playmobil sad face

[Rasputin]

Funny matter: when Richard Unglik made his "l'histoire du monde avec Playmobil", he photoshopped some of the smiles on the "14 juillet 1789, la prise de la Bastille" picture, making sad clikcies. At that time, PM France objected: no turned up smiles. And now, 2013 saw these same turned up smiles issued by the company themselves… Sign of the times??

That is not the only time Geobra objected to collectors doing things only to do them themselves. The more recent one was when collectors showed bent playmobil, now Geobra is doing it. The list of hypocrisy only grows

[tahra]

I never actually understood that... I mean... if you buy the stuff... can't you do whatever you darn well please with it?

[Rasputin]

I never actually understood that... I mean... if you buy the stuff... can't you do whatever you darn well please with it?

Yes you can. You can do what ever you want in the privacy of your own home. The problem comes in when you want to show the item to others in semi-public areas. Geobra own the image of playmobil's Klicky and that copyright is well guarded. On the US playmo web store we have to agree to terms & conditions that are pages long and need a law firm to interpert

[tahra]

Yes you can. You can do what ever you want in the privacy of your own home. The problem comes in when you want to show the item to others in semi-public areas. Geobra own the image of playmobil's Klicky and that copyright is well guarded. On the US playmo web store we have to agree to terms & conditions that are pages long and need a law firm to interpert

But we're not a store... We don't have to sign anything when we buy it. And if we buy it, we own it... I find the whole thing VERY strange.

[bonniebeth]

Let's stay on topic guys... there have been other threads about this matter.