Is there a "Playmobil Complaints Thread"?

[Gustavo]

It's a Special and Specials are generally discontinued after 12 months.  They are actually available for 12 months in Europe and then 12 months worldwide; that's the way it is.

Well, I hope to still get one. I don't know if the Crusader and the Archer (4670 and 4672) were discontinued so soon, but they're from 2008, if I'm not mistaken, and until last year (2011) it was easy to get any of them -- even in quantity -- on Amazon.com ... (And you can possibly still find them there even now, though they must be beginning to get harder to get.) So I hope I'll still get at least a couple or three Conquistadores ... But I don't know, I have an impression that it stayed there for less time than usual, or the others (maybe not 4672 (archer) but 4670 (Crusader) almost for sure) were available for a longer period ...

[Mangusdog]

Just saw this guy advertised on sale here at a local store for $2.  Am going to try to pick one (or two) up if they still have them.  Sorry I guess that doesn't really help you though

[Gustavo]

That's all right ... I'm kinda getting used to it. Curse to any playmobil lover is the word "discontinued"

[Gustavo]

I'd like to ask moderators, if convenient, to move this thread to the "Playmobil brainstorm" forum.
It makes more sense there.

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I'm about to leave communities and unlike facebook page.
Geobra don't think at all about poor playmobil lovers. There are lots of new things in many sets, but most of them are not editted in small cheaper sets. It's very frustrating, and makes a guy wish to give it all away again! (Which I won't, not again, of course )

Maybe I'll become an hermit collector

[tahra]

I'm about to leave communities and unlike facebook page.
Geobra don't think at all about poor playmobil lovers. There are lots of new things in many sets, but most of them are not editted in small cheaper sets. It's very frustrating, and makes a guy wish to give it all away again! (Which I won't, not again, of course )

Maybe I'll become an hermit collector

You'll regret it.... Learn from other people's mistakes, as you won't live long enough to make them all yourself...

[Wolf Knight]

You have a point Gustavo, all these new sets and constant FB pages are not directed to collectors, but to the general public. Its only reasonable for them as a company to promote their new products. I think they are clever in their strategies to make the new sets appealing to young kids but at the same time maintaining a sense of nostalgia that can be appealing to the adult collector...

Whatever the case, don't forget... communities like PF wil always maintain the grown up collector interests, through the common experiences we share. We can preserve the love for older sets here. Even if Playmobil wants to use FB to only promote their new sets, and I am sure thats what they will be doing from now on, we'll keep maintaining our love for the older sets we grew up with and now can enjoy in greater numbers 

[Basie10]

there's a few over here in NZ (or there was, a few weeks back when I looked in the one place that sells playmobil over here). 

[Rasputin]

Ya that river bugged me as well. I would have bought a lot more if it was open ended as Tim mentioned. I was only able to use one of the pieces and have many "ends"  left over

I wanted to also buy more roadways but how many cutter/rollers do you need?

Now my BIGGEST complaint is the clip system. I like to remodel my buildings with the boys so we can create what WE want a structure to look like. playmobil was the best of both worlds, a playable toy and a construction toy. Unlike Lego you could actually play with everything with out the fear of it constantly falling apart. My wife actually wanted and still wants to glue the Lego sets together, must be here German control issues