Go take a look at the 2014 catalog on playmobil.de. Or check the Christmas section of the Online-Shop.
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O.K., back? HOW ABOUT THOSE NATIVITY AND MAGI SETS?
These are PM's third versions of both.
When it comes to the figures, the second versions were the best, though the third finally gets the baby right and Mary's veil from the first and third are superior to the red one from the second. I mean, Mary in red, it doesn't really sit right. But Mary's blue and white togs from the second are on point. New Mary's togs aren't too bad but she's back in makeup, which is just wrong.
First version Joseph makes a better Jesus, third version Joseph - don't like his haircut or robe as much as second.
I like the new shepherd but I will be going with the old shepherd plus the boy from the micronativity set, there has to be an old shepherd and a boy. I do like the new shepherd's stick.
The third version kings just feel wrong to me. Their robe patterns seem off. And one of them in a pschent? IMPOSSIBLE. The Magi came FROM THE EAST; Egypt is southwest of Judea.
The stable is finally solid though. Why it wasn't always so I'll never understand. This is one set that will potentially be brought out annually for years, so why not make it all solid from the get go?
I do like the palm tree.
Summary: I'll get the new Nativity and mix and match to produce a set that I put out. The new Magi? Not sure yet. Maybe get them as regents of satrapies for my Roman Empirette.
