NHL Makes Marketing Pact With Toy Company PLAYMOBIL

[Jay]

Are their beards to go on the players?

[sbblabotw]

Here are the NHL sets! They're all on the US site. But not on playmobil.ca, even though two of the teams are Canadian - not very smart if you ask me.

PlaymoDB List - NHL Hockey Sets 2015

A lot of the figures are here: Page 39 of Klicky/Adult male category. They're not assigned into sets yet, though. I assume the standing ones are the goalies and those with bent knees and elbows, the other players.

[Salamander]

Oh the wee Stanley Cup is *adorable*!

[PlaymoMan]

I will admit to being a big hockey fan, so perhaps I'm biased, although I think that both the licensed and non-licensed iterations of the theme look great. Considering that Playmobil has only done some small licensing projects in the past and upon numerous occasions stated that they are opposed to prolific licensing (unlike Lego, that's for sure) I can't imagine that they will attach themselves to bigger name brands anytime soon. Still, I think this will sell well and hopefully increase PM awareness in the US and Canada where the NHL is fairly popular.

[tahra]

I really like them (except the deformations ), though I know basically nothing of ice hockey. Portugal is into ROLLER hockey..

Strange that the players are blisters... Less space though! And I hate the kids pictured in the hockey rink (is that the word?)... If they're not in the box (and they better NOT be!), don't picture them on the front! Makes it so unattractive..

[leefert]

I had planned on picking some of the ice hockey sets up before, these guys look pretty good! I love the little Stanley Cup

[Jay]

I wonder about numbers on the jerseys.  It would be great if one can put different numbers on them

[sbblabotw]

I wonder about numbers on the jerseys.  It would be great if one can put different numbers on them

They come with number stickers - or, at least, there exist parts that are called things like "Etikett 5076 'Goalie Detroit Red Wings'" and the part-images look like number stickers, so I assigned them to the sets referenced in the part name.  They're only labeled as belonging to the goalies, but I wouldn't be surprised if the corresponding ones come with the players too. The rink and the Zamboni come with stickers for all the team logos.