Brainstorming for next round of Add-ons/DS items

[Robbie]

I'm loving these ideas!! I think if the Western comeback is a bust (and I think it's a big IF), Playmobil won't go ahead with any additional western DS offerings, so we should definitely ask for the key items (3769 and 3770) now, as mentioned above. 

A quick glance at what's already been reissued from the Western series so far...

[Wolf Knight]

While all suggestions are very good, I think Bonnie's suggestion is a very constructive one.

So do we want to try and decide on categories this time? My suggestions would be something like this:

steck buildings
western
figures
animals
victorian
police/rescue
vehicles
accessory sets

We could suggest various categories we would like to pick something from, vote in a top five-ten categories, and then pick one thing from each category.

This way we can put in more ideas on a variety of themes and not just on the ones we are interested in... For example, I am a medieval/pirate/western collector but I'd love to see certain non medival/pirate/western sets reproduced!!!
So to start on it:

steck buildings: 3440 - Tailors House
western: 3784 - Confederate Artillery goes well with the new South soldiers 
figures: mixed medieval klickies from: 3293 - 5 Farmers 3292 - Townspeople 3487 - Water Well And Fool.
animals: wildebeest
victorian: 5340 - Man In Tux With Flowers & Lamppost or 7031 - Victorian Streetlight
police/rescue: 3525 - Hook & Ladder Truck #21
vehicles: 3551 - Fishing Boat
accessory sets: gosh... so much to choose... ok, I think I'll go with the medieval furniture set  ... Jousting sets and tents can wait for next year, as far as I'm concerned.

Finally, a special request that may will find interesting! I've proposed this before, but we need a collector's case of the following set!!!
3291 - Nuremburg Guards
Jus imagine a case like the first playmobil sets where klickies were positioned on a plastic holding case... and the case within a colourfull, old style playmobil box 

[Rasputin]

Panos, is there some part on the 3440 that was not avalable from the past re-relaeased sets 3449, 6219, 7109, 7145, 7379, 7847 & 7785? I have never had this set Set List

[Wolf Knight]

Panos, is there some part on the 3440 that was not avalable from the past re-relaeased sets 3449, 6219, 7109, 7145, 7379, 7847 & 7785? I have never had this set Set List

Just the table and chairs, Ras. Everything else, apart from the green colour, is the same to the other sets. I believe the colour alone makes it worth for the house to be re-released.

[Rhalius]

To be fair, we do need to keep in mind that kids these days might have little interest in rereleased classic clickies, although I am sure they would also love updated versions of them, so it matches with newer clickies.

[bonniebeth]

My suggestions would be:


steck buildings (not my theme)
western 3430 blacksmith, 3769 farmhouse, 3770 colorado springs station
figures black swimsuit family, more assorted ethnic modern klickys
animals wildebeests, mountain goats
victorian 5551 pianist, 5324 bathroom
police/rescue 3525 ladder truck, 3526 pumper truck
vehicles (no suggestions)
boats/ships (no suggestions)
accessory sets package of assorted hair pieces, package of collars, stethoscopes, earrings, other pieces with no part number.

 

[Baron Marshall]

To be fair, we do need to keep in mind that kids these days might have little interest in rereleased classic clickies, although I am sure they would also love updated versions of them, so it matches with newer clickies.

This is exactly why I think that accessory packs are the way to go... collectors can dress up their old klickys and kids could use the parts on new ones 

[naflibomyalp]

My suggestions would be:


steck buildings (not sure)
western 3769 farmhouse
figures groups of themed figures eg. 6 modern, 6 medieval villagers, 6 victorians 6 winter klickies etc.
animals (not sure)
victorian the lampost because it can be used for more than just victorian
police/rescue (not sure)
vehicles (not sure)
boats/ships (not sure)
accessory sets package of assorted hair pieces, package of collars, stethoscopes, earrings, other pieces with no part number.  ( I agree with bb)

naflibomyalp

[Rasputin]

Just the table and chairs, Ras. Everything else, apart from the green colour, is the same to the other sets. I believe the colour alone makes it worth for the house to be re-released.

This is why I think this should not be in. We really do not need the same parts that if we really want diffrent colors we do have paint. Now if we were to vote on say the steck bell tower, combined with the glass windows, the porch, and any other parts that are rare to the steck collector we would be getting a reissue that is unique. It could be a custom set of our choosing. We may be able to set a new precedent with Geobra. Using our vote on the same old house seem very redundant.

[Rasputin]

I keep thinking about adding a new steck tudor house but not in the traditional way. What if we were to create a custom house with all the rare parts that so many of us search for. The stairs, balcony, bell tower, glass windows, shutter windows, signs, etc.....If one DS item had many of the rare parts, we would want to avoid DS parts orders as you could get so much in a simple method. I bet many castle builders could come up with some great designs for the set, it could even be a sort of contest that we all vote on. We could do this with other themes as well, western steck house, system X maybe etc..........