Herpa Playcars Review

[playmogal]

Good to see that others have these Herpa cars. Though a bit disappointed that they are made in China.

We had hoped that the doors would open and that there would be a hardtop with the convertible Mercedes SLK and BMW Z-4, but no luck.

We picked up the pearl white and dark red MB and light blue and orange BMW's off eBay this week, and love the cars. The seller had no clickies, but did throw in the tiny SLK that is shown in the SLK trunk.

It was fun going through all the Clickies to find suitable drivers and passengers. Can't put just anyone in cars this fine.

Hubby is laughing because now we can say we own 3 BMS's! (The neighbors just have two in their driveway!) And the low cost of maintenance is a real plus....no auto insurance or tanks of gas either. Must be the cars of the future.

We, too, hope that they will issue new colors and models and nominate the Toyota Prius, Hyundai Sonata, and Honda Element. These two models (BMW and MB) are so much cooler than the clunky cars PM has sold in the past.

Anyone know much about Herpa's plans for Playmobil sized models?

Cheers, Pgal

[playmogal]

By the way, it is possible to buff the finish of the non-metallic paints with a cloth buffing wheel (coated with a fine polishing compound called a jewelers' polish) on a grindstone. Hubby polished the light blue and orange cars to get rid of scratches, and then hand polished them using Nu Finish car polish (or any high gloss polish.)

They look better than when they were new. We did notice that the paint on the hoods of the light blue cars is not a perfect match with that on the rest of the car. Hard to show this in a photo.
 
Cheers, Pgal