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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2013, 17:08:43 »
no no... not given up on PM  8}
Just taken some time to prepare the next gen for PM  ;D
My son is 3.5yo now. In december he will receive his first pirate ship  8-)
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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2013, 11:46:44 »
Quote from: Wesley Myers on May 10, 2013, 20:08:00
Dude, shoot them an email and see what they say.

I raised the question in the PCC and sent them an email through the belgian website on friday, but no response yet...
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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2013, 17:39:20 »
Concerning the release date (which was announced as "early May"), in the PCC it now says "TBA" (To Be Announced) .... which is like with the items selected sofar for the Special Sales...  I hope we won't have to wait as long as for those  ::)

To my question about it's removal, they replied there - and on the German page of Frontofyourheadbook - that they don't know why the ship got pulled from the official websites and  that they are still waiting for an answer from their colleages from the Sales Department.


edit: my best guess is there are production problems due to the quasi simultaneous release of 2 such ships but in different colours;
the white Navy Schooner  - which has exactly the same shape - is due for release in German DS as set 6348 starting June 1...
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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2013, 19:30:27 »
hmmmm.... thx for investigating  :)
Kindda weird: the one I bought on amazon got shipped

Hello,
We thought you'd like to know that Toys-Woerld dispatched your item(s). Your order is on the way, and can no longer be changed. If you need to return an item or manage other orders, please visit Your Orders on Amazon.co.uk.
Your estimated delivery date is:
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Considering the info on this forum, it would be a miracle that it arrives May 25  8-)
I will pro-actively contact the sales guy...
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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2013, 21:43:34 »
Quote from: deadeye dick on May 13, 2013, 19:30:27
hmmmm.... thx for investigating  :)
Kindda weird: the one I bought on amazon got shipped

Hello,
We thought you'd like to know that Toys-Woerld dispatched your item(s). Your order is on the way, and can no longer be changed. If you need to return an item or manage other orders, please visit Your Orders on Amazon.co.uk.
Your estimated delivery date is:
Saturday, May 25, 2013

  ???

Please keep us informed!  :crossed:
If it gets delivered as promised, it should mean at least some retailers already have a few in stock.
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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2013, 21:56:33 »
Just checked around a bit on the web... Can't find a single store that actually has it.  Some stores say  the ship is "out of stock" before they even sold one...
Some like Mytoys.de and Amazon.co.uk mention a sales-start of 17th May, while Amazon.de mentions 17th June...  ???
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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2013, 11:38:52 »
The reply:

we had called playmobil. They have moved the release to 17th June. When its to long we can cancel your order. But we get it sure on the official release date.

What would I do? Do you have any idea on the pricing level it would become available in shops?
Now I paid 70 EUR incl. shipping... But if I need to wait then I can even buy it cheaper in the shop, right?
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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2013, 19:34:08 »
dd, when the ship was still listed on the Belgian official website, the price was about 55 euro. But on th the German official site it was first above 80 euro, and later on lowered to about the same price as on the Belgian site...
A German webstore that usually has good prices, lists it at 79 euro...  ???

So I have no clue anymore what to expect as sales-price.

Btw, Playmobil still has not responded to my email from last week, neither have they given info yet in the PCC or on facebook.
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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2013, 19:41:49 »
Update:

I just checked the German Mytoys webstore, and there they have changed the release-date from May to September 2013!  :o
So that is a 4 month delay!  :(

Price there is 54,99 euro, which is with a 36% discount they say as the recommended sales-price would be 86,49 euro  8}

http://www.mytoys.de/PLAYMOBIL-PLAYMOBIL-5238-Piratensegler-mit-RC-Unterwassermotor-Aktions/PLAYMOBIL-Piraten/PLAYMOBIL/KID/de-mt.to.br01.26.10/2554702

From the link: "zurzeit nicht lieferbar" - "voraussichtlich bestellbar ab 01.09.2013"
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Re: New 5238 RC Pirates schooner has dissapeared from official shops...
« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2013, 15:17:59 »
Reply by Playmobil to my question, today in the PCC:

"The delivery of the 5238 Pirates Ship with RC Underwater Motor has been postponed indefinitely for production reasons with regard to the bought-in parts. No retailers have been supplied yet."

 :(


I can't think of any other Playmbobil set that got pulled out the moment it should be released...  Does anyone know of something like this happening before?
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