren niet meer klagen, nadert het einde der dagen' which means something like 'When people stop complaining the end of the world is soon to come'.


But it is a good thing to make a positive note sometimes!
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: DrDalek6 on January 30, 2014, 21:01:44
Happy 40th birthday to Playmobil and indeed to allt hose little Klickies out there :gift: :bdaycake: <:D a good milestone here's to amhy more years of fun
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: tahra on January 30, 2014, 21:09:19
Quote from: tonguello on January 30, 2014, 14:47:30
Of course no one is obliged to do so or even use THIS specific thread, but it's sad, at least to me, in comparison, to see that threads with complaints about the PCC or the way Playmobil is going, are from 2 to 16 pages long.

Is there nothing to celebrate?

I see your point, and you are absolutely right!

I think there is no argument that we are all fans here. I mean, we're on a playmobil board, arguing (somewhat heatly at times) about stuff coming out and colors and molds and whatever... We wouldn't if we didn't care.

To me, that we love the stuff is beyond saying. Like I said on one of my reviews - there are only so many ways of saying GREAT! So I suppose I'm not the only one who tends to point out the exceptions - the less nice, the not so perfect.

It's hard to believe it's around for FORTY YEARS. Gods. And ALWAYS amazing. Not an easy feat, I'd say. And if some changes we like less than others, on the whole.... it is still the BEST IN THE WORLD  :love:

So..

 :confetti: :confetti: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, playmobil, and here's to 400 more!   :confetti: :confetti:
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: tonguello on January 30, 2014, 21:14:14
 :)9 it's looking better already guys!  :)9
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: Rhalius on January 31, 2014, 08:09:57
There certainly is enough to celibrate when you think about it for a moment. It's been such a great toy for all these years and has inspired so many children. I'd think that anyone who had a real connection with playmobil will have benefited from it into their adult life as well in some way, wether they returned to playmobil some point or not.
At the very least it should have given some fond memories of playing with it.

In a way Hans Beck created a Utopia.

A world filled with friendly little people who always smile, ready to happily accept whatever role is given to them wether its big or small. Cowboys, Indians, pirates, soldiers, romans, etc. all fight each other plenty, but all clickies that are "killed" are ready for another round the next day, possibly in a different role.  It's like they are all part of the same theater troupe.

And after all these years the clickies are still endearing themselves to so many people of all ages with that friendly innocent smile.

While we may complain about some things at times, I do feel its done in a respectfull way. Usually its about stuff playmobil has done in the past that we'd want to see more of.. which just goes to show how much we liked something they did. We can't get enough of it.

But they are asking us what we want and while we may not always agree with their decisions of what they reissue, they ARE reissueing many great things from the past. No other toy company seems to do that, at least nothing close to on this scale.   So for that we really need to count our blessings.





Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: sunflower on January 31, 2014, 12:39:17
I'm not sure if anyone shared this yet. A very funny video tribute to Playmobil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhY6vH-vOhw&feature=youtube_gdata_player (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhY6vH-vOhw&feature=youtube_gdata_player)
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: bonniebeth on January 31, 2014, 13:18:51
That video is so cute!
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: Hadoque on January 31, 2014, 16:32:34
Happy Birthday Playmobil, (and get better again soon)!
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: Rhalius on January 31, 2014, 19:33:18
It's a nice tribute video, I love the smoke clouds whenever theres fighting.
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: Pynedor on January 31, 2014, 21:00:41
That's a great video! :lol: Thanks for sharing it.
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: tonguello on January 31, 2014, 23:54:33
did you notice the roman emperor's beard at the beggining?  is it turned around or what?  :giggle:
Title: Re: Happy 40th Birthday Playmobil!
Post by: tonguello on February 01, 2014, 00:01:58
Loved it!!  :love:

The last scene is not clear though, it's like a couple of frames are missing... when the real guy appears I mean.  :(

Anyway, it's really cool!  :)9